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George Washington Pointer
b.16 Sep 1839 Linn, Osage, Missouri, United States
d.1 Jul 1925 Osage, Missouri, United States
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MILITARY SERVICE ( FROM GOOD SPEED HISTORY OF OSAGE CO. ECT PG. 651) WAS MEMBER OF THE MISSOURI STATE MILITIA ON DECEMBER 6 1866 WAS COMMISSIONED BY GOVERNOR FLETCHER 1ST LT. COMPANY D 9TH BATTALION
GEORGE WASHINGTON POINTER, 28TH REG'T ENROLLED MO. MILITIA, (UNION) RANK CORPL CO. B ENROLLED AND ORGANIZED AUG. 15 1862 WHERE LINN, MO. ORDER INTO ACTIVE SERVICE AUGUST 24,1862 OSAGE CO MOBY LT COL WILLIAMS, RELIVED OCTOBER 26, 1862BY COL Z\PEVELY, ORDERED INTO ACTIVE SERVICE MAY 1 1863, AND SEPTEMBER 27, 1864, RELIVED FROM DUTY NOV. 9, 1864, WHERE LINN, MO. BY WHOM COLONEL (J/Z)EVENLY REMARKS: LAST MUSTERED OCT., 31 1864, M R NOV. 9 64 GIVES HIM 9 DS ADDITIONAL SERVICE. 68 DAYS TOTAL SERVICE ( FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES) POINTER HOMESTEAD FACT POINTER HOMESTEAD LOCATED IN JEFFERSON TWSP MO DIRECTIONS - ON THE COLLEGE HILL RD GO PAST THE BAPTIST CHURCH FOR ---- MILES. AS YOU PASS A MAILBOX THE ROAD WILL GO OFF TO THE RIGHT JUST AS THE MAIN RD CURVES TO THE LEFT. THIS HOME WAS BUILT FOR MARGARET LAMB POINTER BY HER HUSBAND GEORGE WASHINGTON POINTER AS A MARRIAGE GIFT IN 1859. DURING THE CIVIL WAR, CONFEDERATE RAIDERS CAME UP THE ROAD TO FIND MARGARET ALONE. SHE GOT ON A HORSE AND ESCAPED. HOWEVER THE SOLDIERS FIRED AT HER AND TO THIS DAY THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY A BULLET EMBEDDED IN ONE OF THE BOTTOM LOGS. THE HOME IS IN VERY POOR SHAPE IN THE MID 1980'S AND WILL PROBABLY LAST TOO LONG. THE PRESENT OWNERS HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE 1948.
1870 CENSUS 52 52 GEORGE W31MWFARMER2000/410MO MARGARET28FWHOMEMO NANCY C10FWHOME MO FRANZ8MWHOME MO ELIZABETH6FWHOMEMO ARRENA T 4MWHOMEMO FLORA S1FWHOME MO POINTER, GEORGE W (1870 U.S. Census) MISSOURI , OSAGE, JEFFERSON TWP Age: 31, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MO Series: M593 Roll: 796 Page: 126 1880 CENSUS OSAGE CO. MO PAGE 197 ENUM # 118 JEFFERSON TWSP. 166/166 GEORGE WWM40HEADFARMINGMO/MO/TN MARGARET WF37WIFEKEEP HOUSEWRITETN/VA/VA FRANTZWM 17SONFARM LABORERSCHOOLMO/MO/TN ELIZABETH WWF15DAUHOMEMO/MO/TN ARENA TWM13SONFARM LABORERSKMO/MO/TN BELLEWF11DAU SCHOOLWRMO/MO/TN CHARLES MWM9SONMO/MO/TN LOUISA RWF6DAUMO/MO/TN MARY JWF4DAUMO/MO/TN ALONZO C.WM1SONMO/MO/TN LAMB NANCYWF78MOTHER-IN-LAWAT HOMEVA/VA/VA
1900 CENSUS OSAGE CO MO JEFFERSON TWSP. 111 114 GEORGEHEAD WMSEPT1839 60MR 41YRMO/MO/TNFARMER MARGARETWIFE WFOCT1842 57MR 41YR 13CH/12LITN/MS/VA WRITEHOME MARTHA LDAU WFFEB1886 14MO/MO/TNSERVANT LORENZO B.SON WMSEPT1883 16MO/MO/TNFARM LABORER ANTHONY C.SON WMNOV. 1888MO/MO/TNFARM LABORER G. W. FARM IS LISTED AS OWNED FREE OF MORTGAGE & FARM SCHEDULE 105
FOLLOW THE COLLEGE HILL ROAD TILL IT ENDS ON A PAVED RD COUNTY 725 OR 726 TURN LEFT TURNS TO DIRT RD. CONTINUE TILL YOU PASS A HOUSE AND BARN ON THE LEFT. ABOUT 500 YARDS ON THE RIGHT IS A LARGE WOODEN GATE. ON FOOT GO DOWN HILL ABOUT 1/2 MILE. THERE IS A FENCE AROUND THE GRAVEYARD. THE GRAVE YARD IS IN VERY POOR SHAPE. MOST OF THE STONES HAVE DISAPPEARED AS OF JUNE 1984 THERE WERE 4 GRAVESTONES FOR OWENS AND MARGARET E. POINTER'S STONE G.W. POINTER STONE IS MISSING. MARGARET E. POINTER WIFE OF G. W. POINTER BN OCT. 22 1842 DIED MAR 8 1920 ASLEEP IN JESUS, BLESSED SLEEP FROM WHICH NONE EVER WAKE TO WEEP THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY SARA BACON THE FOLLOWING IS COPIED FROM GODSPEED HISTORY OF OSAGE ECT 1889 GEORGE W. POINTER IS THE SON OF JAMES AND NANCY (BRANSON) POINTER, OF WHOSE FAMILY OF ELEVEN CHILDREN, SIX ARE NOW LIVING. JAMES POINTER WAS BORN IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, MO. IN 1815, AND IS ONE OF THE PIONEER SETTLERS OF OSAGE CO. MO., IN WHICH COUNTY HE IS STILL LIVING. HIS WIFE, NANCY POINTER, WHO IS A NATIVE OF TENNESSEE, WAS BORN IN 1817. THE PATERNAL GRANDFATHER OF OUR SUBJECT WAS GEORGE POINTER, WHO IMMIGRATED FROM KENTUCKY TO MISSOURI WHILE THE INDIANS CLAIMED POSSESSION OF THE INTERIOR COUNTIES. HE DIED IN OSAGE COUNTY MISSOURI ABOUT 1825. GEORGE W. POINTER WAS BORN IN OSAGE COUNTY MO. IN 1839, AND WAS REARED ON A FARM, ATTENDING THE COMMON SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE. MARCH 17 1859, MARRIED MARGARET LAMB, WHO WAS BORN NEAR NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE OCTOBER 22, 1842 AND IS A DAUGHTER OF JEREMIAH AND NANCY LAMB, NATIVES RESPECTIVELY OF MISSISSIPPI AND VIRGINIA, WHO SETTLED IN OSAGE COUNTY MO IN 1843, WHERE THE FATHER DIED IN 1844 AND THE MOTHER IN 1884. THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN WERE BORN TO MR. AND MRS. POINTER CATHERINE, WHO MARRIED JAMES JETT, AND DIED IN 1884, LEAVING 2 CHILDREN: FRANZ SIEGAL. BETTIE, WIFE OF JAMES VAUGHN; ERRENA T, FLORA ISABELLE, CHARLES M, LOUISA ROBERTA, MARY M., JAMES C., NORA S., LORENZO B., MARTHA L. AND ANTONIA C.. IN 1860 MR POINTER REMOVED TO HIS PRESENT HOME IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE COUNTY, TWELVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINN, WHERE HE OWNS A FARM OF 110 ACRES, FIFTY EIGHT ACRES OF WHICH ARE UNDER CULTIVATION. HE IS ENGAGED IN FARMING AND STOCK RAISING, AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT HIS CHOSEN OCCUPATION. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE MISSOURI STATE MILITIA DURING THE LATE WAR AND DECEMBER 6, 1886 HE WAS COMMISSIONED BY GOVERNOR FLETCHER FIRST LIEUTENANT OF COMPANY D., NINTH BATTALION. MRS. POINTER IS A MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION STATE OF MISSOURI NO. 3756 GREETINGS KNOW YEA THAT I THOMAS FLETCHER GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE FORCES THEREOF, REPOSING ESPECIAL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY, PATRIOTISM AND VALOR OF G. W. POINTER ON BEHALF AND IN THE NAME OF THE STATE DO HEREBY APPOINT AND COMMISSION HIM 1ST LIEUTENANT COMPANY "D" 9TH BATTALION IN THE MISSOURI MILITIA, TO RANK DECEMBER 6 1866 AND DO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER HIM TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF SAID OFFICE ACCORDING TO LAW.
THO C. FLETCHER SAMUEL P. SIMPSON ADJUTANT GENERAL References
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