When Athanasius Lindsey was born on 3 April 1772, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Lindsey Sr., was 29 and his mother, Mary Cordilla Robertson, was 31. He married Sarah Lloyd on 19 November 1792, in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States in 1810. He died in May 1844, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72.