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He married Rachel Ann DORSEY about 1756 in Eldersburg, Carroll Co., Maryland. She was born about 1737 in Baltimore Co., Maryland, the daughter of Nicholas DORSEY and Sarah GRIFFITH. Rachel died __ ___ 1805 in Lindsay's Station, Scott Co., Kentucky, and is buried beside her husband. The Kentucky Historical Society placed a Bronze Plaque marking the site of Lindsay's Station reads: "Lindsay's grave is 100 yards north."
The site where Lindsay's Station stood is located about three miles north of Stamping Ground, Scott Co., Kentucky.
Anthony Lindsay was a veteran of the French & Indian War, a patriot of the American Revolutionary War, and a pioneer settler of Kentucky.
The French snubbed the Virginia ultimatum and pressed on to the Forks of the Ohio. They found a frail
Virginia Fort there and proceeded to take it, where they heard that Virginia had fielded a military unit.
This small army was under the command of George Washington with orders to drive the French out of the valley. The French sent an expedition out to combat this; however, the Virginians found them first. Washington's little army attacked; thus, starting the French and Indian War.
They defeated the French in this initial battle. Anthony Lindsay, age 18, is said to have been the dispatch-bearer with Washington's army. He is reported to have been the messenger dispatched by Washington to Governor Dinwiddie relaying news of this French defeat.
One can speculate that it was during this journey that Anthony Lindsay first stayed in the home of Nicholas Dorsey at Eldersburg, in Baltimore county. Possibly, this was not his first contact with the Dorsey family; but, it certainly wouldn't be the last.
This was a short-lived victory. Within weeks, Washington's forces were cornered in a makeshift fort called, Fort Necessity. and were forced to surrender.
By then England was aroused to the danger of French expansion in North America. They planned a
campaign to expel the French from the Ohio.
Throughout the rest of 1755 and on into the following years, raid after raid struck isolated and outlying
settlements. Cabins were burned, cattle slaughtered, men tomahawked, women and children slain or carried off. Settlers fled from their homes in droves. The Maryland Gazette 4 March 1756 reported:
"Our accounts from the westward are truly alarming. All the slaughters, scalpings, burnings and every other barbarity and mischief that the mongrel French, Indians, and their chieftain, the Devil, can invent are often perpetuated there and approach us nigher and nigher."
With Indian war parties threatening, people withdrew from the backcountry altogether. Fort Cumberland
was left with a small garrison. The rest of the remaining forces withdrew to a newly erected fort near Hagerstown. This fort was named Fort Frederick; but, should not be confused with the settlement named Frederick. That settlement was several miles back east.
On the 13th of August 1767 Anthony and Rachel Ann (Dorsey) Lindsay bought adjoining property from
Rachel's brother, Charles Dorsey. This indicates they prospered at farming.
At Fort Pitt, they built canoes, a flatboat for their horses, gathered supplies of food and gunpowder. They
made their way down the Ohio River, camping on the south bank each night. They were all cautious men and well aware the Shawnees watched their progress.
They made camp at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers. This was wher the present city of
Carrollton in Carroll Co., Kentucky, now stands. Each day they fanned out to explore the new territory on both sides of the Kentucky River. They moved on down that river to the mouth of the Elkhorn River. Again, they set up camp and explored both banks of that river, before moving on down to the forks of the Elkhorn.
They moved their camp to the forks, and spent weeks exploring the land drained by both branches of that stream. They liked what they saw. William McConnell was a surveyor and staked all their claims. The next few weeks was spent building cabins as improvements. William McConnell and a few others remained. LeCompte led the others back up the Ohio to Cox's Fort by canoe. After a brief stay at this fort, they made their way to Fort Pitt. The party divided, each returning to their respective homes. No doubt, while at the Forks of the Elkhorn, Anthony Lindsay made up his mind to bring the family there as quickly as possible.
In late spring of 1779, after Anthony's oldest child, Kate Lindsay, married her first cousin, John Lindsay,
the wagon train rolled west. Charles LeCompte would lead the way. Kate, and possibly Charles Lindsay, were Anthony's only children to remain in Maryland.
They went through Old Town, then crossed the Mason-Dixon Line into Westmorland county. The area
within which they lived is now Fayette Co., Pennsylvania.
The next year all the families moved westward into an area that both Virginia and Pennsylvania claimed
jurisdiction. This section is located within the present panhandle of West Virginia. The Cox families had two forts in the area. One was above Buffalo Creek and the other, below the same Creek. No sooner than they arrived, the Indians became troublesome on the frontier. The wagon train had to retreat back to the safety of forts in Westmoreland county. They would have to remain here until the Indians eased their attacks. This would be anther year.
In 1783, the Lindsay, Dowden, and Quisenberry families reached the Ohio River. They built flatboats to
haul their cattle, horses, and wagons loaded with only the necessities of life. The flatboats were lashed together during the journey to withstand the springtime dangers of the swollen Ohio River. The flatboats were nothing more than rafts made of logs. Each had protective sides six feet high and thick enough to withstand rifle balls. Each of the flatboats had a partial roof over their sterns. This provided protection from the elements.
The men took turns as scouts, along the south bank of the river. On horseback they kept three or four miles ahead of the boats. These scouts kept a sharp eye for Indians. At the end of each day, they would find a safe place to camp on the south bank of the river. In the course of the day, these scouts would kill enough wild game to feed everybody.
Apparently their trip down the Ohio was uneventful. They reached the Forks of the Elkhorn about late
spring of 1783. All that summer they farmed and built cabins on land the expected to claim.
Because of the Indian threats, Heyden's Station became their haven of safety that first winter. The area
where they settled was near the Forks of the Elkhorn, mostly along that river's northern branch. Anthony Lindsay's farm lay within the present bounds of Scott and Franklin counties; however, at that time, it was considered to be Fayette Co., Virginia. The state of Kentucky was yet to be formed.
Three years earlier, in 1780, the county of Kentucky was divided into three counties. these were, Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties. All of them were counties of Virginia. This was the division at the time Anthony Lindsay brought his family to the Forks of the Elkhorn area. Nelson County was formed in 1784. It was taken off Jefferson county. In 1785 three more counties were formed. These were Bourbon, taken off Fayette county, Madison, taken off Lincoln county, and Mercer, taken off Lincoln county. Settlers came down the Ohio to Kentucky in droves.
On 17 September 1788 Anthony Lindsay signed a petition to further divide Fayette county. Thus, Woodford County was formed from Fayette in May 1789. Anthony Lindsay's farm now lay in Woodford. Mason County was formed the same year. It was taken from Bourbon County.
The two identical blockhouses were two story high. The top floor overhung the first floors by five feet.
This made the fort easy to defend. There were no blind spots for the enemy to scale the stockade wall. There were no windows on the outside walls; however, there were a great many slits used for loopholes.
The first level of each block-house, 16' by 25'and 14'high, was devoid of any wooden floor. The bare
ground served each one very well. There was a large open fireplace to the east end of each blockhouse. This was used for both heating and cooking. All sorts of pans, kettles, chairs, and muskets hung from its four walls. The walls of the loft, or second floor, were 10 feet longer than the ground floor. It extended 5 feet over the ground floor on all sides. The floor of the loft was covered with rough hewn planks. To reach the loft, you climbed a ladder extended through an opening cut in the floor of the loft. There were many built-in bunks extending from all four walls.
In the middle of the loft was a table four benches. On the table lay a couple of books and a burning candle, with its flickering flame, made shadows dance off the walls. In addition the second floor had another loft of its own. This loft covered only half of the overhead space and was used mainly for storage and sleeping.
There were other buildings built along both stockade walls. All these had sloping roofs. Most were used
for cattle, horses, and other livestock; however, a few were pressed into service as housing in times of Indian troubles when neighbors took refuge with the Lindsays. This happened frequently the next few years. It grew more intense in the early spring and summer of 1791.
Today, this site is designated and marked by the Kentucky Historical Society. The plaque reads as follows:
LINDSAY'S FORT "Elkhorn Region first explored in 1775. William McConnell and Charles LeCompte led a party that included Anthony Lindsay. In 1790, he built a fort here on an old Buffalo Trace, main thoroughfare from Georgetown to the Ohio River. Lindsay's grave 100 yards north."
In February of 1794, the Governor of Canada told a delegation of Indians, gathered at Quebec, that the
land in the Northwest Territory belonged to them. He promised, if the Indians would assist them in the war, that land would be returned to them when victory was won. This greatly aroused further Indian activity in the Northwest Territory. It even extended raids by the Indians into the state of Kentucky.
On August 20, 1794, General Anthony Wayne, along with a great number of Kentuckians, defeated the
Indians in the Battle of Fallen Timbers. This was at the present site of Fort Wayne, Indiana. On August 3, 1795, General Anthony Wayne concluded a treaty with the Ohio Indians. This was called the Treaty of Greenville. It ceded large areas of land in the Northwest Territory to the whites. In 1796, the Public Land Act authorized sale in minimum lots of 640 acres at the price of $2 per acre. This could even be bought on credit. May 7, 1800, the Northwest Territory was divided. The western portion became the Indiana Territory. On May 10, 1800, The Public Land Act authorized land sales of 320 acres at $2 per acre, on four year installments. This was sponsored by William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana Territory. On march 1, 1803, Ohio became a state. The next day, France sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States. March 26, 1804, the "new" Public Land Act lessened the number of acres that could be purchased at $2 an acre to 160. This, too, could be paid for with installments scattered over a four year period.
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