Samuel Jacob Poindexter 1767 - 1841 Samuel Jacob Poindexter, eldest son of Joseph and Elizabeth James (Kennerly) Poindexter, was born 29 December 1767, lived in Bedford County, Virginia, where he owned large landed estates and was a prosperous planter of that section. He was a man of much influence and respected by all who knew him. Much of his land is still in the possession of his descendants. He married three times; (first), June 11, 1790, Ann Poindexter Slaughter, a daghter of Reuben and Betty (Poindexter) Slaughter, who was a large land holder in culpeper and Orange counties, Virginia. There were five children by this marriage. After the death of his first wife, he married (second) Sarah Garth, of Albermarle County; and, by this union, there were three children. There were no children by his (third) marriage to Matha Otey, daughter of James Otey, of Kentucky. 1094 Claymont Drive Family Marker Corner Marker This Poindexter cemetery is located on the back acres of what was then Captain Joseph's plantation at the edge of Lynchburg known as Locust Grove. The headstones had fallen over and were grown over with grass, buried by urban development. Bob and Annie Poindexter, along with Edith Poindexter, fought a long battle to restore regognition of the cemetery by the subdivision residents, and today it is marked by a single large marble stone with the names of who is buried there. Three stones were uncovered in this cemetery around 1994/95. With Bob and Annie's leadership, they were moved to a nearby cemetery at the Shiloh Methodist Church, Forest, Virginia, in 1997. The single new monument now marks the cemetery. The stones that were moved ncluded a big flat stone for Dabney, the head stone for his wife Elizabeth and the third stone had Mary W. and the daughter's name Frances Stark. Shiloh Methodist Church Graveyard Forest - Virginia Shiloh Shiloh Shiloh Dabney Elijah D. T. Elizabeth Mildred Elizabeth Mary Mary Ellen Lee 2nd wife of R.Watts Mary W. Richard Watts Return To The Lineage Page Return To The Homepage