Guilianna L. (Lucetta?) Lindsay was the first of eight children born to William Lindsay (c. 1777-1841) and his wife Elisabeth Briggs (c.1784-1871). Her paternal grandparents were Judge Robert Lindsay, Sr. (c. 1735-1801) and his wife Ann "Nancy" McGee (c. 1753/4-1832). When Guilford County was formed, the county court met for the first four years of its existence (1770-1774) at the home of Robert Lindsay on Deep River. I suspect his granddaughter's unusual name "Guilianna" may be in honor of his having founded Guilford County, though my mother always believed it was in honor of her father, "Guiliaum" (or something like that) is French for William.
Guilianna married Elswick Sherwood Field (1808-1867) in Guilford County on 20 Dec. 1831. He was a son of Jeremiah Field (c.1764-1830) and his wife Eleanor Sherwood (1776-1859) of Randolph County, NC. Elswick was employed by Henry Humphreys (1787-1840), who built and ran the Mt. Hecla cotton mill, the first steam powered cotton mill in the South. Mr. Humphreys was married to Letitia Harper (1785-1835) who had first married Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1776-1818), Guilianna's uncle.
By 1850, Mr. Humphreys was dead and his son-in-law, Thomas Randolph Tate owned the mill, and Elswick ran it. They determined to move the mill to Gaston County, where it could be powered by water from the Catawba River. Elswick designed, built and ran the new mill, called the Mountain Island mill, also known as Tate's factory. Some time around 1857-60, the family moved to Leaksville, Rockingham Co., where Elswick was superintendent of another cotton mill, this one owned by Gov. John Motley Morehead, who was married to Guilianna's first cousin. In the spring of 1861, they moved to Caldwell County, where Elswick ran the Patterson cotton mill, owned by in-laws of the Moreheads. This mill was burned by the yankees at the end of the War.
Elswick died in Caldwell County in 1867. I do not know what happened to Guilianna after that. I can't find her, or her daughter Elizabeth on the 1870 census. The other children were scattered about the State. By 1880, Guilianna was living with her son, Thomas, in Hickory, and she apparently died in Kernersville, probably at the home of one of her daughers who lived there. She is buried at the Main Street Methodist Church in Kernersville. This is only about 6 miles from the old Lindsay plantations on Deep River where she was born.
Guilianna and Elswick had 8 children: Martha Eliza Field (1833-1844), Elizabeth Eleanor Field (1835-1889, Mrs. John Wesley Clinard), William B. Field (1836-1865), Susan Lavinia Field (1838-1903, Mrs. Augustus H. S. Beard), Robert Henry Field (1840-1911, m. Amanda R. Bisanar), Thomas Elswick Field (1843-1912, m. Lillie Caroline Wilson), John Andrew Field (1846-1883, m. Mary Adeline Wilkinson, my line) and Frances Guilianna (1851-1919, Mrs. Lewis Erwin Griffith).
Guilianna married Elswick Sherwood Field (1808-1867) in Guilford County on 20 Dec. 1831. He was a son of Jeremiah Field (c.1764-1830) and his wife Eleanor Sherwood (1776-1859) of Randolph County, NC. Elswick was employed by Henry Humphreys (1787-1840), who built and ran the Mt. Hecla cotton mill, the first steam powered cotton mill in the South. Mr. Humphreys was married to Letitia Harper (1785-1835) who had first married Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1776-1818), Guilianna's uncle.
By 1850, Mr. Humphreys was dead and his son-in-law, Thomas Randolph Tate owned the mill, and Elswick ran it. They determined to move the mill to Gaston County, where it could be powered by water from the Catawba River. Elswick designed, built and ran the new mill, called the Mountain Island mill, also known as Tate's factory. Some time around 1857-60, the family moved to Leaksville, Rockingham Co., where Elswick was superintendent of another cotton mill, this one owned by Gov. John Motley Morehead, who was married to Guilianna's first cousin. In the spring of 1861, they moved to Caldwell County, where Elswick ran the Patterson cotton mill, owned by in-laws of the Moreheads. This mill was burned by the yankees at the end of the War.
Elswick died in Caldwell County in 1867. I do not know what happened to Guilianna after that. I can't find her, or her daughter Elizabeth on the 1870 census. The other children were scattered about the State. By 1880, Guilianna was living with her son, Thomas, in Hickory, and she apparently died in Kernersville, probably at the home of one of her daughers who lived there. She is buried at the Main Street Methodist Church in Kernersville. This is only about 6 miles from the old Lindsay plantations on Deep River where she was born.
Guilianna and Elswick had 8 children: Martha Eliza Field (1833-1844), Elizabeth Eleanor Field (1835-1889, Mrs. John Wesley Clinard), William B. Field (1836-1865), Susan Lavinia Field (1838-1903, Mrs. Augustus H. S. Beard), Robert Henry Field (1840-1911, m. Amanda R. Bisanar), Thomas Elswick Field (1843-1912, m. Lillie Caroline Wilson), John Andrew Field (1846-1883, m. Mary Adeline Wilkinson, my line) and Frances Guilianna (1851-1919, Mrs. Lewis Erwin Griffith).
Guilianna L. (Lucetta?) Lindsay was the first of eight children born to William Lindsay (c. 1777-1841) and his wife Elisabeth Briggs (c.1784-1871). Her paternal grandparents were Judge Robert Lindsay, Sr. (c. 1735-1801) and his wife Ann "Nancy" McGee (c. 1753/4-1832). When Guilford County was formed, the county court met for the first four years of its existence (1770-1774) at the home of Robert Lindsay on Deep River. I suspect his granddaughter's unusual name "Guilianna" may be in honor of his having founded Guilford County, though my mother always believed it was in honor of her father, "Guiliaum" (or something like that) is French for William.
Guilianna married Elswick Sherwood Field (1808-1867) in Guilford County on 20 Dec. 1831. He was a son of Jeremiah Field (c.1764-1830) and his wife Eleanor Sherwood (1776-1859) of Randolph County, NC. Elswick was employed by Henry Humphreys (1787-1840), who built and ran the Mt. Hecla cotton mill, the first steam powered cotton mill in the South. Mr. Humphreys was married to Letitia Harper (1785-1835) who had first married Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1776-1818), Guilianna's uncle.
By 1850, Mr. Humphreys was dead and his son-in-law, Thomas Randolph Tate owned the mill, and Elswick ran it. They determined to move the mill to Gaston County, where it could be powered by water from the Catawba River. Elswick designed, built and ran the new mill, called the Mountain Island mill, also known as Tate's factory. Some time around 1857-60, the family moved to Leaksville, Rockingham Co., where Elswick was superintendent of another cotton mill, this one owned by Gov. John Motley Morehead, who was married to Guilianna's first cousin. In the spring of 1861, they moved to Caldwell County, where Elswick ran the Patterson cotton mill, owned by in-laws of the Moreheads. This mill was burned by the yankees at the end of the War.
Elswick died in Caldwell County in 1867. I do not know what happened to Guilianna after that. I can't find her, or her daughter Elizabeth on the 1870 census. The other children were scattered about the State. By 1880, Guilianna was living with her son, Thomas, in Hickory, and she apparently died in Kernersville, probably at the home of one of her daughers who lived there. She is buried at the Main Street Methodist Church in Kernersville. This is only about 6 miles from the old Lindsay plantations on Deep River where she was born.
Guilianna and Elswick had 8 children: Martha Eliza Field (1833-1844), Elizabeth Eleanor Field (1835-1889, Mrs. John Wesley Clinard), William B. Field (1836-1865), Susan Lavinia Field (1838-1903, Mrs. Augustus H. S. Beard), Robert Henry Field (1840-1911, m. Amanda R. Bisanar), Thomas Elswick Field (1843-1912, m. Lillie Caroline Wilson), John Andrew Field (1846-1883, m. Mary Adeline Wilkinson, my line) and Frances Guilianna (1851-1919, Mrs. Lewis Erwin Griffith).
Guilianna married Elswick Sherwood Field (1808-1867) in Guilford County on 20 Dec. 1831. He was a son of Jeremiah Field (c.1764-1830) and his wife Eleanor Sherwood (1776-1859) of Randolph County, NC. Elswick was employed by Henry Humphreys (1787-1840), who built and ran the Mt. Hecla cotton mill, the first steam powered cotton mill in the South. Mr. Humphreys was married to Letitia Harper (1785-1835) who had first married Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1776-1818), Guilianna's uncle.
By 1850, Mr. Humphreys was dead and his son-in-law, Thomas Randolph Tate owned the mill, and Elswick ran it. They determined to move the mill to Gaston County, where it could be powered by water from the Catawba River. Elswick designed, built and ran the new mill, called the Mountain Island mill, also known as Tate's factory. Some time around 1857-60, the family moved to Leaksville, Rockingham Co., where Elswick was superintendent of another cotton mill, this one owned by Gov. John Motley Morehead, who was married to Guilianna's first cousin. In the spring of 1861, they moved to Caldwell County, where Elswick ran the Patterson cotton mill, owned by in-laws of the Moreheads. This mill was burned by the yankees at the end of the War.
Elswick died in Caldwell County in 1867. I do not know what happened to Guilianna after that. I can't find her, or her daughter Elizabeth on the 1870 census. The other children were scattered about the State. By 1880, Guilianna was living with her son, Thomas, in Hickory, and she apparently died in Kernersville, probably at the home of one of her daughers who lived there. She is buried at the Main Street Methodist Church in Kernersville. This is only about 6 miles from the old Lindsay plantations on Deep River where she was born.
Guilianna and Elswick had 8 children: Martha Eliza Field (1833-1844), Elizabeth Eleanor Field (1835-1889, Mrs. John Wesley Clinard), William B. Field (1836-1865), Susan Lavinia Field (1838-1903, Mrs. Augustus H. S. Beard), Robert Henry Field (1840-1911, m. Amanda R. Bisanar), Thomas Elswick Field (1843-1912, m. Lillie Caroline Wilson), John Andrew Field (1846-1883, m. Mary Adeline Wilkinson, my line) and Frances Guilianna (1851-1919, Mrs. Lewis Erwin Griffith).
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