Individual Details

Amittie married Absalom Matthews, 30 Sep 1830, Surry Co NC. They are both buried at the Prospect Methodist Church Cemetery near Smithtown, Yadkin Co NC.

1870 Census. East Bend, Yadkin Co NC, Hh 13
Absalom Matthews, age 75. Amitta, age 60.
Francis P., age 31. Joseph W., age 21. Sanford, age 16
Mary, age 90.
Sarah Stow, age 50

Several descendants of this family made application for the Cherokee rolls in order to take part in the tribal monies; they were all rejected.

Sarah S. [Susanna] Blakley and her children made application 26 Aug 1896. Her parents were Amittie and Absalom. She was the wife of Geo W. Blakley. Her application is faded and the names of her children are not readable. The Poindexter book, p.438-9 gives enough information that I found her in 1900, but she was enumerated as "Mary" Blakley. [She lived until 1914]
Fall Creek, Yadkin Co, NC., Hh 77
George Blakley, b. Jan 1837, age 63, married 35 years
Mary, b. Jan 1846, age 54, had 8 children, 4 are living
William, son, b. May 1868, age 32 [just married]
Jennie, dau in law, b. Jun 1877, age 22
Amitty, dau, b. Sep 1880, age 19


Thomas F. Matthews, applied 25 Aug 1896. He was a son of Absalom & "Amittar" Matthews who was a daughter of William Pledge Poindexter. He had the following children: Wm. A. Matthews, married; Francis M.; Martha C. Taylor who married Andrew Taylor; James A., married; Robert L., unmarried; Thomas H. D., married; and Wesley M., unmarried. I found his entire family in 1900.
1900 Census. East Bend Twp, Yadkin Co, NC Hh 210
Thomas F. Matthews, b. Jan 1834, age 66, married 2 years
Lucinda, wife, b. Feb 1838, age 62, married 2 years, no children [obviously not the mother of his children - actually his 3rd wife]
Wesley M., son, b. Jun 1875, age 24, married 0 years [just married]
Ida, dau-in-law, b. Feb 1879, age 21, no children
Hh 211
Francis M. Matthews, b. Nov 1860, age 30, widowed
Cora, dau, b. Mar 1894, age 6. Charlie, son, b. Apr 1896, age 4. Early R., son, b. Mar 1898, age 2. Perlie M., b. Mar 1898, age 2 [another set of twins in the Poindexter family]
Fall Creek Twp, Yadkin Co, NC, Hh 117
William A. Matthews, b. Dec 1855, age 44, married 20 years, farmer
Mary, wife, b. Nov 1848, age 51, had 5 children
Thomas, son, b. Jan 1881, age 19. Seph, son, b. Aug 1882, age 17. Sanford, son, b. Jun 1884, age 15. Sallyan, dau, b. Feb 1888, age 12. John W., son, b. Dec 1890, age 9.
John Lane, boarder, b. Jan 1870, age 30, single, drygood merchant
Fall Creek, Hh 247
Andrew Taylor, b. Nov 1863, age 36, married 13 years
Martha, wife, b. May 1864, age 36, had 5 children
Frank, son, b. Jul 1888, age 11. Coral [Carl], son, b. Jan 1890, age 10. Amelia, dau, b. Jun 1891, age 8. Arbor, son, b. Mar 1894, age 6. Mascia [hard to read], dau, b. Sep 1898, age 1.
Fall Creek, Hh 264
James Mathews, b. Oct 1864, age 32, married 8 years
Mary, wife, b. Jan 1873, age 27, had 4 children, 3 are living
John H., son, b. Oct 1894, age 5. Robert W., son, b. Oct 1896, age 3. Friar, b., son, b. May 1899, age 1.
Fall Creek, Hh 240
William Fleming, b. Nov 1842, age 57, married 32 years.
Franky, wife, b. Mar 1843, age 57, had 2 children
Robert Mathews, son-in-law, b. Apr 1870, age 30, just married
Annie, dau, b. Mar 1877, age 23, no children
East Bend, Hh 200
Thomas H. D. Mathews, b. Nov 1872, age 27, married 6 years
Mary E., wife, b. Jan 1871, age 29, has 2 children
Early M. [Marshall], son, b. Jul 1895, age 4. Morgo H. [Herman], son, b. Nov 1891 [obviously should have 1898], age 1.

Birth	7 Jan 1811
Death	27 Feb 1866

Father	William Pledge "Wag" Poindexter (1766 - 1844)
Mother	Elizabeth A. Ashburn (1778 - 1849)
Sibling	Denson Ashburn Poindexter (1799 - 1876)
Sibling	Dandridge Poindexter (1803 - 1851)
Sibling	Thomas Harding Poindexter (1807 - 1888)
Sibling	Sallie Frances Poindexter (1814 - 1893)
Sibling	William Ashburn Poindexter (1817 - 1851)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living
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