Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, (James6, Thomas 5, James 4, James William3, John Isaac, John1) son of Loyalist James LINDLEY, 1735-1779, and his wife, Mary Cox, is buried on the church grounds of the 'First Church' - 'The Grove' then located near Rabun's Creek, in Laurens County, South Carolina.
Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, served in the Revolution as a Whig.
Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, was twice married, first to Elizabeth HALL, died 1802-3, Laurens District, South Carolina, second to Elizabeth RIDGEWAY.
A plaque located near the back of the current Lebanon United Methodist Churchyard points the way down the road a few hundred yards to another plaque on the left commemorating the Old Cemetery at 'The Grove.' Turn left and take that dirt road for a few more hundred yards and you'll dead-end into the colonial burial grounds.
"The First Church - 'The Grove' (1785-1832)
As soon as they had roofs over their head, the settlers west of the Reedy [River] acted to provide a church and a school....Peter Ragsdale...returning to Virginia to bring his family...was commissioned to find someone qualified to preach and teach....
Meanwhile, the settlers built a log cabin, their first meeting house and school. This land was given by Charles Sullivan, and took its name, The Grove, from his homestead near Reedy River, about one and one-fourth miles east of the present church building [modern day Lebanon United Methodist Church]. This 'pole chapel' was ready when Ragsdale returned...."
"This ancient lady, widow of Peter Ragsdale, and her husband were founding members of the The Grove....Both husband and wife were buried in the Old Cemetery....
The Old Cemetery on Rocky Shoals near Reedy River has row upon row of the graves of these pioneers, most of them marked by native 'tomb rocks,' the inscriptions no longer legible. There were no 'boughten' tombstones in this back country until later. Twelve Revolutionary soldiers are said to have been buried here.... This Old Graveyard is all that remains to mark the site of this church, the earliest known Methodist Church in Greenville County."
Known children of Thomas LINDLEY and Elizabeth HALL include:
Sons
James LINDLEY
William LINDLEY
Thomas LINDLEY, b. 1790, Laurens Co., S.C. d. March 24, 1853, Randolph County, Alabama.
Aquilla LINDLEY, b. 1791, Laurens Co., S.C.;
John LINDLEY
Jonathan LINDLEY
Henry LINDLEY
Daughters
Elizabeth LINDLEY
Hannah LINDLEY
Sarah A. LINDLEY,
Mary Ruth LINDLEY
Nancy LINDLEY
Will Typescript Abstract of Thomas LINDLEY, of Laurens County, South Carolina. "Lindley, Thomas. Sons: James, William 5 Youngest, viz: Thomas, Aquilla, John, Johnathan, Henry...daus: Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, Mary [Ruth] Abercrombie, Nancy Bolt...Exer: Wife, Elizabeth; sons, James and William...18 Oct 1808...Prd 6 Jan 1810...Bk D-1, P. 5. Wit: Charles SMITH, Colvil & John ABERCROMBIE."
Source Citation and Source Information:
South Carolinians in the Revolution: With Service Records and Miscellaneous Data, Also Abstracts of Wills,
Laurens Cty (96 District) 1775-1855 by Sarah Sullivan Ervin. Clearfield Publishing Company, 1949. Reprinted
with an Index and an Added Chapter on the Sullivan Family. Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore,
MD 1976. 2003. Library of Congress: 65-24109; ISBN: 0-8063-0104-X.
∼♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥ IN MEMORY ♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
Thomas Lindley
✝︎ The American Revolutionary War ✝︎
Cenotaph
Created by Fifth Granddaughter of
Col Benjamin Arnold Jr.
Ann Hendrick Arnold
PureGrace©2017
Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, served in the Revolution as a Whig.
Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, was twice married, first to Elizabeth HALL, died 1802-3, Laurens District, South Carolina, second to Elizabeth RIDGEWAY.
A plaque located near the back of the current Lebanon United Methodist Churchyard points the way down the road a few hundred yards to another plaque on the left commemorating the Old Cemetery at 'The Grove.' Turn left and take that dirt road for a few more hundred yards and you'll dead-end into the colonial burial grounds.
"The First Church - 'The Grove' (1785-1832)
As soon as they had roofs over their head, the settlers west of the Reedy [River] acted to provide a church and a school....Peter Ragsdale...returning to Virginia to bring his family...was commissioned to find someone qualified to preach and teach....
Meanwhile, the settlers built a log cabin, their first meeting house and school. This land was given by Charles Sullivan, and took its name, The Grove, from his homestead near Reedy River, about one and one-fourth miles east of the present church building [modern day Lebanon United Methodist Church]. This 'pole chapel' was ready when Ragsdale returned...."
"This ancient lady, widow of Peter Ragsdale, and her husband were founding members of the The Grove....Both husband and wife were buried in the Old Cemetery....
The Old Cemetery on Rocky Shoals near Reedy River has row upon row of the graves of these pioneers, most of them marked by native 'tomb rocks,' the inscriptions no longer legible. There were no 'boughten' tombstones in this back country until later. Twelve Revolutionary soldiers are said to have been buried here.... This Old Graveyard is all that remains to mark the site of this church, the earliest known Methodist Church in Greenville County."
Known children of Thomas LINDLEY and Elizabeth HALL include:
Sons
James LINDLEY
William LINDLEY
Thomas LINDLEY, b. 1790, Laurens Co., S.C. d. March 24, 1853, Randolph County, Alabama.
Aquilla LINDLEY, b. 1791, Laurens Co., S.C.;
John LINDLEY
Jonathan LINDLEY
Henry LINDLEY
Daughters
Elizabeth LINDLEY
Hannah LINDLEY
Sarah A. LINDLEY,
Mary Ruth LINDLEY
Nancy LINDLEY
Will Typescript Abstract of Thomas LINDLEY, of Laurens County, South Carolina. "Lindley, Thomas. Sons: James, William 5 Youngest, viz: Thomas, Aquilla, John, Johnathan, Henry...daus: Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, Mary [Ruth] Abercrombie, Nancy Bolt...Exer: Wife, Elizabeth; sons, James and William...18 Oct 1808...Prd 6 Jan 1810...Bk D-1, P. 5. Wit: Charles SMITH, Colvil & John ABERCROMBIE."
Source Citation and Source Information:
South Carolinians in the Revolution: With Service Records and Miscellaneous Data, Also Abstracts of Wills,
Laurens Cty (96 District) 1775-1855 by Sarah Sullivan Ervin. Clearfield Publishing Company, 1949. Reprinted
with an Index and an Added Chapter on the Sullivan Family. Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore,
MD 1976. 2003. Library of Congress: 65-24109; ISBN: 0-8063-0104-X.
∼♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥ IN MEMORY ♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
Thomas Lindley
✝︎ The American Revolutionary War ✝︎
Cenotaph
Created by Fifth Granddaughter of
Col Benjamin Arnold Jr.
Ann Hendrick Arnold
PureGrace©2017
Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, (James6, Thomas 5, James 4, James William3, John Isaac, John1) son of Loyalist James LINDLEY, 1735-1779, and his wife, Mary Cox, is buried on the church grounds of the 'First Church' - 'The Grove' then located near Rabun's Creek, in Laurens County, South Carolina.
Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, served in the Revolution as a Whig.
Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, was twice married, first to Elizabeth HALL, died 1802-3, Laurens District, South Carolina, second to Elizabeth RIDGEWAY.
A plaque located near the back of the current Lebanon United Methodist Churchyard points the way down the road a few hundred yards to another plaque on the left commemorating the Old Cemetery at 'The Grove.' Turn left and take that dirt road for a few more hundred yards and you'll dead-end into the colonial burial grounds.
"The First Church - 'The Grove' (1785-1832)
As soon as they had roofs over their head, the settlers west of the Reedy [River] acted to provide a church and a school....Peter Ragsdale...returning to Virginia to bring his family...was commissioned to find someone qualified to preach and teach....
Meanwhile, the settlers built a log cabin, their first meeting house and school. This land was given by Charles Sullivan, and took its name, The Grove, from his homestead near Reedy River, about one and one-fourth miles east of the present church building [modern day Lebanon United Methodist Church]. This 'pole chapel' was ready when Ragsdale returned...."
"This ancient lady, widow of Peter Ragsdale, and her husband were founding members of the The Grove....Both husband and wife were buried in the Old Cemetery....
The Old Cemetery on Rocky Shoals near Reedy River has row upon row of the graves of these pioneers, most of them marked by native 'tomb rocks,' the inscriptions no longer legible. There were no 'boughten' tombstones in this back country until later. Twelve Revolutionary soldiers are said to have been buried here.... This Old Graveyard is all that remains to mark the site of this church, the earliest known Methodist Church in Greenville County."
Known children of Thomas LINDLEY and Elizabeth HALL include:
Sons
James LINDLEY
William LINDLEY
Thomas LINDLEY, b. 1790, Laurens Co., S.C. d. March 24, 1853, Randolph County, Alabama.
Aquilla LINDLEY, b. 1791, Laurens Co., S.C.;
John LINDLEY
Jonathan LINDLEY
Henry LINDLEY
Daughters
Elizabeth LINDLEY
Hannah LINDLEY
Sarah A. LINDLEY,
Mary Ruth LINDLEY
Nancy LINDLEY
Will Typescript Abstract of Thomas LINDLEY, of Laurens County, South Carolina. "Lindley, Thomas. Sons: James, William 5 Youngest, viz: Thomas, Aquilla, John, Johnathan, Henry...daus: Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, Mary [Ruth] Abercrombie, Nancy Bolt...Exer: Wife, Elizabeth; sons, James and William...18 Oct 1808...Prd 6 Jan 1810...Bk D-1, P. 5. Wit: Charles SMITH, Colvil & John ABERCROMBIE."
Source Citation and Source Information:
South Carolinians in the Revolution: With Service Records and Miscellaneous Data, Also Abstracts of Wills,
Laurens Cty (96 District) 1775-1855 by Sarah Sullivan Ervin. Clearfield Publishing Company, 1949. Reprinted
with an Index and an Added Chapter on the Sullivan Family. Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore,
MD 1976. 2003. Library of Congress: 65-24109; ISBN: 0-8063-0104-X.
∼♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥ IN MEMORY ♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
Thomas Lindley
✝︎ The American Revolutionary War ✝︎
Cenotaph
Created by Fifth Granddaughter of
Col Benjamin Arnold Jr.
Ann Hendrick Arnold
PureGrace©2017
Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, served in the Revolution as a Whig.
Thomas LINDLEY, 1754-1809, was twice married, first to Elizabeth HALL, died 1802-3, Laurens District, South Carolina, second to Elizabeth RIDGEWAY.
A plaque located near the back of the current Lebanon United Methodist Churchyard points the way down the road a few hundred yards to another plaque on the left commemorating the Old Cemetery at 'The Grove.' Turn left and take that dirt road for a few more hundred yards and you'll dead-end into the colonial burial grounds.
"The First Church - 'The Grove' (1785-1832)
As soon as they had roofs over their head, the settlers west of the Reedy [River] acted to provide a church and a school....Peter Ragsdale...returning to Virginia to bring his family...was commissioned to find someone qualified to preach and teach....
Meanwhile, the settlers built a log cabin, their first meeting house and school. This land was given by Charles Sullivan, and took its name, The Grove, from his homestead near Reedy River, about one and one-fourth miles east of the present church building [modern day Lebanon United Methodist Church]. This 'pole chapel' was ready when Ragsdale returned...."
"This ancient lady, widow of Peter Ragsdale, and her husband were founding members of the The Grove....Both husband and wife were buried in the Old Cemetery....
The Old Cemetery on Rocky Shoals near Reedy River has row upon row of the graves of these pioneers, most of them marked by native 'tomb rocks,' the inscriptions no longer legible. There were no 'boughten' tombstones in this back country until later. Twelve Revolutionary soldiers are said to have been buried here.... This Old Graveyard is all that remains to mark the site of this church, the earliest known Methodist Church in Greenville County."
Known children of Thomas LINDLEY and Elizabeth HALL include:
Sons
James LINDLEY
William LINDLEY
Thomas LINDLEY, b. 1790, Laurens Co., S.C. d. March 24, 1853, Randolph County, Alabama.
Aquilla LINDLEY, b. 1791, Laurens Co., S.C.;
John LINDLEY
Jonathan LINDLEY
Henry LINDLEY
Daughters
Elizabeth LINDLEY
Hannah LINDLEY
Sarah A. LINDLEY,
Mary Ruth LINDLEY
Nancy LINDLEY
Will Typescript Abstract of Thomas LINDLEY, of Laurens County, South Carolina. "Lindley, Thomas. Sons: James, William 5 Youngest, viz: Thomas, Aquilla, John, Johnathan, Henry...daus: Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, Mary [Ruth] Abercrombie, Nancy Bolt...Exer: Wife, Elizabeth; sons, James and William...18 Oct 1808...Prd 6 Jan 1810...Bk D-1, P. 5. Wit: Charles SMITH, Colvil & John ABERCROMBIE."
Source Citation and Source Information:
South Carolinians in the Revolution: With Service Records and Miscellaneous Data, Also Abstracts of Wills,
Laurens Cty (96 District) 1775-1855 by Sarah Sullivan Ervin. Clearfield Publishing Company, 1949. Reprinted
with an Index and an Added Chapter on the Sullivan Family. Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore,
MD 1976. 2003. Library of Congress: 65-24109; ISBN: 0-8063-0104-X.
∼♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥ IN MEMORY ♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
Thomas Lindley
✝︎ The American Revolutionary War ✝︎
Cenotaph
Created by Fifth Granddaughter of
Col Benjamin Arnold Jr.
Ann Hendrick Arnold
PureGrace©2017
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