I believe you're talking about A History of Rowan County, North Carolina, ("containing sketches of Prominent Families and Distinguished Men, with an Appendix"), by Rev. Jethro Rumple. It was originally published in 1881 by J. J. Bruner of Salisbury - who was an ancestor of my husband. It has been republished since by Heritage Books, Inc., of Bowie, MD. I am not aware of a Adobe Acrobat version of this on CD or the internet. A brief Google search didn't turn it up. Does anyone else know anything different? Katherine Dick Benbow