By: Ruth Webb O'Dell, Pub. 1951, Reprinted 2012, 485 pages, Hard Cover, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-276-7.

Cocke county was formed in 1797 and BURNED in 1878 making this book a MUST for those working in Cocke county and East Tennessee. This book contains vast amounts of historical and genealogical source material from early school superintendents, churches, postmasters, register of Deeds, sheriffs, tax assessors, Indian names, Indian Marriages, lists of soldiers in the Confederacy, Federal soldiers in the Civil War, World War I & II, militia 1808-1810, and much more. Detailed genealogies and biographical sketches are given on the following families: Allen, Ball, Boydston, Burnett, Christian, Clark, Dawson, Denton, Driskill, Faubion, Fine, Gillett, Gilland, Gorman, Gouchenour, Hopkins, Huff, Inman, Jobe, Jones, Lee, Lemings, Lillard, mcKay, McNabb, Mims, Morell, O'Dell, O'Neil, Parrott, Palmer, Peck, Roadman, Sanduskey, Smith, Stanberry, Stokely, Susong, Whitson, Wood, and many others.

By: Charles A. Fisher, Pub. 1947, Reprinted 2018, 112 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-394-1.

This book is arranged alphabetically in each of its various sections by the surname. The reader will find the following information: name of the child, date of the birth or baptism, names of the parents, and names of sponsors (often relatives). There are approximately 10,000 persons are mentioned in the text.

By: Carter G. Woodson, Phd., Pub. 1925, Reprinted 2021, 354 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-668-1.

This book will make a great addition to any ones collection of research books especially when it concerns Afro-American Genealogy. This book contains the names of the Head of Household along with their approximate age, gender, and number of persons within his or her family. Information is broken down by state and then into counties. The 53 page introduction includes sections devoted to preventing the increase of the Free Negroes, the Free Negro before the Law, economic achievement along with other information concerning the Free Negro. The index for this book identifies over 40,000 individuals.

By: Augusta Phillips Johnson, Pub. 1939, Reprinted 2019, 308 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-739-4.

Wayne County was created in 1800 from Pulaski and Cumberland Counties. It sits in the southern portion of the state along the Walker Line boarding Tennessee. Of special note: it sits directly above Smith and Jackson counties, TN, during the time of its creation. The first settlers began arriving along the Cumberland river in the 1770's. Revolutionary War veterans also began arriving in the 1790's prior to the establishment of the county. All subjects in the development of the county are discussed along with Marriages 1801-1813; Biographical, Genealogical and Miscellaneous Notes on: Bartleson, Berry, Buster, Carter, Chrisman, Duncan, Ewing, Gholson, Hardin, Hendrick, Ingram, Jones, Kendrick, Kennedy, Lanier, McBeath, McDowell, Miller, Oatts, Phillips, Ramsey, Sallee, Saunders, Shearer, Tate, Todhunter, Warden, West, Woods, and Worsham. The Index has approximately 3,000 entries.

By: Waterman, Watkins and Company, Pub. 1884, reprinted 2020, 924 pages, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-734-3.

Bedford County was created in 1771 from Cumberland County and is the parent county to: Huntington, Somerset, Blair, Cambria and Fulton. Somserset County as created in 1795 and Fulton was created in 1850. It sits in the southern portion of the state boarding Maryland. This area is where the French and Indian War occurred. It was a vital area for development of the country. Upon the defeat of the French and Treaties with the native Indians, westward expansion was aloud to progress. This book is not too different from other county history books of this era. With such topics as trade & transportation, labor, farming, towns rows, Boundary Lines, politics, Military Service, the Whiskey Insurrection, French Occupation, Land and religion - all important in the development of the county - are carefully discussed. This type of county history book can help one develop ideas or paths to those missing ancestors by showing the customs and traditions of the local residents. A particular useful feature of this book is the extensive biographical information included. This volume contains more than 276 biographical sketches, included in which are some 10,000 additional family members. The New Index for this edition has approximately 32,000 entries.

By: John Bennett Boddie, Pub. 1956, Reprinted 2019, 428 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-877-3.

The Tidewater area of Virginia was one of the early regions within the colonies that received large amouts of immigrant coming in from over seas. This set of books on the early families of this are among some of the most frequently consulted works on that area due to Mr. Boddie's impressive and detailed research. This second volume of the set covers families from the early counties of Isle of Wight, Surry, and Sussex. Genealogies are for the families of Arrington, Bailey, Barham, Barker, Branch, Chappell, Cloud, Cocer, Cofer, Coffer, Coker, Collier, Copher, Darden-Durden, Edmunds, Foliot, Green, Gurgany, Hargrave, Hart, Harvin, Herbert, Hill, Holt, Judkins, Lane, Lucas, McKain, Macon, Mann, Norwood, Perry, Philips, Rogers, Sorrell-Earle-Warren, Stover, Taylor, Tyas-Tyus, Westbrook, and Worsham-Marshall. The index to this volume has approximately 10,000 names.

By: J.W. Wells, Pub. 1947, Reprinted 2019, 442 pages, ISBN #0-89308-890-0.

Cumberland County was created in 1798 from Green County. It sits in along the Kentucky-Tennessee border in the south central portion of the state. Of special note: it sits directly above Smith and Jackson counties, TN, during the time of its creation. This area of Kentucky saw large numbers of persons moving into and through as people were looking for new lands to settle as they were coming around the Appilachian Mountains heading West.
Information to be found within this book: Marriages 1799-1817; Tax Lists 1799; Lists of Military Grants in Cumberland County; Lists of Land Grants in Cumberland; Grants by Kentucky in Cumberland County; Death / Inscriptions from 7 cemeteries in the county; Lists of Revolutionary Pensioners; short sketches of some Revoltionary soldiers who were living in Cumberland County; Lists of Cumberland County soldiers who served in the War of 1812, Civil War, and Spanish American War along with the cemetery buried in when known; almost 100 pages is devoted to genealogies of early pioneers: Alexander, Allen, Baker, Bledsoe, Boother, Bouldins, Bow, Bowman, Brake, Burchett, Cartwright, Cary, Cheek, Claytons, Claywell, Coe, Collins, Conner, Cumming, Davis, Dixon, Embree, Emmerson, Farmer, Fergus, Goff, Goggins, Gorman, Griders, Hicks, Higginbothams, Holsapple, Howards, Hunter, Jones, Keen, King, Lollar, Mackey, Maxey, McGee, Miller, Morgans, Myers, Nance, Neathery, Needham, Newby, Norris, Oliver, Owsley, Pace, Page, Paul, Parrish, Pierce, Rays, Radford, Reneaus, Ritcheys, Sampson, Saufleys, Scott, Self, Sewell, Simpson, Skipworth, Smith, Snow, Staton, Strange, Talbot, Thurmans, Traylors, Waggener, Warriner, Webb, Wells, Wilborn, Williams, Winfrey, and Wood.

By: Eunice T. Johnson, Pub. 1953, Reprinted 2016, 286 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-919-2.

Perry County was created 1820 from Clay and Floyd Counties. It in turn was carved up to create in part and whole the counties of: Breathitt, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, and Leslie. This is the story of one of the most colorful communties in the Appalachian Mountains. Located on the north fork of the Kentucky River, It sits in the southeastern corner of the state bordering Virginia. This book covers the whole story from the time the first hardy pioneers moved across the mountains from Virginia to build cabins, stake out land claims, and subdivide this part of Kentucky into a county. The author has also included a section of the book entitled Early Perrry County Families Baker, Begley, Boling, Brashear, Campbell, Combs, Cope, Cornett, Davidson, Duff, Eversole, Francis, Fugate, Grigsby, Gross, Hall, Holliday, Ison, Johnson, Lusk, Morgan, Napier, Noble, Ritchie, Smith, Stamper, Webb and a list of individuals from the counties First Tax Book, 1821-1822.

By: Maud Carter Clement, Pub. 1929, Reprinted 2018, 380 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-848-X.

Pittsylvania County was created in 1767 from Lunenburg and Halifax Counties. This well-documented book not only covers the county from its creation but also includes material form its parent counties as well the contiuous counties of Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Henry, and Patrick. Besides the traditional information found in similar books of the era, such as discussions of: Indians, First settlements, creation of the county, its involvement in the French and Indian War along with the Cherokee War, Churches/Religion, Pre and Post Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War and WWI. All of this helps in developing path ways and ideas of how the citizens of the county dealt with the development of the county. The reader will also discover a 1767 list of tithables of the county with the names of approximately 1,000 land and property owners. This book has loads of extremely useful and detailed tidbits of genealogical information along with mini biograpkies of these early settlers interdispursed through out the book included within the tremendous numbers of footnotes. The reader may discover those lost relatives thru the mentioning of marriages, Wills, Deeds, Military and Court records. The index within this book menttions approximtely 5,000 individuals.

By: Worth S. Ray, Pub. 1945, Reprinted 2019, 128 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-900-1

Granville County was created in 1746 from Edgecombe County. It was later carved up to help create in part or whole the counties of: Orange, Franklin and Warren. This book is a series of genealogical items and data in a variety of lists, some of the most notable being: Notes from the Records of the Counties of Anson, Buncombe, Caswell, Chatham, Cleveland, Duplin, and Franklin; First and Earliest County Courts of Granville; Muster Roll of the First Residents in Granville County in 1754; Taxpayers of Granville County in 1788; and Marriage Bonds and Records of Caswell, Chatham, Franklin, and Granville Counties. The author has also included biographical sketches of the following families: Bates, Bennett, Boyd, Bullock, Burton, Christmas, Daniel, Eaton, Graves, Harris, Harrison, Hawkins, High, Hill, Hunt, Jones, Knight, Lanier, Morrow, Royster, Satterwhite, Searcy, Sims, Taylor, White, and Williams.

By: Robert O. DeMond, Pub. 1940, Reprinted 2019, 294 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-426-3.

North Carolina may have had a greater number of Loyalists in proportion to its population than any other Colony. This book covers motivation and buildup of the impending revolt. The author covers the military activities of the Loyalists, along with the various sufferings of these persons, including Laws against these supporters of the Crown and their loss of personal property through confiscation. There is even a chapter on the compensation and pensions allowed byt he Crown and then the exodus of these Loyalists. This book identifies large numbers of little know Loyalists. The genealogists will delight in: the lists of soldiers and citizens who supported the King of England throughout the Revolution, lists of Loyalists who suffered land confiscation, lists of Loyalists who made application to England for compensation for loss of said property or office and lists of North Carolina Loyalists who received pensions from England.

By: Morton Montgomery, Orig. Pub. 1894, reprinted 2021, 300 pages, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-015-2.

Berks County was created in 1752 from: Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties. It sits in the southeastern portion of the state. Early immigrants who came to this are were from England, Germany and the Netherlands. This book is arranged in two parts. Part 1: covers the history of Berks County and her residents during the Revolution. With such things as, the county's Associators, the various militia companies and their campaigns including their militia rolls, prisoners of war, matters of supply, proclamations, and estimates of men in service. Part 2: includes approximately fifty biographical sketches of persons with a focus on the individual's participation in the war and, giving names of spouse's and children.

By: Lela C. Adams, Pub. 1986, Reprinted 2014, 274 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-581-2.

Pittsylvania County was created in 1767 from Halifax County, VA. It was a important migration path for early settlers moving into Tennessee, Georgia and North & South Carolina. Many of her early settlers were from Pennsylvania, including Germans, Quakers, Welch and Scot-Irish. Also many families through out Virginia relocated here from such counties as: Brunswick, Charlotte, Amelia, Prince Edward, and other Tidewater counties. This book contains not only wills of individuals, but also guardians and administrators bonds; bastardy, apprentice, trustees, sheriffs and treasurers bonds, and inventories of estates. The names of approximately 14,500 persons are found in these legal records of this important county.

By: Robert S. Davis, Pub. 1991, Reprinted 2016, 74 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-005-5.

Farris Cadle, author of an upcoming book on the history of Georgia land grants and surveys, discovered a Georgia law of 1833 that ordered the fractional (less then 40 acres) land lots of the 1832 Georgia Gold Lot Lottery to be dispensed in a special 1833 land lottery. The winners were to be drawn from the remaining (losing) tickets of the two 1832 land lotteries.

A search of the Georgia Surveyor General Department has turned up the list of some 1,500 Georgia citizens who won the lots dispensed in the forgotten 1833 land lottery. Reproduced are the names and other information on those land lots and their winners. The original of this list is the last document on microfilm reel 286/49 at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. Also given away in this land lottery were a handful of lots left over from previous land lotteries. For information on abbreviations used in designating participants in the 1832 land lotteries, see James F. Smith, The 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery. Also included in the list are more than thirty land lots omitted from the original drawing of the 1820 Georgia Land lottery. These lots are designated with 1820 LL. This list appears at the end of the list of Houston County land lots on Microfilm reel 286/47 at the Georgia Dept. of Archives & History. These lots were drawn for and given to participants in the 1820 land lottery.

By: Beverley Fleet, Pub. 1941, Reprinted 2019, 244 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-368-2.

Charles City County was created in 1634 and is the parent county to the counties of: Prince George, Bunswick, Dinwiddle, Amelia, Greenville, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Bedford, Charlotte, & Pittsylvania counties.

By: Robert S. Davis Jr., Pub. 1999, Reprinted 2013, 164 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-411-5.

This new book by Robert A. Davis is also a collection of never-before-published abstracts of collections of Wiles County, Georgia. Material contained within this volume: Estate Records, Inferior Court Cases, Justice of the Peace Case Files, Land Court Minutes, Lists of soldiers who fought at the Battle of Kettle Creek 779, Records of Ceded Lands of Original Wilkes County, Early Settlers, Superior Court Minutes, Tax Digest 1785. and more Loose Wilkes County, Georgia records.

By: G. Glenn Clift, Pub. 1957, Reprinted 2013, 256 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-318-6.

This book is a brief history of the militia and records of commissions of officers in the organization from beginning of statehood to the commencement of the War of 1812. It has a section on the organization of commissioned officers and regiments by counties. This book contains the names of approximately 9,000 individuals who served in the militia in Kentucky and should be a must for anyone doing Kentucky research during this time span.