This Too Shall Pass: Genealogy of the Western North Carolina Hardin-Wilkie-Daily-Brooks Families

Volume I of This Too Shall Pass, Genealogy of the Western North Carolina Hardin, Wilkie, Daily and Brooks Families is the first book of a comprehensive and compelling genealogy trilogy written by two contemporary researchers, and sure to be the main source of reference for many years to come for those seeking information regarding their Carolina ancestors. These three volumes, as well as four other books written by these authors, represent the accumulation of over fourteen years of detailed and expansive research work.While all three volumes of "This Too Shall Pass" . . . contain broad and extensive information about hundreds of family surnames and relatives who lived in western North Carolina from the early pioneer days of the 1700s up to the 1940s, the main focus of Volume I is an in-depth study of the Hardin, Wilkie, Daily, and Brooks family members of Rutherford and Cleveland Counties, complete with revealing personal sketches, intriguing family histories, nostalgic photographs, and expansive ancestral lineages, some going back in time as far as the 1400s. This first volume also contains the incredible story of the author's search for the three Holy Grails of their family history.Volume I of the "This Too Shall Pass" trilogy traces our pioneer ancestor's journey into western North Carolina by the Great Wagon Road, and then sheds light on the struggles they faced while settling in a land of dense forest, wild animals, and Native American Indians. Volume I also covers the battles of the Revolutionary War that took place in the Carolinas and their historical impact, the culture and challenges of the Southern soldier in the Civil War, Confederate soldiers that died and those that survived, and the histories and personal sketches of the Hardin, Wilkie, Daily, Brooks families from the Colonial period up to WW II and the lives of the "Greatest Generation."If you happen to be one of the numerous individuals who trace their roots back to the Piedmont frontier, this cradle of family expansion, it is highly probable that you will find mention of your ancestors within the covers of this book. You will also find this publication, as well as all three volumes of "This Too Shall Pass", plentifully supplied with attractive illustrations and easy to read stories about our, and your, Carolina kinfolk.