Chambers County AlArchives Wills.....Royston, Thomas B September 18, 1867
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Source: Estate Files And Index, 1832-1915, Chambers County, Alabama; Author: Alabama. 
Probate Judge (chambers County); Probate Place: Chambers, Alabama; Ancestry.com. 
Alabama, Wills And Probate Records, 1753-1999 [database On-line], Provo, Ut, Usa: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Written: September 18, 1867

In the name of God Amen I Thomas B. Royston of the County of Chamber state 
of Alabama considering the uncertainty of this mortal life & being of sound 
& disposing mind & memory blessed by Almighty God for the Same do make this 
my last will & Testament in manner & form following (to wit That is to say 
after all my just debts are paid I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife 
Cynthia Royston all my Real Estate known as the home place lying next of the 
Chickaseknocksee Creek & that part also of my home place lying East of the 
Chickaseknocksee Creek adjoining the Lee’s & Heath & also all my personal 
Estate which I may be possessed of at the time of my decease unto my my wife 
Cynthia Royston during her life time or widowhood to manage & control as she 
may think best & proper I also leave in charge unto my wife Cynthia Royston 
the schooling educating & raising my minor children during minority I also 
give & Bequeath unto my sons Joseph Royston & Robert C Royston that part of 
my Dozier place lying East of the Chickaseknocksee Creek & that part of my 
Parker place lying South of the Vernon Road to go into possession of the 
said lands at any time after the present year 1867 I also give & Bequeath 
unto my Daughter Sarah Parker all that part of my Parker place lying North 
of the Vernon Road to her sole & separate use her lifetime & to her children 
after her death to go into possession of said lands after my decease I also 
give & bequeath unto my grand son Franklin Royston my place lying on High 
Pine Creek containing One hundred acres to be under the control & direction 
of my wife Cynthia Royston until he is Twenty one years of age or such age 
as she may think proper to give it up to him the proceeds from bank or 
otherwise to go to his use during minority I also will & order that after 
the death of my wife Cynthia Royston all my Estate both real & personal be 
equally divided between my several children share & Share alike after my 
children which are now unmarried & minors be made equal with my children 
which are married  I have bestowed benefits on my children which are married 
which I have not done on my other children  I also will & order that the 
portion going to my daughters to to their sole & separate use their life 
time & to their children each if any at their death I also appoint my wife 
Cynthia Royston sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament hereof 
revoking all former wills by me made  I also will & direct that the probate 
Court before whom this may be probated grant my wife Cynthia Royston the 
priviledge of administering as my Executrix this my last will & Testament 
without making Bond and Securing for the performance of the same  In witness 
whereof I the Said Thomas B. Royston have this day set my hand & seal this 
18th day of Sept 1867
Signed Sealed & acknowledged to be my last will & Testament in the presence 
of the subscribing witnesses who subscribed their names in the presence of 
the Testator

A.J. Dozier						Thos. B. Royston 
(Seal)
Brayton Johnson
John W Magbee


Additional Comments:
Cynthia Royston, Sarah Parker, Joseph Royston, Robert C Royston, Franklin 
Royston, A.J. Dozier, Brayton Johnson, John W Magbee

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