There are a number of land transactions for Lindseys in Surry County durin the period 1780-1796 or so: sale of land from Henry Speer to Carlton Lindsay on 7 Sep 1786, grant to James Lindsey on Seven Island Creek on 9 Nov 1787, slae from James Lindsey & wife Mary to John Durham on 12 Aug 1788, sale from John Durham to Joshua May Lindsey on 17 Nov 1790, etc. Also, in 1787, Carlton/Calton Lindsey was indicted for "Tresspass" and found guilty. He had land siezed and sold by the Sheriff, Hugh Armstrong. James Lindsey also lost land to a sheriff's sale due to having failed to "surrender up" Calton for the March term of the Superior Court in 1788. How would I go about finding out just what offense Calton/Carlton Lindsey committed? I got the information on the land transactions from the Surry County Deed Abstracts, compiled by Mrs. W.O. Absher. What other records are available for Surry County, which I could search for information about this family? We believe James Lindsey may have been the James Lindsey of Brunswick and Caroline Counties in VA. James, Carlton, and others later moved to Rutherford Co. NC and the Spartenburg SC area, possibly as a result of Carlton's difficulties with the law! (Though he again got into trouble in Rutherford Co.) Margaret Lindsey Smith [email protected]