Thomas Stockton

Thomas Stockton, Sr., (c.1740-1809), Virginia to Tennessee to Kentucky

Thomas Stockton was born about 1740 in the part of Goochland County that became Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1744. He was a son of Agnes (nee unknown) and Richard Stockton, Sr., and a grandson of Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761). It appears that Thomas was probably born either on his grandfather Davis Stockton's land on Ivy Creek where Davis is known to have been by 1737, or on one of his father's properties located southwest of the town of Yancey Mills and about 15 miles west of Charlottesville and Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president of the United States.

The creek running through Richard Stockton's properties is shown on original records as "both sides of Stocktons Creek" in a 1741 survey, "Stockton's Creek" in a 1743 grant, "both Sides Stocktons Branch of Mechums River" in a 1745 grant, and "both sides of Stocktons Creek" in a 1751 deed. It is shown on most modern maps as Stockton Creek. The Blue Ridge Mountains are located about 2 miles west and 1 mile north of Richard's property. On April 28, 1741, William Mayo, the county surveyor, wrote "crossing Stocktons branch of Mechums River". Richard Stockton, Sr., (c.1710-1775), and/or his father Davis Stockton appear to be living there before that date.

Thomas and his wife Mary are later found in the part of Augusta County that in 1770 became Botetourt County, Virginia. Sometime between 1771 and 1777 they moved to the North Mayo River in the part of Henry County that became Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1790. Several of Thomas' siblings lived nearby. By 1783 Thomas was living on the north side of the French Broad River in what is now Sevier County, Tennessee. In the late 1790s Thomas moved again and was the first settler in what is now Clinton County, Kentucky. Stockton's Valley, Clinton County, Kentucky, is named after Thomas Stockton, Sr., (c.1740-1809).

Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia:
By June of 1737, Thomas Stockton's grandfather, Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761), settled in the Ivy Creek area in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia. "Davis Stockton's Line" is mentioned in a Virginia Land Office Patent to Michael Wood (Woods) dated June 10, 1737, "in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and lawful Money . . . do Give Grant and Confirm unto Michael Wood one certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing four hundred Acres lying and being in the County of Goochland on the heads of Ivy Creek on other Branches of the North River on the South Side of the North River and bounded as followeth (to wit) Beginning at a hiccory on Davis Stockton’s Line . . . crossing a Branch of the North River . . . to Pointers in Davis Stockton's Line . . . the Tenth Day June one thousand seven hundred and thirty seven In the Tenth Year of our Reign. William Gooch".

The Stockton family might have also been on the North and South Forks of Mechum's River in the 1730s, however, they are not found there until 15 March 1741. The North Fork of Mechum's River became known as Stockton's Creek or Stockton's Branch of Mechum's River, and the South Fork became known as Stockton's Mill Creek.

Thomas' father, Richard Stockton, Sr., and grandfather Davis Stockton, are first mentioned on 15 March 1741 in Goochland County, Virginia. "George the Second . . . in Consideration of the Sum of Forty Shillings of good and Lawful Money . . . do Give Grant and Confirm unto Davis Stockton One Certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing Four hundred Acres lying and being in the County of Goochland on both sides of Stockton's Branch of Mechum's River and bounded as followeth (to wit) Beginning at Richard Stockton's Corner . . . to a small Pine in Richard Stockton's line . . . unto said Davis Stockton . . . the Fifteenth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and forty one In the Fifteenth Year of our Reign . . . William Gooch."

1741 Survey for Richard Stockton:
On 28 April 1741 William Mayo surveyed 400 acres on Stockton's branch of Mechum's River for Richard Stockton, a son of Davis Stockton. This property was part of Goochland County until September of 1744 when it became part of the newly formed Albemarle County, Virginia. William Mayo was the Goochland County Surveyor. When William Mayo died in 1744, Peter Jefferson, the father of Thomas Jefferson, became the new County Surveyor.

Goochland County _
Surveyed the 28th day of April 1741 For Richard Stockton of
the Said County Four hundred acres of Kings Land on the branches
of Mechums River in the aforesaid County. Bounded as Followeth -
(to Witt) Begining at his own corner two pines and a white Oak Sapling
between two rocks runing thence on new lines S: 68 degrees: E: 30 poles to pointers
one pole from Ambrose Joshua Smiths corner white Oak thence on his line
S_ 35 poles crossing Stocktons branch of Mechums River to a pine, S: 18 degrees
E: 65 poles to pointers and S: 49 degrees E: 160 poles to his corner Small pine
thence on new lines S: 65 degrees: E: 180 poles crossing a branch to pointers, S: 3 degrees
W: 120 poles to pointers, N: 75 degrees: W: 200 poles to pointers and N: 41 degrees : W: 380
poles to pointers in the Said Stocktons line, thence on the Same N: 56: E:
138 poles to the first Station 1/3 Plantable 2/3 Barren
Wm. Mayo, Surv.

[Note: In the above transcription the symbol for degrees has been replaced with the word degrees.]

Tinkling Spring, Headwater of Freedom: A Study of the Church and Her People, 1732-1952
by Howard McKnight Wilson, 1954
Baptisms by Rev. John Craig, 1740-1749

  At Joseph Kinked's [Kincaid's], east of Jarman's [Woods'] Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains, 21 June 1743:

Baptized John and Thomas, sons of Agness Stocdon.

The Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church is located on the west side of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah Valley, Augusta County, Virginia. The Davis Stockton family lived on the east side of the Blue Ridge Mountains and east of Woods' Gap. Rev. John Craig of the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church is known to have made at least three trips to the Ivy Creek area of Goochland (now Albemarle) County to perform baptisms. John and Thomas Stockton, sons of Richard and Agnes Stockton, were baptized "at Joseph Kinked's." Joseph Kincaid was a neighbor of Richard and Davis Stockton on Stockton's Creek. In 1747 Joseph Kincaid is shown as a member of the Ivy Creek and Mountain Plain congregation of the Orthodox Reformed Presbyterian Church along with Davis Stockton and Richard Stockton.

Albemarle County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, 1748-1752, pp. 341-343, 26 June 1751.
"This indenture made the twenty sixth day of June One thousand seven hundred & Fifty one Between Richard Stockton & Agness his Wife of Parish of St. Anns & County of Albemarle, Weaver, of one part & the Revd. Samuel Black of the Parish & County aforesaid . . . have sold unto Samuel Black . . . Four hundred acres being in County of Albemarle on both sides of Stocktons Creek . . . In Witness whereof Richd. Stockton & Agness his Wife have set their hands & seals . . . Agness, the Wife of said Richard, personally appeared in Court & being first privily examined relinquished her right of Dower to the Estate conveied . . . "

Albemarle County, Virginia, Will Book 2, p. 324.
Stocktons Will
In the Name of god Amen I Richard Stockton of Albemarle County
and parish of St Annes, being Sick of Body but of Sound and
Perfect memory, do Constitute this to be my Last will and
- - - - - - - - appoint it to be my last will and Testament
That is to Say I bequeath my Soul to the Lord that gave it me
Trusting in his mercies that he will Reseive it again and as
for my worldly Goods, I bequeath as in former manner following
Unto my Son Thomas Stockton five Shillings Sterling unto
my Son John Stockton five Shillings Sterling unto my Son
Robert Stockton five Shillings Sterling, unto my Son David
Stockton five Shillings Sterling, and unto Every one of my
Daughters five Shillings Sterling apiece. I Bequeath unto
my Son Richard Stockton, my Land & the negroe Simon after
his mothers Death, and all the Rest of my Goods after my
Just Debts is paid, I bequeath unto my well beloved wife
and that it be at her disposing after my Death, I appoint
Alexander Black, and Hugh Alexander and John Dollings to
be my Executors, July 21st 1775
..........mark..........
Richard R Stockton ( Ls. )
...........his...........

John Davis
Francis Davis
Lucy Davis

At Albemarle October Court 1775
This will was presented to Court, and proved by
the Oath of John Davis & Francis Davis two
witnesses thereto & Ordered to be Recorded.
Test
John Nicholas Clrk

Augusta and Botetourt County, Virginia:
By March 16, 1768, Thomas was living in the part of Augusta County that became Botetourt County in 1770. Thomas petitioned to build mill on Catawba Creek. (Chalkley 1912) It appears that Thomas Stockton's land was on the upper Catawba Creek in what is now Roanoke County, Virginia, near the town of Catawba. On May 12, 1770, Thomas Stockton receives a land grant for 210 acres on Catawba Creek. In 1771, Thomas and Mary sold their Botetourt County land.

Botetourt County was carved from Augusta County in 1770
Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. by Lewis Preston Summers. Published by Lewis Preston Summers, Abingdon, Virginia. 1920.

• p. 80 "At a court held for Botetourt County 9th of May, 1770: David Mitchell agst. Thomas Stockdon"
  
• p. 80 "At a court held for Botetourt County 9th of May, 1770: Jury sworn towit: . . . Thomas Stockdon, David Stockdon". David Stockton was a brother of Thomas Stockton, Sr., (c.1740-1809).
• p. 115 ". . . jury, towit: . . . Thomas Stockdon"
  
• p. 121 "At a Court held for Botetourt County the fifteenth of May, one thousand seven hundred and seventy one. . . . provided certificate for . . . Thomas Stockdon the same for one thousand five hundred and thirteen pounds of hemp."
  
• p. 124 "At a Court held for Botetourt County the sixteenth of May, one thousand seven hundred and seventy one. . . . a jury, towit: . . . Thomas Stockdon . . ."
  
• p. 167 "David Mitchell agst. Thomas Stockdon . . ."
  

Botetourt County, Virginia
page 283
Stockdon to Lytle

This indenture made the fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy one Between Thomas Stockton & Mary his wife of the County of Botetourt of the one part and David Lytle of the said County of the other part Wetnefseth That for & in Consideration of the sum of Ninety pounds Current money of Virginia to the said Thomas Stockton in hand paid by the said David Lytle on or before the Sealing and deliving of thesepresents, the Recipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and thereof doth release aquit & discharge the said David Lytle Excutors & minestrators by there present shay the said Thomas Stockton & Mary his wife have granted bargaind sold aliend & Confirmd & by these presents do grant bargain sold alien & Confirm unto the said David Lytle & his heirs one certain tract or parcel of land containing Two hundred and ten Acres Lying & being in the County of Botetourt on both sides of Catawba Creek a Branch of James River & bounded as followeth to wit Beginning at a dowale black oak Saplin comes to David Mitchell's land on the south side of Catawba and with said lines north thirty degrees west fifty poles to a Walnet by the Creek East seventy poles afing down the Creek to three white oak Saplins north forty three degrees east forty eight poles to two black oaks on a Ride Leaving the said Lines north fifty degrees west one hundred & forty-poles to a white oak

page 284
South west one hundred & seventy four poles to a Chestnut Oak South one hundred & forty six poles Crofsing & up the Creek to a Spanish oak on the Brook at Smiley's Line & with the same north east Sixty poles to a White Oak a Corner of Smiley, Land Southeast sixty six poles to two black oak Saplings another of Smiley's Corners thence north forty seven degrees east one hundred & twenty poles to the beginning and all houses Buildings _________ ways waters watercouers profih Commoodies here ament & appontenances when oever to the said for conifoes here granted or any part there of belonging or in any win appertaining: and the revisions revisions remainder re-mainsers rentifoves & profish thereof and also all the Estate might title interest witregh property Claim & demand whatsoever of them the and Thomas Stockton and Mary his wife of in and to the said prumifes. And all deeds witness& ________ loushing or in any wire concerning the same to have & to hold the lands hereby convey'd and all and singular other the premifses hereby bargaind & sold and every part & parcel thereof with their and every of their app___terances unto the said David Lytle his heirs & afigns for ever to the only proper use & behoof of him the said David Lytle and of his heirs & afignsforever and the said Thomas Stockton & Mary his wife for themselves their heirs Executors & administrators do covenant promis & grant to & with the said David Lytle his heirs & afsings ley there prenents That the said Thomas Stockton and Mary his wife now at the time of sealing and delivering of the present seized of a good sure perfect & indefeasible estate of Inheritence in fee simple of & in the premifies hereby bargaind & sold & that they have good power & Lawful & absolute authority to grant & Convey the same to the said David Lytle in manner & form af and that the said premifes now are and to forever hereafter shall remain & be free & clear of and from all former& other gifts Grants Bargains Sales Dower Right of Title of dower Judgment

Exucutions Titles Troubles Charges & Encumbrances whatever made done commited of suffered by the said Thomas Stockton & Mary his wife or any other person or persons whatsoever, (the quickrent here after to grow due & payable to our Soverign Lord the King his heirs & Sucesiors for & in respect of the premifres only excepted & forepriz'd) and that the said Thomas Stockton & Mary his wife and their heirs all & singular the freises hereby bargaind & sold with the appaartenances unto the said David Lytle his heirs and asings against them the said Thomas Stockton & Mary his wife and their heirs and all and every other person & persons whatsoever shall warrant & for ever defend by them presents. And Lastly that they the said Thomas Stockton & Mary his wife and their heirs and all& every other person & persons and his ___ theis heirs any thing having or claming in the premises herein before mentioned or intended to by hereby bargaind & sold shall for ill from time to time & at all times hereafter at the reasonable request and at the proper Cost & Charges in the Law of him the said David Lytle his heirs of afigns make do & execute or cause to be made done & evecuted all & every such further and other Lawful & more perfect conveyingand assuring the premifses aforesaid with their & every of theis appurtenances unto the said David Lytle his Heirs & afsins or by the said David Lytle his heirs & afsigns or their Concil learned in the Law shall be cosonably devised advised or requires In Witnefs wherof the said Thomas Stockton & Mary his wife have hereunto set their hands & seals the day & year first above written.

Sealed & delivered in presence of
Thomas Stockton Seal
her Mary x Stockton Seal
Malcom Allen
Robt. Shields*
Archibold Fisher
John Little mark

At a Court held for Botetourt County 14th August 1771. This Indenture of Bargain& Sale was acknowledged y Thomas Stockdon & Ordered to be recorded,
Test John May CBle

Robert Shields married Nancy Stockton, a daughter of Agnes (nee unknown) and Richard Stockton, Sr., and a sister of Thomas Stockton, Sr. In the early 1780s both of these families moved to what is now Sevier County, Tennessee, and lived less than 8 miles apart. Robert and Nancy (nee Stockton) Shields were the parents of John Shields who a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin, and Patrick Counties, Virginia:
1752 Halifax County, Virginia, formed
1766 Pittsylvania County carved from west 1/2 of Halifax County
1776 Henry County carved from west 1/2 of Pittsylvania County
1785 Franklin County carved from north 1/2 of Henry County
1790 Patrick County carved from west 1/2 of Henry County
1790+ only minor border changes

All of the 1790 and 1800 census records for Virginia were burned by the British in the War of 1812. The 1810 census records for 18 Virginia Counties were also burned by the British, including Henry and Patrick Counties.

On August 14, 1771, Thomas and Mary sold their 210-acre property in Botetourt County, Virginia, to David Lytle. On November 13, 1773, a Botetourt County record shows Thomas Stockton was in debt to David Mitchell. Thomas might still be living in Botetourt County in 1773 or he might have already moved south to the Henry County area. Thomas is not found again until April 21, 1777, when he purchased 94 acres on the North Fork of Mayo River in then Henry County, now Patrick County, Virginia. This property appears to be just south of Hogpen Mountain in Patrick County.

The North Fork of the Mayo River, also known as the North Mayo River, in Henry and Patrick Counties is about 120 miles south west of Richard Stockton, Sr.'s, property in Albemarle County, Virginia.

The headwaters and about 10 miles of the North Mayo River are in present Patrick County, Virginia. The lower section and about 10 miles of the North Mayo River are in present Henry County, Virginia.

Sometime between 1771 and 1777 Thomas and Mary Stockton moved to the North Mayo River area in then Henry County, now Patrick County, Virginia. Thomas Stockton's sisters, Elizabeth Lockhart, Margaret Pilliam, Winneford Randalls, and Jemima Sharp are also found in the North Mayo River area. Thomas' brothers, Richard Jr., John, and Rev. Robert Stockton are found in the Henry County area.

Index to Wills & Deeds, 1767-1848:
August 24, 1775, Thomas Harget of Pittsylvania County granted Power-of-Attorney to John Stockton of same County. John Stockton lived in the part of "Big" Pittsylvania County that remained Pittsylvania County after Henry County was carved out in 1776. John Stockton named a son Peter Harget Stockton.

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Henry County, Virginia.
"James Shelton, foreman . . . [about 14 other names including] . . . Thomas Stockton . . . Sworn a Grand Jury of Inquest for the Body of this County. Where upon they withdraw to consult on their . . . " [The date is unclear, but might be April 1778.]

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1778-1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia. Lela C. Adams. Bassett, Virginia: Privately Published. 1973.

1778-1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia. Lela C. Adams. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc. Reprinted in 1989.

 [Rev.] Robert Stockton [Appointed as an Assessor for tax collection on April 25, 1778.]

Thomas Stockton [Appointed as an Assessor for tax collection on April 25, 1778.]
Agnes Stockton [Agnes appears to be the widow of Richard Stockton, Sr.]

 1778 Tax List: Thomas, Robert, and Agness Stockton

1779 Tax List: Thomas, and Agnes Stockton (Robert Stockton is not found.)
1780 Tax List: Thomas, Robert, and Robert Stockton (Robert is listed twice, Agnes is not found.)

On February 15, 1779, Thomas Stockton was granted permission to build grist mill on Prater's Fork of Mayo River in Henry County, Virginia. Prater's Fork, a branch of the North Mayo River, is now appears to be known as Spencer Creek, a branch of the North Mayo River. Spencer Creek is located on the south side of Hogpen Mountain in Patrick County, Virginia. Several grant records to the Spencer family showed their land was on Prater's Fork of the North Mayo River on the south side of Hogpen Mountain. Prater's Fork is no longer found on any maps, however, Spencer Creek is located on the south side of Hogpen Mountain. See John Spencer below and 1928 Critz Quadrangle 15 x 15 topographical map, Patrick County, Virginia.

History of Patrick and Henry Counties Virginia: Commonwealth's Grants or Patents. Virginia G. Pedigo. 1933
Marvil Nash, February 14, 1784, 455 acres "On both sides of the Prayther Fork of Mayo River, adjoining Stockton."
John Spencer, August 30, 1841, 300 acres "On south side of the Hogpen Mountain and on north waters of Prater's Fork of the North Mayo River."
MAYBE: William Sharp, 90 acres, On the branches of the North Mayo River, adjoining Murry's line.
There are no listings of anyone living on Spencer Creek in Virginia G. Pedigo's 1933 work. It appears that Prater's Fork is now known as Spencer Creek.

Henry County, Virginia, Order Book 2 (1778-1782):
"At a Court held for Henry County on the 15th Day of February 1779: Thomas Stockton has leave to build a water grist mill on Praters' Fork a Branch of Mayo River he being Owner on both sides."

Places Named in Deed Book I, 1791-1801. Compiled by Charles Leon Harris from Abstracts of Virginia Deed Book No. 1, 1791-1801, published by T.L.C. Genealogy:
Praters/Prators/Prathers/Prathors/Praythors/Preators Fork of North Mayo River;

 Joel Chitwood; Edward, Widow Daniel; George, Jesse, Leonard Dodson/Dotson; John Dunkin; Hall; Hill; '''Thomas Lockhard/Lockhart'''; Robert Lockheart; Nash; '''John Pulliam'''; James Purdy; '''John Randal'''; '''William Sharp'''; John Spencer; '''Stockton'''; Peter Vess

Sisters of Thomas Stockton, Sr., a son of Agnes and Richard Stockton, Sr.:

 Elizabeth married Thomas Lockhart*

Margaret married John Pulliam
Winneford married John Randal/Randalls

 Jemima married William Sharp

On March 1, 1781, Thomas Lockhart purchased 453 acres on the branches of the North Mayo River for forty five shillings sterling.

Thomas Lockhart died between November 24, 1790, when he made his will and May 30, 1791, when his will was recorded in Henry County.
Agnes, a daughter of Elizabeth (nee Stockton) and Thomas Lockhart, married John Sloss. Margaret, a daughter of Agnes and John Sloss, married Nathaniel Stockton.
Nathaniel Stockton, born 1776 in Virginia, was a son of Mary and Thomas Stockton, Sr., named his first son Thomas Lockhart Stockton (1807-1858).

Virginia Tax Payers 1782-87 Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. Augusta B. Fothergill. 1940

Henry County, Virginia - Will Book 1, Abstracts; 1779-1799
pages 22-23 - LILYAN HAMPTON
April 14, 1779
Executors: Diverix Gilliam and Thomas Stockton
Lilleyan (her mark) Hamton

Henry County, Virginia - Will Book 1, Abstracts; 1779-1799
pages 29-30 - JACOB GOLDEN, of Henry County, being weak in body, dated Sept. 17, 1779.

My wife to be sole executor of what I have left during her life and widowhood, and I make Thomas Stogdon and Richard Dickins my executors to see that nothing be wanted. If she should marry, all my moveables to be equally divided, except horse and side-saddle, and one bed and furniture. As I believe my wife is with child, if it should be a son, my land I desire to be equally divided between my son William Golden and the younger son who is to have the lower part of my land; and if she should bring forth a daughter, my son William is to have all the land and is to pay 10 (lb) to each of my daughters when they come of age.

Sig: Jacob Golden Wit: Joseph Sowel, John Bender, Thomas (his mark) Jones.

Oct. 28, 1779, exhibited by Mary Golden, Thomas Stockson and Richd. Dicken, who gave bond with Thomas Adams and James Shelton, their securities.

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Thomas Stockton, who is shown as "Thomas Stogdon" and "Thomas Stockson" in Jacob Golden's will, is Thomas Stockton, Sr., (c.1740-1809), who later moved to Tennessee and then Kentucky.

After Jacob Golden died in 1779, his widow, Mary (nee Adams) Golden, married James Whitlock. Mary had 3 children with Jacob Golden and six children with James Whitlock. It appears that Jacob Golden married Mary Adams on March 1, 1775, in Henry County, Virginia.

Henry County, Virginia, Deed Books I and II 1776-1784

 pp. 208, 209

April 23, 1782
"Thomas Stockton of Henry Co. to James Bartlett of same, for sum of 120 pounds, sells land on both sides of north fork of the Mayo River containing 94 acres."

Page 12: Deed Book 1, page 60: April [blank day] 1792 from James Bartlett of Pittsylvania to James Ferrell of Pittsylvania for 100 pounds, 2 parcels of land in Pittsylvania on the north fork of the North Mayo River. One containing 266 acres and bounded by Stockton, Pigg, Vess, Nash. The other contains 94 acres. Recorded April 9, 1792. No witnesses.

April 21, 1777, Jacob Koger sold 94 acres on fork of the North Mayo River to Thomas Stockton.
April _?_, 1782, Thomas Stockton sold 94 acres on fork of the North Mayo River to James Bartlett.
April 9, 1792, James Barlett sold 94 acres on fork of the North Mayo River to James Ferrell.

It is not known if Thomas was still living in Henry County in 1782 or if he had already moved to Tennessee. Thomas is not found on the 1782 Tax List, but his brother Robert is shown (Fothergill 1940). Thomas' son "Smith Creek" John Stockton does appear to still be living in Virginia in 1782.

Virginia Tax Payers 1782-87 Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. Augusta B. Fothergill. 1940

1782 Henry County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax List:
Robert Stockton [Listed twice.]
[Thomas Stockton is not found, probably already moved to the north side of the French Broad River.]
Thomas Sockhart [Not found in 1778, 1779, or 1780 Tax Lists. This appears to be Thomas Lockhart who died in Henry/Patrick County in 1791.]

John Stockton, brother of Thomas, died in about 1807 on his 936-acre property on the Sandy River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. His widow, Mary, and some of their children moved to near Burksville, Cumberland County, Virginia. Burksville is only about 15 miles from Stockton's Valley where Thomas Stockton settled in about 1797. John and Mary's son, Peter Harget Stockton, married Rachel Stockton, a daughter of Mary (nee unknown) and Thomas Stockton, Sr. Although, Rachel (nee Stockton) and Peter Harget Stockton did not live in Stockton's Valley, they were only about 5 miles north east of Stockton's Valley on Gap Creek.

Deed "Prathors fork of Mayo River" William Sharp, John Pulliam, Thomas Lockhart:
Sisters of Thomas Stockton, Sr., a son of Agnes and Richard Stockton, Sr.:

 Jemima married '''William Sharp'''

Margaret married John Pulliam
Elizabeth married Thomas Lockhart
Winneford married John Randal/Randalls - also owned land on Prater's Fork of North Mayo River

Henry County, Virginia, Deed Book 2, pp. 362-363
Marvel Nash to William Sharp, 1783

This Indenture Made this 28th Day of Augt. In the year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven
hundred and Eighty Three Between Marvel Nash of Henry County of the one part & William Sharp of
sd. County of the other Part Witnesseth that the sd. Marvel Nash for and and in Consideration
of the Sum of one hundred and Forty five Pounds Current Money of Virginia to him in hand paid
by the sd. William Sharp the Receipt Whereof the sd. Marvel Nash doth hereby Acknowledge hath
Given, Granted, Bargained, & sold unto the sd. William Sharp and by these Presents doth Give,
Grant, Bargain & sell Unto the sd. William Sharp his heirs and Assigns forever A Certain parcel
of Land Lying and being in Henry County on Prathors fork of Mayo River -- Containing by
Estimation Two hundred and Sixteen Acres More or Less and bounded as Follows (To witt)
Beginning at at a Corner Tree on John Pulliams Path Thence according to the Cources and Term of
the Pattent to a Corner Tree on Thomas Lockharts path thence along a Conditional or Divideing
Line to the first Station or Beginning and Also all Woods, Underwoods, Profits, Commodities,
Ways, Waters, Watercources, and Appurtenances, Whatsoever to the sd. Parcel of Land Belonging
or any ways Appertaining and Also The Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents
and Services of the sd. Premices and Every part thereof and all the Estate Right Title Intrest
Claim and Demand Whatsoever of him the sd. Marvel Nash of in and to the said Parcel of Land an
Primices and Every part thereof To have and To hold the said Parcel of Land and all and
Singular The sd. Premices above Mentioned, and Every part and Parcel Thereof, with The
Appurtenances Unto the sd. William Sharp his heirs and Assigns to the only Proper use and
behoof of the sd. William Sharp his heirs and Assigns for ever and the sd. Marvel Nash for
himself & his heirs the sd. Parcel of Land and Premices & Every part thereof, Against him & his
heirs & Assigns all and Every other Person or Persons Whatsoever to the sd. William Sharp his
heirs & Assigns Shall and will Warrant and forever Defend by these Presents In Witness whereof
the sd. Marvel Nash hath set his hand and Affixed his Seal the Day and year first above Written

                 Signed Seald. & Delivered 

                 Marvel Nash  L. S.

in Presents of

At a Court held for Henry County on the 28th Day of August 1783

The Within Indenture was Acknowledged by the within named Marvel Nash to be his Act & Deed &
the same was ordered to be Recorded By the Court.
Test
John Cox C.H.C.

The French Broad River in present Sevier County, Tennessee:
By 1783, Thomas Stockton, Sr., and his wife Mary (nee unknown) Stockton moved from Henry County, Virginia, to the north side of the French Broad River in what is now Sevier County, Tennessee. In 1783 it was Washington County controlled by North Carolina.

State of No. Carolina Washington County.

  No. 10.  Feby. 25th  1778.

To the surveyor of said County, Greeting.
You are hereby reqd. to measure and lay off according to
law three hundred and forty acres of land for Thomas
Stockdon on French Broad River beginning at the mouth
of the spring branch runing up the river fornent the
upper end of the big Island sd. land entd. per Jesse Been
and transferd. to said Thos. Stockdon per order of said Jesse
Been - - - - - Given under my hand at Office this 25th day
of Feby. 1783. - - - - - Landon Carter E.T.

April the 3d 1807.
A Duplicate

Attest.

                    Luke Lea  Clk

Archibald Roane President
of the Board of Commissioners
for East Tennessee

[The following is on the other side of this deed.]

[Pursuant] to a power of Attorney Given
by Thomas Stockton and Mary Stockton
Bearing date 11th day of September 1799 -

   I as attorney In fact for Thomas Stockton

Do assign the Within Land Warrant to
Peter Bryan for Value Recd. this 25th day
of August 1813

Alan Bryan attorney in fact for Thomas Stockton

Witness

                 Isaac Love

Sam Blair

No. 10.
Thomas Stockdon
340 Acres
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     acres

                No. 206-230   

[This property is located in present Sevier County, Tennessee.]

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Thomas Stockton is not found on the 1783 Greene County Tax List.

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["Big" 1784 Greene County, North Carolina, included present Sevier County, Tennessee.]

1784
November Term Minutes
Writs to Issue . . .

At a Court of Pleas and Quarter Session
Begin and held for the County of Greene at Mr
Robert Keers on the first Monday in November
A. D. 1784.

Present the Worshipful
James Houston [,] Benjamin Gass & Saml Wear
Joseph Hardin.

A Grand Jury called – towitt
Chas Hays, John Crow, Robert Wilson, William Moore,
James Patterson, James Hays, James Mahan,
Jerimiah Jack, John Wear, Thos Stockton, Anthony
Moore, John Woolsey, James Pickens, Adam
Dinmody, Job Simms, John Gilbreath who
appeared took the Oath & recd their charge.

[Adam Dinmody appears to be Adam Dunmoody. See 1783 Greene County Tax List.]

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North Carolina Land Grants Recorded in Greene County. Goldene Filler Burgner. Southern Historcal Press, Easley, S.C. 1981:
400 acres, August 24, 1799 / Entered 1783 / Issued 1786 / N. side / Warrant #3 [Grant #123]
100 acres, August 24, 1799 / Entered 1783 / Issued 1787 / Warrant #341 [Grant #487]
30 acres, Joining his former survey #1330 Warrant #97 [Grant #1072] 160 acres, on north side of French Broad River, File #1253, Warrant # ______ [Grant 1103]

--- Deed 300 acres, February 11, 1794, from Nathaniel and Joseph Evans

Tennessee Grants, Images from North Carolina records:

• Grant #123, [File #107], 400 acres, Entered: 29 Oct 1783, Issued: 1 Nov 1786, Book 59, p. 426 [full page], "State of North-Carolina . . . No. 123 . . . Thomas Stockton . . . Four Hundred Acres, lying and being in our County of Green . . . On the North Side of french Broad river . . . First Day of November in the Eleventh Year of our Independence . . ."
• Grant #487, [File #485], 100 acres, Entered: 23 Oct 1783, Issued: 20 Sep 1787, Book 65, pp. 514, 515, "State of No. Carolina No. 487 . . . Thomas Stockton . . . One Hundred Acres . . . County of Green. On the North Side of French Broad River nearly opposite the Mouth of Little Pigeon known by the name of the Indian Old field . . . 20th day of September 1787 . . . "
• Grant #1072, [File #1330], 30 acres, Entered: 16 May 1789, Issued: 24 Dec 1792, Book 78, p. 429, " State of North Carolina No. 1072 . . . Thomas Stockton thirty Acres of Land lying in Green County Joining his former Survey . . . French Broad River . . . 24th December AnaDom 1792 . . ."
• Grant #1103, [File #1253], 160 acres, Entered: ____, Issued: 12 Jan 1793, Book 78, pp. 365, 366, "State of North Carolina No 1103 . . . Thomas Stockton One hundred and Sixty Acres in Green County. On the North side of french broad river . . . 12th. day of Jany. 1793 . . ."

c.1797 Thomas Stockton moved to Cumberland (now Clinton) County, Kentucky. "Stockton's Valley"

1798 Sep 5 Thomas Stockton land on Spring Creek, Cumberland County, Kentucky #533

1799 Tax List Cumberland County, Kentucky, Thomas Stockton Sr, Thomas Jr, Nathaniel, and ["Smith Creek"] John Stockton

1799 Sep 11 Sevier County, Tennessee, power of attorney from Thomas Stockton and Mary Stockton.

1800 Thomas Stockton of Cumberland County [Kentucky], to [son] Samuel Stockton 220 acres in Sevier County, Tennessee

History of Tennessee. The Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1887.
In 1783 a number of settlers, who had recently located in the vicinity, assembled at Maj. [Major] Henry's, near the mouth of Dumplin Creek, and there built a fort. At about the same time, a friendly conference with the Indians was held at the house of a Mr. Gist. It was attended by Maj. James Hubbard, who had settled on the north bank of the French Broad River just above Bryant's Ferry, and who became notorious for his enmity toward the Indians. His father's family in Virginia had been cruelly murdered by the Shawnees, and he had sworn vengeance against the whole race. He spared no pains to create Indian disturbances in order to afford opportunity to gratify his revenge, and this occasion was no exception. He attempted to frighten the Cherokees in attendance upon the conference into some hasty action which might furnish a pretext for violating the truce, but in this he was prevented by Capt. James White, and for a time peace was secured. After this the settlements south of the French Broad increased quite rapidly.

In November, 1783, Thomas Stockton began the erection of the first gristmill in the county. It was located at Christian's Ford on the French Broad. During the following year the pioneers built their cabins and cleared fields along Little Pigeon River and Boyd's Creek. On the later stream, two strong forts were erected: One was at Samuel Newell's, near the head of the creek, and the other at Samuel McGaughey's lower down.

In 1784, the State of Franklin was organized, and in March of 1785, the first legislature of the new State met. Among the acts passed was one for the division of Greene County into three separate counties, one of which was named Sevier. It embraced the greater part of the territory south of the French Broad extending from the Big Pigeon River to the ridge dividing the waters of Little River and Little Tennessee. The courts were held at Newell's Station, and Samuel Wear became clerk of the county court. At the next election Samuel Newell and John Clark were chosen to represent the county in the Legislature.

Stockton's Valley, Cumberland (now Clinton) County, Kentucky:
In the late 1790s Thomas Stockton and his younger children moved to Cumberland (now Clinton) County, Kentucky. Thomas Stockton was the first settler in what is now Clinton County and Stockton's Valley is named after him.

Thomas settled on Spring Creek in Stockton's Valley. He was one of the charter members of the Clear Fork Baptist Church. Thomas died in Stockton's Valley in 1809.

Early Times in Clinton County, Volume I, by Jack Ferguson, 1986

THE COUNTY'S FIRST SETTLERS
As far as can be ascertained through the dim mist that surrounds this early period, Clinton county's first permanent white settler was Thomas Stockton Sr., after whom Stocktons valley took its name. Only the barest details concerning this sturdy old pioneer can be ascertained. A Virginian, he probably came to this state through the Cumberland Gap, over the route that Kentucky pioneers made famous. We are told by tradition that he came into the wilderness of early Clinton county around 1791 or 1792. (1) Another traditionary account states that he first settled in or near the Caney Gap, near the late Killis Huddleston farm, where he threw up a crude log hut. According to this account, water was obtained from a spring which was some distance away. One day while going after water, Mrs. Stockton was confronted by a large black bear, which she frightened away by flapping her apron at it. A further detail in this traditionary account is that the trees in this neighborhood were too large and thick for easy clearing, so Stockton and his family moved to what is now known as Duvall valley. At the extreme lower end of the valley, he built a log house near a spring some distance west of Spring creek. At that time Clinton county was a virgin wilderness. As far as can be determined, settlers had not yet penetrated into the adjoining county of Cumberland; only a very few had ventured into Wayne county.

The location of this first permanent settlement in Clinton county can be definitely established by the record of survey made of it. On August 25, 1798 Stockton was granted a certificate of settlement to 200 acres of land by the Commissioners for Settlement South of Green River, which located his grant on Spring creek, calling for a line "to Whitney's Fork of Spring creek, thence down the creek." (2) Whitney's Fork was an early name for the present Koger creek. Most of his grant lay on the west side of the creek, with a small portion jutting across it, along the north bank of Koger creek. His certificate of settlement states that his "improvement" was on the northeast side of the claim. This suggests that he cleared ground and built a log cabin on the west side of the creek, possibly just a little south of the present Beech Bottom road. His tract included the present site of the Irwin Consolidated School. Stockton made an official entry on this land on October 20, 1799, and it was surveyed on November 6 that year by William Wood.

According to the United States Census of 1790, enumerating the heads of families of 1782 to 1785, Thomas Stockton, Sr. was living in Albemarle county, with five children. We do not know the name of his first wife; his second wife was Mary Golden, whom he married October 28, 1775 in Virginia. She [should read He] died February 13, 1809 after coming to this county.

(1) The traditionary date of Stockton's settlement in Clinton county was given in a letter from Mrs. S. A. Davidson Chanute, Tennessee, to the author. (2) Whitney's Fork was so named after Samuel Whitney, who had a grant in 1798 on the east side of Spring creek, adjoining Stockton's tract. However, there is no evidence that he was ever an actual settler of the county. By 1799 his 200 acre tract was owned by James Wood.

[This note is not in Jack Ferguson's book: The Thomas Stockton who was living in Albemarle County, Virginia in the 1790’s was Thomas 3 (Thomas 2, Davis 1) Stockton, Jr. The Thomas Stockton who Stockton's Valley is named after is Thomas 3 (Richard 2, Davis 1) Stockton, Sr. The first settler in present Clinton County, Kentucky, Thomas 3 Stockton, Sr., had owned property on the north side of the French Broad River in present Sevier County, Tennessee, by 1783. A deed dated 1800 was from Thomas Stockton of Cumberland County [Kentucky] to Samuel Stockton for land in Sevier County, Tennessee. A power of attorney in 1799 was from Thomas and Mary Stockton. That power of attorney was mentioned on the back of the 1783 deed #10 for 340 acres on the French Broad River in Tennessee. Mary Stockton is Mary (nee unknown) Stockton, she is not Mary Golden as shown by Jack Ferguson. Note added by Jerry J. Stockton.]

Irwin Cemetery:
Stockton's Valley, Clinton County, Kentucky

Irwin Cemetery is located on property that was granted to Thomas Stockton, Sr., in 1798. He was the first settler in what would later become Clinton County, Kentucky, and Stockton's Valley is named after him. Thomas Stockton, Sr., lived on his property next to Spring Creek until his death in 1809. This property then passed to his son Thomas Stockton, Jr., and in 1824 he sold 128 1/2 acres of this 200 acre property to John Irwin. The Irwin Cemetery is located in the northwest corner of John Irwin's 128 1/2 acre property.

Thomas Stockton's wife Mary (nee unknown) Stockton:
What appeared to be a marriage record for Thomas Stockton and Mary Golden is actually just part of Jacob Golden's will. Mary Golden was the wife / widow of Jacob Golden. Thomas Stockton and Mary Golden were NOT married and she was NOT the mother of any of his children. A 1771 deed record and a 1799 deed record prove that the first name of Thomas' wife was Mary, unfortunately, her maiden name is not known.

Stockton Family Grist Mills and Fulling Mill:

• The Davis Stockton family builds the first mill in Albemarle County, Virginia. (Woods 1901)
• Albemarle County, Virginia: in a deed dated June 26, 1751, Richard Stockton, Sr., is described as a Weaver.
• Albemarle County, Virginia: December 29, 1775, Samuel Stockton advertised two mills for sale, one being a fulling mill. (Virginia Gazette 1775) A fulling mill is used for making cloth.
• Augusta (now Botetourt) County, Virginia: March 16, 1768, Thomas petitions to build mill on Catawba Creek. (Chalkley 1912)
• Henry County, Virginia: February 15, 1779, Thomas Stockton granted permission to build grist mill on Prater's Fork of Mayo River. (Henry County, Virginia, Order Book 2, 1778-1782.) Prater's Fork now appears to be known as Spencer Creek.
• The French Broad River, Tennessee – 1783 or 1794, Thomas granted permission to build a mill on the French Broad River. (Burgner 1982?)
• Clinton County, Kentucky, lived on Spring Creek, no mention of a mill.

Children:
The children of Mary and "Spring Creek" Thomas Stockton, Sr.:
"Smith Creek" John Stockton (c.1763-c.1803)
Thomas Stockton (c.1765-c.1845)
Samuel Stockton (c.1767-c.1828)
Nancy Agnes (Stockton) Rogers and Rodgers (1770-1852)
Silas Stockton (c.1772-c.1825)
Mary (Stockton) Cowan (c.1775-c.1830)
Nathaniel Stockton (1776-c.1852)
Rachel (Stockton) Stockton (1778-1856+)
William Stockton (c.1781-1833)
Robert Stockton (1783-1852)
Susan (Stockton) Rodgers (c.1785-c.1845)
Rhoda (Stockton) White (c.1787- to before 1850)
Benjamin Stockton (c.1789-c.1820)

Robert Stockton, son of Thomas of Virginia and East Tennessee:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Oklahoma, Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1901
" . . . The paternal grandfather, Thomas by name . . . was an old settler in Virginia, who later removed . . . to East Tennessee, and located in Stockton Valley. . . . His son, Robert . . . in 1806 settled in Illinois . . ."

Y-DNA:
It is not known exactly when or where Richard Stockton was born. It appears that he was probably born about 1710 in England. Richard's father, Davis Stockton, was probably born in England in about 1685. Stockton is an English name and there were a large number of Stockton families living in England in the 1600s. It also appears that his children were probably born in England as they all have English given names and none have distinctly Irish or Scottish given names. Y-DNA (I-M253, I-L22, STR cluster I1-BBA, and I-Y22015) from descendants of Davis Stockton prove that his early male line ancestors were in Norway or Sweden over 4,000 years ago. Y-DNA and historical records show that Vikings / Norse settled in the Stockton-on-Tees area of County Durham and a very large number settled in its southern neighbor North Yorkshire.

Timeline for Thomas Stockton, Sr., (c.1740-1809):

• c.1740 Thomas Stockton was born near Stockton's Creek a branch of Mechum's River in what was Goochland County, Virginia, but is now Albemarle County, Virginia, to Agnes (nee unknown) and Richard Stockton, Sr.
• 1743 June 21 "Baptized John and Thomas, sons of Agness Stocdon"
• 1751 June 26 deed "Richard Stockton & Agness his Wife of Parish of St. Anns & County of Albemarle, Weaver"
• c.1760 Thomas 3 (Richard 2, Davis 1) Stockton married Mary ___?___ in Virginia.
• 1763 "Smith Creek" John Stockton must be born by c.1763 to be the father of Jesse Stockton Sr born in 1782.
• c._____ Thomas Stockton moved to "Big" Augusta / Botetourt County, Virginia
• 1768 Mar 16 Botetourt County, Virginia, Thomas Stockton petitions to build mill on Catawba (was Augusta, became Botetourt, now appears to be Roanoke County, Virginia)
• 1769 Botetourt County cut from "Big" Augusta County, Virginia
• 1770 May 9 Botetourt Co., Virginia, David Mitchell vs. Thomas Stockton
• 1770 May 9 Botetourt Co., Virginia, Thomas "Stockdon" and (his brother) David "Stockdon" on jury William Bates vs. John Bowman
• 1770 May 12 Botetourt Co., 210 acres on Catawba Creek, land grant
• 1770 Aug 16 jury duty Botetourt Co., Virginia
• 1770 Nov 14 jury duty Botetourt Co., Virginia, John Stewart vs. Samuel McRoberts
• 1770 Nov 15 jury duty Botetourt Co., Virginia, William Graham vs. Reese Bowen
• 1771 Apr 11 jury duty Botetourt Co., Virginia
• 1771 May 15 Thomas Stockton sold 1513 lbs. of hemp
• 1771 Aug 14 Thomas and Mary Stockton sold 210 acres on Catawba Creek to David Lytle, Robert Shields, witness (Robert Shields married Nancy Stockton, they were the parents of John Shields a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Nancy was a sister of Thomas Stockton
• 1772 Thomas Stockton tithables
• 1773 Nov 13 Botetourt Co., Virginia, Thomas Stockton in debt to David Mitchell
• 1775 Albemarle County, Virginia, will of Richard Stockton, Sr., mentions son Thomas Stockton
• c.1774 Thomas and Mary Stockton moved from Botetourt County to Henry County, Virginia
• 1775 Oct 28 - - - Thomas Stockton did NOT marry Mary Golden - - -
• 1777 Apr 21 Henry County, Virginia, Thomas Stockton purchased 94 acres on the North Fork of Mayo River
• 1778 Henry County, Virginia, Thomas Stockton, Robert Stockton, (unclear if they are Assessors for tax collection or Militia Captains or Captains of a Militia District or . . . ?)
• 1778 Tax List Henry County, Virginia, Agness Stockton, Thomas Stockton, Robert Stockton, Agness (Agnes) appears to be the mother of Thomas and Robert
• 1779-1780 Thomas Stockton 302 acres on Mayo River
• 1779 Tax List Henry County, Virginia, Agnes Stockton, Thomas Stockton, Robert Stockton
• 1779 Feb 15 Thomas Stockton granted permission to build grist mill on Prater's Fork of Mayo River
• 1779 Apr 14 Thomas Stockton executor will of Lillyn Hampton
• 1779 Oct 28 Henry County, Virginia, will of Jacob Golden mentions Thomas Stockton and [wife / widow] Mary Golden
• 1780 Tax List Henry County, Virginia, Thomas Stockton and Robert Stockton
• 1782 Jan 23 Jesse Stockton, Sr., born, a son of "Smith Creek" John Stockton and Margaret "Peggy" Stockton
• 1782 Apr 23 Thomas and Mary Stockton sold 94 acres on the North Fork of the Mayo River to James Bartlett
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• c.1782 Thomas and Mary Stockton moved to the north side of the French Broad River in what is now Sevier County, Tennessee.
• 1783 Greene County Tax List, Thomas Stockton not found.
• 1783 Feb 25 Thomas Stockton 340 acres on north side of French Broad River #10
• 1783 Feb 28 Thomas's son Robert born in "E Tennessee" (In the 1880 census Robert's son Joseph listed his father as born in E Tennessee.)
• 1783 Oct 23 Thomas Stockton 100 acres north side of French Broad River #487
• 1783 Oct 29 Thomas Stockton 400 acres north side of French Broad River #123
• 1784 Thomas Stockton granted leave to build a grist mill on the French Broad River (Burgner 1982)
• 1784 November Grand Jury Thomas Stockton (Burgner 1982)
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• c.1797 Thomas Stockton moved to Cumberland (now Clinton) County, Kentucky. "Stockton's Valley"
• 1798 Sep 5 Thomas Stockton land on Spring Creek, Cumberland County, Kentucky #533
• 1799 Tax List Cumberland County, Kentucky, Thomas Stockton Sr, Thomas Jr, Nathaniel, and ["Smith Creek"] John Stockton
• 1799 Sep 11 Sevier County, Tennessee, power of attorney from Thomas Stockton and Mary Stockton.
• 1800 Thomas Stockton of Cumberland County [Kentucky], to [son] Samuel Stockton 220 acres in Sevier County, Tennessee
• 1802 Thomas is a Charter Member Clear Fork Baptist Church, Stockton's Valley, Cumberland (now Clinton) County, Kentucky
• 1807 or 1809 Feb 2 Cumberland County, Kentucky, deed, Thomas Stockton, Sr., to Thomas Stockton, Jr.
• 1809 Feb 13 Thomas Stockton died in Stockton's Valley, Cumberland (now Clinton) County, Kentucky

Familypedia:
Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761)
- Richard Stockton Sr. (c.1710-1775)
- Thomas Stockton Sr. (c.1714-1783)
- - - Jesse Stockton (1755-1834) son of Thomas Stockton (c.1714-1783)
- Samuel Stockton (c.1720-1807)

Find a Grave:
Davis Stockton (c.1685-1761)
married unknown (nee unknown) Stockton (c.1690-c.1761)

Richard Stockton (c.1710-1775)
married Agnes (nee unknown)

Thomas Stockton, Sr., (c.1740-1775)
married Mary (nee unknown) Stockton

Ancestry:
The Davis Stockton Family at Ancestry

Bibliography:

• History of Tennessee. The Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1887.
• History of Albemarle County in Virginia. Rev. Edgar Woods. The Michie Company, Printers. Charlottesville, Va. 1901.
• Portrait and Biographical Record of Oklahoma. Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago. 1901.
• The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons. Thomas Coates Stockton. Washington, D.C. The Carnahan Press. 1911.
• Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume I, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. Lyman Chalkley. Published by Mary S. Lockwood. 1912.
• Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Lewis Preston Summers. Published by Lewis Preston Summers, Abingdon, Virginia. 1920.
• A brief history of the Huguenots and three family trees: Chastain-Lochridge-Stockton. James Garvin Chastain. Baptist Publishing House. Shaw, Mississippi. 1933
• Kegley’s Virginia Frontier – The Beginning of the Southwest, The Roanoke of Colonial Days 1740-1783 with Maps and Illustrations. F. B. Kegley. 1940.
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• Greene County, Tennessee, Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas 1783-1795. Goldene Fillers Burgner. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press. 1982. Reprinted 2015.
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• 1778-1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia. Lela C. Adams. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc. Reprinted in 1989.
• Early Times in Clinton County, Volume I. Jack Ferguson. privately published. 1986, revised 2004.
• The WPA Guide to Kentucky. F. Kevin Simon (Editor). University Press of Kentucky. 1996.
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• Davis Stockton of Albemarle County, Virginia. Jerry J. Stockton. 2021.

Other Sources:

• Virginia Land Office Patent Book 17, 1735-1738. Michael Woods, June 10, 1737, p. 350
• Virginia Land Office Patent Book No. 17, 1735-1738. pp. 350-351, June 10, 1737
• Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 1741 survey to Richard Stockton by William Mayo
• Albemarle County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, 1748-1752. pp. 341-343, 26 June 1751. ["Richard Stockton & Agness . . . both sides of Stocktons Creek"]
• Albemarle County, Virginia, Will Book 2. p. 324. Richard Stockton's original will

Sources

• 1741 survey to Richard Stockton by William Mayo
• Tinkling Spring, Headwater of Freedom: A Study of the Church and Her People, 1732-1952, by Howard McKnight Wilson, 1954
• Albemarle County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, 1748-1752, pp. 341-343, 26 June 1751.
• Albemarle County, Virginia, Will Book 2, p. 324. Richard Stockton's will
• History of Albemarle County in Virginia. by Rev. Edgar Woods, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1991.
• The Stockton Family of New Jersey and Other Stocktons. Thomas Coates Stockton. Washington, D.C. The Carnahan Press. 1911.
• Davis Stockton of Virginia. Leona Irene Johnson and Winfred Broadus Smith. 1972 and 1975.
• Botetourt County, Virginia, page 283, Stockdon to Lytle
• Henry County, Virginia, Deed records . . .
• 1778-1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia. Lela C. Adams. Bassett, Virginia: privately published. 1973.
• Henry County, Virginia
• 1779 Henry County, Thomas Stockton executor will of Lillyn Hampton
• 1779 Henry County, will of Jacob Golden
• State of No. Carolina Washington County. No. 10. Feby. 25th 1778.
• Deed #10 to Thomas Stockton on north side of French Broad River, Tennessee, 1783 - same
• Court records in what is now Sevier County . . .
• Sevier County, Tennessee, Thomas Stockton deed to Samuel Stockton 1799
• Cumberland County, Kentucky, Patent Records
• Cumberland County, Kentucky, Tax Records
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• Davis Stockton of Albemarle County, Virginia. Jerry J. Stockton. 2021

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