DANIEL MORGAN STOCKTON was born 5 Jul 1793 in Virginia, and died 28 Dec 1855 in Greenfield, Dade, Missouri. He was the son of Clayton Stockton & Nancy Patton. He married Sarah Goodnight McGowan on 2 March 1815, in Wayne, Kentucky. Sarah was born 23 April 1793 in Virginia, and died after July 11, 1860 and before 1870 in Greenfield, Dade, Missouri.

Daniel and his wife, Sarah, came to Greene County, Missouri, in 1833 and settled near the town of Bolivar. Daniel helped to organize Polk County, Missouri in 1834. The first meeting of the county court was held on February 9, 1835, at the house of Daniel M. Stockton, five miles southwest of Bolivar, on the West Bend road. On the second day, the court divided the county into three Municipal Townships; the central portion was called Marion, the eastern part, Washington, and the western, Jackson. The first election for Judges was held in Marion Township, the second was in Jackson Township. James Stockton, Daniel's brother, was elected as one of the judges. Daniel & Sarah lived in that portion of Polk County that later became Dade County. In about 1838, Daniel traded his homestead rights and purchased 160 acres in Jackson Township.

Marion Township is the wealthiest of the three townships in Polk County. It is ten miles from east to west and eleven miles from north to south, 110 square miles in all. The northern portion of the township is timbered and hilly and Bolivar was the only town. Among the first settlers of Marion Township were Daniel M. Stockton and his brother, David D. Stockton who was a sheriff in Polk Co. in 1844 for 2 years. Population in 1870, including the town of Bolivar was 2,489.

Daniel and Sarah remained in Dade County, Missouri, until their death and are buried in the Stockton Family Cemetery near Greenfield. Several generations of grandchildren of Daniel & Sarah live in or near Dade County today.

1830 US CENSUS: Rhea Co, TN. Daniel Stockton 40-50, wife 30-40, one dau. 10-15, one dau. 5-10, two sons 0-5, one dau. 0-5

1850 US CENSUS: Dade Co, MO. Daniel Stockton, 56, farmer, born NC, wife Sarah 57, born VA, Children: Jackson 19, born TN and Jasper 16, born MO.

Children of DANIEL STOCKTON and SARAH MCGOWAN are:

1. NANCY STOCKTON, b. 02 Dec 1815, Kentucky; m. ANDREW GRANT, 11 Jun 1840.
2. MARY PARTHENA "POLLY" STOCKTON, b. 09 Mar 1818, Kentucky; d. 09 Aug 1894, (DADE) Missouri; married JORDAN GRANT 22 Jan 1840 in Tennessee.
3. MARGARET "PEGGY" STOCKTON, b. 11 Nov 1822, Kentucky; married ISAAC ANDREW HATMAN 25 Apr 1839, (DADE) Missouri.
4. WILLIAM H. STOCKTON, b. 11 Nov 1825, Tennessee; d. 05 Nov 1860, Greenfield (DADE) Missouri; m. JANE WANN, 11 Feb 1848,(LAWRENCE) Missouri.
5. LYDIA JANE STOCKTON, b. 06 May 1827, (RHEA) TN; d. Aft. 1880, Ava (DOUGLAS) Missouri; married JESSE JASPER McLAIN 19 Dec 1844 (NEWTON) Missouri.
6. JAMES STOCKTON, b. 17 May 1829, Tennessee, USA.
7. ANDREW JACKSON STOCKTON, b. 18 Jan 1832, Tennessee; d. 07 May 1902, (DADE) MO; m. MARTHA REAGAN on 25 May 1851, (DADE) MO.
8. JASPER NEWTON STOCKTON, b. 16 May 1834, (DADE) MO; d. 12 Mar 1900, Everton (DADE MO; married PARTHENA ANNA LEWIS on Sept. 7.
9. SARAH M. STOCKTON, b. 24 Mar 1837, Bolivar Park (POLK) Missouri.

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MILITARY:

Daniel was a veteran of the Osage Indian invasion in 1837. In 1837, an invasion was made upon the Southwest portion of the State of Missouri and it became necessary for that military forces of that state to repel this invasion. There was not enough time for Missouri to summon the military forces of the United States for defense and it became necessary to rely upon the State militia. Daniel was a soldier in the Missouri State Militia defending the citizens against the Osage invasion.

War of 1812 Service Records:
DANIEL STOCKTON
COMPANY 7, TAUL'S REGIMENT, MOUNTED, KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 200
Roll Exct: 602