The collection includes descriptions of events, places, families, legends, and plantations of the lower Cape Fear region of North Carolina from that area's first settlement by Europeans until about 1875. Among the families and plantations described are the Strudwick family at Stag Park, the Ashe family at The Neck and Green Hill, the Moseley family at Moseley Hall, the Moore family at The Vats, the Lane family at Springfield, the Williams family at Mount Gallant, the Swann family at The Oak, the Jones family at Spring Garden, and the John Henry King Burgwin at The Hermitage.
