Lucius Witham Stockton Jr. (1799 - 1844)

Born 1 Sep 1799 in Flemington, Hunterdon, County, New Jersey

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Died 25 Apr 1844 at age 44 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Lucius Witham Stockton was born in Flemington, Hunterdon, County, New Jersey. His father was Lucius Stockton and his mother was Eliza Coxe Stockton. His great uncle was Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence.^[1]

STOCKTON AND STOKES

Lucas W. Stockton and Richard Stokes were prominent in stage lines throughout the entire history of the National Pike. Their first connection with Washington County is shown by an advertisement in The Reporter of April 30, 1821, in which they announce “a new line of Post Coaches from Gettysburg to Hagerstown, for the accommodation of passengers from Philadelphia to Wheeling or Pittsburgh. This line unites the one from Washington to Baltimore to the former places, by the way of the great National Turnpike, with the line from Philadelphia to Gettysburg.”

The stages were to run once a week until April 1 and then three times a week. The distance from Wheeling to Philadelphia 346 miles, would be covered in a little more than four days.

The fare is not given, but on June 28, 1821, Stockton and Stokes advertised that the fare from Chambersburg to Baltimore was reduced to $6 in the mail coach.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Work page for Stockton Family
2. ↑ National Pike, Road of History, Romance