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Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. 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 Revotionary soldiers who were living in Cumberland County; Lists of Cumberland County soldiers who served in the… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Book. New. Soft cover. 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 Revotionary soldiers who were living in Cumberland County; Lists of Cumberland County soldiers who served in the War of… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. 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 Revotionary soldiers who were living in Cumberland County; Lists of Cumberland County soldiers who served in the… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: W. H. Perrin, J.H. Battle, and G.C. Kniffin, Pub. 1885, Reprinted 2019, 692 pages, NEW FULL NAME Index, ISBN #0-89308-132-9. This is the general or historical portion of probably the Rarest and MOST VALUABLE set of books ever published on the state of Kentucky and its early families. Like most works of this kind, this edition contains a history of the state with its ties to early Virginia; these are followed by varying appendixes one of which contains a listing of both Federal and Confederate troops in service from Kentucky. This is an extremely detailed and complete history of the state covering such things as: Origin and Development of the First Colony in Virginia, Virginia as a Dependency of the Crown, Beyond the Alleghanies - Virginia's conquest in the West, Exploration and First settlement of Kentucky, the Colonization of Kentucky, Kentucky's part in the Revolutionary War, the Pioneers and Pioneer Days, Indians, early… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: W. H. Perrin, J.H. Battle, and G.C. Kniffin, Pub. 1885, Reprinted 2019, 692 pages, NEW FULL NAME Index, ISBN #0-89308-132-9. This is the general or historical portion of probably the Rarest and MOST VALUABLE set of books ever published on the state of Kentucky and its early families. Like most works of this kind, this edition contains a history of the state with its ties to early Virginia; these are followed by varying appendixes one of which contains a listing of both Federal and Confederate troops in service from Kentucky. This is an extremely detailed and complete history of the state covering such things as: Origin and Development of the First Colony in Virginia, Virginia as a Dependency of the Crown, Beyond the Alleghanies - Virginia's conquest in the West, Exploration and First settlement of Kentucky, the Colonization of Kentucky, Kentucky's part in the Revolutionary War, the Pioneers and Pioneer Days, Indians, early Politics and… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1996. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. By: R.W. Simpson, Pub. 1913, Reprinted 1996, 264 pages, Hard Cover, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-101-9. At the close of the Revolutionary War, all the territory embraced in the present counties of ANDERSON, GREENVILLE, PICKENS, and OCONEE belonged to the Cherokee Indians. By an Act of March 1783, this territory was attached temporarily to the adjoining counties of Abbeville, Laurens, and Spartanburg. Pendleton County, as afterwards established, was attached to Abbeville County and for the time being was in the judicial district of Ninety-Six. In 1789 this former Indian land was divided with part being laid off into a county called Pendleton and the other Greenville County. The major portion of this book is devoted to detailed genealogies of many of the families/individuals of this district such as: Adams, Adger, Anderson, Bee, Bellotte, Benson, Blassingame, Bowen, Broyles, Burns, Burt, Calhoun, Cornish, Craig, Davant, Davis,… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1996. Book. New. Hardcover. By: R.W. Simpson, Pub. 1913, Reprinted 1996, 264 pages, Hard Cover, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-101-9. At the close of the Revolutionary War, all the territory embraced in the present counties of ANDERSON, GREENVILLE, PICKENS, and OCONEE belonged to the Cherokee Indians. By an Act of March 1783, this territory was attached temporarily to the adjoining counties of Abbeville, Laurens, and Spartanburg. Pendleton County, as afterwards established, was attached to Abbeville County and for the time being was in the judicial district of Ninety-Six. In 1789 this former Indian land was divided with part being laid off into a county called Pendleton and the other Greenville County. The major portion of this book is devoted to detailed genealogies of many of the families/individuals of this district such as: Adams, Adger, Anderson, Bee, Bellotte, Benson, Blassingame, Bowen, Broyles, Burns, Burt, Calhoun, Cornish, Craig, Davant, Davis, Dickinson, Dickson,… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1996. Hardcover. New. No Jacket By: R.W. Simpson, Pub. 1913, Reprinted 1996, 264 pages, Hard Cover, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-101-9. At the close of the Revolutionary War, all the territory embraced in the present counties of ANDERSON, GREENVILLE, PICKENS, and OCONEE belonged to the Cherokee Indians. By an Act of March 1783, this territory was attached temporarily to the adjoining counties of Abbeville, Laurens, and Spartanburg. Pendleton County, as afterwards established, was attached to Abbeville County and for the time being was in the judicial district of Ninety-Six. In 1789 this former Indian land was divided with part being laid off into a county called Pendleton and the other Greenville County. The major portion of this book is devoted to detailed genealogies of many of the families/individuals of this district such as: Adams, Adger, Anderson, Bee, Bellotte, Benson, Blassingame, Bowen, Broyles, Burns, Burt, Calhoun, Cornish, Craig, Davant, Davis,… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2018. Book. New. Soft cover. By: W.W. Scott, Pub. 1907, Reprinted 2018, 328 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-849-8. Orange County was created in 1734 from Spotsylvania County. In turn it is the parent county of: Augusta, Culpeper, Greene & Frederick. This type of book can help one find leads to family research through various topics that deal with creation of county, education, religion, transportation, and etc. The author has also included some Biographical Sketches of: Barbour (4), Bartley, Chew, Cleveland, Crenshaw, Franklin, Fry, Gordon (2), Kemper, Leland, Madison, Mills, Morton (2), Newman, Spotswood, Sumpter, Taliaferro, Taylor (2), Waddel, Williams, and Woolfolk..

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: W.W. Clayton, Pub. 1880, Reprinted 2019, 832 pages, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-891-9. This Middle Tennessee County was formed in 1837 out of parts of Cannon, Jackson, Warren, and Wilson counties. If you are researching Middle Tennessee, don't let this wonderful book slip by you. Davidson County was the cradle of Middle Tennessee Civilization that began in 1784 with the first settlers along the Cumberland, when that country was still North Carolina. It is a Genesis of the first pioneers that settled up and down the Cumberland River, west of the Cumberland mountains. A record of those valiant men who tamed the vast wilderness that was later to become most of Middle TN. and encompassed all or parts of the present TN. counties of: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Overton, Pickett, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Warren, White, Williamson and Wilson, an area that was… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2018. Soft cover. New. By: W.W. Scott, Pub. 1907, Reprinted 2018, 328 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-849-8. Orange County was created in 1734 from Spotsylvania County. In turn it is the parent county of: Augusta, Culpeper, Greene & Frederick. This type of book can help one find leads to family research through various topics that deal with creation of county, education, religion, transportation, and etc... The author has also included some Biographical Sketches of: Barbour (4), Bartley, Chew, Cleveland, Crenshaw, Franklin, Fry, Gordon (2), Kemper, Leland, Madison, Mills, Morton (2), Newman, Spotswood, Sumpter, Taliaferro, Taylor (2), Waddel, Williams, and Woolfolk.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Book. New. Soft cover. By: W.W. Clayton, Pub. 1880, Reprinted 2019, 832 pages, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-891-9. This Middle Tennessee County was formed in 1837 out of parts of Cannon, Jackson, Warren, and Wilson counties. If you are researching Middle Tennessee, dont let this wonderful book slip by you. Davidson County was the cradle of Middle Tennessee Civilization that began in 1784 with the first settlers along the Cumberland, when that country was still North Carolina. It is a Genesis of the first pioneers that settled up and down the Cumberland River, west of the Cumberland mountains. A record of those valiant men who tamed the vast wilderness that was later to become most of Middle TN. and encompassed all or parts of the present TN. counties of: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Overton, Pickett, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Warren, White, Williamson and Wilson, an area that was to… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2018. Soft cover. New. By: W.W. Scott, Pub. 1907, Reprinted 2018, 328 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-849-8. Orange County was created in 1734 from Spotsylvania County. In turn it is the parent county of: Augusta, Culpeper, Greene & Frederick. This type of book can help one find leads to family research through various topics that deal with creation of county, education, religion, transportation, and etc... The author has also included some Biographical Sketches of: Barbour (4), Bartley, Chew, Cleveland, Crenshaw, Franklin, Fry, Gordon (2), Kemper, Leland, Madison, Mills, Morton (2), Newman, Spotswood, Sumpter, Taliaferro, Taylor (2), Waddel, Williams, and Woolfolk.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: W.W. Clayton, Pub. 1880, Reprinted 2019, 832 pages, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-891-9. This Middle Tennessee County was formed in 1837 out of parts of Cannon, Jackson, Warren, and Wilson counties. If you are researching Middle Tennessee, don't let this wonderful book slip by you. Davidson County was the cradle of Middle Tennessee Civilization that began in 1784 with the first settlers along the Cumberland, when that country was still North Carolina. It is a Genesis of the first pioneers that settled up and down the Cumberland River, west of the Cumberland mountains. A record of those valiant men who tamed the vast wilderness that was later to become most of Middle TN. and encompassed all or parts of the present TN. counties of: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Overton, Pickett, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Warren, White, Williamson and Wilson, an area that was to… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2013. Book. New. Soft cover. By: Lefler & Wager, Pub. 1953, Reprinted 2013, 400 pgs, ISBN #0-89308-805-6. The great migration from Pennsylvania to the Piedmont of the Carolinas came in the middle of the 18th century. Scotch-Irish and German immigrants moved South along the ¿Great Wagon Road¿ through the Shenandoah Valley to Carolina, looking for less expensive land and Orange County received a great influx of these immigrants. This book discusses the history of the county from its beginning along with other issues such as: agriculture, education, commerce, Indian affairs, politics, religion, slavry, and war service. But what the family researcher will savior are the biographical sketches of many the early citizens, such as: Andrews, badger, bettle, bennehan, benton, Berry, bingham, Burke, Butler, Caldwell, Cameron, Caswell, Child, Churton, Corbin, Curtis, Duke, Fanning, Few, Gattis, Graham, Green, Harris, Harrisse, Hart, Hawks, Heartt, Henderson,… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2013. Soft cover. New. No Jacket By: Lefler & Wager, Pub. 1953, Reprinted 2013, 400 pgs, ISBN #0-89308-805-6. The great migration from Pennsylvania to the Piedmont of the Carolinas came in the middle of the 18th century. Scotch-Irish and German immigrants moved South along the Great Wagon Road" through the Shenandoah Valley to Carolina

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2021. Book. New. Soft cover. By: James D. Walker, Pub. 1840, 666 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-009-1. Illinois has had quite the interesting history to statehood in 1818. French Canadian explorers starting arriving in the late 1600's via the Mississippi River. They established missions and forts along various rivers before retreating back into what is now Missouri. This allowed the British to take rule over these lands from the French. After the Revolutionary War, settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1780's via the Ohio River. In 1812, tensions between these settlers and the Native American came to an impasse. U.S. troops would eventually prevail and 5 million acres of land in this Illinois Territory were set aside to pay for these services. Information to be found within this book: date of patent, its Warrant Number, name of the veteran along with his rank and regiment, description of land including its location, name of the… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2017. Book. New. Soft cover. By: Mrs. J.L. Walker, pub. 1934, reprinted 2017, 568 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-034-9. Ware County was created in 1824 from Appling County. It sits in the southern portion of the state and was directly influenced by the the 1820 Land Lottery of GA. This book is filled with genealogical and historal materials, viz.: Creek Indian War, Militia Muster Rolls, Apprx. 150 biographical sketches/Family Histories, Officers of Ware Co. from 1824, Civil War Lists, general historical material from the formation of the county until 1934, cemetery inscriptions, and etc..

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2017. Soft cover. New. By: Mrs. J.L. Walker, pub. 1934, reprinted 2017, 568 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-034-9. Ware County was created in 1824 from Appling County. It sits in the southern portion of the state and was directly influenced by the the 1820 Land Lottery of GA. This book is filled with genealogical and historal materials, viz.: Creek Indian War, Militia Muster Rolls, Apprx. 150 biographical sketches/Family Histories, Officers of Ware Co. from 1824, Civil War Lists, general historical material from the formation of the county until 1934, cemetery inscriptions, and etc.....

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2017. Soft cover. New. By: Mrs. J.L. Walker, pub. 1934, reprinted 2017, 568 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-034-9. Ware County was created in 1824 from Appling County. It sits in the southern portion of the state and was directly influenced by the the 1820 Land Lottery of GA. This book is filled with genealogical and historal materials, viz.: Creek Indian War, Militia Muster Rolls, Apprx. 150 biographical sketches/Family Histories, Officers of Ware Co. from 1824, Civil War Lists, general historical material from the formation of the county until 1934, cemetery inscriptions, and etc.....