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BY: Albert Hillhouse, Pub. 1982, reprinted 2024, 224 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-204-0. Burke County was one of the first 8 counties created by the Constitution of 1777 after Georgia broke from British control and became an independent state. During the short period 1733-1752 when Georgia was a Trustee Colony, and later a part of this geographical area was known as "Halifax District". In 1793 a portion of Burke was cut off to help create Screven County and in 1796 another portion to form Jefferson County and in 1905 to create Jenkins County. The author has composed 250 short biographies of person from Burke County from 1771-1981. Surnames of persons within: Allen (2), Applewhite, Attaway, Baldwin, Barnes, Bell, Belt, Berol, Berrien (3), Blount (3), Borom, Bostick, Botsford, Braswell, Brinson (2), Bryan (2), Burton, Bussey, Buxton (2), Byne (3), Callaway, Carswell (5), Carr, Carter, Cates (3), Carter (2), Chalker, Chandler, Cherry, Childers, Coalson, Cooley, Corker (3), Cox (4), Craven, D'Antignac, Daniel (3), Davies, Davis (2), Dent, Dickinson, Dixon, Dolinsky, Drew, Emanuel, Evans, Felder, Ford, Franklin, Fryhofer, Fulcher (5), Fullbright, Galphin, Garlick, Garner, Gay, Givens, Gnann, Goulding, Gray, Green (4), Greenwood, Gresham (5), Harden, Hargrove, Harlow (2), Hatcher, Hayne, Heath, Herrington (4), Hillhouse (2), Hillis, Hines, Hodges, Holland, Holmes, Hubert, Hurst, Irwin, Iverson, Jackson (2), Johnson ( 2), Johnston, Jones (12), Kelsey, Kilpatrick (3), Lance, Law, Lawson (3), Lee, Lester, Lewis (5), Lisle, Lively, Lord, Lyons, Macaulay, Mackenzie, McCathern (3), McCloud, McElmurray (6), McMaster, Milledge, Miller (4), Mills, Milner, Milton, Morris, Murphree, Murphy, Neely (5), Odom (2), Oglethorpe, Oliver, Pagenhart, Palmer (6), Pemberton, Perkin (2), Perry, Pettigrew, Pintchuck, Polhill (2), Powell (2), Poiythress, Pugh, Rainwater, Reynolds, Riordan, Rowland, Sanderford, Sapp (3), Scales, Schley, Scott, Sherwood, Shewmake (2), Skinner (2), Stembridge, Story, Sturges (2), Tanham, Tarbutton, Tarver (3), Thomas (5), Thompson (2), Tucker, Twiggs, Wade, Wakelee, Walker (3), Wall, Walton, Warnock, Warren (2), Whitehead (6), and Williams.

By: H.B. Cushman, Pub. 1899, reprinted 2024, 504 pages, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-200-2. The author spent years visiting reservations and cemeteries, observing tribal councils, and studying original records written in native languages, in his effort to bring an authentic history of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez tribes.

By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1984, reprinted 2024, 118 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-181-4. Edenton is a town located in Chowan County, NC. which is in the northeastern portion of the state. It served as the second capitol of the state or Provience of NC, as it was the first European settlement within the state. Settlers began arriving in the mid to late 1600's as adventurers leaving the Jamestown area started searching the wilderness for new lands and a natural bay on the northern shore of the Albemarle Sound was geographical and natural fit to solve this dilemma. Newspaper abstracts are a wonderful source of genealogical information. The author has included all pertinent genealogical information found within this newspaper such as: advertisements of articles for sale, sheriff's sales, grandy jury lists, legal notices, help wanted notices, estate notices, wanted notices, marriage and death notices, letters remaining in the local post office. These notices cover events, etc. happening in and around Chowan County along with surrounding counties. This is a veritable goldmine of heretofore unavailable information is now at hand that may not be available in any other form. Also, there are many scattered references to Virginians throughout these abstracts due to the proximity the area.

By: James Mooney, Pub. 1901, reprinted 2023, 726 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-145-6. The author is recognized as the foremost student of Cherokee lore. This book is considered the most comprehensive and authoritative handbook on the folklore, religion, and myths of the largest tribe of North American aborigines. Together these two monographs constitute the finest first-hand study of the Cherokee. This book is not a formal history. It does contain an historical sketch of more than 200 pages. The sketch is followed by the 126 myths, which illustrate how important a part their mythology is to their history.

By: W.S. Jennings, Pub. 1903, reprinted 2023, 380 pages, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-132-6. This book not only has endless rolls and rosters of soldiers who sever under the Florida Flag during the Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish American Wars but also descriptions and history of the state's involvement. The reader will discover such information as: names, ranks, mustered in dates, mustered out dates, discharged information, promotion information, desertion information, battle service information, died or wounded during service, and other items of interest.

By: Marcus J. Wright, Pub. 1882, reprinted 2023, 130 pages, Index, ISBN #9781-63914-154-8. McNairy county was created in 1823 from Hardin County, Tennessee. It lies in the western portion of the state just above Tishomingo County, Mississippi on the state line. This book is similar to other county history books of the era with the one exception. This book is filled from cover to cover with mini biographies of these early settlers of the county. Surnames of these early settlers are: Adams (2), Anderson (2), Beard, Beavers, Beck, Bell, Braden, Browder, Brooks, Carter, Cason, Chambers, Chaney, Cloud, Cox, Cross, Crump (2), Denny, Devault, Dorion, Duke, Ferguson, Gooch, Gullett, Hamm, Harwell, Hill, Holt, Hooker, Houston, Huggins, Jackson, Jones, Jopling (2), Kendal, Kincaid, Lorance, Maxedon, McCann, McCuller, McKinney, McKissick, Meeks, Melugin, Newberry, Pace, Perkins (3), Prather, Rains, Randolph, Reed, Riggs, Saunders, Sells, Simonton, Smith, Stovall, Street, Sweat, Tatum, Walsh, Warren (3), Weaver, Wilkerson, Wisdom (4), Worthington, and Wright (4).

By: Mona A. Taylor, Pub. 1985, reprinted 2023, 150 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-155-5. Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansemond County, VA. Many inhabitants of the "BURNED" counties of Hertford, N.C. and Nansemond, VA. which adjoin Gates County are mentioned in these early deeds. Deeds are one of favorite research tools of the genealogists due to the wide variety of family connections found within them. Not only will the reader find the deed transaction itself, but often times such things as: marriages, relinquishments of dower, divisions of family farms among heirs, remarriages of widows are just a few of the matters you can anticipate finding within records of deeds.

By: Mona A. Taylor, Pub. 1986, reprinted 2023, 174 pages, index, soft cover, ISBN #9787-1-63914-157-9. Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansemond County, VA. Many inhabitants of the "BURNED" counties of Hertford, N.C. and Nansemond, VA. which adjoin Gates County are mentioned in these early deeds. Deeds are one of favorite research tools of the genealogists due to the wide variety of family connections found within them. Not only will the reader find the deed transaction itself, but often times such things as: marriages, relinquishments of dower, divisions of family farms among heirs, remarriages of widows are just a few of the matters you can anticipate finding within records of deeds.

By: Ila Earle Fowler, Pub. 1951, reprinted 2023, 468 pages, Index soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-164-7. This book is series of abstracts of Kentucky records containing data from Bibles, tombstones, obituaries, birth certificates, vital statistics, tax books, deeds, wills, and marriage and census records for the following counties: Bourbon, Bracken, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Fayette, Fleming, Franklin, Hardin, Hopkins, Jefferson, Jessamine, Larue, Lincoln, Livingston, Mason, Mercer, and Woodford. The author has also included genealogies or mini-family histories of the following surnames: Bartlett, Baskett, Bayles, Bourland-Reese, Brownfield-Brumfield, Caldwell, Carson, Cowgill, Cox, Cromwell, Denton, Denton-Leer, Earle-Dillingham, Elkin, Fristoe, Haley, Harrod, Laffoon, Land, Lauderman, Leer, Milam, Mitchell, Neal, Nichols, Randolph, Reed, Rees, Tribble, and Worthington. The Index mentions approximately 16,000 persons.

By: The Captain Jeremiah Baker Chpt. D.A.R., Pub. 1928, reprinted 2023, 112 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-159-3. Cecil County was created in 1674 from Baltimore County. This book contains a list of approximately 4,000 marriages, arranged chronologically from July 23, 1777 to June 1, 1840. The entries give the date of the marriage, the full name of the groom, full maiden name of the bride, and the names of officiating ministers. Due to the county's location in northeastern corner of the state, it can also be a good source for locating persons from Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania due to the common intermarriages of persons from this area.

By: Mary D. Ackerly and Lula Eastman J Parker, Pub. 1930, reprinted 2023, 840 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-147-0. This book begins with a short history of Bedford County, Virginia, which was created from Lunenburg County in 1753. This is followed by a section on Revolutionary Soldiers of Bedford County. The next 780 pages are genealogies of the following surnames: Ackerly, Bell, Beverley, Board, Bolling, Bond, Boone, Buford, Callaway, Chilton, Clark, Clayton, Davis (2), Dickerson, Douglas, Ficklen, Finley, Gilmer, Gist, Goggin, Gwatkin, Hamilton, Hatcher, Hawkins, Hobson, Jennings, Jetters (12), Johnson, Jopling, Jordan, Key, Lavell, Longwood, Lowrey, Martin, Mays, Meade, Moorman, Moulton, Otey, Parker, Penn, Phelps, Phillippe, Pocahontas-Wigginton, Poindexter, Reese, Robertson, Robinson, Rolfe, Rucker, Sagendorf, Slaughter, Sledd, Smith, Snead, Snow, Spinner-Burks, Stone, Talbot, Thompson, Turpin, Vaughan, Walker, Wharton, White, and Wright.

By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1983, reprinted 2023, 150 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-172-2. The city of New Bern is located in Craven County, NC. The city was founded in 1710 and served as the Capitol of the state from 1770-1792. Its earliest settlers were of Palatines and Swiss descent. These abstracts from this newspaper cover a wide variety of genealogical interest, such as: Crimes, Run-Away Slaves giving names of slave and master, Lands for sale including names of seller, physical description and amount of acreage, Marriages and deaths, Divorces, Revolutionary War data, court issues, businesses, and many, many other types of genealogical data. The data within this book covers persons not only from Craven County, but also persons from neighboring counties of Beaufort, Carteret, Dobbs, Duplin, Hyde, Jones, Pitt and other outlying areas. The Index mentions approximately 1,700 persons.

By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1993, reprinted 2023, 76 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-173-9. Hertford County was created in 1759 from Bertie, Chowan and Northampton Counties, NC. In 1779, part of Hertford County was ceded to create a new county named Gates. This book should be of great interest to those persons looking for relatives in this "BURNED County". It should also be of great interest to those researching in Bertie, Chowan, gates and Northampton counties.

By: R.A. Brock, Pub. 1886, reprinted 2023, 256 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-148-7. This book is the definitive work on the Huguenot emigration into Virginia. It contains numerous lists of refugees, emigrants and passenger lists. One of the most important lists is a record of the baptisms at Manakin-Town, 1721-1754. Beyond the obvious of a child's birth, the researcher will discover the names of the godparents, who often times were a relative of the family. Along with other genealogical data included within this book, the author has included an Appendix of Genealogies. This 88-page section contains genealogies of the following families: Chastain, Cocke, Dupuy, Fontaine, Marye, Maury, Trabue and other allied families of these families. The Index mentions approximately 4,000 persons.

By: Stratton Nottingham, Pub. 1929, reprinted 2023, 140 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-161-6.Located on the Eastern Shore, Northampton County was created in 1642 from Accomac Shire, one of the original 8 shires of Virginia. This book contains approximately 3,500 marriage bonds showing dates of bonds and the names of approximately 10,000 brides, grooms, parents, and sureties. The book is arranged alphabetically order by the surname of the groom, with an index to brides.

By: Adolph B. Benson, Pub. 1926, reprinted 2023, 240 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-150-0. This work is intended to show and describe some of the Swedish interest and participation in the American War of Independence. Consequentially it outlines the official and non-official Swedish attitude towards the American Colonists while also showing the commercial relationships which existed between the two. More importantly, the author has included a complete list of officers who directly or indirectly fought for American Independence giving their names with details and accounts of their service sometimes giving additional data such as birth and death data.

By: John W. Wayland, Pub. 1907, reprinted 2023, 324 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-168-5. The Shenandoah Valley comprises the Virginia counties of Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Warren along with the West Virginia Counties of Berkeley and Jefferson. These German immigrants came mostly from the mid-Atlantic states of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. This book is similar to other history books of the era with such topics as: a geographical outline of the Valley, the first white men of the Valley, why and when these German immigrants came, early settlements, select deeds during the French and Indian War from Augusta, Frederick and Orange Counties, towns, Religion, Politics, War, Education, Slavery, and Industry. The author has included numerous lists within, such as: Testators for Augusta County, 1778-1786; testators for Franklin County, 1770-1783; persons selling land in Rockingham County, 1777-1793; testators for Shenandoah County, 1772-1784, members of House of Burgesses, 1742-1776; members of the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates, 1883-1903; Revolutionary Pensioners from Frederick, Page, Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties. The index mentions over 3,800 individuals.

By: Mona A. Taylor, Pub. 1992, reprinted 2023, 228 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-158-6. Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansemond County, VA. Many inhabitants of the "BURNED" counties of Hertford, N.C. and Nansemond, VA. which adjoin Gates County are mentioned in these early deeds. Deeds are one of favorite research tools of the genealogists due to the wide variety of family connections found within them. Not only will the reader find the deed transaction itself, but often times such things as: marriages, relinquishments of dower, divisions of family farms among heirs, remarriages of widows are just a few of the matters you can anticipate finding within records of deeds.

By: Benjamine F. VanMeter, Pub. 1901, reprinted 2023, 186 pages, Index soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-151-7. This book is a series of biographical sketches of families from 17th and 18th century Virginia and Kentucky. The author compiled these sketches from published sources, original records and interviews with the oldest living members of a number of the families. These sketches are a balanced mixture of genealogy and biography, which makes for interesting reading while covering as many as six generations of family members. Surnames of these pioneers are: Allan, Bigelow, Bruce, Campbell, Clay, Cunningham, Field, Garrard, Hall, Hamilton, Hanna, Harness, Harrison, Hockaday, Holloway, Hull, Johnson, Johnston, Kleiser, Lewis, McNeill, Moore, Nicholas, Payne, Petit, Prewitt, Rodes, Smith, Stonestreet, Swoope, Van Meter, West, Wetherill, Williams, Willis, Wright, and Yerkes.

By: Mona A. Taylor, Pub. 1985, reprinted 2023, 172 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-156-2. Gates County was created in 1778 from Hertford, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N.C. It is located in the Northeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Camden, Chowan, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties N.C. and by Nansemond County, VA. Many inhabitants of the "BURNED" counties of Hertford, N.C. and Nansemond, VA. which adjoin Gates County are mentioned in these early deeds. Deeds are one of favorite research tools of the genealogists due to the wide variety of family connections found within them. Not only will the reader find the deed transaction itself, but often times such things as: marriages, relinquishments of dower, divisions of family farms among heirs, remarriages of widows are just a few of the matters you can anticipate finding within records of deeds.

By: Marvin L. Skaggs, Pub. 1941, reprinted 2023, 250 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-149-4. Controversy or boundary disputes have followed many states from their colonial days forward. These issues are important to the development of the state. All of this is important for the genealogists when researching persons along these boundary lines. North Carolina was not immune to these disputes. She actually had disputes with South Carolina and Georgia. This work follows these disputes from the Propriety period to its progress though the reign of George II to its extension into the mountains. This controversy continued on to independent statehood with fruitless negotiations, settlements, modified agreements and new surveys.

By: Jay G. Cisco, Pub, 1909, reprinted 2023, 320 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-160-9. Sumner County was created in 1786 from Davidson County. It was later divided to create the counties of Smith and Wilson. This book was the consolidation of a series of articles that the author had published in the Nashville American in 1907. These articles were revised and expanded for this book along with the addition of additional data that came from interview of many survivors of the original settlers of Sumner County. The first portion of this book is similar to other history books of the ear, covering such topics as early exploration of the county, local topography, territorial laws, officials, early landowners, and Sumner County in the participation in wars, particularly the Civil War. The bulk of this work focuses on Sumner County pioneers and their families in a series of genealogical and biographical sketches of the featured families of Bledsoe, Cage, and Douglass. The author also included mini biographical sketches on numerous other pioneers and their families including: Anderson, Barrow, Barry, Bate, Bell, Bertinatti, Blackmore, Belmont, Bowen, Bowie, Breckenridge, Campbell, Carmack, Carr, Cisco, Clark, Desha, Donaldson, Ellis, Fulton, Gaines, Garth, Guild, Gwin, Hall, Hallum, Hammond, Hatton, Head, Judd, Lauderdale, Lindsey, Malone, Mansker, Martin, McKendree, Morgan, Morris, Odom, Parker, Peyton, Pickett, Read, Rogan, Rogers, Rutherford, Sanders, Sharkey, Shelby, Scurry, Smith, Spencer, Trousdale, Vanderbilt, Walton, Weatherred, Williams, Wilson, Winchester, and Wynne.

By: J. Ansel Caughman, Pub. 1952, reprinted 2023, 215 pages, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-166-1. Lexington County was created in 1785 and lies in the center of the state just north of the state capitol, Columbia. This book begins with a brief history of the Indians of the area. Quickly moving on to brief histories of the Salem Lutheran Church, Cedar Grove Congregation, Lexington Baptist Church and Sherman's Raid. The next sections will delight the researcher with biographical sketches / family histories of the following surnames: Adams, Addy, Austin, Black, Boggs, Caughman, Craps, Crout, Derrick, Drafts, Eargle, Fulmer, Hallman, Hare, Hayes, Hite, Holley, Huff, Keisler, Langford, Lybrand, Nichols, Oxner, Risinger, Roberts, Sease, Seastruck, Shealy, Snelgrove, Swygert, and Wise

By: Thomas Speed, Pub. 1886, reprinted 2023, 80 pages, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-146-3. This book was written for the Filson Club back in 1885 as a description of the Routes of Travel by which the Pioneer and Early Settlers first came to Kentucky. These early settlers came from Virginia, the Carolinas, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The greater portion of this travel was over the Wilderness Road, though many persons made their way down the Ohio River. The author has included a map showing these routes from various established cities or forts such as Richmond, VA and Philadelphia, PA. across the mountains to Boonesboro or Crab Orchard, KY. Mooney has also included descriptions of the routes containing the mileage from spot to spot along the way.

By: George H. Smathers, Pub. 1938, reprinted 2023, 160 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-167-8.This book is a history of the Cherokee land laws affecting the title to land lying west of the Meigs and Freeman line, and the laws affecting the title of land lying east of the Meigs and Freeman line back to the top of the Blue Ridge, including all the land on the waters of French Broad River in what was formerly Buncombe County, which at that time included all the land west of the Blue Ridge in the state of North Carolina. Chapters within discuss: the Indian Treaties and their effect on Land Titles west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Statutes and Laws relating to Land Titles, Origin of Title to Lands now held by Cherokee Indians in NC and Acts of the Legislature creating various counties.

By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1983, reprinted 2023, 124 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-171-5.The city of New Bern is located in Craven County, NC. The city was founded in 1710 and served as the Capitol of the state from 1770-1792. Its earliest settlers were of Palatines and Swiss descent. These abstracts from this newspaper cover a wide variety of genealogical interest, such as: Crimes, Run-Away Slaves giving names of slave and master, Lands for sale including names of seller, physical description and amount of acreage, Marriages and deaths, Divorces, Revolutionary War data, court issues, businesses, and many, many other types of genealogical data. The data within this book covers persons not only from Craven County, but also persons from neighboring counties of Beaufort, Carteret, Dobbs, Duplin, Hyde, Jones, Pitt and other outlying areas. The Index mentions approximately 1,700 persons.