The families discussed in this book were selected by the author because they were living in the area when Barbour County was founded in 1832 from parts of Pike and Henry counties and from Creek Indian lands. They are: Adams, Ball, Beasley, Beauchamp, Bennett, Bush, Byrd, Cadenhead, Campbell, Childs, Cole, Cox, Creech, Crews, Dansby, Deshazo, Eades, Efurd, Hartzog, Harwell, Head, Henderson, Hell, Hix, Hobdy, Hood, Jackson, Jernigan, Johnson, Johnston, McKenzie, McLeod, McLean, McRae, McSwean, Mann, Minshew, Nix, Norton, Parmer, Payne, Peterson, Pitts, Pruett, Pugh, Purifoy, Pynes, Richards, Shipman, Siler, Sutton, Swilley, Thomas, Utsey, Ventress, Walker, Ward, Warren, Watson, Williamson, Williams, Willis, Windham, Winslett, Wise, Wood and Zorn.