Margaret Stockton was a daughter of Rebecca (nee Smith) and Daniel Stockton. It appears that she lived her entire life in Stockton's Valley, Cumberland (now Clinton) County, Kentucky. Margaret's father, Daniel Stockton, was a son of "Smith Creek" John Stockton, and a grandson of Thomas Stockton, Sr., (c.1740-1809), the first settler in Clinton County and Stockton's Valley is named after him. Margaret's mother was a granddaughter of George Smith, the settler that Smith Creek in Stockton's Valley is named after.

Census records show that Margaret was born about 1831. An 1835 Clear Fork Baptist Church record appears to show that Margaret's father, Daniel Stockton, died in 1835 when Margaret was only about 4 years old. Her mother does not appear to have remarried.

In 1856 the heirs of Daniel Stockton signed a deed to Mary Ann Craig. This deed was destroyed during the Civil War, however, it was recreated and signed by five of the surviving heirs of Daniel Stockton. The surviving heirs of Daniel Stockton who signed this recreated deed were:
Hiram Stockton - born about 1821
Lemuel L. Stockton - born in 1824
Andrew J. Stockton - born about 1826
Margaret (nee Stockton) Braswell - born about 1831
and Nancy (nee Stockton) Dowell - born in 1833

It appears that sometime after the 1870 census she married a neighbor Boardvine Braswell. She is shown in the 1880 census as Margaret Brazwell. Boardvine Braswell appears to have died before the 1880 census.

1850 census Clinton County, Kentucky
Rebecca Stockton, 50, Kentucky [Widow of Daniel Stockton]
Jane Stockton, 26, Kentucky
James Stockton, 22, Kentucky
Margarett Stockton, 19, Kentucky
Nancy Stockton, 17, Kentucky
Carrol V Stockton, 14, Kentucky
Lorenzo D.G. Stockton, 11, Kentucky
Floriba E Stockton, 9, Kentucky
Comidore P Stockton, 7, Kentucky
Lora C Stockton, 3, Kentucky
Lydia K Stockton, 1, Kentucky
Elizabeth J Stockton, 1, Kentucky

1860 census Clinton County, Kentucky
Margaret Stockton, 29, Kentucky
Elizabeth Johnson, 10, Kentucky
Abigail S. Stockton, 7, Kentucky
Winfield B Stockton, 5, Kentucky
Serilda Ann Stockton, 3, Kentucky [appears to be a daughter of John Beard]
Nancy L Stockton, 1, Kentucky

1870 census Clinton County, Kentucky
Stockton Rebecca M, 39, Kentucky
- - - - - - - - Surilda A, 13, Kentucky [appears to be a daughter of John Beard]
- - - - - - - - Rebecca S, 9, Kentucky
- - - - - - - - Commodore C, 7, Kentucky
- - - - - - - - Roscran, 6, Kentucky
- - - - - - - - George N, 4, Kentucky
- - - - - next house - - - - -
Braswell Boardvine, 71, North Carolina

1880 census Clinton County, Kentucky
Brazwell Margaret, 48, (Kentucky)
Stockton Rebecca, 17, Kentucky
- - - - - - - C. C., 16, Kentucky
- - - - - - - Thomas R., 16, Kentucky
- - - - - - - George M, 13, Kentucky
- - - - - - - R. E. L., 8, Grand Son, Kentucky

1890 census lost in a 1921 warehouse fire.

1900 census Illwill, Clinton County, Kentucky
Braswell Margret, 71, Oct 1828, Tennessee

Illwill Creek is in Stockton's Valley.

1910 census Illwill, Clinton County, Kentucky
Braswell Margrett, 79, Kentucky

Please see memorials:
Davis 1 Stockton (c1685-1761)
Richard 2 Stockton Sr. (c1710-1775)
Thomas 3 Stockton Sr. (c1740-1809)
"Smith Creek" John 4 Stockton (c1763-1805)
Daniel 5 Stockton (1798-c1835)
Rebecca Margaret 6 (nee Stockton) Brazwell

Son:
Comodore C. Stockton (1862-1929)

Find a Grave bio by Jerry J. Stockton