Lindsey Robertson

  General Notes:

Lindsey and Delilah (Jones) Robertson, and their family, moved from Monroe County, TN, to Greene County, MO, in 1837. They settled southwest of Springfield about one mile east of what would become Republic. Lindsey owned 660 acres in various parcels at the time of his death in 1861. The family home was southwest of the corner of Lynn Avenue and Miller Road. Water was obtained from a spring at the northeast corner of Lynn Avenue and Wood Street.

Lindsey Robertson was a Methodist lay minister of the gospel, and would hold services in the Chapel. Many funeral services were conducted here as well. School was also held in the chapel in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The Chapel was still in good repair in the 1940's and 1950's as many porgram's were conducted, and was always open on decoration days.

What would become the Lindsey Chapel Cemetery probably had its beginning with the earliest known grave and tombstone for Mary C. Robertson, b. Dec 5, 1845: d. Apr 26, 1846. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Edward and Jane Caroline (Jarrett) Robertson, and a granddaughter of Lindsey and Delilah. She was probably the first death in the ROBERTSON family after their move to Missouri. It was probably Lindsey who selected the high area across from the family home which is now just southeast of the corner of Lynn Avenue and Miller Road. Whether Lindsey and Delilah envisioned growth of their family burial site to a cemetery of over 570 graves will never be known.

Polly Hagewood was Lindsey's sister. Another sister was Lucy (1799-1849) the wife of Alexander McCullah.