Individual Details

Watson is the only child ever suggested to be that of Betsy Johnson and Bond Poindexter. He married Judith S. Dodson, 5 Aug 1823, Halifax Co, VA. She was apparently a young widow as her father is listed as David Boyd. I find it most peculiar that he is said to have died in Idaho in 1845 [or 1848] - Idaho did not even become a state until 1890 and there are indications online that some of the grandchildren were born in Missouri. Some of his sons did apparently eventually end up in Montana and Oregon.

Children are said to be:
Marcellus, b. 1824
Romulus, b. 1826
Thomas Watson, b. 27 Mar 1829
Philip Henry, b. 5 Sep 1831
Virginia, b. 1833
George W. , b. 3 Oct 1836
John C., b. 29 May 1842

That Watson died prior to 1850 seems likely. Found in the 3rd Ward of the city of St. Louis in 1850, Hh 1090
Judith Poindexter, age 47, b. Virginia
Philip H. , age 19, b. VA, working as a clerk
Virginia, age 16, b. VA
George W. [no age given]
John Poindexter, age 14, b. MO
Judith seems to be running a boarding house, because the following were all listed at the same residence:
Fanny Johnson, age 14, b. MO
Ezekiel Adams, 26, bricklayer, b. SC, Caroline Adams, 20, b. GA, Mary age 1, b. SC
John Brend, age 22, bricklayer, b. SC
John Tedlin, 25, bricklayer, b. MD
Enoch Primm, 19, carpenter, b. Illinois
William Murphey, age 20, carpenter, b. Illinois
Oliver Whisett, 21, carpenter, b. VA
Susan Magavin, 17, b. Canada
Rosa Detwiler, 12, b. Germany
John Carlton, 26, carpenter, b. NY
Hughland Majors, 23, carpenter, b. PA
Benjamin Triplett, 36, carpenter, b. KY
James Wagner, 40, carpenter, b. PA

Any confirmation of the family has been difficult through census records.

1850, Holt Co, MO
R. I. Poindexter, age 24, b. Virginia, merchant - may be Romulus Poindexter
Elizabeth 21. James, age 11 months.

I did find Thomas Watson Poindexter in Canyon City, Grant Co, Oregon in 1870
T. W. Poindexter, age 41, county clerk, b. Virginia
Margaret, age 30, b. Missouri
Philip E. 8, b. CA. Thos. W. 6 and Joseph 1, both born in Oregon

And in Beaverhead Valley, Montana Territoy in 1870 was
Phil Poindexter, age 38, b. VA, stock raiser
Emily, 24, b. MO, and Fannie age 2 months, marked as born in Missouri, but it was likely Montana Territory
Living with him was Virginia Johnson, age 36, a school teacher, b. VA, surely his sister and her children: Philip, 17, works on ranch; Jane 11, and Georgie 4, female - all born in Missouri
Jane Sale, age 61, b. VA also lives with the family

1880, Beaverhead Co, Montana, Hh 182
Philip Poindexter, 47, stock raiser, b. VA, parents b. VA
Mary, wife, age 37, b. MO [apparently a second wife]
Fannie, 10, dau, b. MO [she must have been brought to Montana as a wee babe!]
Henry, 7, son, b. Montana as were his little sisters
Emma, 4, dau
Virginia, 2, dau
Mary Dunn, age 20, servant, b. Missouri
Chester Weld, age 25, labor, b. in Maine

Birth	Ca 1803
Death	1848	Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

Father	Chapman Poindexter (1760 - 1851)
Mother	Living