Jonathan Lindley (1756-1828) - Find a Grave Memorial

Jonathan Lindley

Birth

15 Jun 1756

Orange County, North Carolina, USA

Death

5 Apr 1828 (aged 71)

Orange County, Indiana, USA

Burial

Lick Creek Friends Cemetery

Chambersburg, Orange County, Indiana, USA Add to Map

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US Politician. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he served as a Member of the North Carolina State Legislature in 1786, Territorial Court Judge in Indiana in 1814, and a Member of the Indiana State House of Representatives from 1816 to 1817. Lindley who was a Quaker, also founded the city of Terre Haute, Indiana.∼Jonathan Lindley and his wife Deborah were among the first settlers on Orange County, IN. They came with a small group or Quakers to distance themselves from the slavery which existed in Orange County, NC. They cleared and settled this area.

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Lindley Jonathan June 15, 1756 Apr 5, 1828. Son of Thomas and Ruth Lindley. Born in Orange Co. N. C. Led a band of 218 Quakers to Indiana territory 1811. Lindley Deborah Oct 10, 1757 Aug 9, 1811 Daughter of Zach & Ruth Dicks. Born in Perquimans Co. N. C. First marked grave of a white person in Orange Co.

Jonathan Lindley died 4th mo 5th 1828.

Lick Creek Church
_Founded 1813_
Ist Church Built 1812 200 yds West
2nd Church Built 1851 200 yds East
3rd Church Built 1904 Present Site
Lick Creek Seminary 1831 - 1878