John Stockton

"Sandy River" John Stockton

John Stockton was a son of Agnes (nee unknown) and Richard Stockton, Sr., and a grandson of Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761) of Albemarle County, Virginia. John married Mary "Polly", her maiden name was probably Morton.

Dates of birth and dates of death are only approximate.

Mary "Polly" and John Stockton were the parents of:
Peter Harget Stockton, born about 1765
Ichabod Stockton, born about 1767
Phoebe Stockton, born about 1770
Agnes Stockton, born about 1770
Edith Stockton, born about 1772
John Peyton Stockton, born about 1778
Elizabeth Stockton, born about 1782
Mary Katherine Stockton, born about 1784
Lemuel Stockton, born about 1795
Martha "Patsy" Stockton, born about 1799
Hiram Stockton, born about 1800

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John Stockton, dec'd.

Pittsylvania County, Virginia
May Court 1815, Order Book 16, p. 469:

Polly Stockton and Samuel Stockton, Patsy Stockton and Hiram Stockton by their next friend Polly Stockton, John P. Stockton, Ichabod Stockton & Edith Stockton- Plaintiffs against Peter H. Stockton, John Parrish & Keziah his wife, James W. Taylor & Phoebe his wife, John Smith and Stella Smith, Camilla Smith, John Smith, Samuel Smith and Ralph Smith by John Smith their father and next friend, and James Stuart and Elizabeth his wife- Defendants.

This cause came on this day to be heard upon the Bills and answers and arguements of counsel- which court rescinding so much of the Order made in this cause at the January Court in the year 1812 ___ commissioners therein named to make partition of the Estate of John Stockton, dec'd.- It appearing by the ___ of the defendants that John Smith, James W. Taylor, John Parrish and James Stuart have received by way of advance to their several wives, full satisfaction out of the said Estate- and the complainants no longer desiring that ___ Estate should be divided- It is ordered and decreed by consent of the parties to the said suit, that one third of the tract of land lying on the waters of Sandy River in the County of Pittsylvania of which the said John died seized and on which he resided containing nine hundred and thirty six acres be confirmed to the --- Polly Stockton to hold as her dower of the said Estate- and the remaining two thirds of the said tract --- to the other complainants- and that the infant defendants Hiram Stockton, Camilla, John and Samuel --- allowed six months from the time they severally arrive to the age of twenty one years to show cause if any against this decree- and that the costs of this suit be apportioned among the complainants & defendants ___ their respective interests.

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Mary "Polly" was the wife of John Stockton, a son of Agnes (nee unknown) and Richard Stockton, Sr., and a grandson of Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761) of Albemarle County, Virginia. In about 1807, John Stockton died on his 936-acre property on the Sandy River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Mary's maiden name is shown by many researchers as Morton, and she might be a daughter of John Morton of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any proof her maiden name was Morton.

"Thomas Harget deeded 253 acres for 100 lbs to Joseph Morton [a son of John Morton] on both sides of Sandy Creek [River], conveyed to said Harget by John Chiswell, Gentleman. Witness: Jehue Morton [bro of Joseph, Jr.] and John Stockton." Mary "Polly" and John Stockton, who owned land on Sandy River, named a son Peter Harget Stockton.

It appears that there is some kind of connection between the John and Mary "Polly" Stockton family and William Devin, Sr., who also owned land on the Sandy River and died 1802.

After John Stockton died in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, his widow Mary and some of their children moved to near Burkesville in Cumberland County, Kentucky, where Mary died in 1826.

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Jerry J. Stockton - jerrystockton8@msn.com