Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Blank], for John Lindsay, Georgia
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[All handwritten]
Ga.
Lindsay, John
Dis. ---
No papers
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Lindsay, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Georgia submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on March 2, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 169.

Rank; Aid. De camp and major
Reg’t; Col. Feco’s [sp.?] militia or Col. Clarke’s.
Disability; Has lost his right hand, the bones of his right leg shattered, and the leg shortened, and otherwise much disabled, by wounds received at the battle of Long Cane
When and where disabled; December, 1780, Long Cane.
Residence; Wilkes county.
Remarks; Militia.
Evidence complete, excepting that the examining physicians do not state the degree of his disability
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[All handwritten]

Pols[?]
R’ec

China Spring Texas
Feb. 14 – 1917 –
Pension Dept –
Washington. D.C.
Will you please tell me if you have the record of ____  Lindsey (father of James Lindsey) {none of Ga. Troops} as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His home was Washington Wilkes Co. Ga. He was buried on his farm ten miles from
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[All handwritten]

Washington Wilkes Co. Ga. My mother says that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and she thinks his son James was but is not sure of that. 
I do not know the first name of my Revolutionary ancestor but know all the descendants down to my Mother. She is 83 years old. 
Thanking you for any information you may give me. 
I am yours truly Mrs. J. Dee Conger [sp.?]
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IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-C
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON

Lindsey, John
November 12, 1923

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
In order that a headstone may be supplied for the grave of the decedent named below, the Quartermaster General requests that the correct military service and spelling of the name be furnished from the records of the Pension Bureau, viz:

John Lindsey, Major,
Gen. Elijah Clarks Reg.
Died in 1811
Buried in Lindsey Cty.
Washington, Georgia.

Very truly yours, 
RL Foster [handwritten]
R.L. FOSTER,
Assistant.

[partial round ink stamp in lower left corner of page]:
U. S. Pension
Nov 13
--23
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[Printed letterhead:]

CITY OF THOMASTON
MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
2200—140VOLTS EDISON SOCKET

F.D. RIVIERE, Chairman
W.A. DANIEL
W.Y. DANIEL
Electric Light Committee

H.H. WHELESS
Superintendent

THOMASTON, GA.,

[Handwritten letter:]

The Commissioner of Pensions March 10 – 1911
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Can you furnish me a copy of the pension certificate of Maj. John Lindsay who served in the Revolutionary war under Col. Elijah Clark?
Maj. Lindsay was a resident of Wilkes Co Ga and fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek in that Co.
Kindly let me hear from you as early as possible and oblige
Most Respectfully
Mrs. F.D. Riviere
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Rev. War Section.

March 3, 1917.

Mrs. J. Dee Conger,
China Spring, Texas.

Madame:
In Response to your letter dated the fourteenth ultimo, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show that Major John Lindsay was allowed pension of twenty-five dollars per month at the Georgia Agency; his service is not shown and there are no papers on file, the same having been destroyed ihen[?] burning of the War Office.
[handwritten slash through the above paragraph]

The volume entitled “AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, CLAIMS, CLASS 9”, page 169 shows: 
[^] on the list of applicants for invalid pension from Ga, in 1795 [handwritten]
 John Lindsay, resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, Aid-de-camp and Major, Colonel Few’s militia or Colonel Clarke’s, has lost his right hand; the bones of his right leg shattered, and the leg shortened; and otherwise much disabled by wounds received at the battle of Long Cane December, 1780

In the [handwritten]
Volume III [crossed out w/pen]
Report of the Secretary of War [^] (printed) in 1835, of invalid [handwritten] pensioners 
[^] Who have been in receipt of pension at Savannah Ga but whose res could not be ascertained their papers having been burned in 1800 & 1814
on the Georgia Rolls [crossed out]
Page 9, shows: John Lindsey Major, at $300 per annum under Act of February 2, 1798. Died in 1808.”
Very respectfully,
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

Nov. 14, 1923

R. L. Foster,
Assistant,
Office of Quartermaster General
War Department,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

I have to advise you that in the American State Papers, the volume entitled Claims, Class 9” on page 169, on the list of applicants for invalid pension, from Georgia, in 1795, shows one John Lindsay [“a” is underlined], a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, Aid-de-camp and Major, Colonel Few’s Militia, or Colonel Clarke’s; has lost his right hand; the bones of his right leg shattered, and the leg shortened; and otherwise much disabled by wounds received at the battle of Long Cane, December 1780.
In the report of the Secretary of War, in relationship to the pension establishment of the United States, printed in 1835, on the list of invalid pensioners who had been paid at Savannah, Ga. appears John Lindsey [“e” is underlined], Major, rate $300 per annum under Act of February 8, 1798, died in 1808. said list also states that the residence could not be ascertained owing to the destruction of papers when the War Office was burned in 1800 and 1814.
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There are no papers on file in this Bureau, nor any further data as to said pensioner, owing to the burning of papers as described in above paragraph.
Respectfully, 
Washington Gardner [handwritten]
Commissioner.