The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23

dren.
One Thomas Poindexter married
Sarah. had had Bend voalo Poindex-
ter.
Joseph Poindexter. son presumably
of John. of l742. married Elizabeth
James kenneriy. daughter of IamesS
hennerly, and had Samuel. who mar
ried. first Ammo. daughter of Reuben
Slaughter; second, Sarah Garth, OF
Aibemarie county: third, Martha.
daughter of James Otcy. of kentucky.
James married Mary. daughter Of
"addy and Mary Louis Thompson. of
Noemarie county. Joseph married 5
Mrs Harrison. William married .ru-
dith. daughter of waddy Tbomnson
i'e"oeh Thomas Kenneriy removed to
south Carolina. and married Mrs. Mary
i>ehheriy' neo Rail. John married
Miss Chiffon. Louis married Anna
smith Ammo married John Chiffon. of
amherst Elizabeth married Raleigh
chiffon Richard married Ford an,;
removed to the West. He furniabea
citizens for many localities.
Samuel and Ann Poindext.r h,d
i'sI, married Mary
Elizabeth Watts. and had Jarnes mar
RED Susan Shelton. John married
robinson; Caroline married white.
samuel foindester and Sarah Garth
mad Garland, married Julia Bingham
Wills married Emily Slaughter, SAM
uel married Ammo Tucker. X,
Dahney and Mary Watts Po,ndcxteri
had David Durrett. married AM
foindoxter. Sarah w. married. VIZ
nam Giiis. Richard Watts married
Mary f. Durrett frat, and second.
Mary Lee. Caroline married Asa ellis. |
James W. married Sophia Nichol1, K
oai'1ei Thomas married Benste Jame.
hughes Pauline Ann married .ros.nb
aardy' Frances Susan married H.
eeph Kucker Mary Eliza marriodi
Jcter. u "eai W
Richard Watts Poindextsr nor,.d
ilrst. Mary Durrett; had EIizahsthi
-hiidfed, married Edward Gillz- Hugh
LAWS married Frances Poindexter
E,i!an never married. Richard wattss
foindexter married, secondly. Mary
Eien' daughter OF John Calhoun and,
odtherihe Newell Lee; had Cora Lee,
married Richard Haden Penn. Lula;
Sell married Glenmore Torck Browne
OF Georgiaa Mary Richard married:
Charles Lewis Watts. Richard Newell ,
married Datsyc Byrd Long. OF Ala
bama. John Samuel married Ella.
sharp OF Tennessee.
Samuel 7. and Bengie poindsxter
Lynchburg, Va.
Thomas Poindexter. Justice Oh
Louisa county In 1866 married Lucy. F.,
daughter of Gabriel Jones. the "Val-i
lev Lawyer" and had John Clark. Of
Louisa county, died 1919; Thomas
born 1888. died August. 1851, i'm
Clarke county. Ind. married in Vir-t
ginia Mary Swift; Robert removed to-,
Kentucky; James, of Louisa county, =
died 1913; Richard Jones. Baptist,
minister, removed to North Carolina;
ey-general OF Mississippi, Governor
OF that State, 1S1921. United States
Senator 1931-35. married Molly Cosby;
Elizabeth Jones married Christopher
Carinack and removed to Franklin
county. Ky: Lucy Jones, -
This record shows the name Poin-
dexter to havo taken OF In Tide
water Virginia in II middle of the
seventeenth century, and the tree to-
day has many unknown branches.
This account Is broken and unsatis-
| factory. but Is what can be gathered
Letter from Joseph Ball to his
nephew. George Washington. and TO
his sister, Mary Ball. Copied from
Bishop Meade's "pld Churches and
Families of Virginia. VOL IL, pages
Us and 1920
Ravenscroft. of England, and settled
IN London as practitioner of law. He
had only one daughter, Fanny, who,
married Raleigh bowman in 1850.
Her children were Joseph Ball Down
man, OF Moratico; Fanny, who mare
ried Colonel James Ball OF Bewdley.
and Mr.. Raleigh w. bowman, ot
Belle Isle. This Joseph Ball was the
uncle of General Washington. L have,
before me two letters from him, theI
one addressed to his sister Mary and!
the other To his nephew. George wasn-4
lowing passages (the first Is to hiai
sister, when her son was thinkinsi
of going to sea 1t Is dated Strat-,l
ford-by- Bow, 18th OF May 1747)":
1T understand that you are ad.4
vised and have some thoughts of put
ing your son &c ge to sea. I thinlc'j
he had better he put apprentice to al
tinker. for common sailor before,f
the mast has by no maans the com-}
mon liberty of the subject; for theyi
will press him from ship where he'll
has nifty shillings month and make
i'ii' t"eHtS three ana cut ana SlasfEi
and use him like negro. or rathert
like 4 dog. And, as to any considers;
able preterment in tho navy It Is not;
to be expected. as there are alwaysi
so many gaping for II here who havol
interest, and lie has none.
And If ne should get to be mastery
OF Virginia ship (Which 1t is veryi
difficult to do, Il planter that has 900 !
or 400 acres OF land and three or four I
slaves, II he be Industrious, may live3
Dlv an lpDr "a is Z
In better bread than such a masterA
OF ship can.
"He must not BE too hasty to besi
rich. but go on gently and with pa-s
thence. as things viii naturally CO.
This method without aiming at beingl
u fine gentleman before his time. villa