Individual Details
Capt Joseph Poindexter
(11 Aug 1736 - 29 Jun 1826)
Served as Capt in the Revolution. Moved to Bedford County and then Campbell County. Found in the Bedford County Personal Property Tax Rolls from the earliest in 1782 - 1807 along with several of his sons.
Will dated 12 Jul 1823, Campbell Co VA. Personal estate to beloved wife, Elizabeth J. Poindexter. The land I live on and some 16 named slaves with furniture, stock, tools, crops, etc. To son Thomas after the death or remarriage of wife the land I live on except seven & 1/4 acres on Little Whipping Creek including a mill site which I will to my son Lewis provided Thomas pays Lewis $900. To son William, slave & her increase. To granddaughter Franky Harrison Poindexter, slave, bed & furniture, horse & saddle. After death or marriage of wife I devise the following: To sons James, Samuel, Joseph, William, Richard, & Lewis, $5 each and no more as I have provided for them. To daughter Ann Shelton $500. To surviving children of son James $500 to be divided equally between them. To son John $800. To surviving children of son William $500 to divided equally. To the three sons of son Joseph: William, Joseph, James & his daughter Franky $1000 to be divided equally. To surviving children of son Richard $400 to be equally divided. To surviving children of deceased son Reubin $500. To daughter Elizabeth Chilton $100. Granddaughter Fanny Harrison Poindexter to live with my wife and be maintained out of my estate during my wife's lifetime. Exectrix: wife. Executors: sons Lewis Poindexter & John Poindexter & John Shelton Sr.
Signed: Joseph Poindexter
Wit: Jos. Scott, Francis Callaway, Ric'd Thornton, Philip Gibbs. Ro. Smith.
Codicil. 11 Jul 1825. In regard to the mill tract. Lewis D. Poindexter is to pay Thomas Poindexter $1666.67.
Events
| Birth | 11 Aug 1736 | Hanover County, Virginia |  | ||
| Marriage | 17 Feb 1763 | Louisa County, Virginia - Elizabeth James Kennerly | | ||
| Death | 29 Jun 1826 | Campbell County, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth James Kennerly (1747 - 1828) |
| Child | Nancy\Anne Poindexter (1764 - ) |
| Child | James Poindexter (1765 - 1833) |
| Child | Samuel Jacob Poindexter (1767 - 1841) |
| Child | John Poindexter (1770 - 1843) |
| Child | William J. Poindexter (1772 - 1834) |
| Child | Joseph Poindexter Jr. (1774 - 1824) |
| Child | Richard Poindexter (1776 - 1850) |
| Child | Thomas Kennerly Poindexter (1778 - 1843) |
| Child | Reuben Poindexter (1780 - 1816) |
| Child | Andrew Poindexter (1783 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Poindexter (1785 - ) |
| Child | Lewis D. Poindexter (1790 - 1879) |
| Father | John Poindexter (1696 - 1753) |
| Mother | Christian "Kitty" Gissage\Gorsuch (1702 - 1779) |
| Sibling | John Poindexter (1728 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Thomas P. Poindexter (1730 - 1796) |
| Sibling | William Poindexter (1734 - 1808) |
| Sibling | Anne Elizabeth Poindexter (1734 - 1800) |
| Sibling | Frances Poindexter (1737 - 1778) |
| Sibling | Richard Poindexter (1738 - 1775) |
| Sibling | Sarah Poindexter (1747 - 1814) |
Endnotes
1. John Poindexter Landers, STB, MA, Poingdestre-Poindexter: A Norman Family Through the Ages 1250-1977 (Robert Downs Poindexter; Printed by Von Boeckmann-Jones, Austin, TX [1975]), p.99.
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3. John Poindexter Landers, STB, MA, Poingdestre-Poindexter: A Norman Family Through the Ages 1250-1977 (Robert Downs Poindexter; Printed by Von Boeckmann-Jones, Austin, TX [1975]), p.99.
4. Nealon Rhea Agee and Dorothy Louise (Knox) Brown, Poindexter Family History: Knox-Bard; Kreager-Harrell; Crawford-Pledge-Flynn & Related Families (Self-Published Nov. 1995), p.80.
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6. John Poindexter Landers, STB, MA, Poingdestre-Poindexter: A Norman Family Through the Ages 1250-1977 (Robert Downs Poindexter; Printed by Von Boeckmann-Jones, Austin, TX [1975]), p.99.
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