This new book is a systematic presentation of all known information on Cabarrus County, North Carolina families from its inception until the end of the War of 1812. The author extracted her findings from the 1790 Mecklenburg County census, the 1800 Cabarrus census, court records, Mecklenburg County deed records, marriage records, wills, and newspaper obituaries. In all, the volume identifies 2,000 early families in Cabarrus County and perhaps five times as many persons overall.

John Morrison (ca. 1726-1777), son of William Morrison and Janet Hall, was born in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. He married Mary Morrison (1732-1781), born in Scotland. John immigrated to America and possibly settled in Pennsylvania before coming to North Carolina. Both died in Mecklenburg County, N.C. (possibly present day Cabarrus County). Descendants lived in North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and elsewhere.

James Morrison was a son of William Morrison and Janet Hall of Scotland and married Jennet Morrison in 1757 probably in Pennsylvania. He is buried in Concord, North Carolina. Although many of their descendants are found in North Carolina others are found around the United States especially in the South.

Following up on her 2004 work, "Families of Cabarrus County, North Carolina," Kathleen Marler has now assembled an alphabetically arranged collection of abstracts of early inhabitants of Mecklenburg County, the parent county of Cabarrus. The principal sources for her new book are Mecklenburg County Deed Volumes 1-3 (July 1778 through September 1786), Mecklenburg wills, the 1790 U.S. Census for Mecklenburg County, and several other primary and secondary sources.

William and Archibald White emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1763 to North Carolina. Descendants of these brothers lived Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina mostly. Includes the allied families of Lore and Walker.