Hi Fred, My family history is not at all clear. My great-grandfather is George Wesley William Lindsey (or some combination of those names). I'm thinking he may have originally been William, but later Wesley. I have lots of documentation for George W, Wesley, and William. None of it overlaps so if you put it all together, you come up with a "whole" person all of which fits together! The earliest record is an 1850 census for Emanuel Co., GA in which William Lindsey (age 10) appears with Anney (age 6), Lourania (age 25) and Mary (age 57). Is Lourania the mother (a little young) and Mary the grandmother? of is Mary the mother (a little old)? The census record I have is a transcription, so I'm thinking it will be worth my effort to look at the original. In the 1860 census, George W. Lindsey (age 20) lives in dwelling #364 while Mary and Lourania live in dwelling # 367 with Lourania's new husband. There are no other Lindseys (regardless of spelling) in the entire county. In the 1870 census, Westley (sic) Lindsey (age 25, lost 5 years in the calculation) lives with his wife and children. In the 1880 census, Westley (sic) Lindsey (age 40, regained his 5 years) lives with his wife and children. I have not found him in the 1900 census although I do not believe he died until after 1903. Civil war and pension records support the history of William, George W and Wesley being one person still using three names. You asked about my Phillips connection. It's equally ambiguous. I have no proof for this story which has been shared by one cousin and has been partially, verified by an independent source. Mary Lindsey (above) apparently knew (in the Biblical sense) Royal Budd Phillips. They had a child, William Lindsey Phillips. Supposedly, his name was changed from Lindsey to Phillips, in Montgomery Co., GA, December 23, 1839. If this is true, he would have been born before 1840 and continued to use Lindsey after the name change. The source that was referenced is Names Changed Legally in Georgia 1800-1856. I have not been able to find a copy of this book at the DAR. I have been able to verify in census records that for many years, Mary Lindsey lived close to Royal Budd Phillips and there is no evidence that she ever married. If any of this matches your history, I'd love to exchange more information with you. If it doesn't match, but you have an idea of where I should look next, please let me know. Denise L. Wells Researching Lindsey, Goff, Edenfield, Thompson, Williamson, Canady, Cowart In a message dated 4/12/01 6:12:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, f_elind@iquest.net writes: > Hello Denise: I would not be surprised if we have some connection but am > not clear on what it is at this point. My line goes back to Josiah > Lindsey, b 1805 NC. His father, John Sr. and two brothers went with their > father, Abraham, from VA to NC & SC and then to Wilkes Co., GA. John Sr. > had several children born in GA. Then they back tracked to SC where > Abraham died. Brother, Isaac, had gone earlier from SC to Sumner TN. John > Sr. backtracked to NC where my Josiah was born and then they came thru > Sumner Co., TN to Maury Co., TN where John Sr. died and left will in 1810. > In about early 1820s Josiah and two brothers went down to AL. Josiah got > mar. in Lauderdale Co. in Oct 1823 to Henrietta "Eritty" Harder. They had > 3 children in AL, then went to west TN where they had 3 more, then after > serving in Texas Revolution and returning to family in TN, Josiah moved his > family to Itawamba Co., MS in 1837 where they lived until 1869 when they > picked up and moved over 100 people in extended family in 16 covered wagons > to Kaufman Co., TX. > My Dad did research on the Lindsey family for about 25 years before > he died. He has about 5 huge books of various data which was accumulated > over that period. Upon my return from the Clan Gathering in Tupelo, I'll > go through those old books and see if I can find your George Wesley > Lindsey. I recall a good bit of info on Georgia Lindseys but did not enter > them in my computer program because no clear direct connection. Meanwhile, > what is the Phillips connection to your George Wesley? > We had a Phillips who mar. one of my Josiah's daughters. > (That portion extracted from my draft books as follows:) "Then Josiah's > daughter Rhoda Catherine married Reuben G. "Joe" Phillips in October 2, > 1853 in Itawamba and they had five children. Rhoda's marriage is not > recorded in the Itawamba Marriage Records. The above date was noted in her > civil war pension application. Reuben was the son of Zacariah Phillips and > Susannah (Coleman), who were both born in Georgia. Reuben was born in > Alabama. He was on the 1850 Itawamba Co. census, at age 15, living in the > household of Zachariah and Susannah. Zachariah was a blacksmith. Josiah's > son, King Lemuel, married Mary Elizabeth Henderson in 1858. Four of their > 10 children were born in MS."