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Beginning in 17th century Maryland, the Phillips family is traced through North Carolina and Georgia in the Revolutionary period and then followed in the westward movement to Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.

This work fills the void by making obscure and un-indexed material available to researchers in Alaskan and Canadian history and genealogy. Volume 2 contains more than 400 additional biographies, alphabetically arranged and full of fascinating information

Covering three years of information, this third volume in the series contains more abstracts from The National Intelligencer [formerly - and Washington Advertiser], the first newspaper printed in Washington, D.C. Entries include advertisements, appointmen

It is my purpose...to deal with the rise and fall of New France, and the development of the English colonies as influenced by the prolonged struggle with that troublesome and dangerous neighbour. Here, find a comprehensive history that will interest anyone

This book is organized into three general sections. The first is an abstract from the 1860 census listing the slaveholders, the second has abstracts of estate and other records concerning slaves, and third and largest section has abstracts of slave convey

Few Americans have heard of the 1749 French expedition into western Pennsylvania and southern Ohio, known as the Céloron Expedition. The limited interest in this trek has often centered on the lead plates that the French buried along the Allegheny and Ohi

The focal point of this meticulously researched book is the 1793 Indian raid on Morgan's Station in which a band of about thirty-five Shawnee and Cherokee Indians descended upon this small fort in a surprise attack that ended with two people killed and 19

At the time these deeds were written, Edgefield contained all or parts of the present counties of Aiken, Greenwood, McCormick and Saluda. Deed books contain not only land conveyances, but also powers of attorney, depositions, judicial sales and sales of h

Covering five years, this second volume in the series contains more abstracts from The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, the first newspaper printed in Washington, D.C. Abstracts include advertisements, marriages, deaths (both natural and

Mr. Edgar once again brings his information yet entertaining and very readable style of writing to bear in this final piece of his trilogy on the early years of the American Revolution. As in his other books, he seamlessly weaves into his narrative many p

This is the fifth in a series of volumes which intends to extract all of the useful genealogical data from the revolutionary pension and bounty land warrant records dealing with Virginians and West Virginians in the 2, 670 rolls of microfilm at the Nationa

The court records presented in this book involve land disputes, crimes such as theft or assault, inheritance disputes, appointment of officials such as surveyors or overseers of the poor, granting of business licensees, adoptions, payment of debts, incide

This concise 3, 000-year history of the Celts is packed with facts never before assembled together in a single volume. Much of this information cannot be found even in previous books written about the Celts. While of obvious interest to the 40 million Amer

This work relates principally to the Revolutionary period in the western and southwestern half of the state, particularly in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Rowan, Iredell, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleaveland, Burke and Wilkes counties, with some mention of the adjoining

This is the third volume in a series of materials relating to warfare on the Upper Ohio between the end of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and Anthony Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers (1794). Previously unpublished, these papers are part of the pri

No census exists for the years covered in this book-a time when settlers were flooding into Tennessee in record numbers as a result of the subjugation of the hitherto troublesome Indians. Some settlers stayed on permanently, while others just stopped over

This biography of one of America's rugged frontier heroes is packed with his exciting adventures, crafty escapes, and violent battles against the backdrop of an untamed early American wilderness in KY, PA, WV and OH. Includes an overview of the Wetzel fam

There is a true story about a handsome, young Virginia, Presley Neveille O'Bannon, which involved the Barbary Coast in Africa, a 700-mile march across the sinister Barca Desert in Libya, and the strange Tripolitan War." Thus opens this inspired text, a s

During this time period, Madison County included all of the present-day Clay, Jackson and Owsley Counties and parts of Breathitt, Estill, Garrard, Lee, Leslie and Rockcastle Counties. This collection of abstracts is largely but not solely based on the Min

The author took great care to trace and transcribe the gravestone inscriptions included in this book. He recorded entire inscriptions, which typically included the individual's name and date of death but could also include such information as age, date of