This book is composed of four sections St. Mark's Parish, Historical Excursions, Genealogies, and Miscellaneous Items. The first section, St. Mark's Parish, opens with a detailed discussion of Sir Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia and his relation to St. Mark's Parish. The organization of St. Mark's Parish, Rev. John Thompson, Rev. John Woodville, Rev. John Cole, Culpeper County, St. Thomas Church in Orange County, and Bromfield Parish are also examined. The second section, devoted to Historical Excursions, includes The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, Germanna, Diary of Captain Philip Slaughter, beginning in 1775 and continued to 1849, Lewis Littlepage, and The Tobacco Plant. The third and largest portion of the book contains genealogies of the following families Barbour, Carter, Cave, Clayton, Coleman, Conway, Fields, Fry, Garnett, Glassell, Green, Lightfoot, Madison, Pendleton, Slaughter, Spotswood, Strothers, Taylor, Williams as well as, the Rev. James Stevenson,