Robert Lindsay (c. 1735 – 1801) was an American politician who was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777.
Evidently, he lived for a time on the Pennsylvania/Maryland border area before coming to North Carolina in the mid-18th century.
[citation needed] Lindsay established a 2,000 acre (8 km2) plantation on Deep River in what later became Guilford County.
He served in the first independent North Carolina Legislature from 1777 to 1778, and was presiding Judge of Guilford County from 1781 to 1788.
He was a well known and respected member of his community, and his descendants were prominent in the history of North Carolina.