This listing is for a 603-page, hardcover book titled, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Four Families - 1835-1936 - McLaurin, Simmons, Stevenson and Smith.  Published in 2002 by the author William Sheppard Smith.  The book is also signed by Mr. Smith, in Jackson, Mississippi.  See pictures for Table of Contents. Includes an index.  Very nice condition!

Neill McLaurin was born 1 August 1792 in Richmond, North Carolina. His parents were Duncan McLaurin and Catherine. He married Jane McCall in 1816 and they had a daughter, Christiana McLaurin (1827-1908). Christiana married James Lovett Simmons (1822-1905) in 1854. Their daughter, Sorintha Lillian, married William Joel Stevenson (1856-1918), son of William G. Stevenson and Eliza Jane Sheppard in 1884. Their daughter, Kate Sheppard Stevenson (1888-1960) married Nelson Elder Smith (1889-1946), son of Robert Baker S. Smith (1854-1905) and Mary Elder McClure (1853-1897) in 1913 in Lauderdale, Mississippi. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Scotland, Ireland, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina.  Includes Bass, Elder, Lancaster, Norwood, Outland, Powell, Rhodes, Riddle, Sturdivant, Waters, Watts, Wise and related families.