"Anecdotes, tidbits and documents to provide insight into the lives of members of the Peterson, Freeland, gardner, Snider, Hurt and many other families of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Also, data on the Arnold family of Texas, the Ochs family of Tennessee and New York, the Wilder family of Vermont, the Barr family of Pennsylvania, and many others."--Back cover.

[Adjoining counties are not named specifically in the book but records appear to be from Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Graves, Hardin, Hickman, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, Todd, and Trigg Counties in Kentucky. Additional named locations from other states are: Talbot and Woodland counties in Georgia; Johnson and Pope Counties in Illinois; Craven, Maclenberg, Martin, Rockingham, Surrey and Warren Counties in North Carolina; Carroll, Henry, Maury, Montgomery, Stewart, Sumner, Weakly, White, Williamson and Wilson Counties in Tennessee; Albemarle, Brunswick, Cumberland, Halifax, Pittsylvania and Powhatan Counties in Virginia.].