Individual Details

Robert L. Poindexter, age 22, enlisted in the Confederate Army, 22 Oct 1861 in Cherokee Co, NC as a Private. He ws mustered in Company C, 39th Infantry, NC on 24 Sep 1861. Transferred to Company G, 19 Feb 1862. Became a Corporal, 1 May 1862; promoted to Sergeant, 19 May 1862. Wounded, 19 Sep 1863, Chickamauga, GA. Furlought, Oct 31, 1863.

1870 Census. Union Co, GA, Hh 564
Robert Poindexter, 31, b. NC
Mary E., 24, b. GA
Emily A., 4, b. GA
Sarah E., 2, b. GA

1880 Census. Murray Co, GA, Hh 183
Robert Poiyndexter, 40, Farming
Mary E., 34, wife
Emely, 15, dau
Sarah A., 12, dau
Victory, 10, dau
Cordelia, 6, dau
William 3, son

1900 Census. Whitfield Co, GA, Hh 71
Robert L. Poindexter, b. May 1839, 61, married 34 years, b. NC
Mary E., wife, b. Oct 1845, 54, 9 children - 8 are living, b. GA
Maggie, dau, b. Jun 1880, 19
James, son, b. Sep 1887, 12
Jasper, son, b. Apr 1890, 10

1910 Census. Shuck Pen, Murray Co, GA, Hh 51
Robert L. Poindexter, 72, married once for 46 years
Mary E., wife, 66, 9 children - 8 are living
Jim B., son, 24, married once for less than a year
Vamers, dau (dau-in-law), 21, married for less than a year, no children
Jasper, son, 21

Birth	May 1839	Macon County, North Carolina
Marriage	22 Jun 1865	McMinn County, Tennessee - Mary Elizabeth "Lucy" Dilbeck
Death	Bef 1920	Murray County, Georgia

Spouse	Mary Elizabeth "Lucy" Dilbeck (1847 - 1923)
Child	Sarah A Poindexter (1868 - 1954)
Child	Martha Cordelia Poindexter (1873 - 1955)
Child	William Thomas Poindexter (1877 - 1952)

Father	Francis Pledge Poindexter (1802 - 1880)
Mother	Nancy Sherrill (1808 - )
Sibling	Emiline Poindexter (1830 - )
Sibling	Matilda Poindexter (1834 - )
Sibling	Edward L. Poindexter (1836 - )
Sibling	James Bedford Poindexter (1844 - 1931)
Sibling	William J. Poindexter (1844 - )
Sibling	Mary Poindexter (1848 - )
Sibling	Claiborne Poindexter (1856 - )