Individual Details
Charlott Martin
(5 May 1795 - 9 Mar 1865)
Date of birth found in Poindexter Descendants Association, INc. "Newsletter"; Vol XVIII, Number 4, Oct 1999., p.18.
Poindexter Descendants Association, Inc. "Newsletter"; Vol XVIII, Number 4, Oct 1999., p.18; says Charlotte Pettit was widowed by the War of 1812. The family had moved to Eastern TN far from family. Charlotte's 12 year old brother lived with them. It is said after she was widowed she rode a mule 200 miles back to her home in NC with her baby Benjamin in her arms and her little brother riding behind her. Robert Alexander Poindexter had recently lost his wife and had seven children from 9 years to 2 months and they were married on the very day he proposed.
Date of death found in Poindexter Descendants Association, INc. "Newsletter"; Vol XVIII, Number 4, Oct 1999., p.17, as 9 Mar 1866. Her grave marker is in the Poindexter cemetery on the Yadkin River and gives her date of death as 1 Mar 1865. The photo of her marker shows it is very worn.
Events
| Birth | 5 May 1795 | Stokes County, North Carolina | |||
| Marriage | 18 Mar 1813 | Surry County, North Carolina - Benjamin Pettitt |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 May 1819 | Surry County, North Carolina - Robert Alexander Poindexter | | ||
| Death | 9 Mar 1865 | Yadkin County, North Carolina |
Families
| Spouse | Robert Alexander Poindexter (1788 - 1842) |
| Child | Miriam Poindexter (1820 - 1827) |
| Child | Robert Alexander Peter Clingman " R. C." Poindexter (1821 - 1885) |
| Child | Mary Wentworth Poindexter (1824 - 1861) |
| Child | Samuel David Lafayette Poindexter (1826 - 1845) |
| Child | Sarah Radford Poindexter (1827 - 1899) |
| Child | John A. H. Poindexter (1829 - 1912) |
| Child | Thomas C. M. Poindexter (1831 - 1862) |
| Child | Susan Hughes Poindexter (1833 - 1901) |
| Child | William George Washington Poindexter (1835 - 1864) |
| Child | Pleasant Henderson Poindexter (1837 - 1913) |
| Spouse | Benjamin Pettitt (1786 - 1815) |
| Child | Benjamin Pettitt Jr. (1815 - 1906) |
| Father | Valentine Clarkson Martin (1767 - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Dalton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nicholas Martin (1797 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Martin (1798 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Henry Martin (1801 - ) |
| Sibling | David Martin (1803 - ) |
| Sibling | Job Martin (1805 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Valentine Martin (1806 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Martin (1807 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Martin (1811 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Martin ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Messages posted to Poindexter on Genforum.
2. North Carolina Index to Marriage Bonds 1741-1868, North Carolina Division of Archives & History. Alphabetized by Groom or Bride. County shown as a code which can be found in the computer Card Catalog. LDS Microfiche #6330285 (80+ fiche) This Index is now available on Ancestry.com .
3. Messages posted to Poindexter on Genforum.