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The charm of the journey (through the colonies of VA, MA, CT, RI, NH, PA, NJ, NY, MD, Carolina, and GA) is in its variety, with communities of such striking individuality that they assume the character of different nations. Each colony has a set of opinions and laws peculiar to itself. This text explores the settlement and history of each colony prior to the American Revolution. At least one prominent person from each colony is discussed, amongst them William Penn of Penn,, John Smith of VA, George Calvert of MD, and General Oglethorpe of GA.

Carroll County, Maryland was formed in 1837 from portions of Baltimore and Frederick County. This volume contains 381 wills from the county's first will book spanning 1837 to 1852. Family names which frequently occur include: Babylon, Barnes, Baumgartner, Bennett, Biggs, Brown, Devilbiss, Dorsey, Durbin, Earhart, Eck, Englar, Frock, Gist, Gorsuch, Gosnell, Greenwood, Hahn, Haines, Herner, Hesson, Jones, Koons, Lammott, Leister, Lippy, Manning, Mathias, Miller, Myers, Neff, Ogg, Orndorff, Powder, Robosson, Roop, Royer, Shaffer, Shipley, Slyder, Smith, Snyder, Stansbury, Stocksdale, Stultz, Taylor, Utz, Walker, Warfield, Weaver, Wentz, Williams, Wilson, and Yingling. Over 3,800 individuals including 170 slaves plus 160 land patents are referenced throughout 250 pages of transcribed wills. Recorded within are the wills and requests of the early inhabitants of Carroll County in a time wedged between a new nation's growth and its civil war. These wills reveal a treasure trove of information such as family members, birth and death dates, neighbors, religious affiliation, residence, marriage information, land holdings, personal and household property, burial information and occupation. Often slaves are mentioned along with birth dates and family members. Every will abstract contains the date the will was written, filed and probated as well as executors, codicils and renunciations. Also included is an every name index of individuals and land patents.

Marriage notices include name of bride/groom, date of marriage. Death notices include name, date of death, frequently includes age, cause of death. Entries arranged alphabetically.