Individual Details

Married (1) Sarah Gist, daughter of Henry D. Gist of Monroe Co KY; she was half Cherokee. (2) Mary P. Glidewell in Monroe Co. (3) Mrs. Susannah (Savage) Edge, born in MO in 1826 - married in 1857 & divorced soon after their marriage. (4) Mrs. Emmaline (Walker) Barnard on 18 Dec 1858. (5) Mrs. Serena P. M. (Williamson) Evans on 20 Dec 1865.

Micajah is on a muster roll of the Black Hawk War in Illinois; Zadock W., William & Royal Flynn are all shown as members of the Company of Allen F. Lindsey, most from Morgan Co, the Spy Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Illinois Mounted Volunteers, called into service 16 May 1832. Royal was a Corporal, the other Flynns were Privates. Isaac R. Bennet, husband of Mary Jones, daughter of Claybourn Jones, was 2nd Lt of the unit; he lost 1 Sorrel mare by forced marching.
Bennet's brother-in-law Usel Meeker, married to Isaac's wife's sister, Alla Jones, was another private in this unit. Meeker was one of only three men from Sangamon Co, IL.
Micajah Poindexter was listed as a Private from Morgan County, with the note, "Sick in tent. 1 horse Rendered unfit for service."
Note signed Alen F. Lindsey: This company organized 4th day of Jun 1832. Took up line of march for head Quarters 9th day June 1832 mustered into service 19th day of June 1832. Eight days Rations for Seventeen men have Been drawn for traveling purposes 16th Aug 1832.
The Black Hawk War 1831-1832, Vol I, Illinois Volunteers; compiled and edited by Ellen M. Whitney, Illinois State Historical Library, Vol. XXXV, Springfield, 1970.


Found in 1850 Monroe Co Census, p.392, Household #331, with 2nd wife Mary, his two sons by the first wife, and 7 of the children with Mary Glidewell.
Lived next door to his sister Elizabeth and her husband Saml. Smith and family.
Micajah was age 38, Mary 36. Benjamin 15, Archy 13, Robert 10, Narcissa 8, James 7, George 5, Gideon 4, Joseph 2, and Abraham age 6 months.
Later when descendants of Benjamin and Arch [the two boys said born to Sarah Gist], applied for enrollment in the Mississippi Choctaw rolls, they said their mother was Mary P. Poindexter. All applicants were denied because the Indian blood was said to have come from Rebecca Flynn Poindexter their grandmother. She of course could not be found on Choctaw rolls [she wasn't Indian], nor was their any evidence she had lived in Mississippi or Alabama [and she never had]. One of the descendants testified that nothing was known of Micajah's whereabouts when he was about age 16 to 24. It is possible that he did marry Sarah Gist, or perhaps lived with her, and these two sons who would have been very young, always believed, or considered, Mary was their mother. If that is so, however, how was the marriage to Sarah Gist ever proved in the family histories?

"Cage" moved to Grayson Co TX 1850/51.

Enlisted 28 Oct 1858 in the Texas Rangers under the command of James Bourland; discharged 28 Jan 1859. Served in Co. C 11th Texas Cavalry, Young's Regt in the Confederate Army. Was honorably discharged with a Certificate of Disability for bowel ulceration and chronic diarrhea.

1860 Census. Grayson Co TX, P.O. Sherman
M. Poindexter, age 43, farmer, b. NC. Emily, 21, b. KY
B. S. [male], age 27, teamster, b. KY
R. M. [male], age 21, teamster, b. KY
Jas. W., age 17, b. KY
G. A.,[male] age 15, b. KY
A. T. Poindexter, [male] age 23, was living with Henry Gist, age 34, and family, working as a farm hand.

1870 Census. P.O. Kentucky Town, Prec No. 4, Grayson, TX, Hh 258
M. Poindexter, age 54, Farmer, b. NC
Serena, 30, b. MO
Harriett Evans, 10, b. TX
Julia Poindexter, 10, b. TX
Charles, 4, b. TX
Rebecca, 6 months, b. TX

Micajah is buried at White Mound Cemetery, Grayson Co TX.

He has a military stone placed Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK.
CSA - Co. C, 11th Texas Cavalry

Birth	8 Nov 1811	Surry County, North Carolina
Marriage	Abt 1834	Sarah Gist
Marriage	Abt 1838	Mary P. Glidewell
Marriage	1857	Susannah SAVAGE Edge
Marriage	18 Dec 1858	Grayson County, Texas - Emmaline WALKER Barnard
Military	1862	Co. C, 11th Texas Cavalry, Young's Regt, Civil War
Marriage	20 Dec 1865	Grayson County, Texas - Serena P. M. Williamson
Death	24 Sep 1870	Grayson County, Texas
Burial		White Mound Cemetery, Tom Bean, Grayson County, Texas

Spouse	Sarah Gist ( - )
Child	Benjamin Speer Poindexter (1835 - 1899)
Child	Archibald Thomas Poindexter (1837 - 1932)

Spouse	Mary P. Glidewell (1814 - )
Child	Robert M. Poindexter (1839 - )
Child	Narcissa E. Poindexter (1841 - 1868)
Child	James W. Poindexter (1843 - )
Child	George Poindexter (1845 - )
Child	Gideon A. Poindexter (1845 - )
Child	Joseph Poindexter (1848 - )
Child	Abraham Poindexter (1850 - )
Child	John H. Poindexter (1851 - 1882)
Child	William Anders Poindexter (1851 - 1929)

Spouse	Susannah SAVAGE Edge (1826 - )
Child	Mary Alice Poindexter (1857 - 1936)

Spouse	Emmaline WALKER Barnard (1839 - )
Child	Julia A. Poindexter (1860 - )

Spouse	Serena P. M. Williamson (1839 - )
Child	Charles W. Poindexter (1866 - )
Child	Mary\Rebecca Susan Poindexter (1869 - )

Father	ARCHIBALD PLEDGE POINDEXTER (1780 - 1842)
Mother	REBECCA FLYNN (1780 - 1830)
Sibling	Archibald Thomas Poindexter (1802 - 1881)
Sibling	DOROTHY AMOS POINDEXTER (1805 - 1846)
Sibling	William Archibald "Arche" Poindexter (1807 - 1878)
Sibling	Elizabeth Poindexter (1808 - )
Sibling	Miriam Poindexter (1813 - 1862)
Sibling	Belinda/Malinda Poindexter (1816 - 1875)
Sibling	John Thomas Poindexter (1818 - 1893)
Sibling	Zadock Wright Poindexter (1820 - 1859)
Sibling	Josiah Poindexter (1822 - 1866)