On 9 September 1847, Edward R. Baughan and Miss Sarah E. Croxton, both of Essex County, Virginia, were married by the Rev. Peter Ainslie. [Library of Virginia, Henley Marriage and Obituary Database, citing Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, 17 September 1847.]

Sarah E. Boughan was mentioned in the 12 July 1853 will of her father James Croxton. She was to receive the land on which she and her husband Edward R. Boughan lived, not subject to the debts of Edward R. Boughan. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 27, pages 579–581.]

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 99
Dwelling 590, Family 590
Boughan, Edward R., 26, Dy [Deputy] Sheriff, value of real estate $2,300, born in Virginia
Boughan, Sarah, 21, born in Virginia
Boughan, Marian, 2, born in Virginia
Croxton, James, 30, manager, born in Virginia

On 10 February 1854 James Croxton sold slaves to his daughter Sarah E. Boughan. The deed mentions Edward R. Boughan. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, page 501.]

In the late 1850s, orator Leonard Henley, executor of the last will and testament of James Croxton who died in March 1856, complained to the Chancery Court. There is an inserted line in this complaint that confuses the document. Implies that the children of James Croxton are Martha the wife of your orator, S. C. Boughan the wife of Ed. R. Boughan, James Croxton, Amanda Croxton, Lucy Croxton and John T. Croxton and Aubrey Croxton a grandson of the testator. Aubrey died prior to the death of his grandfather an infant. The widow Sarah Croxton died in September 1856. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 42, item 42-C-42.]

1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 764, Family 749
Boughan, E. R., 36, farmer, $2500 real estate, $5250 personal estate
Boughan, Sarah E., 28
Boughan, Marian, 12
Boughan, James E., 3
All born in Virginia.

1870 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 998, Household 998
Boughan, Edward R., 46, farmer, $1250 real estate, $105 personal estate, born in Virginia
Boughan, Sarah E., 40, keeping house, born in Virginia
Boughan, Marian, 21, without occupation, born in Virginia
Boughan, James E., 12, attending school, born in Virginia
Boughan, Henry E., 9, attending school, born in Virginia

1880 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Chapel Grove Precinct, Dwelling 219, Family 219
Boughan, E. R., 54, married, carpenter
Boughan, Sarah, 45, wife, married, keeping house
Boughan, Mary, 26, daughter, single, at home
Boughan, Jas. E., 22, single, works on farm
Boughan, H. E., male, 19, single, works on farm
Boughan, Kittie, 2, daughter

Mrs. Sarah Boughan. DUNN’S STORE, VA., Jan. 16.—Mrs. Sarah Boughan, widow of E. R. Boughan, died Sunday morning at Poverty Hill, the old family residence, and was buried this afternoon at Cedar Level, the Henry homestead. Mrs. Boughan leaves two sons, James Boughan, of Missouri, and Everett Boughan, of this county. Mrs. Boughan was the daughter of James Croxton and a sister of John Thomas Croxton, of Essex. [Richmond Times-Dispatch, 17 January 1905, page 7.]