Lindsay
War Department files I have state in part: "In response to your letter dated the fourteenth ultimate, 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 in the burning of the War Office. The volume entitled "American State Papers, Claims 9," page 169, shows John Lindsay, resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, Ade-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." Another document in the file say he was a resident of Wilkes County. Another said he was in Gen. Elijah Clarke's Regiment, died, buried in Lindsey Cty, Washington, GA. Thus, there seem to be no doubt he was a major and served under Clarke. A number of documents from the state of Georgia state that he had an invalid pension. He also received a bounty land grant and reimbursement for his losses during the war."Revolutionary Soldier's Records" by Mrs. Howard McCall show he served in SC and GA. In the book "Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol. II ,compiled by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1969, p.276, John Lindsay is listed as having fought at the Battle of Kettle Creek.
"The Battle of the Cane Brakes, Wilkes Count, GA," by Robert S Davis, Jr., and Kenneth H. Thomas Jr., State of GA, Department of Natural Resources (in Washington GA Library) states "The remains of Maj. John Lindsay, a Revolutionary War soldier from Wilkes County who was granted a disability pension in 1794, were reinterred at War Hill in 1973, as a project of the Kettle Creek Chapter of the DAR, the Lindsay family and Dr. Bryson. The grave was moved from obscurity at an old farm [between Danberg and old Floral schoolhouse] to War Hill site in order to save it from being lost as was John Shank's grave." Excerpts from " The History of Georgia" by Capt. Hugh McCall are interesting concerning Long Cane:" Clarke received a wound in his shoulder, which was at first supposed to Mortal, and he was carried off the field...Major Lindsey had fallen under three wounds, and was left on the ground; in that condition, captain Lang, of dragoons, fell upon him while he lay on the ground, chopped his head and arms in several places, and cut off one of his hands [he was later called "Old Silver Fist" ( even in an official document)]. Both Clarke and Few are mentioned a number of times. It further states that both SC and Georgia units were involved.
I seems very probable to me that Lindsay was a Kettle Creek and served under Clarke. I have many documents that repeat what I have listed above. This is a summary of what I have.