Individual Details

Catherine Blakey

(24 Nov 1753 - 6 Oct 1825)



Joined her husband's church - Dripping Springs Baptist Church - in May 1800

Catherine Stockton, widow of Robert died on 6 Oct 1825. A lawsuit, #476 in Barren Co KY Circuit Court, was filed 1828, by Catherine Garnett and her best fired John Garnett. There was a slave girl, Eliza, still in the hands of, James P. Stockton, the son and administrator of Catherine Stockton. Catherine was asking for the sale of the Slave and distribution of the proceeds to the heirs. The course of the lawsuit and the final payment in twelve parts reveals a great deal about the family of Catherine.
Married daughters still living were: Nancy who married Saml. B. Robertson, Dosha who married Richard Garnett [parents of Catherine], Unity married to William Herrin; Catharine married to Lowry Bishop and Prudence who married James Hall.
Grown sons, living, were Reuben B., James P. and Joseph B. Stockton. These three sons had previously on 7 Jan 1826, conveyed all their right & title in the said slave Eliza to the petitioner, Catherine Garnett.
The deceased children and their heirs were:
Rachel Howard whose children were: John Howard, Betsy Howard married to Joseph Bishop, Nancy Howard married to William Morgan, Catharine Howard married to Matthew Smith, and Martha Howard, daughter of Reuben Howard, a dec'd son of Rachel Howard. [Martha would be a great granddaughter of Catherine Stockton]
Robert Stockton Jr was dec'd; his children were Thomas B., Robert, William Haden, James T., Sally, Betsy who had married William Wilson, and William & James Hall, the two children of Robert Jr's deceased daughter Catharine. Betsy died before the case was settled leaving "unknown" heirs.
Dorothea "Dolly" Thompson had died before her mother, leaving children Robert S. Thompson, John Thompson, William Thompson, the child of Nancy Thompson dec'd named Catharine, and Polly married to Aaron Sandridge.
Fanny Hall, whose children were Robert S. Hall, Clarinda and her husband Samuel Harlow, Fanny Hall, and William Hall.

Events

Birth24 Nov 1753Virginia
Marriage7 Sep 1768Virginia - Rev. Robert Stockton
Death6 Oct 1825Barren County, Kentucky

Families

SpouseRev. Robert Stockton (1742 - 1825)
ChildRachel Stockton (1770 - 1820)
ChildRobert Stockton Jr. (1772 - 1815)
ChildAnnie "Nancy" Stockton (1774 - )
ChildDorothea "Dolly" Stockton (1777 - 1820)
ChildTheodocia D. "Docia" Stockton (1780 - 1840)
ChildUnity Stockton (1782 - )
ChildReuben B. Stockton (1785 - 1832)
ChildFrances B. "Fanny" Stockton (1787 - 1816)
ChildCatherine B. "Kitty" Stockton (1789 - )
ChildPrudence Stockton (1792 - )
ChildJames P. Stockton (1794 - 1830)
ChildJoseph Blakey Stockton (1798 - 1870)
FatherThomas Blakey (1712 - 1777)
MotherAnn Haden (1724 - )
SiblingSarah George "Sally" Blakey (1747 - 1822)
SiblingGeorge Blakey (1749 - 1842)
SiblingThomas Blakey (1752 - 1791)
SiblingJohn Blakey (1754 - )
SiblingWilliam Blakey (1756 - 1813)
SiblingReuben Blakey (1758 - )
SiblingChurchill Blakey (1760 - 1837)
SiblingJoseph Blakey (1762 - 1792)
SiblingAnn Haden Blakey (1765 - 1808)

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