This volume is largely a sourcebook of genealogical and historical materials compiled from public records of the counties of Rockingham, Augusta, Greenbrier, Wythe, and Montgomery. Contents include Rockingham Marriages, 1795-1825; Rockingham Landowners, 1789; Augusta County Church Records, 1756-1844; Men in Service Against the Indians, 1774; Rockingham Militia, 1788; Early Settlers in East Rockingham; Extracts from Augusta Court Records; and Rockingham Wills. The book also includes sketches of a number of families in the area, among them Bowman, Cassell, Connelly, Craig, Custer, Harnsberger, Hooke, Keesling, Kemper, Kisling, Laird, Miller, Simmern, Sourwine, Spence, and Walker.