Individual Details

It seems very unlikely to me that this couple was married in Texas in 1836 since it was not yet a state, although Clopton researchers have that place. Their oldest child was perhaps born in Tennessee.

1850 Census. Bastrop Co TX
Benj. M. Clopton, age 42, blacksmith, b. TN
Justine A., age 35, b. NC
Anthony 13, b. in TN,
Rest of children b. Texas: Hoggatt 11, Agness 8, Mary E. 5, William, 8 months.
John Greenham, age 19, day laborer, b. Illinois

1860 Census. Bastrop Co TX, , p.266b, Hh 458
Last name was not recorded.... listed as
Benjamin M., age 53, b. TN
Jestina A., age 45, b. NC
Children all born in Texas: Anthana age 23, Haggath age 19, Agnes age 16, Mary E. 14, John B., age 9
An 18-year-old female, Justin P. Rauzer, born in NC, lived with the family.
[This enumerator had great difficulty with names. This girl is likely Justine's niece, daughter of her sister Vienna who married a man named Madison Rowzee or Rowzer. I found Benjamin & family by backing up a page from where I located his brother William.]

1870 Census. Bastrop Co TX, P.O. Bastrop, p.449, Hh 430
Benj Clopton, age 63, blacksmith, b. TN
Mary E., age 24, b. TX. John B. 19, b. TX. Sandy, 16, b. TX. [male]
[Sandy was not previously listed with the family.]

There is also a Klopton in the preceding household, age 29, b. TX - his first initial could be an "H". He was a carpenter. Emmy, age 22, and Agnes, age 1.

Benjamin said to be buried Elgin Cemetery, Bastrop Co TX.

http://www.cloptonfamily.org/d_hist/benmicha.html
Benjamin Michaux Clopton was the son of Anthony Clopton and Rhoda Hoggatt. He was named in honor of his great grandmother, Olive Judi Michaux Morgan, the daughter of Abraham and Susanne Rochet Michaux. A direct descendant of the first William Clopton, Gentleman, and Ann (Booth) Dennett Clopton, Benjamin was born in Davidson County, Tennessee on March 21, 1807. He married in Bastrop County, Texas June 15, 1836, to Justina Augusta Haden, who was born April 4, 1818 in Rowan county North Carolina. Benjamin died January 14, 1893 in Bastrop, and Justina, died October 23, 1869 in Bastrop.
They had six children: Anthony Clopton, Hoggatt Clopton, Agnes Clopton Scott, Mary Elizabeth Clopton Sherman, Rhoda Ann Clopton, who died in infancy, and John Benjamin Clopton.
On February 13, 1839, Benjamin purchased a blacksmith shop in the town of Bastrop for $100.00. On that day he also bought a slave, Polly, and her son, William Henry. However, he sold Polly for $1000.00 only a few weeks later, on March 8, 1839. He continued to operate the blacksmith shop until May 4, 1849 when he sold the business for $500.00.
In 1845 while an Alderman in the town of Bastrop, he purchased 1/4 of block #9 in a city auction for $41.00. His fortunes continued to rise and on May 25, 1850, he bought 400 acres of land for $300.00 near Elgin (SW corner of James Standifer). The 1860 the United States Census lists Benjamin's occupation as a farmer; the 1870 Census, as a blacksmith; and, the 1880 Census lists him once more as a farmer. In 1886, he sold 120 acres to his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Clopton Sherman, and he told an additional 120 acres in 1888 to his son, John Benjamin Clopton.

Birth	21 Mar 1807	Davidson County, Tennessee
Marriage	15 Jun 1836	Bastrop County, Texas - Justine Augusta Haden
Death	14 Jan 1893	Bastrop County, Texas

Spouse	Justine Augusta Haden (1814 - 1869)
Child	Anthony CLOPTON (1837 - 1877)
Child	Hoggatt CLOPTON (1840 - 1916)
Child	Agnes CLOPTON (1843 - 1916)
Child	Mary Elizabeth CLOPTON (1845 - 1919)
Child	Rhoda Ann CLOPTON (1847 - 1849)
Child	William Clopton (1849 - )
Child	John Benjamin CLOPTON (1852 - 1919)

Father	Anthony Clopton (1770 - 1848)
Mother	Rhoda HOGGATT (1785 - 1831)
Sibling	John Hoggatt CLOPTON (1805 - 1856)
Sibling	Agnes Watkins Morgan CLOPTON (1808 - )
Sibling	Evelina Whitlock CLOPTON (1810 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Hoggatt CLOPTON (1811 - )
Sibling	William Anthony CLOPTON (1813 - )
Sibling	James Wilford CLOPTON (1815 - )
Sibling	Virginia Susanne CLOPTON (1817 - 1854)
Sibling	Mary CLOPTON (1821 - )