These rough notes by a prolific genealogist concern the following major families: Adkins, Baker, Burkhalter, Darden, Gibson, Hall, Hardaway, Ivey, Johnson, McMath, Newsom(e), Norris, Reese, Smith, and Thompson. Most of the research covers Jefferson and Warren Counties, Georgia.

A speech made by 14-year old Mamie Reese, who on May 25, 1899, debated several older boys at the Briar Creek Institute in Warren County, Georgia, in support of women's suffrage. The three male judges awarded the prize to the anti-suffrage contingent.