By: Goodspeed Publishing Company, Orig. Pub. 1886, Reprinted 1979, 129 pages, New Index, Soft Cover, ISBN #0-89308-113-2.
This book is one volume of a set of 14 books on Tennessee history & genealogy. The set is probably one of the MOST VALUABLE set of books ever published on Tennessee Families. This book is divided into two main sections. The first covers the history of the counties while the second covers biographical sketches of the early citizens of the counties with many references dating well back into the 1700's. This volume contains biographical sketches of some 222 individuals and genealogical data on some 1000 other families/individuals.