Thomas Poindexter II (1705 - 1796)

Born 2 Oct 1705 in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia

Ancestors

Son of Thomas Poindexter Sr. and Sarah (Crawford) Brechin

Husband of Sarah Bond (Veale) Poindexter — married 1722 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 8 May 1796 at age 90 in Fredericksville Parish, Louisa, Virginia

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Biography

Notes

Bible record gives date of birth as 5 Jul 1705. Given the approximate birth years of the children, I would think this marriage date as before 1723, as usually seen, is a bit too early. Circa 1728 would seem more realistic.

Note:

Prince William Co VA

Deed Book Liber A 1731-1732

Deed Book Liber B 1732-1735

Abstracted by June Whitehurst Johnson, 1982

• p.56 Bk B, p.202-203 7 Mar 1733 Thomas Poindexter of Hanover, house carpenter, to Lawrence McNemarr of Co of Westmoreland for 7820#'s of Tobo. 300a given to Thomas Poindexter by Rev. James Brechin, Clerk late of Cople Parish, West. Co. by his will dated 19 Oct 1721. On run called Pohick Run. Signed: Thomas Poindexter

20 Mar 1733. Poindexter acknowledged

• p.56 Bk B, p.203-204 Thomas Poindexter of Hanover do stand indebted to Lawrence McNemarr of West. Co. in cum of 15,640#'s of tob 7 Mar 1733. Keep all convenants and agreements in indenture above. Signed: Thomas Poindexter

• On 20 Jul 1738 a Thomas Poindexter purchased 400 acres in Hanover Co, and 400 acres adjoining. 27 Sep 1739 bought 1000 acres in Hanover Co. 16 Aug 1752 patented 400 acres in Louisa Co. (The earlier tracts in Hanover Co were likely in that part which became Louisa Co in 1742.)

• Louisa Co DB A, p.94

6 Aug 1743 John Macgehee of St. Martin's Parish, Louisa to Thomas Poindexter. Plantation where sd Poindexter now lives together with 100 acres adjoining, corner of William Wilkins/Williams, Thomas Graves, John Macgehee, William Wilkins/Williams on south side of a hill. Ack 8 Aug 1743. Anne, wife, relinquished dower. p.300

• DB: A, Page: 261

Date: 28-Oct-1746 John Poindexter, David Cosby and Thomas Poindexter witnessed to deed John Winston of Hanover Co. to James Winston of Louisa Co

• DB A, p.225

27 May 1746  John Snead of Hanover to Thomas Poindexter of Louisa.  for 30#'s.  Tract in Louisa joining a parcel taken up by John Poindexter on the southwest side of the Piney Mountain begin at Poindexters corner pine; along his line. Sd land granted to John Snead by patent dated 16 Jun 1745.  400 acres. Signed:  John Snead.  Wit: Chas Bickley, William Tait, George Thomson

• p.265  28 Oct 1746.  John Winston of Hanover to James Winston of Louisa.  75#'s.  All that division of land that was him the said John Winston by his father the William Winston in his last will & testament.  Land on north fork of Elk Creek and main of Sedgey Creek, by patent dated 17 Aug 1725.  Signed: John Winston.  wit:  John Poindexter, David Cosby, Thomas Poindexter.

• p.300 4 Mar 1747 Thomas Poindexter of St. Martin's and Sarah his wife to William Harris. For 43#'s. 100 acres which Poindexter bought of John Macgehee, corner of William Wilkins, Thomas Graves line, south side of the Great Rocky Creek, John Macgehee and William Wilkins line. signed: Thos. Poindexter, Sarah (x) Poindexter Wit:  Capt Wm. Kembrow, Richard David, John Webb  Sarah examined apart from her husband.

• p.333  29 Jan 1748  Thomas Poindexter & Sarah his wife of Louisa to Simon Ramsey. 95#'s. 400 acres.  at Thomas Poindexter's corner pine; Poindexter's corner.  signed Thos. Poindexter  Wit:  Richd Haggard;   Benj. Thomson??  Sarah examined separately.

• Louisa Co VA DB A, p.347-348

27 Jun 1749 Edward & Elizabeth Lane of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa Co to Thomas Poindexter. For 70£, 400 acres in the fork of the Little River. Bounded: Benjamin Brown's corner White Oak in Dumas's line, along Brown's line; for of Rocky Branch; along Dumas's line. Signed: Edward Lane, Elizabeth Lane Wit: William Pollard, George Thomason, Israel Snead. Acknowledged by Edward Lane, Elizabeth released dower, in open court.

• Louisa Co VA Deed Book A-452 31 Jan 1751 Robert Harris of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa Co gave a 400 acres plantation where Robert was then living to his son Tyree Harris. Tract in Fredericksville Parich, Thomas Poindexter's corner, head of Rocky branch; John Street's line, John Matlock's line by main branch of Hiccory Bear Creek, Thomas Thompson's corner, John Wollum's [William?] line ...tract granted to John Blair 17 Mary 1736 and sold to Benjamin Harris & Sarah his wife to Sd. Robert Harris on 25 Ju 1745.
• p.500  7 Feb 1753  Saml Ragland of St Martins Parish to Thomas Poindexter of same.  103 #'s.  840/850 acres, lower side Chamberlaynes Creek and the branches thereof in Fredericksville Parish.  Begin Francis Smithsons corner; on Chamberlaynes Creek; Robert Davis's corner, his line; Meriwether line; John Raglands corner   Signed:  Saml Ragland.

• p.504  27 Mar 1753  Thomas Poindexter of Fredericksville Parish to Saml. Ragland of St. Martins.  103#'s.  Land on lower side Chamberlayne's Creek. 841 acres, part of greater quantity granted John Ragland by patent 29 Apr 1752.  Signed:  Thomas Poindexter

• Louisa Co DB A,

p.521   28 Aug 1753.  Edward Lane, planter, to Thomas Poindexter, planter.  Fore pounds current money.  Land on branch of Little river,commonly called Rockey Branch.  100 acres.  Begin John Woolums's corner, Thomas Thompsons line; Temperance Yanceys line; Thomas Poindexter's line; Woolum's line to the beginning.  Signed Edward Lane. Wit:  John Snead, William Thomason, James Johnson.  28 Aug 1753, Ack. By Edward Lane.

• Louisa Co VA DB B

p.69   2 5Mar 1755  Thomas Poindexter the elder of Fredricksville Parish, Louisa to Vincent Tulloh of same.  For natural love to his son-in-law and 5 sh.  Tract of land where Thomas Poindexter now lives.  Bounded by Richard Bullocks, Edward Bullocks & John Streets, their corner; north fork of Rocky Branch; new line; Edward Bullocks line;  100 acres.  Signed:  Thomas Poindexter.  Wit:  J. Norris, Benjamin Goodman, John Poindexter  26 Aug 1755 ack. By Poindexter.

• Louisa DB B, p.325

27 Aug 1759 Thomas Poindexter & Sarah his wife of Fredericksville, Louisa Co to John Bullock. 25 #'s for 81 acres. Signed: Thomas Poindexter, Sarah (X) Poindexter. Rec. 28 Aug 1759. Sarah released dower.

• Louisa DB B, p.326

1 Aug 1759 Thomas & Sarah Poindexter to James Terry, 200 acres on S fork Rocky Branch. Part of track where Thomas now lives. Rec. 28 Aug 1759; Sarah released dower.

• Louisa DB C 1/2

John Brickley & Anthony Thomson are bound to Samuel Ragland, James Overton & Thomas Poindexter of Louisa, Gentlemen, sitting Justices of the Peace, in the sum of 100#'s. They have let the Bridge across the Northanna River called Carrs Bridge to John Brickley to be built by him for 37p 10sh.  To be completed 1 Oct next.  To be kept in good repair for seven years 11 Aug 1764  ..Acknowledged by Brickley & Thomson in open court.

• One of the Thomas Poindexters in Louisa Co was a Justice of the Peace - either this man or his nephew:

• Louisa DB D

p.145   William Garrett, Thomas Poindexter & Nathaniel Garland, gentleman Justices of Louisa Co to examine Martha, wife of Benjamin Lewis to release dower  23 Nov 10th year of reign. Return 17 Nov 1773.

• Louisa Co VA Deed Books E & F 1774-1790, Rosalie Edith Davis

p.17 DB E, p.148 Thomas Poindexter of Trinity Par Louisa Co to Bond Veal Poindexter his son for love & affection. 85 acres, John Wooliams corner near the Main Rd. James Terrys corner, Widow Nancy Yanceys fence. Signed: Thos. Poindexter, Sarah (x) Poindexter Wit: Wm Pettit, John Gibson, Richd Swift, David Hicks 12 May 1777 proved by two. 14 Jul 1777 proved by John Gibson.

• The following records are likely those of this Thomas. By 1758, Thomas III was old enough to create these records, but he had apparently left Louisa Co as he married in Goochland Co in 1760. However there was also a nephew, Thomas in Louisa - son of John & Christian Poindexter.

• "Extracts from Louisa Guardian Settlements Booklet", 1751-1766:

p.31 Humphrey Bickley, executor of the Will of Charles Bickley. Thomas Poindexter was a witness. Probate 28, Mar 1758.

p.32 Thomas Wyat, Bond for the Orphan's estate. William Plummer Thurston & Mary Thurston, orphans of John Thurston. Signed by Thomas Poindexter, 28 Mar 1758

p.137 Robert Fleming, Executor of Robert Fleming, dec'd., probate 14 Aug 1764. Signed by Thomas Poindexter..

• The Comstock book states he was Justice of Louisa Co 1763-73. The Bond for Thomas Wyatt in 1758 indicates he may have been Justice a bit longer.

• At this point, the Poindexter: A Norman Family book says Thomas Poindexter apparently never married. Says he was still living in 1765. This is of course, very wrong.

• I do not have the reference source for the following:

6 Mar 1765 Thos. Poindexter gave deposition and stated he was then age 60 years. He said he had nothing to gain or lose. He stated that Thomas Poindexter [his father] had married Sarah Crafford, daughter of David Crafford of New Kent Co. VA. David Crafford had deeded 500 acres to his daughter Sarah on 21 May 1691. She had later intermarried with James Brechin.

• AmericanAncestors.org by subscription; accessed 28 May 2011

The Virginia Genealogist "British Mercantile Claims; 1775-1803" [These claims involved debts owed British merchants when British property was confiscated during the Revolution. Not until around 1800 were special agents assigned to investigate individual debts and determine the status. The records found in the Public Record Office, London.]

• Vol. 15, p.201-202 1971

Thos. Poindexter, Louisa. £45.12.5 by bond, Fredericksburg Store. There were two persons of this name in Louisa before the war. One of them died about two years ago, a very old and a very poor man, and left no estate of any kind. He was never able to have paid this debt. An order of the Court of Louisa exempted him from the payment of county and public levies as early as 1768. [obviously this Thomas] The other Thomas Poindexter was always worth a very considerable estate and at the commencement of the war he had no less than fifty slaves in his possession, besides lands and other personal property. he moved to Kentucky in 1787 and died in Franklin County in 1797 and left property sufficient to pay his debts. It is impossible the suppose the debt was due from him. John Poindexter, clerk of Louisa, is a relation of both Thomas Poindexters.

Notables

Thomas and Captain Meriwether Lewis are first cousins, two generations apart. Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also was the 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory.

Thomas is the 6th great grandfather of Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter, American naval officer and NASA astronaut. The Cygnus CRS OA-5's Cygnus space capsule was named S.S. Alan Poindexter in his honor. Alan is the son of John Marlan Poindexter, rear admiral US Navy, Commander of Destroyer Squadron 31, and National Security Advisor.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_G._Poindexter
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poindexter

Sources

• Source: S39 Title: Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families Author: Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973) Page: p.116

• Source: S66 Title: Rootsweb or USGenWeb Online Sources <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm> or <http://www.usgenweb.org> Note: Copies of documents found online in my files. Data: Text: VAGOOCHL-L roots.web Message posted 4 Aug 2000. Evelyn Wallace.

• Source: S88 Title: Poingdestre-Poindexter: A Norman Family Through the Ages 1250-1977 Author: John Poindexter Landers, STB, MA, (Robert Downs Poindexter; Printed by Von Boeckmann-Jones, Austin, TX [1975]) Repository: #R12 Call Number: CS71 .P7537 1975 Page: p.96

• Source: S90 Title: Poindexter Descendants Association Author: Doris Ann Butler Lucas, maintains online data base, Poindexter Descendants Association and PDA Newsletter, published quarterly. <http://www.poindexterfamily.org> Family GEDCOM online. (10334 Bellefontaine Rd, St. Louis, MO 63137) Note: Copies in my files Repository: #R4

• The Poindexters in America Family Page, by Kay Haden, 7th Generation

• Source S-2112823278 Title: POINDEXTER Family History Book, 4th Edition Author: Dorothy Knox Brown/Nealon Agee Publication: Published November 1995 Note: Good Repository: Carol Wilkerson library

• 2020-11-22 Poindexter - Louisa Co VA - Map 1911.jpg

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Adam Poindexter, FTDNA kit # 997698, and half his 6th cousin 3x removed, Jack Poindexter, FTDNA kit # 111440, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 37 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Thomas Poindexter, the 8x great grandfather of Adam Poindexter and 5x great grandfather of Jack Poindexter.