Individual Details

Robert LaFayette Poindexter

(May 1839 - Bef 1920)



Robert L. Poindexter, age 22, enlisted in the Confederate Army, 22 Oct 1861 in Cherokee Co, NC as a Private. He ws mustered in Company C, 39th Infantry, NC on 24 Sep 1861. Transferred to Company G, 19 Feb 1862. Became a Corporal, 1 May 1862; promoted to Sergeant, 19 May 1862. Wounded, 19 Sep 1863, Chickamauga, GA. Furlought, Oct 31, 1863.

1870 Census. Union Co, GA, Hh 564
Robert Poindexter, 31, b. NC
Mary E., 24, b. GA
Emily A., 4, b. GA
Sarah E., 2, b. GA

1880 Census. Murray Co, GA, Hh 183
Robert Poiyndexter, 40, Farming
Mary E., 34, wife
Emely, 15, dau
Sarah A., 12, dau
Victory, 10, dau
Cordelia, 6, dau
William 3, son

1900 Census. Whitfield Co, GA, Hh 71
Robert L. Poindexter, b. May 1839, 61, married 34 years, b. NC
Mary E., wife, b. Oct 1845, 54, 9 children - 8 are living, b. GA
Maggie, dau, b. Jun 1880, 19
James, son, b. Sep 1887, 12
Jasper, son, b. Apr 1890, 10

1910 Census. Shuck Pen, Murray Co, GA, Hh 51
Robert L. Poindexter, 72, married once for 46 years
Mary E., wife, 66, 9 children - 8 are living
Jim B., son, 24, married once for less than a year
Vamers, dau (dau-in-law), 21, married for less than a year, no children
Jasper, son, 21

Events

BirthMay 1839Macon County, North Carolina
Marriage22 Jun 1865McMinn County, Tennessee - Mary Elizabeth "Lucy" Dilbeck
DeathBef 1920Murray County, Georgia

Families

SpouseMary Elizabeth "Lucy" Dilbeck (1847 - 1923)
ChildSarah A Poindexter (1868 - 1954)
ChildMartha Cordelia Poindexter (1873 - 1955)
ChildWilliam Thomas Poindexter (1877 - 1952)
FatherFrancis Pledge Poindexter (1802 - 1880)
MotherNancy Sherrill (1808 - )
SiblingEmiline Poindexter (1830 - )
SiblingMatilda Poindexter (1834 - )
SiblingEdward L. Poindexter (1836 - )
SiblingJames Bedford Poindexter (1844 - 1931)
SiblingWilliam J. Poindexter (1844 - )
SiblingMary Poindexter (1848 - )
SiblingClaiborne Poindexter (1856 - )