Here is an essential guide to the formation and historical highlights of 100 Tennessee counties in existence at the time of the work's original publication in 1923. Each essay gives the county's date of formation, the names of all parent counties, the names of some of its earliest pioneers and landowners, the dates its courts were organized, locations of county seats, and additional information on each county's topography and economy.

The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.

Johann George Kirshner (ca.1695-1748) and his family emigrated in 1731 from the Palatinate of Germany and settled in Prince George County, Maryland. Descendants (most using the surname of Kershner) lived throughout the United States. Includes other Kershner immigrants and their descendants.