George Pegram probably immigrated from England to York County, Virginia in the 1680s; he died after March 1693/94 and before 1704. Descen- dants and relatives lived in Virginia, Maryland, New York, Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and elsewhere.

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.

Lee's Young Artillerist looks at Pegram as a case study to explore the worldview of slaveholders in the antebellum South.

The hero of the War of 1812, the conqueror of Mexico City in the Mexican-American War, and Abraham Lincoln’s top soldier during the first six months of the Civil War, General Winfield Scott was a seminal force in the early expansion and consolidation of the American republic. John S. D. Eisenhower explores how Scott, who served under fourteen presidents, played a leading role in the development of the United States Army from a tiny, loosely organized, politics-dominated establishment to a disciplined professional force capable of effective and sustained campaigning.

Cheney Boyce (ca. 1598-1643) immigrated to Virginia, ca. 1617. He and his wife, Joyce (ca. 1615-after 1661) were married ca. 1637 in Charles City County, Virginia. Their granddaughter, Bethia Boyce (ca. 1667-1725) was born in Charles City County, the daughter of Thomas Boyce (ca. 1638-after 1665). She married John Scott (ca. 1660-1724) ca. 1685. They had six children, ca. 1687-ca. 1697. John and Bethia Boyce Scott died in Prince George County, Virginia. Descendants listed, to ca. 1885, lived in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and elsewhere.