Person:Robert Stockton (6)

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Rev. Robert Stockton
b.12 Dec 1743 Goochland County, Virginia
d.21 Sep 1824 Barren, Kentucky, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1738
  1. Deborah Stockton1738 - 1810
  2. Thomas Stockton, Sr.1740 - 1809
  3. Elizabeth Stockton1742 -
  4. Rev. Robert Stockton1743 - 1824
  5. Mary StocktonAbt 1744 -
  6. John Stockton1745 - 1807
  7. Richard Stockton, Jr.1746 - 1819
  8. Winneford Stockton1750 -
  9. Mourning StocktonEst 1752 -
  10. Jemima StocktonEst 1754 - 1833
  11. David StocktonBef 1756 - Abt 1792
  12. Margaret StocktonBef 1760 -
Spouse and Children
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  1. Frances B StocktonAbt 1785 - Bef 1828
  2. Prudence StocktonAbt 1785 -
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. Robert Stockton
Gender Male
Birth[2][3][4] 12 Dec 1743 Goochland County, Virginia[area became Albemarle County in 1744]
Marriage Barren, Kentucky, United Statesto Catherine Blakey
Will[1] 11 Feb 1820 Barren, Kentucky, United States
Death[2][3][10] 21 Sep 1824 Barren, Kentucky, United Statesage 80 - [area became Metcalfe County]
Burial[2][4][10] Aft 21 Sep 1824 Stockton-Ray Cemetery, Metcalfe, Kentucky, United Statesin family cemetery on his homestead
Probate[1] Oct 1824 Barren, Kentucky, United States
Other[2][3] Aft 1951 Munford-Crenshaw Cemetery, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentuckynamed on Rev. War Monument honoring soldiers
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Possible Land Records for Follow-up

Records listed below have been reported by others, but need verification and proper citation {--Cos1776 16:46, 24 August 2014 (UTC)):

  • KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS; Barren County DB 9:156, 24 Jul 1799; Robert Stockton, 200 acres on Sinks Beaver Creek
  • KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS; Barren County DB AA:124, 18 Jun 1804; Robert Stockton Sr. to Robert Stockton Jr. and Reuben B. Stockton, land near Smoking Springs
  • 1800 Barren County, KY Tax List; Robert Sr and Robert Jr, also Newberry, Samuel and Thomas (no T was listed)
  • 1810 Barren County, KY Census Index; Robert 00111-00011-00 #39; also Jesse, Susanna, Thomas and Thomas
  • 1820 Barren County, KY Census Index; Robert, Newberry, Susanna and Thomas Sr.
  • 1830 Barren County, KY Census Index; Only Frances E, Joseph B and Newberry left in Barren Co, all 3 in Glasgow.


DAVIS STOCKTON OF VIRGINIA, 1972, JOHNSON & SMITH, pg 45;
shows landholdings per History of Patrick and Henry Co, VA by Pedigo;
"Henry Co Grants or Patents";

  • p. 304, #40, p 554 172 acres on the water's of Smith's River, adjoining his own land (no date)
  • p. 323, #513, p 394 25 Feb 1784, 565 acres on Sycamore Ck, adjoining land of Bartley Folie;
  • p. 323, #526, p 445 27 Feb 1784, 350 acres on the water's of Beard's Ck, adjoining his own land;
  • p. 323, #527, p 447 286 acres on the waters of Nicholas' Ck, adjoining his own land;
  • p. 348, #1016, p 590 4 May 1799, 328 acre on the waters of Leatherwood Ck, adjoining Jesse Crouch's land.
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Research Notes

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Will Abstract of Robert Stockton, in Rootsweb.

    Barren Co KY Will Book 2, p.391
    Stockton, Robert Will dated 11 Feb 1820; Probate Oct 1824.
    Eldest son Robert, deceased. Sons: Reuben B., youngest - James P. and Joseph B.
    Daughters: Rachel Howard, dec'd, Dolly Thompson, dec'd - wife of William Thompson, two daughters, Doshey Garnett, single, children; Unity Lee, Catharine Bishop, Prudence Hall, children, Nancy Robertson, Fanny Hall, deceased & left children.
    Wife: Catharine. Grandson: Benjamin Hayden.
    Wit: J. Pool, George Yates, Alpheus Yates, James A. Sherley, John M. Sherley, Evard Clark, Edmund Rogers

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Revolutionary War Monument, in Find A Grave.

    [Last accessed Aug 2014. Note: This FAG page memorializes a Rev. War historical marker for Rev. Stockton and others that is located at Munford-Crenshaw Cemetery, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, and it includes a photo of that marker. The page states that Rev. Stockton and his wife are NOT buried at this cemetery - they are buried at Stockton-Ray Cemetery which is located off Highway 80 about four miles west of Edmonton, Kentucky. No sources for this information are provided and a photo of his actual burial site is not included as of Aug 2014.]
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    Rev. Robert Stockton, Sr., was a son of Richard and Agnes (maybe nee Anthony) Stockton, Sr., and a grandson of Davis Stockton of Albemarle County, Virginia. Robert was born in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia. His father, Richard Stockton, Sr., is shown on a 15 March 1741 Goochland County land record. Robert's grandfather, Davis Stockton, is shown on a 10 June 1737 Goochland County land record. Rev. Robert Stockton married Catherine Blakey on 7 Sep 1768. She was born Nov. 24, 1753 and died Oct. 6, 1824, in Barren (now Metcalf) County, Kentucky. Robert was a Chaplain for the Virgina troops during the Revolutionary War.

    FAMILY LEGEND
    Robert was at the Battle of Brandywine and was taken prisoner by the British. He was held by the British for two years. He served for seven years in the Revolutionary War. Robert was one of the early pioneers of Barren County, Kentucky, arriving in 1799. He, at one time, owned 7,000 acres just west of Edmonton. He was an ordained Baptist minister for over fifty years. Rev. Robert and Catherine Stockton are buried at the Stockton-Ray Cemetery, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, and not at the Revolutionary War Memorial site. The Stockton-Ray Cemetery is located off Highway 80 about four miles west of Edmonton, Kentucky.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Revolutionary War Monument, in Www.so-ky.com webpage for Munford-Crenshaw Cemetery.

    [Last accessed Aug 2014. Includes photo of historical marker.]

    THIS MONUMENT PRESENTED BY LUCIE P. TERRY DICKINSON IN LOVING MEMORY OF MAYME PORTER TERRY 1870-1951 A LOYAL DAUGHTER OF D.A.R.

    ... REV, ROBERT STOCKTON. 12-12-1743 VA. 9-21-1825 KY. CHAPLAIN VA. TROOPS ...

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Burial Location and Historical Marker, in Www.so-ky.com webpage for Stockton-Ray Cemetery.

    [Last accessed Aug 2014. Includes photo of headstone taken before 1970 and a photo of the historical marker which reads:]

    REV. ROBERT STOCKTON
    Site of the home and grave of the Revolutionary War chaplain and pioneer Baptist preacher. Born in VA 1743. "Submitted to believer's baptism" in 1771. Captured by the British at Brandywine, 1777, and held prisoner two years. Came to this area 1799. Stockton helped form Strawberry and Green River Baptist Associations of which he was moderator. He died here, 1824.

  5.   Robert Stockton, in Stockton, Thomas Coates. The Stockton family of New Jersey and other Stocktons
    p 244.

    "Robert Stockton appears to have rem. to Henry Co., Va. He is not shown by the census of 1790 in Albemarle Co.; but in January, 1782, Robert Stockton of Henry Co. was allowed 6 pounds 10 shillings for 650 pounds of beef furnished to Jesse Heard Com'y Prov.; and was also credited with having furnished 2 bushels of corn, 22 diets, pasturage for 23 days of public cattle, and some bundles of fodder. This is all that has been learned about him."

  6.   Robert Stockton, in Taylor, James Barnett. Lives of Virginia Baptist ministers. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984)
    pp 206-208.

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  7.   Robert Stockton, in Stockton, J. W. A history of the Stockton family. (Philadelphia: Press of Patterson & White, 1881).

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  8.   Robert Stockton, in Robertson, Laura Purcell. The Robertson, Purcell and related families. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975).

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    [Note: uses J.W. Stockton as a source.]

  9.   Elder Robert Stockton, in Stockton, Ralph Sevier. Stockton History.

    [citing Minutes of Green River Baptist Assoc, 1825]
    "Since our last annual meeting, we have to record the death of our much beloved brother and father in the Gospel, Elder Robert Stockton. He lived to the advanced age of eight-one, and was in the ministry more than half a century with his Savior and his God, and we doubt not that through the riches of Sovereign Grace he is now numbered with the redeemed millions in the Kingdom of Glory, while the under shepherds in Christ's Militant Kingdom are dropping off and going into Eternity, let us beseech the Lord to send more laborers into the Vinyard."
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    [Note: uses J.W. Stockton and Family Bible of Joseph B. Stockton, Sr., Edmonton, KY, giving Robert's birthdate as 1 Nov 1743.]

  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Robert Stockton, in Simpson, William S. Virginia Baptist ministers, 1760-1790 : a biographical survey. (Richmond [Virginia]: W.S. Simpson, c1990-2002, 2004)
    Vol 1, p [needed].

    Stockton, Robert. Separate. Born 12 DEC 1743 in an area of Goochland Co., VA which later became Albemarle Co., the son of Richard Stockton and Agnes (-). Received a moderate English education... Brought up to the trade of hatter, by which he acquired a good estate. Moved to Henry Co., about 1769. Reared in the Presbyterian Church. His Baptist origins are uncertain ... presumably ordained, 1772. Planted Leatherwood Church, Henry Co, 1772; minister of same 1772-1798. Moderator 2nd Snow Creek and Pig River Churches 1788-1798. Moderator Strawberry Assoc. Moved to KY 1790; settled in Metcalfe Co. Planted Dripping Springs Church 1798-1816; minister same 1816-1824. Moderator Green River Assoc. Capt red of Pittsylvania Co., militia c1769-1771. Served as chaplain in the Continental Line during Rev.; captured by British during Battle of Brandywine & imprisoned 1777-1779. Died 21 SEP 1824 in area of Barren Co., which later became Metcalfe Co; buried in family cemetery on his homestead (west from Edmonton onus. 68-State Rt 8 0 for 4 miles & turn right at the REV. ROBERT STOCKTON HISTORICAL MARKER. Follow an entrance road about 1 mile. The inscription on his tombstone was still visible in AUG 1986) Married 7 SEP 1768 Catherine Blakey (1753-1825). Survived by wife, 3 sons, 5 daughters.

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