This work provides a basic foundation and a fundamental source for beginning your genealogical research into Sumner County, Tennessee. The author follows an outline used by many authors of the early 20th Century, by summarizing the early exploration and settlement, topography, formation of the government, local officials, land owners, and participation in the various wars, including the Civil War. In addition to the information on the featured families of Bledsoe, Cage and Douglass, Mr. Cisco also provides genealogical material on the following families: Anderson, Barrow, Barry, Bate, Bell, Bertinatti, Blackmore, Belmont, Bowen, Bowie, Breckenridge, Campbell, Carmack, Carr, Cisco, Clark, Desha, Donaldson, Ellis, Fulton, Gaines, Garth, Guild, Gwin, Hall, Hallum, Hammond, Hatton, Head, Judd, Lauderdale, Lindsey, Malone, Mansker, Martin, McKendree, Morgan, Morris, Odom, Parker, Peyton, Pickett, Read, Rogan, Rogers, Rutherford, Sanders, Sharkey, Shelby, Scurry, Smith, Spencer, Trousdale, Vanderbilt, Walton, Weatherred, Williams, Wilson, Winchester, and Wynne. Softcover, (1909), 2007, xii + 319 pp.