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- NOTE 1./ Will of Young Royal
I hereby make and appoint my son Rezon Royal and my son-in-law Travis Butler executors
to this my last will and testament, this annulling any other wills or bequeath by me
heretofore made. This 13th day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. (1818)
his mark Young “Y” Royal
An odd thing about this will is, it was not probated until 1894. No one named in the will was then alive.
Raiford and then Sabra and Robert Brown also moved to Dooly Co. GA. William had settled
there and many Royal descendants in GA descend from this family. Robert Brown was a
county official in Sampson but died in 1832, soon after moving to Dooly.
Raiford Royal returned to Sampson in 1845 and was very annoyed at Travis Butler that
the above will had not been probated. Raiford gave a Power of Attorney to BNL Eldridge
Thornton to speak for him in settling the Young Royal estate. About this time Edith
Royal, the mother, died.
It was 50 years later before the will was probated. The game plan apparently was that
Travis Butler was using the Young Royal property and did not want to probate the will
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1772 - 1859 (86 years)
