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By: Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William J. Hinke, Orig. Pub. 1934, 734 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-612-6. This 2 volume set of books is a consolidation of 506 original lists of persons who arrived in Pennsylvania through the port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808. Information to be found within: immigrants name, ages, occupation, birth place, names of ships, dates of arrival, and places of origin. This volume #2 covers 182 lists for the period 1785-1808 along with the index which mentions the names of approximately 50,000 persons. All information was compiled from the state archives.

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 father the western movement. This book is filled from cover to cover with biographical sketches of these early settlers/pioneers who came to this new frontier. These biographical sketches are in GREAT detail, giving wonderful loads of information, like: the names of parents, grandparents, spouses, children, former residences (such as: NC, VA, NJ, England), births, deaths, education, travels, occupation, military service, land holdings and many, many other useful pieces of that genealogical puzzle that you have been looking for.

By: Ralph Beaver Strassburger and William J. Hinke, Orig. Pub. 1934, 828 pages, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-611-8. This 2 volume set of books is a consolidation of 506 original lists of persons who arrived in Pennsylvania through the port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808. Information to be found within: immigrants name, ages, occupation, birth place, names of ships, dates of arrival, and places of origin. All information was compiled from the state archives. This volume I covers the period 1727-1775 and contains 324 ship passenger lists, including captains' lists, signers of the oath of allegiance, and signers of the oath of abjuration. The index for this volume is to be found in volume 2 of this set of books and mentions approximately 50,000 persons.

By: Oren Morton, Pub. 1916, Reprinted 2019, 556 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-024-1. Monroe County was created in 1799 from Greenbrier County, WV. Which in turn was created out of Botetourt, VA and in turn from Augusta county, VA. It lies in the southeastern corner of the state boarding Virginia. This book begins with a detailed history of the county covering such topics as: creation of the county, geography, Indians, religion, towns & villages, agriculture, slavery, its involvement in various wars, the Militia system & its officiers and miscellanious other data. The reader will also discover that the author has included abstracts of Greenbrier record books and petitions for 1780- 1800 and Monroe county for 1799-1860. Also surveys and patents under Augusta, VA. Botetourt, VA., and Greenbrier County, WV Along with early land conveyances mostly under Greenbrier County, WV. 1786-1815. Approximately 25% of this book is devoted to biographical sketches of 292 early settlers of the county.

By: Harrison D. Taylor, Pub. 1926, Reprinted 2019, 224 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-903-6. Ohio County was created in 1798 from Hardin County. It sits in the western portion of the state with its northern boundry being the Ohio River for which it received its name but in 1829 was divided to create the counties of Davies and Hancock. The reader will discover genealogical data on early families, data concerning Ohio county in the War of 1812, early land titles, biographies of early citizens and approximately 2,500 marriage records prior to 1840.

By: Walter S. McClain, Pub. 1925, Reprinted 2019, 156 pages, ISBN #0-89308-873-0. Putnam County was created in 1842 from parts of: White, Overton, Jackson, Smith & DeKalb Counties. This book is similar to other county history books of the era, in that it discusses the counties development thru such things as social life, economy, geology/topagraphy of the county, and a section on biographical sketches of some of its early residents.

By: Alexander McDonald Walker, Pub. 1960-1962, Reprinted 2019, Vol. #3&4, (1786-1800): 258 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-937-0. New Hanover was created in 1729 as New Hanover precient of Bath County which was later desolved. It is the parent county to Brunswick, Duplin and Pender Counties. It sits on the Atlantic Ocean in the Southeastern portion of the state. It is surrounded by: Brunswick, Bladen, Duplin, Onslow and Sampson Counties. The court was held 4 times a year and heard such cases of assault, batteries, trespass, all breaches of the peace. They held authority of administration in intestate estates and orphans, granted license to build water grist mills, to taverns and ordinaries, and to build and maintain public ferries. The court also appointed Constables and Overseers of Roads, and named the men who lived within the bounds to keep them in repair, as well as recommending three persons to the Governor, of whom one was made Sheriff, as well as imposing taxes for roads, courthouses and goals, appointed all county officers, civil and military, all lists of Jurors and probates of Wills. These records are extremely valuable for the researcher, especially if an ancestor died intestate (without a will), and in some instances a person may be listed in these court records and nowhere else in the county records.

By: Robert Ewing Corlew, Pub. 1956, Reprinted 2019, 244 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-028-4.Dickson County was created in 1803 from Montgomery and Robertson counties. This land was first settled in 1793 when the State of North Carolina started issuing grants to persons with Revolutionary service. This book is not too different from other county history books of this era. With such topics as trade and transportation, labor, farming, politics, and race relations - all important in the development of the county - are 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.

By: W.P.A., Orig. Pub. 1941, reprinted 2019, 152 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-972-9.Obion County was created in 1823 from the Western District. It sits in the north-western corner of the state boarding the Kentucky and Missouri. The court was held 4 times a year and heard such cases of assault, batteries, trespass, all breaches of the peace. They held authority of administration in intestate estates and orphans, granted license to build water grist mills, to taverns and ordinaries, and to build and maintain public ferries. The court also appointed Constables and Overseers of Roads, and named the men who lived within the bounds to keep them in repair, as well as recommending three persons to the Governor, of whom one was made Sheriff, as well as imposing taxes for roads, courthouses and goals, appointed all county officers, civil and military, all lists of Jurors and probates of Wills. These records are extremely valuable for the researcher, especially if an ancestor died intestate (without a will), and in some instances a person may be listed in these court records and nowhere else in the county records.

By: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, Pub. 1959, Reprint 2019, 152 pages, soft cover, Index, 0-89308-894-3 Cooper County was created in 1819 from Indians lands. It sits in the heart or central portion of the state. It is the parent / grandparent county in whole or part to: Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cole, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Pettis, Saline, & St. Clair.

By: NJ Dept. of State, Pub. 1912, Reprinted 2019, 516 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-813-7. This must have set of books indexes New Jersey wills and probate records from 1663 through 1900. The 3 volumes together contain more than 185,000 entries, arranged by county with each entry being listed alphabetically under the name of the testator and intestate. This volume #1 covers the counties of: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, and Essex. Information found with in: the number of the will, the year of probate along with references to papers and records connected with them. Special Note: volume three also has alphabetical indexes to the unrecorded wills and New Jersey prerogative wills. All of the wills indexed in this reprint volumes are now in the Bureau of Archives and History in the New Jersey State Library in Trenton, and hence these indexes serve as a valuable guide to further information.