Individual Details
Thomas Wentworth Pledge Poindexter
(3 Jan 1771 - 1838)
Name was Thomas Wentworth in "The Douglas Register". Name given as Thomas Willing/Willin Pledge Poindexter and called "Pledge" during settlement of father's estate. Descendants who applied for enrollment with the Cherokee Indians also referred to him as Pledge Poindexter.
This couple seems to be the progenitors of Richard Elliot, through a son Francis. Pettitt book says there were three sons and several daughters but only lists a son Thomas Pledge (1800-1873) and daughter Mary who married George N. Hughes in 1832.
Individuals who purchased land in Cherokee Co NC in 1838 as a result of the removal of the Cherokees to OK: Francis Poindexter (Dist 9 & 12) 556 acres for $517; Thomas W. P. Poindexter (Dist 8 & 11), 697 acres for $627
Date of birth found in Poindexter Descendants Association, INc. "Newsletter"; Vol XVIII, Number 4, Oct 1999., p.17.
Samuel Martin was Bondsman, for the marriage to Elizabeth Lovill.
1800 Census, Surry Co NC
Listed as Pledge Poindexter [His father Thomas was still living]. 2m under 10, 1m 16-26. 1f 16-26.
Surry Co NC Court Minutes 1796-1800
Vol II
Agnes M. Wells & Iris M. Harvey 1991
Wed 12 Feb 1800
p.187 Thomas Flynn vs. Edward Lovill.. Jury impannelled and sworn; find for defendant.
Pledge Poindexter, wit for pltff proves 30m and 1 day Edward Lovill was probably Pledge's father-in-law.
1810 Census, Surry Co NC
Thomas W. Poindexter. 2m under 10, 2m 10-16, 1m 26-45. 2f under 10, 1f 16-26.
Surry Co NC Overseers of Roads 1807-1833
Agnes M. Wells & Carol L. Snow 1991
p.24 Feb Term 1816 Thos. W P Poindexter overseer of road from Lovill's Ore Road to Yellow Bank Ford on Mitchells River
The Poindexter books says that about 1838, Pledge went out to the Indians and was buried on the reservation in Macon, now Cherokee Co, NC. He did purchase land there along with his son Francis. Descendants later tried to enroll in the Cherokee Nation but were denied for lack of proof.
It would seem to me that the Poindexters profited from the Indian removal - another indication they were not themselves part Cherokee in spite of the claims of descendants.
Events
| Birth | 3 Jan 1771 | Goochland County, Virginia |  | ||
| Baptism | 5 Nov 1771 | | |||
| Marriage | 23 Nov 1797 | Surry County, North Carolina - Elizabeth Lovill | | ||
| Death | 1838 | Macon County, North Carolina |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Lovill (1779 - 1817) |
| Child | Edward Lovell Poindexter (1798 - 1836) |
| Child | Thomas William Pledge Poindexter Jr (1800 - 1873) |
| Child | Francis Pledge Poindexter (1802 - 1880) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Elizabeth Pledge Poindexter (1810 - 1868) |
| Child | Mary P. Poindexter (1812 - 1876) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Harriet A. H. Poindexter (1817 - ) |
| Father | [Capt] THOMAS POINDEXTER (1733 - 1807) |
| Mother | ELIZABETH PLEDGE (1740 - 1816) |
| Sibling | Ann Radford Poindexter (1760 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Francis Anderson Poindexter (1764 - 1802) |
| Sibling | William Pledge "Wag" Poindexter (1766 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Martha Milner "Patty" Poindexter (1768 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Carolina Pledge Poindexter (1772 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Wentworth "Polly" Poindexter (1775 - 1863) |
| Sibling | John George W. "Stumpy" "Jack" Poindexter (1778 - 1863) |
| Sibling | ARCHIBALD PLEDGE POINDEXTER (1780 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Sarah Redford "Sally" Poindexter (1784 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Robert Alexander Poindexter (1788 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Dorothy "Dolly" Poindexter (1790 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973), p.116.
2. Edited by W. Mac Jones, The Douglas Register. Detailed record of Births, Marriages, Deaths.....as kept by the Rev. William Douglas, from 1750 to 1797. [Note: Douglas went to Goochland in 1750 but did not start the Registter until 1756.] An Index of Goochland Wills. Notes on the French-Huguenot Refugees who lived in Manakin-Town. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore Reprinted 1985; Original, 1928. c1966) Available online at Ancestry.com by subscription., Births & Baptisms. p.275.
3. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973), p.116.
4. North Carolina Index to Marriage Bonds 1741-1868, North Carolina Division of Archives & History. Alphabetized by Groom or Bride. County shown as a code which can be found in the computer Card Catalog. LDS Microfiche #6330285 (80+ fiche) This Index is now available on Ancestry.com .
5. Messages posted to Poindexter on Genforum.