Philen: This includes the names of Davis, Lassiter, Kirk, Walker, and Philen, plus more. Peter Philen arrived in South Carolina sometime before 1782, and settled in Lancaster, Darlington district. In 1819 they moved to Alabama and settled in Wilcox and Clarke Counties, on Bear Creek in Lower Peachtree. Peter's son, John, Dan's ggg-grandfather died in 1817 in S.C. before they moved. Dan's g-grandfather, Madison, fought in the Civil War, and was one of the few Philen's to fight and survive. Thus, there are pages on Civil War pertaining to him.

McElroy: This includes the names of Fitzhugh, Rumfelt, Ross, McElroy, Guerin, Lozano, Davila, and more. The McElroy line comes from N.C. and the Ross Line from Virginia. They moved to north central Tennessee about 1810 with the great migration that took place from 1810-1820. They settled in Dover, Stewart, Co. TN, on the Cumberland River.

The Kirk Journal is a transcription of the William R. Kirk Journal, written in 1866. It tells of the immigration of the Kirk family from County Antrim, N. Ireland, fo S.C., and subsequent settlement in Alabama. It gives the marriages, including the Walker line, and tells of the life and times in this rural area of Alabama in 1866. Very interesting reading.