The book rings with the names of early inhabitants and prominent citizens. For the genealogist there is the important and wholly fortuitous list of tithables of Pittsylvania County for the year 1767, which enumerates the names of nearly 1,000 landowners and property holders, amounting in sum to a rough census of the county in its infancy. Additional lists include the names, some with inclusive dates of service, of sheriffs, justices of the peace, members of the House of Delegates, 1776-1928, members of the Senate of Virginia, 1776-1928, clerks of the court, and judges.

A genealogy of the descendants of William Russell born about 1647. He was living in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts on 20 Jan 1673/4. He married 25 Oct 1678 Elizabeth Nurse in Salem. He died 22 Dec 1733.