Notes:
Private memorial marker located at Joel Cemetery, just north of Belmont, Tishomingo Co., MS.
Jonathan Thomas "Jott" Lindley was born April 10, 1820 in Carroll Co., GA and is thought to have died October 26, 1863 at Vincent's Crossroads. He married Sarah Elizabeth Knight on January 7, 1846. Elizabeth was born about 1827 in Carroll Co., GA and died from consumption in Walker Co., AL in November 1860 in the Holygrove Community. Their children were: George W., born May 13, 1848, married 1st, Margaret Ann Lay, 2nd, Josie Monroe, and died in May 1929 in Winston Co., AL; Sarah "Sully", born August 5, 1849; Daniel J., born December 16, 1854, married 1st, Elizabeth Hendon, 2nd Roxie Nichcoles, died April 20, 1926 in Marion Co., AL; William M., born July 25, 1856; and Jesse A., born August 5, 1861, married Alice A. Burleson January 24, 1876 in Fayette Co., AL and died in Houston, MS, supposedly over 100 years old.
Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit
can be found in her book, First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism.