Joseph was a journalist for the Richmond Enquirer. Joseph was a white man and may have been the brother of George Poindexter, second governor of Mississippi.
He married Evalina, of mixed black and Cherokee descent. Evalina died around 1824. This information is from the Wikipedia article on Rev. James Preston Poindexter.[1]
He was the father of Rev. James Preston Poindexter, of Columbus, Ohio.[2]
Joseph is the first cousin of George Lyttleton Poindexter, the 2nd Governor of Mississippi and a US Senator.
Governor George Poindexter's wife, Agatha Ball Chinn was the first cousin three times removed of President George Washington.
Joseph and Captain Meriwether Lewis are 3rd cousins. 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.
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"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLC-512 : accessed 16 December 2021), Joe Poindexter, Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia, United States; citing p. 188, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 131; FHL microfilm 193,690.
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