Search Results: Genealogy from Books About The South

DeLhi, New York: The Republican Express, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/None Present. VG/1st ed. This book is rare; I find no other for sale, and only one listed in a genealogy library in Salt Lake City Utah. The cloth covering the boards is mottled, or is disolving, but no boards are exposed. Binding is tight, with a line of the binder's glue darkening at the front and back gutter. Title in gold on front cover. Samll book label from previous owner on front pasteddwn. Some very light spotting on page edges. Higher quality paper. No marking or soiling to interior of book. 350 pages of text. Excellent candidate for rebinding. Excellent genealogy and historical reference for local families. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, which is a good idea because of the cloth and you can't just buy another copy---Let me know and I'll pop it in the mail to you.

Cambridge MA: The Greenewood Press, 1964. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/First Edition This is a great copy; bright red covers, gold gilt title on the spine, square . Prior to 1805 land in Georgia was distributed by a headright system. Book is clean and tight, with no markings or soiling, several spots of color lost on cloth. Very light shelf wear on all corners. No previous owner labels, not an ex-library book or remainder.. There is one very small section on the front cover that has faded (looks like a price tag may have been attached). The body of this book( pages 1 through 393 ) consists of a transcription of all data in the original Land Lottery manuscript, which is located in the Georgia Department of Archives and History in Atlanta. The introduction explains the act authorizing the 1805 Land lottery, who was eligible, and how many draws the participants were allowed. The next pages (xiii-xxi)reproduce the Act itself. The authors transcribed and index the lottery… Read More

Decatur Georgia: The Genealogy Company, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. VG+/1st ed. A clean bright copy, with a firm sewn binding, and bright white pages that are unmarked. Maroon cloth over boards with gold lettering on front panel and spine. 628pp., the land lottery process, how to use the text, abbrevations, list of persons entitled to draws, etc. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Washington DC: Privately Published, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VG/1st ed./signed and inscribed by author. This is a first edition; clean and tightly bound, no wear to cloth over boards, title on spine easily read, but gilt is not bright. Both pastedown and free endpapers are maps of Huntingdonshire. Pages are clean , with several small ink corrections made in accordance to a correction sheet laid in of corrections made by author. Also a review from the National Genealogical Society Quarterly(9/1977) about the book. 584pp., full page fold out map, photos, family trees. coats of arms, index of names. Some of the allied families listed include: Boweerman, Hoo, Carew, Saunders, Lacy, Wymberly, etc. Not a remainder or ex-library. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Vidalia, Georgia: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr., 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/None as Issued. VG+/1st ed./Signed by Previous Owner. Very nice copy with just a touch of wear at the corners. No break to the navy blue cloth over boards; gold lettering on front panel and spine. No soiling exterior or interior, no foxing, no markings. Not ex library or remainder copy. This copy was owned by historian Virginia Steele Wood and was signed on the front pastedown. Ms. Wood has written several books about Coastal Georgia over the last 10 years. 638pp., a couple of pictures of important historical homes in Abbeville, and an Alphabetical Index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag. I can drop it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Miami Florida: Privately Published, 1954. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+/None as Issued. VG+/First Edition/Signed by Previous Owner. From the library of Virginia Steele Wood, a historian and author who has written several books about Coastal Geogia, There is a note on the inside cover stating that the book was a gift from the author for a review and signed and dated by Mrs. Wood. Her last name appears on the outide corner of the front cover. There are two or three cracks in the paper binding which is firmly attached to covers, and a small crease on the lower front corner. Slick pages to the interior, no writing or marking and a firm binding. Clean inside and out. Comes to you in an archival storage bag. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.. BASJ

New York, NY: Post Road Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NF/NF/1st ed.,stated. This first edition is a collectible copy -- not a remainder or ex-library and is in great shape. Tightly bound, square, with white unmarked pages. The dust jacket has great even color, is not price clipped, has no nicks or tears and has now been covered with a mylar sleeve. 423pp., maps, illustrations, sources, notes, illustration credits, index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Sumter, South Carolina: Osteen Publishing, 1939. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+. VG+/1st. Ancestry and Descendants of Sarah Morse Haynsworth. A South Carolina Supplement to the Histories of the Morse, (Moss), Tomlinson, Welles, Curtis, and Shelton Families of Connecticut. 83 pages with some ink notations in margins. Blue cloth cover has some spots of fading. Binding is tight, pages slightly tanned and previous owners (family) name on front free endpaper. Housed in an acid free document bag for storage and I can get it in the mail to you tomorrow. BASL

Markham VA: Apple Manor Press. Reprint . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. F/reprint/circa 2015. A clean, 605 page trade paperback that does not appear to have been read, Lots of illustrations, some maps, and some portraits, and of course, lots of history. Binding is tight, print appears a little larger than average. Small bump at top edge of spine. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can box this up and have it in the mail tomorrow. BASK

Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 1963. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. F/NF/1st ed. A near prefect copy of the early history of Thomas County Georgia, which sits right on the Florida-Georgia line. There is some very light shelf wear at the very bottom of the dust jacket from shelfwear. This is the blue dust jacket, which has been covered with a new mylar sleeve. Contains reproduced early photos and documents, bibliography, appendices and an index. Covers from founding of county through the beginning of the Civil War. Information on early county occupants. Housed in an acid free document bag for storage, I can zip this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Atlanta Georgia: The Georgia Department of Archives and History, 1955. Soft cover. Very Good. VG/1955 A really solid copy, clean and well bound; the major flaw is a light tanning to the page edges and a slight tanning to the pages. 78 pages. No marking to text. There is an inscription to a previous owner from the Director of the Georgia Department of Archives and History at the time of publication. Scarce publication. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it the mail tomorrow. BRBAS

Auburn, Alabama: Warren Enterprises, 1977. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/!st ed. Nice copy of this scarce and out of print family genealogy and history. Some light soiling and spotting to covers, a few spots in interior. 128pp. Appendices (a) with quite a few documents and three appendice b)Campbell Family, c) Tankersley Family, d) Bice Family). Linage chart. No writing in text and a tight binding. I own this book and can have it in the mail to you tomorrow.

Fayetteville Arkansas: The University of Arkansas Press, 1996. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed., 1st. prntng./Signed. Black Savannah focuses upon efforts of African Americans, free and slave, who worked together to establish and maintain a variety of religious, social, and cultural institutions to carve out niches in the larger economy: and to form cohesive families. The result was an autonomous black community in a key city of the Old South. Among the most interesting groups that created Savannah's community, however, were "nominal slaves," slaves in name only who lived apart from their masters, seeking and finding their own employment. Book Condition is Fine; marbled black and white paper over boards with black cloth over spine, white lettering. 242pp. First Edition, first printing. Boldly signed and inscribed on half title page. Notes, Bibliography, index. Several appexdix. Book is clean, and tightly bound. No writing or markings to interior. Very attractive due to… Read More

St. Simons Island Georgia: Fort Frederica Association, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VG/2000. 43 page biography of of Captain Demere's life in early Colonial Georgi. Firmly stapled, clean and white inside and out. Includes Demere family members through the Civil War. 43 pp., a few illustrations, bibliography, index. Scarce. Comes to you in an acid free archival bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail to you tomorrow. BRBAS

Richmond Virginia: Garrett and Massie Inc., 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. VG/Reprint. A nice clean reprint with a tight binding. Occassional light foxing, one page has a correction in ink at the bottom of the page( I didn't see anymore marking). Not a collectible copy, but an excellent working copy. 707pp., b&w photos and illustrations, index, appendix. Family history starts in England. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Macclenny, FL: Baker County Historical Society, 1993. First Edition. . Paperback. Very Good+/None Isssued. VG+/0/1st ed. This spiral backed copy of Cedar Creek and Turner Cemeteries is an inventory of all known persons interned in these 2 cemeteries. Cedar Creek Cemetery is thought to have quite a few unmarked graves of Johnson and Harvey families. The book is divided in 2 with a section for each cemetery. Each section has a map. Book is very clean with all of the spiral backing securely in place. Pages are all present and unmarked. Front lower corner has a wrinkle Previous owners name at bottom of front cover and dated. I found no other copies of this publication for sale. BOXA

Albany Georgia: Alden Associates, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/None Issued. VG+/1st ed./Signed by Previous Owner. A clean tight copy, square corners with brown lettering on front panel and pebbled texture finsih over boards. Clean bright unmarked pages. Previously owned by historian and author Virginia S. Wood--signed by Mrs. Wood and dated Sept 22, 1972. List after list of information about Wilkes County, which was created from the northern section of St. Paul's Parish. In order to attract settlers after the Revolutionary War, Georgia granted headrights and bounty lands to all Revolutionary Soldiers. This 157 page book inclues many early records, made into alphabetical list. A few of the list are: Wilkes County Early Marriage Records ( the earliest I see offhand is 1792), Wilkes County Tax List (1792), Wilkes County Land Lottery Fortunate Drawers(1827), Cherokee Land Lottery (for Revolutionary Soldiers and Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers living in Wilkes County,… Read More

Brunswick, GA: Reagin Publishing Company, 2000. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. F/0/1st. Ed. /Signed. It has been more than forty years since the last compilation of the cemetery records of McIntosh County was issued. The Cemetery Records of McIntosh County, Georgia, compiled in 1958 by Mrs. Evie White, unfortunately has proved to be only of marginal use as a reference for genealogists and other researches, as it does not include all of the white cemeteries of the county, nor does it include any of the African-American cemeteries. With the completion of the present study, compiled and published under the auspices of the Lower Altamaha Historical Society, McIntosh County now has its most comprehensive collection of cemetery records to date. The present effort includes all McIntosh County cemeteries, black and white, with recorded burials dating from colonial times to the present. Book Condition is Fine; green buckram over boards with gold lettering to front and spine. 393pp. First… Read More

Homerville Georgia: Huxford Genealogical Society. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. A very clean copy of a scarce publication. No soiling to cover or to interior. The black Spiral binding is complete. 35 pages, 38 cemeteries located in Brantley County Georgia. This list was prepared by the Huxford Genealogical Society. BOXB

Macclenny, FL: Baker County Historical Society, 1993. First Edition. . Paperback. Near Fine/None Issued. NF/0/1st ed. Two volume set from Baker County Historical Society (Macclenny, FL). Clean, spiral bound with no marking with the exception of previous owners name on first page. 252 pages, directions to each cemetery and 2 blank pages for corrections after each section. Great genealogy material. Contains information of the following cemeteries: Braddock, Brandy Branch, Brickyard, Bryce, Conner/Green, Haddock, Keen King's Ferry, Live Oak, Mill Creek, Motes, Nathaleen, Norton, Pigeon Creek Pringle, River Road, Rowe, Verdie. (Vol. 2) Bell, Buford Grove, Higginbotham/Evergreen, Higginbotham/Little, Higginbotham/Page, Highes, Jones, Judd, No Name, O'Neal, Wilder. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Boxed for mailing--and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BOXB