Hugh Smithwick was an early resident of North Carolina. He died before 1694. He was probably born in England and was married to Elizabeth. They were the parents of six children. Information on the descendants of four of them are included in this volume. He became a large land owner near the Albemarle Bay. Some of his descendants have become members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Descendants now live throughout the United States, especially in the southern and western states.

James Robert Smithwick (1822-1872) of North Carolina married Frances Ann Allen (1834-1908) in 1850. Includes information on some of their descendants as well as earlier Smithwicks such as Hugh Smithwick, "one of the earliest settlers on the Yoppin River, 1661-1662, Albemarle (North Carolina).".

This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.

Descendants are located mainly in North Carolina.