This publication offers a thorough compilation of Hardeman County, Tennessee court records spanning the years 1827 to 1829, along with the original full-name index which refers to the page number in the original document. "The WPA Records are, for the most part, carbon copies of the original that was typed on onion skin paper during the Depression. Since these records were typed on poor machines by people who did not type well either or read by persons not always sure of the older handwritten material, the results are often less than perfect. ... Sometimes there are water stains and burned edges around the paper."

Thomas Kilgore Sr. was born ca. 1712 and lived in Orange Co., North Carolina. In the Orange County Court minutes of 1764, Thomas was recorded working with others on road duty. He married Lydia (surname unknown) sometime prior to 1759 in North Carolina. By the year 1789 they moved to Robertson Co., Tennessee. They were the parents of four known children. Thomas died in 1822 at the age of 110. Descendants lived primarily in Tennessee, North Carolina and elsewhere.