Individual Details

Robert had 17 children by his two wives.

Benjamin Pettit was bondsman for the marriage of Robert & Miriam Flynn.
Charlotte Pettit, widow of Benjamin Pettit who was was bondsman for Robert A.'s first marriage was his 2nd wife. Bondsman for this marriage was Thomas Apperson.

Surry Co NC Overseers of Roads 1807-1833
Agnes M. Wells & Carol L. Snow 1991
p.11 Nov Term 1809 Robert Poindexter in room of Isaac Davis from Crossroad to Dill's Creek

1810, Surry Co NC
Robert Poindexter. 1m 16-26, 1f under 10, 1f 16-26.

Surry DB N, p.232. 25 Mar 1811 from Laughlin Flinn to Robert A. Poindexter for £94, 188 acres on Brook's Creek to a Post Oak in the line of Thomas Poindexter, dec'd. Signed with his mark. Wit: William Poindexter, Thos. W. P. Poindexter. Proven Feb 1816 by William Poindexter. [See DB M, p.85, for purchase]

Surry Co NC DB N, p.233
28 Sep 1812. Deed from Arche Poindexter and Thomas Wm. P. Poindexter of Surry County to Robert A. Poindexter of the same. Lot #7 in Bailey's Bottom as drawn by Arche Poindexter, for $165. Begins at corner of Lot #6 drawn by Elizabeth McCammon on the bank of the Yadkin River; runs down the river; 14.4 acres. Signed: Arche Poindexter. Thos. Wm. P. Poindexter. Witnessed by John G. Poindexter, Wm. Poindexter. Proved in open Court Feby Term 1816 by William Poindexter. [Lot 7 was Arche's share of his father's estate division; sister Elizabeth's share was Lot 7. Robert was already in poossession of Lot 9 - his draw in the division. Some of Thomas Poindexter's deeds mention Bailey's Creek that drains into the Yadkin.]


1820, Surry Co NC, Capt. John G. Poindexter's District
Robert Poindexter. 3m under 10. 1m 26-45. 4f under 10, 1f 10-16, 1f 26-45

Robert is buried in Poindexter Cemetery, near the Yadkins River, Bailey Bottoms, Yadkin County, along with both of his wives.

Birth	14 Jul 1788	Surry County, North Carolina
Marriage	27 Sep 1806	Surry County, North Carolina - Miriam Flynn
Marriage	12 May 1819	Surry County, North Carolina - Charlott Martin
Death	5 Apr 1842	Yadkin County, North Carolina

Spouse	Miriam Flynn (1786 - 1818)
Child	Thomas Poindexter (1807 - 1807)
Child	Ann A. "Nancy" Poindexter (1809 - 1881)
Child	Elizabeth Caroline Poindexter (1810 - 1864)
Child	Francis A. Poindexter (1813 - )
Child	Rebecca Poindexter (1815 - 1892)
Child	Martha Milner "Patty" Poindexter (1816 - 1872)
Child	Archibald Pledge Poindexter (1818 - 1870)

Spouse	Charlott Martin (1795 - 1865)
Child	Miriam Poindexter (1820 - 1827)
Child	Robert Alexander Peter Clingman " R. C." Poindexter (1821 - 1885)
Child	Mary Wentworth Poindexter (1824 - 1861)
Child	Samuel David Lafayette Poindexter (1826 - 1845)
Child	Sarah Radford Poindexter (1827 - 1899)
Child	John A. H. Poindexter (1829 - 1912)
Child	Thomas C. M. Poindexter (1831 - 1862)
Child	Susan Hughes Poindexter (1833 - 1901)
Child	William George Washington Poindexter (1835 - 1864)
Child	Pleasant Henderson Poindexter (1837 - 1913)

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	Thomas Wentworth Pledge Poindexter (1771 - 1838)
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	Dorothy "Dolly" Poindexter (1790 - )