"In this reprint edition the contents [of the original 34 volumes] have been rearranged, re-typed, and consolidated in three hardcover volumes, each with its own master index."--Title page verso.

William Grant was born about 1670 in Northern Scotland, and immigrated to Virginia between 1690 and 1700. His first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1718/21. He married (2) Elizabeth Kill. In 1721 King George County was set off from Richmond County making the land holdings of William Grant then in King George County, Virginia. He married (3) Alice (d. 1734), who moved away from William Grant and resided in Westmoreland Co., Va. where she died. William Grant died in 1734 in King George Co., Va. Descendants live in Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Indiana, Iowa and elsewhere.