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Probably the finest genealogical record ever compiled on the people of ancient Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, this work consists of extensive source records and documented family sketches. Collectively, what is presented here is a veritable history of a people--a "tribe" of people--who settled in the valley between the Yadkin and Catawba rivers more than two hundred years ago. The object of the book is to show where these people originated and what became of them and their descendants. Included among the source records are the various lists of the Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration; Abstracts of Some Ancient Items from Mecklenburg County Records; Marriage Records and Relationships of Mecklenburg People; List of Public Officials of Mecklenburg County, 1775-1785; First U.S. Census of 1790 by Districts; Tombstone Inscriptions; and Sketches of the Mecklenburg Signers. The work concludes with indexes of subjects and places, as well as a name index of 5,000 persons.

NOTE: This is Part III of Worth Ray's famous The Lost Tribes of North Carolina. Like the other parts, it stands on its own and is always published separately. The other books in this series are as follows:

Part I: Index and Digest to Hathaway's North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register
Part II: Colonial Granville County [North Carolina] and Its People
Part IV: Old Albemarle and Its Absentee Landlords