Brimming with information, this text begins with Scott County territory as claimed by the French prior to 1763. The final chapters include interesting facts and figures from a survey made in 1930. Filling the pages between with great variety, Addington shares an abundance of knowledge.

The first Hilton of Maryland know to be a definite ancestor of the Scott County, Virginia, family is Andrew Hilton. Andrew was probably born in St. Mary's County, Maryland. His wife died after 1744 and before 1749. He died about 1746.

Hugh Malvern Harris was born 6 March 1924 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His parents were William Franklin Harris (1897-1968) and Marian Maxine Magruder (b. 1905). He married Angeline Agnes Block 19 February 1955 in Riverton, Wyoming. They had a son and a daughter. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina.