Compiled by Shirley Brittain Cawyer. Hardbound (1988), 617 pages + ix, every-name index.

Traces antecedents and descendants of James Brittain (a Revolutionary War soldier) and Delilah Stringfield of Buncombe County, North Carolina. Descendants lived in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Texas, as well as other states. Based on 20 years of research. The index contains over 16,000 names.

Related families: Allen, Allison, Anderson, Barnett, Barton, Bean, Bell, Black, Blackstock, Boger, Brackett, Bradshaw, Brindley, Burgin, Burns, Butler, Carter, Clayton, Cline, Cochran, Combs, Coomer, Coleman, Cook, Corpening, Cowan, Crisman, Crocker, Crowell, Davidson, Davis, Dickey, Dinsmore, Duncan, Dupree, Edwards, Evans, Ferguson, Foster, Fowler, Franklin, Frier, Garren, Garrett, Glenn, Gray, Greer, Gregory, Gruwell, Hall, Hamilton, Hardin, Harley, Harris, Harrison, Hawkins, Henry, Henson, Hill, Holcombe, Holtzclaw, Howard, Howell, Huff, Hughes, Hunt, Hyatt, Ingram, Israel, Jackson, Jacoway, Jarrard, Jarrett, Johns, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Justice, Keiser, Kelley, Kenimer, King, Kinsland, Lance, Ledford, Lee, Lewis, Lunsford, Lynch, Majors, Martin, Mann, Mauney, McAfee, McCracken, McDonald, McKinney, McKinnon, Medford, Merritt, Miller, Minyard, Money, Moody, Moon, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Morrison, Morrow, Nichols, O'Conner, Oakes, Odell, Oliver, Orr, Ort, Osborne, Owens, Pace, Painter, Parish, Patton, Peacock, Penland, Pepper, Phillips, Posey, Rainey Rees(e), Reeves, Reid, Rice, Richards, Richardson, Rickman, Roberts, Robinson, Rogers, Russell, Scott, Shipman, Simmons, Sitton, Smith, Smitherman, Sneed, Snyder, Sorrel's, Stansill, Starrett, Stevens, Stewart, Stillwell, Stovall, Street, Stuart, Sumrell, Sutton, Tate, Taylor, Teer, Thackston, Thomas, Thompson, Trexler, Trulove, Tunstall, Turner, Vance, Vaughn, Walker, Ward, Way, Welch, Wells, West, Whitaker, White, Whiteside, Whitis, Whitmire, Williams, Wilson, Wood, Wright, Young