[2] Stockton was born in New Jersey and studied Law at Princeton University.
[3] Stockton was "described by historians as a high-strung lawyer who took top honors at Princeton University before emigrating from his native New Jersey to Mississippi in the 1820s".
[4] In one case, Stockton made a controversial ruling that was appealed and he was brought before the Mississippi House of Representatives.
The trial at the bar of the House of Representatives was the only known instance of a judge in Mississippi being called upon to account for his decision.
[4] Two years after his resignation, Stockton was killed in a duel in New Orleans, Louisiana.