Peter Cagle (perhaps Kagelmacher) immigrated about 1700 from Germany to Pennsylvania, and settled in the old Anson (now Lincoln) County, North Carolina. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and elsewhere. Includes other Cagle immigrants and some of their descendants. Includes genealogical data on Cagle individuals and families (chiefly from federal census).

"An account of the Cagle pioneers of Hancock, Jones, Columbia, Jackson, Clarke and Oconee counties from the time of their earliest arrival in the 1790s to the time of the federal census of 1850"--T.p.

This book contains sections on pottery, painting, sculpture, decorated furniture, textiles and more.