Records of the settlers of Northern Montgomery, Robertson and sumner Counties, Tennessee.

William Livingston (b.ca. 1607), son of William, emigrated from Scotland to County Down, Ireland in the 1630s. George, Henry and William Livingston (brothers and grandsons of William) emigrated from Ireland to South Carolina (some via Barbados). Descendants lived in South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, New York and elsewhere.

This invaluable index, by two distinguished genealogists, has long been regarded as one of the most important sourcebooks in Tennessee genealogy. It documents over 41,500 entries covering all 62 counties for which antebellum estate records have survived. It is arranged by surname, so the entire list of wills of any given family in the state can be found under one heading. With few exceptions, the names in the index were taken from microfilmed copies of the original county records.

"The following pages contain records of apprenticeships in the counties of West Tennessee from the earliest surviving records until the practice became uncommon, usually in the late 1870's or 1880's"--Introduction.