"From the year 1749, to 1760, a large emigration of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians moved from Eastern and Southeastern section of Lancaster (now Adams) County, Pennsylvania, to Virginia and North Carolina.

In 1755, John Paxton was elected constable for Bart Township, which was cut off from Salsbury Township. Between the years 1751 and 1758, the following were in Bart Township: Samuel Paxton, Andrew Paxton, and three John Paxtons.

Colonel Robert Thompson of the Revolution, resided also in Bart Township. He established a country store, and the "Green Tree Tavern". He died about the close of the war. His brother, Colonel James Thompson, resided in Salsbury, a few miles away from Robert. He married Lydia Bailey, December 10, 1772, daughter of a sterling patriot. Their tenth child, Elizabeth, married James Paxton. This Paxton belonged to the Bart family, and had one child. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary Army."

[It was John, not James, who was a Captain. He married a Neely, and not a Thompson; and had a number of children; but was, himself, an only child. But may we not believe there was a James, who married a Thompson, and was, according to tradition, the progenitor of the Monmouth Paxtons. James was probably the son of William, mentioned by Dr. Todd. It is not likely that James of Ireland, had no James among his numerous sons.]

"There was a John Paxton who took out a patent for 200 acres of land in Salsbury (now Bart) township, in this {Lancaster) County in 1765. In the year 1751, there was in the same Township (Bart), three Johns, a Samuel, and an Andrew. The Thompsons were Presbyterians, and I presume Captain Paxton was of the same faith. I think he married a daughter of Colonel James or David Thompson. After the Revolution, Captain Paxton kept a country store. My information is that this family moved from Bart eighty years ago (that would be 1805). If there were any Paxton members of Assembly in 1787, it is likely they were Quakers, as they controlled the Assembly, then."

The Paxton Boys, Mr. Evans says: "They did not derive their name from a family, but from Paxtang (corrupted to Paxton) Township, a name derived from an Indian tribe. Paxton Township is in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where no Paxtons of Irish family ever resided, and forty miles away from any Paxton home. [The Paxton Boys were a military company, and there was not a Paxton in it. A judicial investigation of the matter was made, and none of the name was found in the murderous band, and none were accused. The imputations that have been made, were based on no other foundation than the coincidence of name]."