"Moore County, NC, has long been a challenging place to do genealogical research due to the immense loss of records in the 1889 Moore County courthouse fire. ...Instead of abstracting the various census records, every actual Moore County Census record from 1790-1850 is reproduced in its entirety. While these records are available online, the volume brings the first sixty years of census records of Moore County under one cover and is fully indexed for ease of research. The surviving tax lists from 1777-1818/1823 are also included as an added bonus."--Page ix.