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An Archibald Poindexter was in the 1st Brigade, 8th Division of the Missouri State Guard, form in Dade Co, and he was killed 10 Aug 1861 at the Battle of Wilson Creek. However, the other Archibald Poindexters were also of an approximate age to have served in the Civil War and it does not appear to be this Archibald.

Others have this Archibald married to Margaret Pennington.

1850 Census. Arch Poindexter, age 16, b. KY lived in the household of Saml & Elizabeth Smith in Monroe Co, KY.

1860 Census. Polk Twp, Dade Co, MO, Hh 270 (same page as Arche, age 53, & Mary Poindexter, William Poindexter, age 32 & wife Rebecca, & Robt F. Poindexter, 24, & wife Sarah - if he is in the right family this would be his uncle and two of his cousins)
Arch Poindexter, 27, b. KY
Margaret, 24, b. TN
James R., age 2, b. Missouri

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Subject: Arch Poindexter/Margaret Pennington
Author: cly462
Date: Thursday, November 08, 2007
Classification: queries
Surnames: Poindexter/Pennington/Willoughby

I'm looking for any information on MARGARET PENNINGTON POINDEXTER WILLOUGHBY married to ELIJAH WILLOUGHBY.

MARGARET was born abt 1836 in TN and was married 1st to ARCH POINDEXTER abt 1858 probably in Dade Co., MO. On 27 Feb 1878 she married ELIJAH WILLOUGHBY in Ozark Co. Mo.

Children of ARCH and MARGARET POINDEXTER were:
1)JAMES ROBERT b: abt 1860 MO. He married Maggie Jeffries
2)LOUISA b: abt 1867 MO. She married Fred Honeycutt
3) SAMUEL b: abt 1873 (I'd like to know more about him)
There may have been other children.

Only known child of MARGARET and ELIJAH WILLOUGHBY was SARAH WILLOUGHBY b: abt 1879

ELIJAH'S children by 1st wife were MARY, WILLIAM & ELIZABETH.

ELIJAH & MARGARET are found in 1910 in Sequoyah Co., OK. They must of died before 1920. It is thought that they may be buried on Payne Hollow, Sequoyah Co. in unmarked graves.

Can anyone add any more details on this family?
Any help, hope or hints would be greatly appreciated,
Bonnie

Cherokee By Blood:
A case found in the Dawes Packets concerned the wife and children of a Poindexter. At first spouses of Indians were enrolled as "adopted" by the Cherokee tribe; after 1906, white spouses were rejected and removed from the rolls.
Case D234 [one of the Doubtful cases], 30 Aug 1900. James R. Poindexter was age 41. He lived in the Tahlequah District, post office Wagoner. He had five unmarried children to add to the rolls. He declared himself Cherokee by adoption. He married in 1886 according to Cherokee law. His father was Arch Poindexter, now dead; his mother was Margaret, still living. His wife was Maggie, age 35; her name was Jeffrey before their marriage. They were married according to Cherokee license, 30 Aug 1885. Her father was John Jeffrey, a Cherokee, deceased. Her mother was white, named Nancy. John Jeffrey had been dead about a year. The children were William 13, Benjamin 11, Paralee 7, Ellen 5, and Lucinda age 3. Maggie Jeffries was found on the Rolls as early as 1880. There is an Affidavit of Sarah A. VanMeeter, a neighbor and midwife, who delivered Maggie of a daughter, Louisa, on the 8th of Oct 1900.
Maggie and all the children are listed on the Cherokee Roll, Card 2293. She is one-fourth Cherokee, the children listed as one-eighth.
On the D234 Card of James R. Poindexter, his mother is listed as Margaret Williby. It is noted he was listed as Robert Poindexter on the Cherokee Roll of 1896.
There is also a transfer from D235 to an enrollment card 9535 for James R. Poindexter. Stamped Granted, May 20, 1902 and Refused, Jan 26, 1907.

There is a census, 1860, Dade Co MO, p.41, Dwelling 270. Arch Poindexter, age 27, born [1833] in KY is living with Margaret, age 26, b. TN and James R., age 2, born in Missouri. Online database suggests Margaret Pennington married Arch Poindexter and then Elijah Willoughby, 27 Feb 1878, Ozark Co, MO. Elijah & Margaret are in the 1910 Census, Sequoyah Co, OK.

In Monroe Co KY, 1850, before most of the Poindexters moved to Missouri, there is an Arch Poindexter, age 16 [b. 1834] living with Samuel & Elizabeth Poindexter Smith and their children and next door to Micajah Poindexter. This Arch has been placed in the family of Archibald Thomas Poindexter, older brother of Micajah who was living across the line in Clay Co, Tennessee. The mother Fannie, was deceased and there is no Arch living with Archibald Thomas - it makes sense he would name a son after himself. I believe this to be an arbitrary placement. However, age-wise he would fit in that household and the following shows that there is really no other place to put him.
Micajah had a son Archibald T. - he was age 13 and in his father's household in 1850.
William Archibald, brother to Micajah and Archibald Thomas, was already living in Dade Co MO in 1850 - his son Arch was 4 years old.
John Thomas, another brother, was married by 1850, but had no son named Arch and John Thomas had not been married long enough to have had a 16-year-old.
Zadock Wright Poindexter, still another brother had a William Archibald, age 6 in 1850, and born in Dade Co MO.
A possible brother, a Josiah, was also already in Missouri by 1850.

James R. Poindexter never offered himself as having any Indian blood, just his wife. He obviously never got the story about Rebecca Flynn Poindexter, or never knew of his relationship to her.

1900 Census. Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Arch. Spears was enumerator.
Robert Poindexter, b. Dec 1859, age 40, married 14 yr, b. MO, father unk, mother b. KY
Maggie, wife, b. Jan 1865, age 35. Had 7 children, 5 living., b. IT, father b. AL, mother b. AR
Robert is listed as white; Maggie and her father as Cherokee, her mother as white. She is listed as 3/4 white.
William Poindexter, son, b. May 1887, age 13. Benjamin, son, b. Jul 1889, age 10.
Paralee, dau, b. Sep 1892, age 7. Ellen, dau, b. May 1895, age 5.
Lucinda, dau, b. Oct 1897, age 2.
Children all born Indian Territory; listed as 7/8 Indian.

1880 Census. Franklin, Marion Co, AR. Hh 162
Elijah Willoughby, age 50, b. LA
Margaret, age 45, b. AR
Mary, dau, 15, b. MO
William, son, 13, b. MO
Elizabeth, dau, 10, b. MO
Sarah, dau, age 1, b. AR
Robert, stepson, age 20, b. MO
Louisa, stepdau, age 17, b. MO
Samuel, stepson, age 10, b. AR

Birth	1833
Marriage	Abt 1858	Dade County, Missouri - Margaret Pennington

Spouse	Margaret Pennington (1835 - )
Child	Louisa Poindexter (1867 - 1908)

Father	Archibald Thomas Poindexter (1802 - 1881)
Mother	Fannie Coe (1808 - 1850)
Sibling	?Nancy Poindexter (1825 - )
Sibling	John Robert Poindexter (1828 - 1862)
Sibling	Rebecca Frances Poindexter (1830 - 1867)
Sibling	Elizabeth Poindexter (1831 - )
Sibling	Mary Coe Poindexter (1838 - 1884)
Sibling	Robert M. Poindexter (1840 - 1895)
Sibling	Josiah Jefferson "Bud" Poindexter (1841 - 1924)
Sibling	Thomas Archibald Poindexter (1844 - )