"The American State Papers are official government documents that were printed long before the creation of the U.S. Government Printing Office. Although these documents cover a myriad of issues (e.g., foreign affairs, commerce, etc.), for genealogists the most important categories are "Public Land" and "Claims," and it is upon these categories that this volume is based. These records range from mere lists of inhabitants, to lists of claimants, to...

Copied from newspaper clippings from the Shelby Volunteer, National Volunteer, Shelby National Volunteer, and the Shelby Republican.

A subject index of selected articles from the Winchester Democrat, the Winchester Daily News, the Winchester Herald, the Winchester Journal, the Winchester Journal-Herald, the Winchester News and the Winchester News-Gazette.