1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 76A, Dwelling 180, Family 180
Croxton, James, 66, male, farmer, $15,000 real estate, born in Virginia
Croxton, Sarah, 49, female, born in Virginia
Croxton, Amanda, 17, female, born in Virginia, attended school
Croxton, James, 14, male, born in Virginia, attended school
Croxton, Lucy, 8, female, born in Virginia, attended school
Croxton, John, 5, male, born in Virginia

James Croxton was mentioned in the 12 July 1853 will of his father James Croxton. James was to receive land. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 27, pages 579–581.]

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.]

On 27 July 1908, Sarah Y. Muse of the County of Essex filed for a Confederate pension, stating that she was the widow of James Mundie Croxton, who served in the 55th Virginia Infantry, and died “at Mrs Gouchers[?} near Brooke Church during the war”. She was 72 years old, had lived in Essex County her entire life, was married in December 1859 by Rev. Robt. T. Henley; husband died in June 1862 at “Camp Goucher” of typhoid and pneumonia. [Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows, Essex County, Virginia.]