Individual Details

Benjamin moved to Grayson Co TX about 1854, following his father. He resided in Collin Co TX in 1880. He served as a Private in Co D, 1st Battalion, of the TX Sharp Shooters in the Civil War. He also served in the Texas Rangers and was a U.S. Deputy Marshall. He married (1) his cousin Rebecca Flynn Poindexter who died 17 Sep 1866. They had no children. He married (2) Amanda Frances Cartwright on 1 Nov 1868 in Grayson Co TX and they had 11 children.

1870 Census. P.O. Kentucky Town, Prec. 4, Grayson, TX, Hh 255
B. S. Poindexter, 35, Farmer, b. KY
Amanda, 20, b. TN
Mary J., age 1, b. TX
Jane Collins, 10, Black, servant, b. TX
J. H. Poindexter, 18, b. KY

1880 Census. Prec 3, Collin Co, TX, Hh 257
B. S. Poindexter, 45, Farmer, b. KY
M. F., 30, wife, b. TX
M. J., 11, dau
H. P., 9, son
J. S., 8, dau
E. B., 5, dau
T. J., 4, son
V. Ann, 2, dau

In September of 1901, Amanda F. Poindexter stated her husband had died two years previously at the age of 64 and that they were married 1868, in Grayson Co, TX.
The Poindexter book gives the place of his death as "McMilland" Oklahoma. There is no such place, but there is a McMillan, OK in Marshall County. He is buried there in the McMillan city cemetery.

Benjamin Speer Poindexter's widow and children registered in the Five Civilized Tribes enrollment in 1896.
An entire group of descendants of both Benjamin and brother Arch and their half siblings applied through the Mississippi Choctaw enrollment. Both Benjamin & Archibald or their descendants, gave their mother as Mary P. Poindexter, not Sarah Gist. They claimed their Indian relationship through Rebecca Flynn, their grandmother. Not only was she not found on any of the Choctaw roles [she certainly was not even Indian] but they could not prove she had ever lived in Mississippi or Alabama [and she never had].


FindAGrave #23090813
Daughter of Harvey Perry Cartwright and Valerie Ann Pistole.
She married on 1 Nov 1868 in Grayson Co., TX, Benjamin Speer Poindexter, son of William Micajah Poindexter (buried at this cem.) and Sarah Gist. Benjamin was b. 25 Nov 1835 in Monroe Co., KY, and d. 7 Nov 1899 Mullin, IT (OK); he is either buried there or at this cem.
They had the following children: Mary Jane, Harvey Perry, Ida S., Thomas Jefferson, Anna Valera, William Cartwright, Benjamin Ephriam, Amanda Frances, Ruby Jewel, and Edith Emma (Inez) Poindexter.
Amanda Frances Cartwright Poindexter died in her daughter's home in Ada, Oklahoma, and she was buried in Rosedale Cemetery there. Her husband, Benjamin Speer Poindexter, is buried in McMillan, OK. I see that there also is a stone in Tom Bean, Texas.

Birth	25 Nov 1835	Monroe County, Kentucky
Marriage	1 Nov 1868	Grayson County, Texas - Amanda Frances Cartwright
Death	7 Nov 1899	McMillan, Marshall County, Oklahoma
Marriage		Rebecca Flynn Poindexter

Spouse

Rebecca Flynn Poindexter (1846 - 1866)

Spouse	Amanda Frances Cartwright (1850 - 1928)
Child	Thomas Jefferson Poindexter (1876 - 1939)

Father	William Micajah "Cage" Poindexter (1811 - 1870)
Mother	Sarah Gist ( - )
Sibling	Archibald Thomas Poindexter (1837 - 1932)