In a message dated 2/22/03 7:50:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, hrfrantz@bcpl.net writes: > Surnames of Riston &Royston were commonly > interchanged in this time period. > The name RISTON is also spelled WRISTON. One of the earliest settlers to Giles County, VA (now Raleigh County, WV) was a man named Reason Riston, born in Orange or Greenbrier County, VA, ca 1770. He had settled in what is now Raleigh County by 1815, and possibly earlier. Wriston is a very common name in Raleigh County. Sue Thompson