WNC History Timeline

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www.childers-shepherd.org, 27 Sep 2010
      Thomas Jefferson Stockton + Nancy Prewitt         George  Deaton + Jane [?]
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 Spencer Newberry Stockton       +        Sina Deaton
                         1820     -       after 1899       1846    1823   -  1879/1900
               
               TN                McDowell Co NC               TN          TN                McDowell Co NC

                                                                                    
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Francis Marion Stockton (Cynthia Emeline Dickson), 1847 - 1913
                                                   Nancy Jane Stockton, 1849 - aft 1879
                                                   Daniel B. Stockton  (Sarah Jane [?]), 1850 - aft 1879
                                                   Jessie E. Stockton (Hannah Garland), 1854 - 1935
                                                   Reuben J. Stockton (Josephine [?]), 1856 - aft 1899
                                                   Sarah Cordelia Stockton, 1858 - aft 1879
                                                   Samuel E. Stockton (Ida J. Hunter, Martha Wilson), 1860 - 1941?
                                                            

Note: In 1850, the family resided in Washington Co, TN. In 1870, they were at Flat Creek, Bunc Co, NC. In 1880, Spencer
and Sina resided in Finley township, McDowell Co, NC, with daughters Nancy J, 28, and Cordelia, 21. Nearby were the
households of Daniel Stockton with wife Sarah J, and Samuel Stockton with wife Ida J. In 1900, Spencer was still there,
widowed, living with grand-daughter Cordelia, 21. The census does not list other Stockton households nearby.
Sources: US Census 1850, Washington Co TN;
            US Census 1870, Flat Creek, Bunc Co NC;
            US Census 1880, 1900, Finley, McDowell Co NC;
            US Census 1900, Carter Co TN;
            US Census, 1910, 1920, 1930, Crosby Co TX;
            Ancestry.com's Kimball/Wright family tree; Chapman-Currey-Copeland-Jordan tree;
            NC Marriage Collection, Samuel Stockton and Ida Hunter, McDowell Co NC,1879;
            NC Marriage Collection, Samuel Stockton and Mattie Wilson, McDowell Co NC,1884;
            Texas Death Index, Samuel Ernest Stockton, Fisher Co TX, 9-13-41.