Dear List: As mentioned earlier, I am compiling research notes from this month and one of the names I made notes on was ROYSTER in Mecklenburg County, VA. This was not a research topic but it came up during the course of the research. Here are the few notes I made on this surname: 1. Will of Susannah ROYSTER, dated 22 SEP 1835, proved 16 NOV 1835. Recorded in Mecklenburg Co., VA, Will Book 14, p. 23. Witnessed by R. H. Walker, George T. Tarwater, Alexander Gould. Executor William H. [Guenant?]. Names: Son Miles HALL. $1.00 (m. Susannah Royster abond dated 4 May 1806) Son Bannister HALL, $1.00 (no marriage record found for him) Daughter Martha BOTTS wife of John Cox, dec'd, $1.00 (Martha B. hall m. John Cox, Jr. on 14 JUL 1803, Mecklenburg Co., VA) Son Charles M. ROYSTER, $1.00 (m. Elizabeth Burrows bond dated 14 NOV 1803) Son George ROYSTER, $1.00 (m. Susannah Hall bond dateed 7 NOV 1790, William Marshall, security) Daughter Elizabeth M. AVERY wife of Brown Avery (mb. dated 27 JAN 1810, Miles Hall security) 2. OTHER NOTES Elizabeth DRAPER m. Joseph ROYSTER, bond dated 12 DEC 1791, m. 27 DEC 1791 by James Read; security to marriage bond was Holman RICE Frances DRAPER m. Henry ROYSTER bond dated 8 NOV 1790, sec. Joseph Royster I will follow up with some JONES family data soon. Craig Kilby