Lewis Y. Poythress (1819-1874) was the son of Lewis Poythress and Rebecca B. Taylor. He married Mary C. Ferguson. Lewis and Mary lived in Greensville County, Virginia, for almost all of their lives.

1850 – Greensville County, VA

HH 340 – page 392, 20 Sept. Poythress – Virginia Census Records Page 4 of 28 Poythress, L. Y., age 37, male, overseer, born VA

, Mary, age 43, female, born VA

1860 – Greensville County, VA

HH 312 – Hicksford PO, page 599, 6 Aug.

Poythress, Lewis Y., age 40, male, overseer, $50 personal est., born VA

, Mary C., age 50, female, born VA Chiles, Nancy A., age 20, female, born VA

, Elizabeth, age 15, female, born VA

1870 – Greensville County, VA

HH 197 – Belfield Twp., page 22, 20 July

Poythress, Lewis, age 51, male, white, farmer, born VA, cannot read and write

, Mary, age 60, female, white, born VA, cannot read and write Childs, Ann, age 28, female, white, born VA

This was the last census in which Lewis Y. Poythress appeared.

1880 – Greensville County, VA

HH 1 – of ? & Elizabeth Thomason, Hicksford Village, page 60, ED 28, 24 June

Poytress, Mary C., white, female, age 70, aunt, unemployed, cannot read and write, VA, VA, VA

Mary Poythress was a widow. Her husband, Lewis Y. Poythress, had died between the 1870 and 1880 census.