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Donald R. Royston Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

1529 THL

Scope and Content: This collection contains genealogical information on the Peter Royston family, covering 1776 to present, as compiled by Donald R. Royston, 2002. It includes endnotes and an index. The collection includes information about the descendants of George Mason (1732-?) and about the Green Hill Cemetery in Berryville, VA.
(1 box) Last updated 08/16. DIGITIZED 05/07.

Biographical/Historical: Peter Royston was born in Virginia in 1776 and died in Clarke County, VA in 1856. He married Ann Anderson in 1801 in Frederick County, VA. They had nine children.

Cite As: Donald R. Royston Collection, 1529 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

DVD disk contains the following: “George Mason b. 1732 and 284 Years of His Descendants,” compiled by Lester Douglas Mason, Jr.; 1 item

Flash drive, contains the following: Green Hill Cemetery, index to obituaries, obits of folks with ties to Clark County, VA, Thomas Royston Family b. 1610 as of June 2016; 1 item