The militia and border protection
![At left is Royal Willey’s gravestone. On the right, a portrait of James Willey.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/histoires-de-frontiere_border-stories/wp-content/uploads/sites/157/2022/05/14_15-Royal-Willey.jpg)
Credit: The gravestone comes from the site Find a Grave; the portrait was painted in 1865 by K. Rasmussen. The photo of the painting is from the Willey Family Archives; the painting is kept at the Brome County Historical Society.
At left is Royal Willey’s gravestone. On the right, a portrait of James Willey.