John Poindexter

1696 - 1753  (56 years)

• Name	John Poindexter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	9 Nov 1696	New Kent County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LDP6-2KN  [7, 8, 9]
  Death	22 May 1753	Louisa County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10]
  Person ID	I32020	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Poindexter,   b. 1675, York County, Virginia, USA d. 1706, Hanover County, Virginia, USA (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Crawford,   b. 12 May 1666, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA d. 1753, Louisa County, Virginia, USA (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1691	New Kent County, Virginia, USA   [2, 4, 11]
  Married	1695	New Kent County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F15447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christian 'Kitty' Gissage,   b. 2 Oct 1702, King William County, Virginia, USA d. 25 Jun 1779, Louisa County, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1728	St Peters, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [3, 4, 12]
  Children	1. Eleanor Poindexter,   b. 1745   d. 1800, Granville County, North Carolina, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Frances Poindexter,   b. Jan 1727, Louisa County, Virginia, USA d. 26 Aug 1776, Louisa County, Virginia, USA (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Poindexter,   b. 1732, Louisa County, Virginia, USA d. 19 Apr 1808, Louisa County, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth Ann 'Betty' Poindexter,   b. 24 Jan 1735, New Kent County, Virginia, USA d. 1787, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Captain Joseph Poindexter,   b. 6 Jun 1736, Hanover County, Virginia, USA d. 29 Jun 1826, Campbell County, Virginia, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Sarah Poindexter,   b. 1744, Louisa County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Oct 1814, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F15444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Nov 1696 - New Kent County, Virginia, USA Death - 22 May 1753 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~l Smith-M Smith Male Ancestor

  
  

• Sources

  [S9444] Find a Grave: POINDEXTER John 1696-1753, John Poindexter. John was born in New Kent County, St. Paul's Parish. Some people claim he was born about 1703, but he owned property by 1719, which implies he was at least 21 by that time. He was probably born about 1695. He was the son of Thomas Poindexter and Sarah Crafford. His father died when he was very young and his mother soon married Rev. James Brechen, a prominent Anglican minister. John was probably schooled at home by his step-father, as it is apparent from later events that he had a very good education for that period. About 1727, he married Christian Gissage, the daughter of Richard Gissage and Sarah Shelton. John began to aquire land besides that which he had inherited from his father. In 1738, he bought 400 acres in Hanover County, adjoining his own land, and on the same day, he patented an additional 400 acres. In 1739, he bought another 1000 acres in the same county. Finally, in 1752, he patented 400 acres in Louisa County. This land might have been all together, for the tracts in Hanover County might have been in that part of the county that became Louisa County in 1742. When Louisa County was created, a County Court was established, and Justices were appointed for life by the Royal Governor. John was one of the original Justices appointed. John is also listed in the records of the Fredericksville Parish as a vestryman. John made his will in 1750, in which he mentions his wife and all his children. John's mother, Sarah Brechin, died in 1752 and left land to John which she had inherited from her father. John died between November 1752 and January 1753, his will was proved on May 22, 1753 in Louisa County. His wife Christian died in 1779. Ann Poindexter, who married Reuben Slaughter, was a daughter in this family. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113580019/john_poindexter [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 387.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: ZJL. [S9482] Our kin : the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia, Poindexter/Poingdestre. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/10559/images/dvm_LocHist000211-00135-1?ssrc=pt&treeid=178474848&personid=182596013185&usePUB=true&pId=247 dvm_LocHist000211-00135-1.jpg [S882] FamilySearch - Family Tree, Louisa, Virginia will book 1. https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=1&place=394993&rmsId=M995-4MR&imageIndex=15&singleView=true [S10407] Find a Grave - US Index, POINDEXTER John 1696-1753. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGM-WST7 [S882] FamilySearch - Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 June 2024, 20:45), entry for John Poindexter (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDP6-2KN ); contributed by various users. https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDP6-2KN [S882] FamilySearch - Family Tree, [object HTMLCollection]. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113580019/john-poindexter [S882] FamilySearch - Family Tree, "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRR4-FMT : 28 January 2020), Jno. Poindexter in entry for Ann Poindexter, 1735. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRR4-FMT [S882] FamilySearch - Family Tree. https://search.ancestry.com/collections/62476/records/4994559048 [S9466] Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. II. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-SonsDaughtersPilgrimsII&h=429994&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. II [S9476] The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry. Lineage of Members. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-ArmorialAncestry&h=179059&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry. Lineage of Members