Individual Details
Dorothy "Dolly" Poindexter
(Abt 1790 - )
William Pettit, bondsman, for their marriage. Nothing else is known about Dolly. None of her descendants, if she had any, applied for enrollment as Cherokees. Did she have children? Did she die young? Did they move away and lose touch with the family?
She did make a purchase at her mother's estate sale:
From the Surry Co NC book of Inventories, Bonds, etc. dated 1809-1818 and digitized on FamilySearch.org.
p.172-174
An account of the property sold of the Estate of Elizabeth Poindexter deceased by William Poindexter and Robert A. Poindexter, the 7th and 8th of June 1816.
Dorothy A. Poindexter bought a bedstead & furniture, a table. £18.0.6
August Term 1816. Sale of the Estate of Elizabeth Poindexter deceased was returned and ordered recorded. Jo.Williams, CC
Ms. Cassstevens states that William Randolph did purchase several items from the Red Store in Huntsville NC on 29 Aug 1825. He doesn't appear after that date.
Dolly appears to be in an 1850 Census in Surry County, NC, Hh 1279
William Mathews, age 36, farmer - all born in North Carolina
Elisabeth, 32
Sally, 16
John, 14
Alexander, 11
Mary J. , 9
Nancy M., 7
Elisabeth, F., 4
George W., 2
Robert M., 3 months
Dolly Randolph, age 70
Events
| Birth | Abt 1790 | Surry County, North Carolina |  | ||
| Marriage | 22 Nov 1816 | Surry County, North Carolina - Capt William Randolph | |
Families
| Spouse | Capt William Randolph ( - ) |
| 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 | Robert Alexander Poindexter (1788 - 1842) |
Endnotes
1. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973), p.116.
2. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973), p.116.
3. Email.
4. Messages posted to Poindexter on Genforum.