Jonathan L. Lindley, Alamo Defender

•April 29, 2026•

by Janet Roney

Before I tell you about Moultrie County’s three Revolutionary War veterans buried here, I have more to share about the Lindley family…namely, Jonathan L. Lindley, the son of Samuel Washington Lindley, who was the only Illinois man to die at the Alamo in 1836.

Last week, I told you about pioneer Samuel Washington Lindley’s connections to the Revolution through his maternal grandfather, Dr. John Pyle, who shared British war plans with George Washington before the Battle of Yorktown, and his Quaker paternal grandfather, Thomas Lindley, who dropped dead on his front porch after witnessing his family fighting each other at the Battle of Lindley’s Mill in North Carolina in 1781.

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