John married Elizabeth M. GOODE in 1699 in Henrico County, Virginia. Elizabeth was born in 1680 in Henrico County, Virginia; died in 1724 in Bertie County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth LEE. Elizabeth (daughter of William LEE and Rebecca BURCHETT) was born about 1725 in Chowan Cty, North Carolina; died about 1811 in Duplin County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susanna WILLIAMS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Francis HILL in 1774. Francis was born in 1750 in Newton Grove, NC; died in 1891 in Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Jerome Tew is the author of the following article published in the Huckelberry Historian
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William Royal family. We know from a Duplin County marriage bond that Young Royal son of William married Edith Blackman on July 20, 1779. Edith was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Blackman. Joseph died in 1768 when Edith was five (5) years old. The account of this family was in the June 15, 1993 issue of this publication. Edith was born in 1763.

Since court minutes do not exist in Duplin-Sampson before 1784, we do not know where Edith grew up. She must have spent some time in the eastern part or the Duplin part of old Duplin. As an orphan she likely was listed in the old Duplin court records that are lost.

On Thursday October 12, 1775 Edith attended an estate sale of Mr. Joseph Rhodes of old Duplin. She was then 12 years old and at the age of wanting some things of her own. She bought a pair of black gloves for eight (8) shilling.

Also attending was William Royal. He bought one item for 2 pds 5 shilling and 2 pence. We do not know if his eldest son Young, then about 17 was with him or not. We do know that four (4) years later Edith married Young Royal and became part or that Royal family.

NOTE 2./
Young and Edith Royal had eleven children. Namely: Reason Oct. 14, 1780, Sally May 2, 1782, Sabra May 23, 1784, William Jun. 26, 1786, Wilson Oct. 18, 1788, Elizabeth Jan. 27, 1791, Mary (Polly) Jun. 19, 1793, Nancy Nov. 5, 1795, Rebecca Feb. 4, 1798, Raiford Jan. 26, 1800, and Josiah Royal born Apr. 13, 1802. Josiah died Feb. 30th (sic) 1816.

These dates as listed in the Elizabeth Thornton family Bible are considered as fact in spite of the Feb. 30th date.

NOTE3./
Sampson County Wills (North Carolina)1784-1900 Young Royal 12 July 1818 probate 15 February 1894

Wife Edith Royal.. rem. prop. which I have not mentioned or given to my children, after paying just debts, during NL & after her death to be equally divided among my children. Son.. Rezin( Reason) Royal.. land that I bought from john Morgan known as the Phillips Place & prop. heretofore given to him
Dau... Sally Butler w/o Chavers Butler- negro girl Lynder & prop. already gieven her son.. Wilson Royal- negro boy Jordan; bed & frun if either Willaim or Wilson fail to return to claim their prop. or who shall
return, shall have their part dau... Betsey Westbrook- negro girl Chorinder & prop. already given to her
dau.. Polly Royal w/o Hardy Royal- negro girl Flow& prop. given to her dau .. Nancy Butler w/o Robert- negro girl Phillis & prop already given to her dau.. Rebeckah Royal- negro girls Ciller & Cherry; bed & furn. son.. Raiford Royals- all land that I now possess except the piece given to said Rezin Royal; negro boys Simmons & Jonas; bed & furn.; plantation tools except the blacksmith tools NB: William & Wilson are to record their property when called for be themselves Exec: son Rezin Royal, s-i-l Travis Butler
Wit: H. Royal, Robert Butler ( will was written 12 July 1818 & not probated until 15 February 1894. Yound
Royal died the day after making his Will) Follow Ups:
Re: ROYAL-Burke/Dooly Counties MRS F.D. POWELL 11/26/98 (0)

Edith married RS Young ROYAL on 20 Jul 1779 in Duplin County, North Carolina. RS (son of William ROYAL and Mary BLAND) was born in 1755 in Duplin County, North Carolina; died on 12 Jul 1818 in Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Jesse LEE in 1786 in Samson County, North Carolina. Jesse was born on 16 Mar 1767 in Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Duplin County was formed from New Hanover County in 1750.
Sampson County was formed from Duplin in 1784

NOTE 2./ Reason Royal, and siters Sarah Butler, and Elizabeth Thornton stayed in NC. Reason died in 1854, and Raiford Royal died in Dooly in 1864. He was the last to die. Thirty years later the
Will of their father, Young Royal was probated.

NOTE 3./ Sampson County, NC - Will & Estate Records : Reason Royal
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In the name of God Amen: I Rezin Royal of North Carolina, Sampson County, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do hereby make declare and decree this paper written to be and contain my last will and testament. Revoking all or any other by me at any previous time made.

First: I require my executors (hereafter named) to bury my remains in a suitable & decent manner and to pay all my just debts of any kind and denomination.

Second: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Royal the four following Negroes and their increase. Delcinda, age about 25 years and her three children: Isaiah age 6 years, Henry age about 4 years, and Amos age 2 years, to have and to hold to my wife Catherine and hers forever.

Third: I give, devise & bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Royal during her natural life, my home plantation whereas is situated my tract adjoining the same which I received by the last will & testament of my deceased father, Young Royal and after her death the above named land to my grandson John D. Carver, who is the son of my beloved daughter Edith who is intermarried with David Carver of Cumberland County NC.

Fourth: I give and devise & bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Royal all my household and kitchen furniture of every description. All of my stock of horses, hogs, sheep, and poultry of every kind whatsoever, all my crops and provisions of any kind. Excepting only one good bed and furniture out of my house hold furniture or there full value which my executors are required to reserve to my grandson John D. Carver, before mentioned.

Fifth: I give, devise, and bequeath unto my beloved grandson John D. Carver (1843), son of David Carver (1813) and my beloved daughter Edith (1811), now his wife, one tract of land known as the Wiley Herrings place to him and his heirs forever. But if the said John D. Carver should die before arriving at the age of 21 years, then the above named land is to go to the two brothers of the said John, namely Alexander (1838) and Josiah Carver (1845) and their heirs forever. Also I give, devise, and bequeath unto my grandson John D. Carver all my other lands after the death of my beloved wife who has been granted her life estate in the same.

Also, I give, devise, and bequeath unto my beloved grandson John D. Carver (1843) all my Negroes not before granted to wife. To him & his heirs forever, under the following conditions, these Negroes intended for my grandson John D. Carver are left to my wife for her use and benefit until my grandson arrive at the age of 21 years. My wife awing this time being hereby required to educate & maintain my said grandson John D. Carver provided with my wife until that time that time if however he should leave or be taken away without my wife’s consent, then she is not to bound by his schooling or support,
assuming the before mentioned age of his majority. Again, assuming my said grandson John D. Carver should not arrive at the age of twenty-one, then I give, devise, and bequeath all the Negroes intended for my grandson John D. Carver to his two brothers, Alexander and Josiah Carver to them & their heirs forever.

Sixth: I hereby require and command my executor to first pay and discharge each debt as I may leave behind me unpaid. Wherever my friends Thomas I. Morrisey & William Ashford may be security or in any way be able for me attain in bank or to individuals. And for the payment of what debts I may leave. I hereby require my executors to sell any and all my other property before reaching the four Negroes granted to my wife Catherine.

Seventh: I give, devise, and bequeath unto my three sons: Young (1813), Josiah (1815), & John Royal (1817) five dollars each to paid by my executors when called upon by my sons in person.

Eighth: I hereby nominate and appointed my trusty relative John Royal Esquire & my beloved wife Catherine Royal Executors to this my Last Will and Testament. August 1849. Signed & Delivered in presences of Thomas Morrisey and Frank Roberts.

/s/ Resin Royal

Probated November Term, 1854. W.R. Beaman CK.

NOTE: The key player in this will (John D. Carver) was six years old when this will was written. He was 11 years old when Reason Royal died and 21 during the heart of the Civil War in 1864. In the 1860c grandson John D. Carver was not living with Catherine. Not included in the will was Reason’s youngest who was dead. She was Mary Royal 1817-Sept 1832.

Catherine Williamson was Reason’s 2nd wife. His first wife was Elizabeth Sykes 1786-1832. Catherine was born 1802 and died in c1880. She lived off hw 421 north of Clinton NC. When I was growing up the place had a fork and two stores. One was mostly farm stuff. The place was called Kitty Fork and named after Catherine “Kitty” Royal who lived nearby.

The best that I can tell, John D. Carver never lived with his step grandmother. In 1852 his grandfather David Carver died and left a store. Alexander Carver and John D. Carver were clerks in the store in 1860. John D. Carver enlisted in Co. B of the 56th NC Regiment during the Civil War and he served three years and was a POW at Camp Lookout MD for some time. David Carver Jr. died before 1860. Edith Carver was then head of the house. In 1870 Catherine Royal was living alone. I do not see a condition in the will
that John D. Carver was not to get the land if he did not live with Catherine. John D. Carver was just a child of six when the will was written. He was a man of 38 when Catherine died. It is not known to me if he got the land but it is quite clear, he kept no part of the bargain.

The three sons of Reason as listed in the Will: $5 to be paid when called for in person. This means that they had moved away or had got their due. Young R. Royal, then 36, is located in Arkansas in 1850 with a wife Elizabeth age 17 with two small children age two and one. I could not find them in any other US Census. I could not locate Josiah Royal in any census. He must have died away and his family did not know it. Son John is in the 1850c for Sampson and living with Catherine Royal in 1860. His wife died before 1860.

Reason married Elizabeth SYKES about 1800 in Samson County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was born in 1786 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died on 28 Oct 1832 in Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catherine (Kitty) WILLIAMSON. Catherine was born in 1802; died on 03 Sep 1882 in Clinton, North Carolina; was buried in Large monument (obelisk) which reads: Catherine Royal Died September 3, 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sally married Robert Travis BUTLER in 1802 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Robert (son of Robert Adam BUTLER and Delilah ROYAL) was born on 10 Aug 1772 in Duplin County, North Carolina; died in 1859 in Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sabra married Robert BROWN in 1805 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Robert was born in 1785 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died in 1832 in Dooly County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1830 Dooly County census:

William Royal 00121001 20011001 (William Royal b1786--c1841, son of Young Royal)

Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. was born in 1788; died before 1840 in Dooly County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William WESTBROOK in 1812 in Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Eldridge THORNTON in 1818 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Eldridge (son of Nathaniel H. THORNTON and Mildred ELDRIDGE) was born in 1795 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died on 29 Aug 1849 in Johnson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: 1812 Hardy ROYAL. 1812 (son of Marmaduke ROYAL and Mary BELL) was born in 1791 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died in 1866 in Smith County, Mississippi.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert Adam BUTLER. Robert (son of Robert Adam BUTLER, I and Deliliah RHODES) was born in 1791 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died on 03 Nov 1857 in Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ RAIFORD ROYAL:

From T.C. Sutton, as provided by Charles C. Royal, Augusta, Georgia:
"Raiford Royal, son of Young and Edith Royal of Sampson County, N.C., was born ca 1799 NC and died 1865 in Dooly County, Ga. According to a family legend (R.A. Hendricks family record):
'Raiford Royal came to Dooly County, Georgia, in 1815 or 1820. He asked his father in Tarboro, North Carolina, to have a pair of shoes made for him. Size 14. His father told him to roll up his pants and go barefoot and get his feet tough. This made Raiford angry and he did roll up his pants and rode his mule away and came to Georgia, Dooly County. He never wore shoes again.'
My research shows that Raiford's father lived in Sampson County, N.C., and died there before 1820. Raiford was not enumerated in Dooly County census until 1830.
He married first, Nancy Odom, and by 1840 census shows 1 male age 40/0, 1 female age 40/50, 2 mages age 10/15 (unidentified), 1 female age 10/15, 1 male age 5/10 and 1 female age under 5. "
"The old home place of Raiford Royal was occupied after his death by Reason Royal and his family, then by Osborne Royal family. The old log house still remains near Lilly in Dooly County, Georgia."

1830 Census Dooly Co. GA was 21021--- 10001 (1800-1864)

1840 Census Dooly Co. GA was 0120001 1010001

NOTE 2./ 1860 Dooly County Census enumerated on 8-8-1860

Name Home in 1860 Age in 1860 Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Gender
Raiford Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 59 1800 South Carolina Male
Elgine Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 38 1821 North Carolina Female
E J Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 19 1840 Georgia Female
Pealey Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 17 1842 Georgia Male
Jacob Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 15 1844 Georgia Male
Hardy Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 13 1846 Georgia Male
Geo Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 11 1848 Georgia Male
M J Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 9 1850 Georgia Female
Josiah Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 7 1852 Georgia Male
Emma Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 5 1854 Georgia Female
Easter Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 4 1855 Georgia Female
Asleheat Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 3 1856 Georgia Male
Wilson Royal Not Stated, Dooly, GA 9/12 1859 Georgia Male

NOTE 3./
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 is said to have left home young and upset at his father over a pair of shoes. If so, This is not indicated in the Will of his father Young Royal. It is clear from the Will, that William 1785 and Wilson 1788 had moved from NC (to GA and FL).

Young Royal Will.

"Tenthly: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Raiford Royal (1800), all the lands that I now process, except the lands that I bequeathed to my son Rezon Royal, to belong to said Raiford Royal after his mother's death. Also I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Raiford Royal, two Negro boys by the names of Simon and Jonas. Also one bed and furniture and all the plantation tools of
every description, except the blacksmith tools." (1818)
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/sampson/wills/royal07.txt

In 1845 and near the death of his mother, Raiford returned to Sampson and was upset with Travis Butler that the Will of Young Royal had not been probated. It was 50 years later before the will was probated in 1894 and everyone in the Will was then dead. Travis had married a sister of Raiford and was getting full use of the land of Young Royal that was willed to Raiford Royal. Likely, Raiford never got anything from the estate of Young Royal.

Raiford married Eliza Jane HOUSTON in 1842 in Dooly County, Georgia. Eliza (daughter of Henry HOUSTON and Elenor STOKES) was born about 1820 in Dooly County, Georgia; died before 1880 in Dooly County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raiford married Nancy ODOM about 1822 in Samson County, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of RS George Solomon ODOM and Jane RUSSEL) was born on 17 Jun 1805 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; died about 1840 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]