This is a collection of genealogical and historical records–land grants, tax records, and birth, death, and marriage records–of early Albemarle County, the original gateway to the present State of North Carolina. Ray further includes genealogical notices and histories of these families: Barrett, Bryan, Cotton, Crudup, Dawson, Edwards, Hardy, Hunt, Lawrence, McKinnie, Marshall, Martin, Robinson, Rogers, Scowen, Sherer, Thomas, West, and Whitfield. (Part IV of Lost Tribes of North Carolina.)