In a petition to the Chancery Court, oratrix Judith F. Beazley complained that her husband William J. Beazley died in 1855 leaving an infant Laura[?] J. Beazley. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 42, item 42-B-18.]

1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 129, Family 126
Lee, Albert, 29, farmer, unable to read and write
Lee, Lucy, 70, $400 real estate, $250 personal estate, unable to read and write
Lee, Polly, 28, unable to read and write
Beazley, J Frances, 26, female, $2,000 personal estate
M. Susan Armstrong, 23
J. Ellis Armstrong, 17, male
W. L. Armstrong, 15, male
T. H. Armstrong, 11, male, in school
F. J. Beazley, 5, female, $2,500 personal estate, in school