Major George Stockton, Sr., (1745-1818)

Major George Stockton, Sr., (1745-1818) was a son of Sarah (nee unknown) and Robert Stockton (c.1710-1783), and a grandson of Isabel (nee unknown) and Robert Stockton (c.1680-1748) of Pennsylvania. George Stockton's first wife is widely accepted to be Rachel Dorsey, however, this is without proof. She appears to be a daughter of Rachel and Joshua Dorsey.

Please note that also buried in Stockton Cemetery are Rachel and Major Stockton's sons Joshua Stockton (1778-1836) and Dorsey Stockton (1774-1791).

Major George Stockton's second wife was Nancy, widow of Philip Norwood.

In about 1734 Major George Stockton's father, Robert Stockton, was one of the first settlers in then Mecklenburg, Berkeley County, Virginia (became Shepherd's Town, Virginia in 1798, Shepherd's Town, West Virginia in 1863, now Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia).

Tradition states that when very young George and his sister Isabella Stockton were captured by Native Americans where they remained for several years.

"George Stockton of Fleming County, was a member of the Convention of 1792, which formed the first constitution of Kentucky; held in Danville."

Condensed History of Fleming County, Kentucky, 1908, by Dan T. Fisher

"Near the northern limit of Flemingsburg is the site of Stockton's Station, settled by Major George Stockton in 1787. Nothing of the old station remains to mark the exact spot where it stood, but the spring from which the settlers obtained their water and the graveyard where they buried their dead are there to indicate that it was not far away. Major Stockton was a native of Virginia and in company with Colonel John Fleming, came down the Ohio river in a canoe to Limestone, (Maysville) settling his station soon after his arrival. From infancy to manhood he had been a captive among the Indians of New York, and when at length he returned to Virginia and civilization, he was not satisfied with the change in his mode of living, and he determined to seek a home in the wilderness of Kentucky."

Major George Stockton was one of the first settlers in what is now Fleming County, Kentucky. See Stockton's Station, built by Major George Stockton in 1787.

Sarah (nee unknown) and her first husband, John Fleming, were the parents of Colonel John Fleming. After the death of John Fleming in 1740 widow Sarah (nee unknown) Fleming married Robert Stockton. Sarah and Robert were the parents of Major George Stockton, and Colonel John Fleming was his older half-brother.

Major George Stockton named Flemingsburg in honor of Colonel John Fleming.

George Stockton's first wife, Rachel, died in 1798, and on November 11, 1810, George married his second wife Nancy Norwood in Fleming County, Kentucky. Nancy was the widow of Philip Norwood (c.1755-1807) and is the mother of James Norwood (1773-1847) and Elizabeth Norwood who married James Hood, Sr. Some researchers believe Nancy's maiden name was Hood, but that maiden name is presented without proof. Nancy is mentioned in George Stockton's 1818 will.

Fleming County, Kentucky

George Stockton, Sr.

Will dated 9 March 1818

Will recorded 4 May 1818

WIFE:

- Nancy Stockton (2nd wife)

CHILDREN:

- [Dorsey Stockton, born 1774 died in 1791 before this will.]

- George Stockton, Jr. [1776-____]

- Joshua Stockton [1778-1836]

- Phebe Barnes [1782-1830]

- Edward Stockton [1784-____]

- John Stockton [1787-____]

- Leaken [Dorsey] Stockton [1788-1860]

- Robert Stockton [1790-____]

- Dorsey [K.] Stockton [1792-c.1865]

EXECUTORS:

- Leaken Stockton

- Robert Stockton

- Dorsey Stockton [Dorsey K. Stockton]

WITNESSES:

- Edward Dulin

- James Hood

- Edward Dorsey

Son:

Leaken Dorsey Stockton (1788-1860)

Mecklenburg, Virginia, became ...

Shepherd's Town, Virginia, c.1798

Shepherd's Town, West Virginia, in 1863

Shepherdstown, West Virginia, c.1866

Bio by Jerry J. Stockton

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Note:

Moved with his family from Virginia to Kentucky in 1787. (Stone is badly broken)