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CategoryTypeCitationShort Form
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BirthAffidavit of BirthA.O. Hobbs, Notary Public for Fresno County, California, Affidavit of Birth Personal and Statistical Particulars, William H. Shults, 1942, Fresno.
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BirthBirth Certificate image on AncestryTexas, “Birth Certificates, 1903-1932,” database with images, Ancestry (http:ancestry.com : accessed 14 March 2016), certificate image, Dora Christine Shults, 11 Feb 1925, no.12753; citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
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BirthDelayed Certificate of birthState of Oklahoma - Department of Health, Delayed Certificate of Birth: Charles Leslie Shults birth,11 May 1904, Document number 1449-186, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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CemeteryBillion GravesBillionGraves, database with images (http://www.billiongraves.com : accessed 19 September 2016), digital image, Isabell Royston (1859-1942), Tucumcari Memorial Park, Quay County, New Mexico.
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CemeteryFind a GraveFind A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 4 April 2016), memorial 57822585, Charles Leslie Shults, (1904-1996), gravestone photographed by D.A.R., member 46604592. Find A Grave, memorial 13395707, R.C. Royston (1948-1915), gravestone photograph by Debbie.
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Census1830 Census1830 U.S. Census, Morgan County, Georgia, population schedule, District 277, p.239 (penned), line 22, Robert Cessna; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 December 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll19.
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Census1840 Census 1840 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, population schedule, Northern District, S.C. Newnan, p. 7 (penned), line 31, F.B. Royston household; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 September 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 41840 U.S. Census, DeKalb Co., Alabama, pop. sch., Newnan, p. 7 (penned), line 31, F.B. Royston household.
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Census1850 Census1850 U.S. Census, Chambers County, Alabama, population schedule, 19th District, p. 318 (stamped), dwelling 749, family 749, Thomas B Royston household; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 August 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 2.
1850 U.S. Census, Chambers Co., Alabama, pop. sch., p. 318 (stamped), dwell. 749, fam. 749, Thomas B Royston household.
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Census1860 Census1860 U.S. Census, Scott County, Virginia, population schedule, Elittville, page 209 (penned), dwelling 1361, family 1361, Adam Spears in William T. Collins household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 June 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 roll 1376.1860 U.S. Census, Chambers Co., Alabama, pop. sch., p. 130 (penned), dwell. 915, fam. 1895, Thomas B. Royston household .
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Census1870 Census1870 U.S. Census, Chambers County, Alabama, population schedule, Beat No 2, p. 4 (penned), p.22 (stamped), dwelling 24, family 24, Cynthia Royston household; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 April 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 6.1870 U.S. Census, Chambers Co. Alabama, pop. sch., p. 4 (penned), p.22 (stamped), dwell. 24, fam. 24, Cynthia Royston household.
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Census1880 Census1880 U.S. Census, Johnson County,Texas, population schedule, precinct 3, enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 293C (stamped), p.14 (penned), dwelling 161, family 166, Robt Royston household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 28 April 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1313.1880 U.S. Census, Collin Co., Texas, pop. sch., ED 26, p.11 (penned), dwell.93, fam. 95, Thomas L Royston household
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Census1900 Census 1900 U.S. Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, population schedule, township 2 S. range 5W, enumeration district (ED) 166, sheet 24B (penned), dwelling 378, family 393, W.H. Shults; digital image, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com accessed 17 February 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1849. 1900 U.S. Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Terr., pop. sch., ED 166, sheet 24B, (penned), fam. 396, Robert C Royston household.
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Census1910 Census1910 U.S.Census, Chambers County, Alabama, population schedule, Precinct 2 Pearsons Crossroads, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet: 5B (penned), dwelling 71, family 74, Mary Slagle household; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com accessed 12 November 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 5.
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Census1920 Census1920 U.S.Census,Okfuskee Co., Oklahoma, population schedule, Okemah Township, enumeration district (ED) 150, sheet 11A, (penned), family 185, W.H. Shults household; digital image, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 March 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1478.
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Census1930 Census1930 U.S. Census, Hockley Co., Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 5, enumeration district (ED) 110-7, sheet 3A (penned), p. 248 (stamped), dwelling 35, family 36, William H Shults household; digital image, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 10 March 2016,); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2357.
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Census1940 Census1940 U.S. Census, Fresno Co., California, population schedule, Fairview, enumeration district (ED) 10-115, sheet 61 B (penned), family 13 William H. Shults household; digital image, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 10 March 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 205.
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CensusSlave Schedule1860 U.S. Census, Chambers County, Alabama, slave schedule, Northern Division, page 48 (penned), Thomas B. Royston owner; digital image, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com: accessed 13 November 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 roll 4.
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CourtDivorce PettionPolly Royston vs John Royston, Divorce Petition, Greene County, Georgia, Superior Court, September Term 1814, No. 11; photocopy provided by Betty Royston Brooks [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Royston, Georgia, 2016.
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CourtEquity Suit - State Archives Washington District Court of Equity, Bills 1813, No.7, Agness Wrenwick, et al vs. John Wrenwick, et al, "County Estate Papers 1785-ca. 1920," LR 13, box 1, microfilm 880, reel D1278, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina.
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DeathDeath Certificate in researcher's filesArizona State Department of Health, death certificate, state file no. 336, registrar’s no. 2049
(1944), Walker L. Haney; Division of Vital Statistics, Phoenix; photocopy in researcher’s
files.
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DeathDeath Certificate - image onlineTexas State Board of Health, death certificate, Dora Algia Shults, Reg. Dis. No 3184, Registered No. 476. Lubbock,1925; digital image, “Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982,” database, Ancestry, Lubbock 1925, Jan-Mar image 11 (http://search.ancestry.com: accessed 20 February 2016).Texas death certificate no. 3184 -476, 1925, Dora Algia Shults.
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DeathDeath Certificate - State issuedDepartment of Health Services - Office of Vital Records,Certificate of Death: Charles Leslie Shults, 19 January 1996, Document 102-, Phoenix, Arizona.
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DeathDeath Certificate - State issuedNew Mexico Department of Public Health, death certificate 3682 (1942), Isabelle Royston; Vital Records Unit, New Mexico Health and Social Services Department, Santa Fe.
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DeathDeath Index "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com : accessed 5 April 2016), image of typed entry for Herman J Shults, no death certificate number listed, citing 1942 death; Oregon State Library, "Death Index 1942-50, Salem, Oregon.
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DeathFind a GraveRobert C. Shults death, 10 March 1905, Find A Grave memorial # 12239069, database online, Find a grave.com, (http://www.findagrave.com, viewed 7 March 2016);
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DeathObituary in newspaper, microfilm"C.B. Royston," obituary, Duncan Banner (Duncan, Oklahoma), 19 Nov 1959, p.16; photocopy from microfilm, Stephens County Genealogical Society, Duncan, Oklahoma.
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DeathSSDI on AncestryU.S. Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com : accessed 9 Aug 2016), entry for O.Shults, SS no. 458-01-8549.
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GeneralBlog PostJudy G. Russell, “Homesteading a Cash Sale: Always Read the Land Law,” The Legal
Genealogist, posted 29 May 2012,
(http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2012/05/29/homesteading-a-cash-sale/:
accessed 12 June 2012).
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GeneralBookN.Dale Talkington, Birth and Death Notices in Oklahoma and Indian Territories From 1871, (Houston, Texas : N.D. Talkington, 1999).
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GeneralBookThe Handybook for Genealogists (Draper, Utah: Everton Publishers, 2002), 676
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GeneralBookBlaine T.Bettinger and Debbie Parker Wayne, Genetic Genealogy in Practice, (Arlington, Virginia : National Genealogical Society), 23.
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GeneralBook - chapterWilliam Dollarhide, “Foreword,” E. Wade Hone, Land and Property Research, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Inc., 1997).
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GeneralDatabaseDonald R. Royston, “Descendants of Thomas Royston born 1610,” electronic database supplied 7 Jan 2008 by Donald R.Royston, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Summerfield, Florida; thoroughly documented with quality sources.
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GeneralDNADonald Robert Royston, "The Results of the 46 Marker DNA Male Y Chromosome Tests," 24 October 2009 (revised 21 June 2010), report prepared for author [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] privately held by author, 2017.Donald R. Royston, Results of the 46 Marker Y­DNA Royston Test Group, 21 Jun 2010, Summerfield, Florida.
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GeneralDocument provided by another party Polly Royston vs John Royston, Divorce Petition, Greene County, Georgia, Superior Court, September Term 1814, No. 11; photocopy provided by Betty Royston Brooks [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Royston, Georgia, 2016. Polly Royston vs John Royston, Divorce Petition, Greene County, Georgia, Superior Court, September Term 1814, No. 11, p. 435.
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GeneralFamily Group SheetBobby Gene Shults, William Huston Shults - Dora Algie Royston Family Group Sheet, supplied by Shults, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Burley, Idaho, not dated. This sheet contains some documentation but is not fully sourced.
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GeneralFamilySearch Family TreeC Mordecai Cunningham 2Q8D-DV1, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 12 December 2017).
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GeneralFHL MicrofilmPushmataha County Clerk / Recorder, "Land Records (Pushmataha County, Oklahoma), 1902-1966," Deeds, v. 35, 2 Feb.-30 Nov. 1917, FHL film 2433562 Item 2
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GeneralIGIThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,"International Genealogical Index (IGI),” database online, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org/family-trees: accessed 20 January 2016), entry for “Dora Algie Royston” as a child: 18235 by bshults,(date of original submission unknown.)
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GeneralJournal/Magazine ArticleWalter Lee Sheppard Jr., “Who was the Widow Anna Maria Lenz?” National Genealogical
Society Quarterly, 100 (March 2012): 43-51. Originally published in NGS Quarterly 49 (March
1961).
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GeneralLetterAudrey Alice Barbee Shults Berry (Medford, Oregon) to Bob & Family [Bobby Gene Shults], letter, 2 Jan 1966; privately held by Diana Elder, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE.], Highland, Utah, 2016. [Bob Shults gave letter to Diana Elder]. "We were married in Port Orford, Oregon May 24, 1941. My maiden name - Audrey Alice Barbee."
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GeneralMagazine Article onlineInternational Society of Genetic Genealogy Wiki, “Y chromosome DNA tests,” (http://isogg.org/wiki/Y_chromosome_DNA_tests: accessed 11 June 2016).
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GeneralMagazine Article onlineKellee Blake, “First in the Path of the Firemen: The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, Part 1,” Prologue Magazine, (Spring 1996), vol. 28, no. 1para.1; e-journal, (http://www.archives.gov: accessed 11 July 2016).
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GeneralNewspaper article onlineLubbock Morning Avalanche, "Public Records", 19 November 1926, Lubbock, Texas: (database with images), Newspaper ARCHIVE.com, accessed 14 March 2016, myheritage.com./research/collection-10025.
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GeneralPedigree Resource FileThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter­day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File,” Dora Algie Royston, database online, FamilySearch.org, (https://familysearch.org/family­trees), submission by drstagner viewed 20 Jan 2016
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GeneralPersonal DatabaseDonald R. Royston, “Descendants of Thomas Royston born 1610,” electronic database supplied 7 Jan 2008 by Donald R.Royston, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Summerfield, Florida; thoroughly documented with quality sources Donald R. Royston, Descendants of Thomas Royston b. 1610, 7 Jan 2008, Summerfield, Florida.
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GeneralPersonal HistoryEffie Lorain Shults Bassett, "Memories," personal history p.1 -5, between 1971 and 2000, photocopy of typescript from Bobby Gene Shults, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burley, Idaho; files of author.Effie Lorain Shults Bassett, ”Memories.”
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GeneralPhone interviewKay Black, County Historian for Pushmataha County, phone interview by Diana Elder 3 June 2016, transcript privately held by interviewer, [address for private use], Highland, Utah, 2016.
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GeneralPublic Member tree"Public Member Trees," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 April 2018), "Blanset-Dostal-Spudic-Collins: family tree by Mary Collins Read, profile for Jane Hughs (1801-1850,married to James Bradburn) undocumented data.
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GeneralWebsiteOklahoma State Department of Health, "Birth Certificate Eligibility," (https://www.ok.gov : accessed 27 October 2017).
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LandCash Entry file from NARAThomas B. Royston (DeKalb County) cash entry file, state volume patent no.5969, Lebanon, Alabama, Land Office; Land Entry Papers 1800-1908, Record Group 49: Records of the Bureau of Land Management; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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LandDeed FHL microfilmChambers County, Alabama, "Deeds v. 12 1852-1854," page 46, Royston to Deacons, Baptist Church at Mount Hickory, 19 February 1857; FHL microfilm 1,854,664.
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LandHomestead case file from NARARobert C. Royston (Curry County, New Mexico) homestead file, serial patent no.67986, Land Entry Papers, Record Group 49 : 1908-1973; Records of the Bureau of Land Management; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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LandLand Lottery 1827 GeorgiaMiss Martha Lou Houston, Reprint of Official Register of Land Lottery of Georgia 1827, (Columbus, Georgia : Walton-Forbes Company, 1928) entry for John Royston's orphan of Morgan County; digitized book, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org accessed 6 Sept 2016), image 214. For the original grant see: Georgia, Surveyor General, Land Lottery Grants, 1827-1848, (Atlanta, Georgia : State Dept. of Archives and History, 1967), 20th District, p. 101, FHL microfilm 519,043.
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LandLand Patent on glorecords.blm.comRobert C Royston,(Curry County, New Mexico), cash entry patent no. 67986, "Land Patent Search," images, General Land Office Records (www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 13 September 2016).
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LandUnbound headright and Bounty Document FileGeorgia, Surveyor General Department, "Unbound Headright and Bounty Document Files 1783-1909," Document # 4139, John Royston, Warrant, Bulloch County, 3 January 1814, Georgia Division of Archives and History, Morrow.Georgia, Surveyor General Department, "Unbound Headright and Bounty Document Files 1783-1909," Document # 4139, John Royston, Warrant, Bulloch County, 3 January 1814
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MarriageImage of marriage record on Family SearchLubbock County, Texas, Marriage records v. 1-2 1891-1924, Shults-Harris, 1924, County Court Clerk, Lubbock; image, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 5 April 2016); FHL microfilm 2,032,224 items 3-4.
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MarriageMarriage Certificate in County Record bookDallas County, Texas, photocopy of marriage license, Carpenter-Weatherford, 3 Jan 1874, Volume E Page 407, County Clerk, Dallas.
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MarriageMarriage Index on Ancestry "Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Aug 2016); entry for Shults-Ogden, 24 December 1957; citing , Nevada, United States, County Book , p. K09, archive film number , Nevada State Health Division, Carson City, and Clark County Marriage Bureau, Las Vegas.
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MarriageMarriage License or Application County RecordClark County, Nevada, photocopy of Affidavit of Application for Marriage License no. 357316, Shults-Brown, 1956, County Clerk's Office, Las Vegas.
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MarriageMarriage License or Certificate - FHL microfilmLubbock County, Texas, "Marriage records v. 3-4 1924-1929," Sterling Jerden-Della Shults, 1 Apr 1927;County Court Clerk, Lubbock; FHL microfilm 2,032,225.
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MarriageMarriage License or Certificate - loose copyCarter County, Oklahoma, photocopy of marriage license and certificate, Shults-Rayston,11 Dec 1898, Indian Territory Southern District, recorded 1943, County Court Clerk, Ardmore, Oklahoma.
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MarriageMarriage record on FamilySearch.orgMason County, Kentucky, “Marriage Bonds, Book 4, 1855-1857,” Scott–Frank bond (2
September 1857); database and digital images, “Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1954,” image
305, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 24 Jun 2012), citing FHL
microfilm 281,846.
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MilitaryIndex Card in War of 1812 Pension File on Fold3.com"War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files,"" database and images, Fold3.com (https://www.fold3.com/image/247/310393220 : accessed 9 Oct 2017); image of abstract card for bounty-land warrant W.O. 20656 and widow Frances L. Dyer's pension claim W.C. 14325, service of Robert Dyer (Private, Capt. Coleman's Co. Tenn. Mil and Capt. Locke's Co., Tenn. Mil) imaged index card; citing ""War of 1812 Pension and Bounty land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871–1900, documenting the period 1812–ca.1900,"" National Archives Catalog ID: 564415, Record Group 15, Roll RG15-1812PB-Bx1378, National Archives, Washington, D.C.")"War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files," database and images, Robert Dyer (Private, Capt. Coleman's Co. Tenn. Mil and Capt. Locke's Co., Tenn. Mil).
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MilitaryItem in Revolutionary War pension file on Fold3.comAffidavit of John Neal (Capt. John Drew’s Co., Col. Hayes Regt., New Hampshire) dated 20
Apr 1818, pension number S 36704; “Revolutionary War Pension Files,” database and
images, Fold3.com (www.fold3.com : accessed 8 June 2012); imaged from Revolutionary
War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, M804 (Washington, D.C.: National
Archives, 1974), roll 1803.
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MilitaryItem in Revolutionary War pension file on Fold3.com“Revolutionary War Pension Files,” database and images, Fold3.com (www.fold3.com :
accessed 8 June 2012); affidavit of John Neal (Capt. John Drew’s Co., Col. Hayes Regt., New
Hampshire) dated 20 Apr 1818, pension number S. 36704; imaged from Revolutionary War
Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, M804 (Washington, D.C.: National
Archives, 1974), roll 1803.
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MilitaryPension FileIsabell D. Royston, widow of Robert C. Royston, application no. A6942, 1929-1942, pension no. P5893, Record Group 5, Commissioner of Confederate Pensions, Oklahoma State Archives, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK.; digital images, Oklahoma, "Confederate Pension Records Database," Oklahoma Digital Prairie (http://www.digitalprairie.ok.gov) : accessed 15 July 2016) .Isabell D. Royston, widow of Robert C. Royston, application no. A6942, 1929-1942, pension no. P5893, Record Group 5, Commissioner of Confederate Pensions, Oklahoma.
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MilitaryWWI Draft Registration"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 10 Mar 2016), card for William Huston Shults, serial no. 2394: Local Draft Board for the County of Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509.
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MilitaryWWII Draft Registration"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 20 September 2016), card for William Houston Shults, serial no. 835: Local Draft Board for the County of Fresno, California, United States; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M209.
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NewspaperChronicling America.loc.govThe Daily Ardmoreite, (Ardmore, Oklahoma), November 03, 1898, image 1; image copy, Chronicling America (http://www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 4 August 2016), Historic American newspaper collection.
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NewspaperNewspaper Item“Hirsch-Strasburger,” wedding, The Evening Critic (Washington D.C.), 18 September 1884, p.1 col.2.
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NewspaperOnline image Virginia Gazette, (Purdie & Dixon), Williamsburg, 8 March 1770, page 4, column 1, John Royston runaway apprentice; image, Colonial Williamsburg (http://research.history.org : accessed 5 January 2016)
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NewspaperSearch onsite - museum, etc.Lubbock Avalanche, Vol. 3, No. 68, 75, and 76, 14 and 21 January 1925, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas; search performed by Millie Vanover 23 March 2016 located no obituary for Dora; Vol 3, No. 65 and 66 for 12 and 13 January are not at this location.
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ObituaryMicrofilm of newspaper"C.B. Royston," obituary, Duncan Banner (Duncan, Oklahoma), 19 Nov 1959, p.16; photocopy from microfilm, Stephens County Genealogical Society, Duncan, Oklahoma.
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ProbateWill as a digital image on AncestryChambers County, Alabama Estates, box 26 folder 24, Thomas Beverly Royston, for will of 1867; "Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999," case file for Thos B Royston, 1867-1883, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 19 August 2016), digital images 138-140.Chambers Co. Al. Estates, box 26 folder 24, Thomas Beverly Royston, will of 1867, images 138-140.
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ProbateWill as a digital image on FamilySearch"Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795-1927," Hardeman, Wills, 1824-1838, Vol. 01, Entry for Richard C. Royston, images 286-288, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 7 December 2016); FHL microfilm 2137713
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TaxTax Digest onlineMarshall Williams, "Morgan County, GA 1829 Tax Digest Index," USGenWeb, (http://www.usgwarchives.net : accessed 7 December 2016).
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TaxTax Record - FHL microfilmMorgan County, Georgia, Superior Court, 1824 Tax Digest, unpaginated, page 1 of microfilm, entry for Robert Cessna as agent for Mary Cessna, FHL microfilm 177,692.
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TaxTax Records - County Morgan County, Georgia, Superior Court, 1831 Tax Digest, page 2, entry for Thomas B. Royston, Morgan County, Archives, Madison, Georgia.Morgan County, Georgia, Superior Court, 1831 Tax Digest, page 2, entry for Thomas B. Royston.
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TaxTax Records on FamilySearchCollin County, Texas, Tax Rolls, 1877-1878, "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910," entries for R.C. Royston, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 30 August 2016).
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