Margaret Francisco [Jacob, Ludwig, Christophel] was born about 1784 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Jacob and Catherine Francisco.

She married Daniel Deskins 03 February 1809 in Tazewell County Virginia. When she married family legend says her father Jacob disowned her. The Francisco’s appear to have been very strict. Add that to the fact that there were more than several instances of Deskin family members appearing before the court in Tazewell County, we can safely assume this would be reason enough for her father’s dissatisfaction. She must have been aware that Daniel had already been to court in 1807 for assault. She was 25 when she chose to marry and Margaret could not have been happy when Daniel was charged in July, only five months after their marriage, with having an illegitimate child by Nancy Pines. The court required him to pay $96.00 to the poor for support of the child. He was allowed four years to make payment but that must have been a burden on finances needed to settle into their own lives.

Life may not have been easy for Margaret with such a colorful husband. Before their first year of marriage was over he was once again in court as a witness for another female though we don’t know the cause of the case. While we do not know the birth dates of all the children in their family our ancestor Lucinda was born 17 August 1811. She was one of thirteen children.

Daniel appears to have settled down during the years Margaret bore him children, the last, Jacob, born in 1829. In 1836 her husband purchased 400 acres from his father on Deskins Mountain in Tazewell. Margaret and her husband lived well into their 70's. In 1860 their son Jefferson resided beside them and we assume looked after them. Margaret and Daniel’s exact death dates are not known. We do know that Tazewell County was in shambles during the Civil War and that the families were deeply effected with little grain to eat which would have been extremely hard on elders.