Wilkins Newton ROYSTER was born in Henderson County, twelve miles
south of Henderson and one mile and a half west of Robards Station, on
28 Apr 1830. His father, T. W. ROYSTER, was one of the earlier
settlers of that section of the county, and with him, young Wilkins toiled
until he was twenty-one years of age. During his youthful days, he attended
the first school at George RUDY'S old schol house, and by industry
and hard study, managed to provide himself with a respectable understanding
of the primary and some of the intermediate branches of study. Arriving
at the age of twenty-one, he pursued his studies and added greatly to
what he had learned while attending the neighborhood school. In the year
1851, he purchased himself a little home of one hundred acres, one mile
south of his father's, and settled down in the woods to hard work, clearing
his land and arranging for crop raising. |
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MARRIAGES
IN HENDERSON COUNTY 1806 - 1858 Wilkins N. Royster - Tabitha J. Spencer, 21 Feb 1853, Book 2, Page 13 | |
1860 CENSUS
OF HENDERSON COUNTY W. N. Royster age 30, Page 40 - 41, House No. 18; J. J. (f) age 25; Thomas age 6; Enoch age 2; Robert age 1. |
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1870 CENSUS
OF HENDERSON COUNTY W. N. Royster age 40, Page 4, House No. 26; Jane age 35; Enoch age 12; George A. age 7; Charles age 4; George McMullen age 23. |
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1880 CENSUS
OF HENDERSON COUNTY Wilkins N. Royster age 50, Page 363, House No. 58; Tabitha age 45; Georgia age 17; Charles age 14; Richard age 10; Nannie age 8. |
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