Descendants of three brothers, William, Joseph Franklin and Robert David Early, who first came to Knox County, Kentucky in 1801-1803. They moved to Sullivan Co., Tennessee and later moved back to Knox County, Kentucky. 1. William Early (1776-1813) was born in Washington Co., Virginia. He married Hannah Laughlin (1779-ca. 1863), daughter of John Jr. and Mary Price Laughlin, 1802 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee. Hannah married (2) James Helton (d. 1851) 1816 in Knox Co., Ky. They divorced 1837. 2. Joseph Franklin Early (1779-1845) was born in Washington Co., Va. He married Elizabeth Pemberton (1787-1861), daughter of William and Nancy Sherwood Pemberton, 1805 in Washington Co., Va. He was appoin- ted to Lieutenant Colonel, and Commander, State of Kentucky Militia of Knox County in 1814. 3. Robert David Early was possibly a twin of Joseph Franklin Early. He married Elizabeth Dryden, daughter of David III and Mary Buchanan Dryden in 1810. They lived in or near Bristol, Tennessee in 1811. They returned to Knox Co. in 1818. He died 1844 in Whitley Co., Ky. Descendants live in Kentucky, Indiana, Texas, Washington and else- where.

Gustavus Boswell lived in Charles County, Maryland during the Revolutionary War period and later in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina, finally settling in Alabama where he died after 1836. Descendants lived in North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and elsewhere.

Mary Gordon Duffee wrote in 1892: "When the drums beat, and the bugles called for men to march to the front, I tell you old Blount responded nobly, and sent hundreds of her gallant sons to march, fight, suffer and die for the flag that now lies furled forever." This series of books identifies Confederate soldiers who enlisted from the Blount County area, plus those who moved to Blount County after the Civil War. Company rosters are captured and service records, pension applications, birth dates, spouses and marriage dates, newspaper clippings and obituaries, and pictures are contained in these volumes. This is the first time ever all this information has been available in a single reference book. Cavalry companies examined here include: 12th Alabama Cavalry, Companies B and C; 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Company G; Lewis Battalion Alabama Cavalry, Companies B and E; Graves, Barbiere, and Stewart's Alabama Cavalry; Holloway's Escort; and the 3rd Confederate Cavalry, Company D.

John Clanton (b.1609) immigrated to Virginia from Britain in 1635. His son, William (d.1726) was the father of four children who lived in Virginia and North Carolina. A great-grandson of William, Moses Clanton (1810-1880) was born in South Carolina and eventually died in Alabama. Moses was married twice and was the father of eight children. Descendants live in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas.

This unique state-by-state directory covers monuments, memorials, museums, markers, statues and library collections that relate to the veterans, weapons, vehicles, airplanes, victims or any other aspect of war in which the United States participated. While a site may have been created before 1900 (such as a fort), there must be some operational or historical tie to a twentieth century conflict to be included here. General collections, such as museums of aviation, are included if they house materials related to a twentieth century conflict. The coverage is so thorough that statues honoring veterans of the Civil War appear if veterans of later wars are on their rosters of honorees. Another example of the comprehensiveness of this compilation is in the inclusion of memorials to victims of war such as the Holocaust Museum in Houston, Texas. For each site, the following information is given: street address, phone number, website and email address (if applicable), days and hours of operation, admission fees, other necessary information, and a brief description of the site.

Thomas High was born in England in 1647 and died in Virginia in 1687. He married Hannah Clements, the daughter of John Clements. Their children included John. Other localities include North Carolina, California, Arkansas, Texas, Florida and Tennessee.