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South Carolina, and married Mrs. Mary (Rail) Kennerly. 7. John, married a Miss Chilton. 8. Louis, married Ann Smith. 9. Ann, married John Chilton, of Amherst county. 10. Elizabeth, married Raleigh Chilton. II. Richard, married a Miss Ford, and moved to the west.

(III) Samuel Poindexter, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kennerly) Poindexter, mar- ried (first) Anne Poindexter Slaughter, daughter of Reuben and Betty (Poindexter) Slaughter. Reuben Slaughter was a son of Colonel Francis and Ann (Lightfoot) Slaughter, who married June 3, 1729. Fran- cis Slaughter was a large landholder in Cul- peper and Orange counties, Virginia ; was commissioned captain of militia February 2, 1730, later colonel of militia; was justice, vestryman, church-warden, and held num- erous other civil offices. He was a son of Robert and Frances Anne (Jones) Slaugh- ter, who were married about 1700. Robert Slaughter was born about 1680, held exten- sive grants of land in Spottsylvania county, and was a prosperous planter of Essex county, where he lived and died. He was probably a son of Francis and Margaret (Hudson) Slaughter, a planter of Rich- mond county, Virginia, born about 1653. Francis was a son of Captain Francis, who married, in 1652, Elizabeth Underwood, and grandson of John Slaughter, the emigrant, who settled in Virginia prior to 1620. Sam- uel Poindexter married (second) Sarah Garth, of Albemarle county, and (third) Martha, daughter of James Otey, of Ken- tucky. The children of his first marriage : I. Dabney, of whom further. 2. James, married Susan Shelton. 3. John, married a Miss Robinson. 4. Caroline, married a Mr. White. Children of his second marriage: 5. Garland, married Julia Bingham. 6. Wil- lis, married Emily Slaughter. 7. Samuel, married Ann Tucker. Samuel Poindexter had no children by his third marriage.

(IV) Dabney Poindexter, son of Samuel and Anne Poindexter (Slaughter) Poindex- ter, was born November 17, 1791, and died September 27, 1848. He married Mary Eliza, born March 15, 1801, daughter of James Watts. Children: i. David Durrett, born September 11, 1820, married, Novem- ber 8, 1849, Anne Poindexter. 2. Sarah W., born February 5, 1822, married October 4, 1843, William'Gills. 3. Richard Watts, born

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October 8, 1823, married (first) in 1849, Mary Elizabeth Durrett, (second) in 1865, Mary Lee. 4. Caroline E., born October 6, 1825, married, March 8, 1844, Asa Gills. 5. James W., born November 3, 1827, mar- ried, January 5, 1858, Sophia Nicholls. 6. Samuel Thomas, of whom further. 7. Paul- ina Ann, born May 3, 1832, married, Octo- ber 4, 1849, Joseph liardy. 8. Frances Susan, born May 17, 1835, married Joseph Rucker. 9. Mary Eliza, born June 3, 1838, married Charles Hardy. 10. William Dab- ney, born November 29, 1843, married Mary Jeter.

(V) Samuel Thomas Poindexter, son of Dabney and Mary (Watts) Poindexter, was born August 30, 1829, died in July, 1904. He was reared to manhood on the old plantation near Shiloh Church, Bedford county, and was a student in the private schools of that vicinity. Upon his father's death Mr. Poin- dexter inherited a vast tract of land and was a prosperous planter until the war be- tween the states, during which conflict he suffered great losses, the value of his prop- erty undergoing severe depreciation. Soon after the beginning of active hostilities he became a private in Company F, Second Regiment of Virginia Cavalry, commanded by Colonel James W. Watts, and was a member of the second until peace was final- ly restored, participating in every military movement in which his regiment was en- gaged. He received an honorable discharge from the Confederate army at Lynchburg, standing on the spot (now in Miller Park) where four years previous he had entered the service. Martial occupation giving place to the activities of peace, he settled in Lynchburg and established as a wholesale grocer, afterward adding to this line retail dealing. In both branches he prospered, the one aiding materially in the success of the other, and to both he devoted large measures of his personal attention until ill- health required his abandoment of his press- ing duties. He carried with him from the busy mart of trade to the quiet retirement of his home the hearty regard of his co- workers, their respect for the manly man- ner in which he met the crises of business life, and a sincere appreciation of his worth and integrity. His life was passed as a staunch supporter of the Democratic party. He married, October 31, 1876, Benjamina