Individual Details

Married Martha J. Ward in Surry Co who was a sister to Elizabeth Ward who married Archibald Pledge Poindexter. Martha and Elizabeth were daughters of Wiley and Mary Smith Ward.
Martha was born 27 May 1829, died 9 Dec 1900, East Bend, Yadkin, NC.


S. W. Poindexter, a son of Robert C. Poindexter, son of Robert Alexander, applied 24 Aug 1896 to the Dawes Commission for Cherokee enrollment. He also declared his children: Bettie, John, Mamie, Agnes, Kate, Cleveland, Ada, Paul, and Willie. This was Samuel Ward Poindexter, b. 15 Jul 1851, who married Sarah Milner Smitherman.
1900 Census. East Bend Twp, Yadkin Co, NC, Hh 67
Samuel W. Poindexter, b. Jul 1851, age 48, married 25 years, farmer
Sarah, M. wife, b. Mar 1852, age 48, has had 8 children, 7 are living
Agnes, dau, b. Jan 1877, age 23, Dressmaker. Catherine L, dau, b. May 1879, age 21
Cleveland, son, b. Apr 1882, age 18. Ada W., dau, b. Oct 1883, age 16.
Paul M., son, b. Feb 1888, age 12. Willie, son, b. Mar 1890, age 10.
Eugenia N., dau, b. Apr 1898, age 2.
[Daughter Bettie is said to have died in 1895, which would have been prior to S. W.'s application above. John Robert no doubt on his own. Mamie married in 1901; strange that she was not living at home in 1900.]

Mattie J. Benbow applied 22 August 1896 as a granddaughter of Robert Poindexter. She was a daughter of his son Robert C. Poindexter. She was married to William E. Benbow and had the following children: Laura O., Thomas J., Eugene Clinton, Robert Poindexter, Charles F., Mattie White, and Lester W. Benbow.
1900 Census. East Bend, Yadkin Co NC Hh 25
William E. Benbow, b. Nov 1851, age 48, married 22 years
Mattie J., wife, b. Jun 1860, age 39, she said she had 10 children, 1 living - actually 1 had died since 9 are listed living with them; 2 of the children born since her attempt to enroll.
Laura O., dau, b. Oct 1878, age 21. John T., son, b. Dec 1881, age 18, Clinton E., son, b. Oct 1883, age 16. Robert A., son, b. Mar 1886, age 14. Charlie F., son, b. Feb 1888, age 12. Mattie W., dau, b. Dec 1889, age 10. Lester W., son, b. Aug 1892, age 7. Edith M., dau, b. Apr 1897, age 3. and Edgar V., son, b. Feb 1900, age 3 months.

Robert M. Poindexter of East Bend, applied 26 Aug 1896. He was unmarried. He was a son of Robert C. Poindexter, son of Robert Alexander Poindexter.

Birth	11 Dec 1821	Surry County, North Carolina
Death	28 Aug 1885
Burial		Macedonia Cemetery, East Bend, Yadkin, North Carolina

Father	Robert Alexander Poindexter (1788 - 1842)
Mother	Charlott Martin (1795 - 1865)
Sibling	Miriam Poindexter (1820 - 1827)
Sibling	Mary Wentworth Poindexter (1824 - 1861)
Sibling	Samuel David Lafayette Poindexter (1826 - 1845)
Sibling	Sarah Radford Poindexter (1827 - 1899)
Sibling	John A. H. Poindexter (1829 - 1912)
Sibling	Thomas C. M. Poindexter (1831 - 1862)
Sibling	Susan Hughes Poindexter (1833 - 1901)
Sibling	William George Washington Poindexter (1835 - 1864)
Sibling	Pleasant Henderson Poindexter (1837 - 1913)