Person:Poindexter Toney (1)

Moved to Cole River in 1810 around Racine, West Virginia. From Boone County History 1990: "POINDEXTER TONEY was born in 1763 son of William and Margaret (Sutherland) Toney of Franklin County, Virginia. He died about 1835 and is buried near Toneys Branch in Boone County. He may have served in the Revolutionary War because it is known that his twin brother, Carey, served. He may have been with other members of the Toney family when their ginseng camp on Toneys Branch was raided by Indians in the early 1790's. We know that his brother, John Toney, owned land there at that time. He married first Mary Rawson of Franklin County, Virginia in 1788 and second Jane Lilly, daughter of Robert, in 1797 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Some people have the theory that his first wife and children may have been killed in the raid on the "Rooting Camp", but there doesn't seem to be a tradition in this area of such deaths." Submitted by: Janet Barker Hager

1. ↑ Elma Henning & Merle Rummel, The Toney Family History (: Higginson Book Company, 1979)
   302.
2. ↑ Elma Henning & Merle Rummel, The Toney Family History (: Higginson Book Company, 1979)
   302.
3. ↑ Elma Henning & Merle Rummel, The Toney Family History (: Higginson Book Company, 1979)
   302.