Polly Croxton was mentioned in the 7 June 1847 will of her first cousin once removed Lettice Dunn, proved 17 January 1848. 1st I give to Anne E Croxton daughter of William S Croxton a negro woman named Emily and her two children Frances Ann & Margaret Ella, a woman Dicy and her child Betty, negro woman Ophelia & man William Hoomes, with the increase of the females, the bed and furniture standing in my chamber room, six silver spoons maked I C D and on half of the plantation on which I reside, subject to the Conditions herein after expressed— 2nd — I give to Polly Croxton another daughter of the said William S Croxton, eight negro boys named Henry Banks, James Harvey, Lewis, Ambrose, William Andrew, Lawrence and Booker, my family Bible, and the remaining half of my plantation on which I reside to be equally divided between her and her sister Anne E, subject to the following conditions and reservations in: that if either the said Anne E or the said Polly shall die unmarried, and without leaving a child or children, then then all the property herein before given to them; shall pass over, and be equally divided amongst my nephews Charles C. William F and Samuel N Smith and their heirs forever— [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 26, pages 245–246.]

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 73B, Dwelling 139, Family 139
Croxton, William S., 50, male, farmer, $10,000 real estate, born in Virginia
Croxton, John, 16, male, no occupation, born in Virginia
Croxton, Charles, 14, male, born in Virginia
Croxton, Mary, 12, female, born in Virginia
Croxton, William, 10, male, born in Virginia
Croxton, Nancy, 8, female, born in Virginia
Purkins, Armstrong, 55, male, manager, born in Virginia