Individual Details

This person will not be found in this family anywhere else. This is speculation and not to be taken as fact. It is a working hypothesis. I believe that this John "could have been" a son of Thomas Poindexter and Sarah Veale.

Reasons I have placed him here are:
1. There is no definitive set of children of Thomas Poindexter and Sarah Veale, who is very possibly a daughter of a John Veale and sister of a Bond Veale. Thomas left no will and may have distributed all his property prior to his death.
2. It seems unusual for Thomas not to have a son named John, since that was likely his father-in-law's given name, as well as the name of his brother and uncle.
3. Thomas and Sarah were married many years and both were still living as late as 1777 in Louisa Co VA. It is likely they had more than five children.
4. Capt. Thomas Poindexter, son of Thomas and Sarah also removed to North Carolina - to Surry Co. One of his sons, Thomas, married an Elizabeth Lovill/Lovell about 1797 in Surry Co, and his daughter Sarah married James Lovill in 1807, Surry, hinting at a prolonged relationship with the Lovell family.
5. The sons of this John who have distinctive names, Chapman and Lovell, appear in Halifax Co VA at the same time as the family of Bond Veale Poindexter Jr. - Bond could have been their first cousin. One of the sons of John, Chapman, served in the Revolution from Louisa Co, and stated he was born in Louisa Co, placing his father as being a resident of Louisa Co. Bond Veale Jr. and Chapman both moved on to Tennessee.
6. The other John Poindexters found in Louisa Co at the time Chapman was born, 1760, have been properly accounted for.
7. The surname Lovell will be connected with the family of Capt. Thomas Poindexter in Surry Co NC; it is possible that the wife of this John was either a Lovell or her mother was since they named a son "Lovell".
8. Chapman Poindexter had a close relationship with the Via [sometimes seen as Viah or Vier] family from Louisa/Albemarle Counties and Micajah Via lived in Halifax Co at the same time as Chapman Poindexter - the two men were involved in a lawsuit in 1803 in Albemarle, although they gave their testimony in Halifax. Chapman Poindexter had received a power of attorney to sell lands for the Via family. The Fredricksville Parish Vestry book shows a processioning dated 28 Sep 1752 in which Robert Via was present for part of the processionings and Thomas Poindexter was present to view John Poindexter's line - indicating the two families probably had been acquainted for some years.
9. A Lovell Poindexter also was acquainted with the Via family from Albemarle Co. 1 Oct 1800, Halifax Co, Lovell Poindexter was bondsman for the marriage of William (x) Smith to Elizabeth "Vier", who stated she was of the age of 21. This would seem to be too early a record for the Lovell found later who was born approximately 1793.

There is a will of a John Poindexter recorded in Orange Co NC in 1772. His sons appear later in Halifax Co VA along with Bond Veale [Bondaville] Poindexter Jr. and family. Some have placed these sons as actually being sons of Bondaville Sr which seems unlikely given the existence of this will. The name Chapman Poindexter seems to be rather exclusive, as does Lovel Poindexter - both could have been family surnames.

Some believe that perhaps John "Stray" Poindexter, also unplaced in the family (but very likely a son of Bond Veale Poindexter, is the John named in the will. This doesn't work out.

Orange Co NC Will Book A, p.127
John Pindexter bequeathed all goods and chattles, real and personal to be divided equally between his wife and children. Elizabeth was his wife. Children listed as William, eldest son, John, Lovel, Chapman, Thomas and Francis Poindexter. James McCan and John Hart, both of Orange Co to be executors. 23 Oct 1772. Signed with his mark.
Wit: Abraham (x) Whittiker, Nelly (x) Reily, Elizabeth (x) Tate.

Death

Ca 1772

Orange County, North Carolina

Spouse	Elizabeth [Poindexter] ( - )
Child	William Poindexter ( - )
Child	John Poindexter ( - )
Child	Lovel Poindexter ( - )
Child	Chapman Poindexter (1760 - 1851)
Child	Thomas Poindexter (1765 - )
Child	Francis Poindexter ( - )

Father	THOMAS POINDEXTER (1705 - 1796)
Mother	SARAH (?Bond) VEALE (1707 - )
Sibling	William Poindexter (1729 - 1797)
Sibling	Frances Poindexter ( - 1807)
Sibling	[Capt] THOMAS POINDEXTER (1733 - 1807)
Sibling	Bond Veale Poindexter (1735 - 1812)
Sibling	Elizabeth Poindexter (1747 - 1785)