Chief among its contents we find abstracts of land grants, court records, conveyances, births, deaths, marriages, wills, petitions, military records (including a list of North Carolina Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Line, 1775-1782), licenses, and oaths. The abstracts derive from records now located in the state archives and from the public records of the following present-day counties of the Old Albemarle region: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington, and the Virginia counties of Surry and Isle of Wight.

A family history book of CONE ancestry and history. Arriving in Isle of Wight, Virginia initially; then branches began spreading out, North Carolina. Washington Co. Georgia, then Greenville and Madison, Florida - Fountain Cone ancestors and descendants. Many resources have been used to gather the research material. Sure to be a great book for the Cone family. descendants.

Descendants are located in Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, Iowa and elsewhere.