Matthew Talbot I, (1699-1758) immigrated to Maryland from England about 1720. In 1721, he married Mary Williston (d. 1736). They had two children in Maryland before migrating to Virginia. He married Minnie Jane Isham Clayton in 1737. Descendants lived also in North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, California and elsewhere.

"The first known Ewell to land in America was Henry Ewell from County Kent, England. He landed at Scituate (Massachusetts) in 1634, part of the Pilgrim group that formed the Plymouth Colony. Henry settled in the town of Scituate, there married Sarah Annable and fathered eleven children." Descendants of Henry Ewell and other branches of the Ewell family lived in New England, New York, North Carolina, Illinois, Utah, and elsewhere.

Tommy Lewis Barnett was born in 1904 near Mount Comfort, Washington County, Arkansas. His parents were Marcus Elbert Barnett and Georgia Pearl Massey. He married Mary Grace Boss in 1924. They had six children. He died in 1992. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Arkansas and Tennessee.

Campbell A. Vance (1809-1866) was born in Union County, South Carolina and married Letitia Gregory (1809-1857) and lived in Daviess County, Indiana. Descendants and relatives lived in Indiana, Illinois and elsewhere.

Jacob, William and Elisha Dyer of one family and Richard, Francis and Henry Dyer of another family were all in Tennessee before or soon after 1790. Alexander Dyer (1790-1856) was born on the ocean when his parents, David and Sallie, emigrated from Ireland to Tennessee. He married Mary King. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Oregon and elsewhere.

Peter Youngblood, a Palatine, was born prior to the early 1700's. He arrived in America prior to 1728 and settled in disputed territory between Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Frederick County, Maryland. He later lived in Orange County, North Carolina, Georgia, and the Orangeburg District of South Carolina. Here he served with the militia during the Revolutionary War. He died ca. 1788. His son, Samuel, lived in Abbeville County, South Carolina....

Chiefly ancestors and relatives of Jay Cook Grimes, the author of this book. Jay Cook Grimes, son of William Henry and Nancy Elizabeth Cook Grimes, was born 20 February, 1890 in Wayne County, Tennessee. On 4 August 1924 he married Charlotte Ella Busey, daughter of " ... Dr. John Francis and Ella (Lowery) Busey, of Frisco City, Alabama."--P. 29. Ancestor Wilson Grimes (1801-1866) married Rachel Car in 1822, and in 1826 moved from Maury County...

Chiefly ancestors and some of their descendants and descendants of Braxton Bragg Comer, "...planter, cotton manufacturer, president of the Alabama Railroad Commission, 1905-1906, governor of Alabama, 1907-1911, and United States Senator, 1920..."--P.180. Braxton Bragg Comer was born 7 November 1848, the fourth child of John Fletcher and Catharine Drewry Comer at Old Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama. He married Eva Jane Harris, daughter of John...

John Jackson (Jack) Berry was born 15 June 1818 in Edgefield, South Carolina, posssibly the son of Wiley H. and Mildred Rountree Berry. John had a twin brother named Peter. In 1847 John, along with other families from Edgefield migrated to Cherokee County, Texas settling in a community they first called Edgefield. In 1854 the name of the community was changed to Sardis. On 9 January 1849, John married Francis Elamanda (Mandy) Nicholson. She died...

John Steel Camp (1784-1848) was a descendant of Thomas Camp (1741-1814) and Susannah Roundtree. They were married in Virginia, migrated to North Carolina and then to Pulaski County, Kentucky. John was born in Rutherford Co., N. C. He married twice, Dotty Morris and Jane Ann Powers. He died in Dickeyville, Indiana.