Joseph Pointer [Sr.]

(1812-1878)

At a Glance

He was a Farmer/Planter and was buried in the Slope Family Cemetery, Hager's Mountain, Person County, NC. The cemetery was destroyed in the 1990s.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Joseph Pointer [Sr.] was born est. 1812, in Virginia. He died July 1878, and was buried in Person County, NC.

Occupations

• Farmer.

Relatives

• Spouse: Susan Adams (b. 1816).
  Children:
  
  • five sons, Samuel Pointer (1836-1914), Haywood Pointer (b. 1845), Zachariah Pointer (b. 1848), Henry A Pointer (b. 1850) and John J Pointer (b. 1852).
  • five daughters, Margaret E. Pointer (1839-1926) , Ellen Pointer (b. 1838), Adalaide Pointer (b. 1841), Joseph Pointer [Jr.] (1841-1921) and Walter Pointer.
• Others: Haywood Barnett (grandson, b. 1866), Martha E Barnett (granddaughter, b. 1867), Joseph H Barnett (grandson, b. 1871), Forrest Barnett (grandson, b. 1874) and Bettie S. Barnett (granddaughter, b. 1878).