Hello everyone, After over 25 years of extensive research, I am ready to publish the book! Claiborne Hall and Elizabeth Herod of Smith County, Tennessee: Ancestry and Descendants, Volume I. Both natives of Virginia, Claiborne and Elizabeth resided in Smith Co. Tennessee on Hall's Hill north of Carthage for all of their adult lives. The book traces the lives of this couple and the first five of their ten children. It will trace the descendants of this couple well into the 20th century or in some cases to the present time all across the U.S. The stories of the descendants are reconstructed from oral interviews and family tradition and very extensive research into the original records. The children of Claiborne Hall and Elizabeth Herod were: Volume I 1) daughter name unknown - died young 2) Sarah C. Hall - married Adam C. Perkins 3) Emmaline Hall - married David C. Canaday 4) Mary Ann Hall - married Joshua B. Cox and Guilford Ethridge 5) Susan Matilda Hall Volume II 6) Roxey Hall - married John Boston 7) Rebecca D. Hall - married Allen Piper 8) Eliza Hall - married Bethel J. Gregory 9) Martha J. Hall - married James Miller Boston 10) Archibald Waller Overton Hall - married Harriet Evetts Over 1,200 descendants are numbered in Volume I. Some of the major allied lines in Volume I include Perkins, McDuffee (Robertson Co. TN), Crask (southern Illinois), Canaday (Obion Co. TN), Cox (Pope Co. IL), Farmer (Pope Co. IL), Morgan (southern IL), Dillard (Smith Co. TN and Birmingham, AL), Darnell (Crittenden Co. KY), Brown (Lawrence Co. AR), Gregory (Randolph and Lawrence Co. AR), Cooper (Pope Co. IL and Crittenden Co. KY), Fisher (Johnson Co. IL), Helm (Johnson Co. IL), Pyland (Pope Co. IL) and many others. Volume I will consist of about 582 pages including an every name index. Hundreds of photographs are included throughout the book. The book is fully documented with source information. It will be hardbound on acid-free 60 pound paper. Over 100 pages are in full color. The cost of the book will be $100 postpaid. Payment can be by check or Paypal. A 2nd volume will cover Claiborne and Elizabeth's last five children and their descendants as well as provide notes from my extensive research into the complex and difficult ancestral lines of Claiborne and Elizabeth into Virginia and other states. (still ongoing). Some surnames in Volume II will be Boston, Herod, Piper, Gregory, Payne, Richardson, York, Toney, and Valentine (as well as many others). A limited number of copies of Volume I are being printed. If you would like to reserve one, please let me know. Thanks, Rick Allen 3295 State Route 146 East Vienna, IL 62995 rick1547@gmail.com