This collection includes genealogical information and histories of various Tennessee families. The family surnames include: West, Hadley, Stout, Kelly, and Roberts. The collection also includes a Roberts Family attendee list for Washington Presbyterian Church of Corryton, Knox County, Tennessee. The papers include days of birth and death, titles, and places of residence within the family histories. Family origins and members are also listed in chronological order.

This collection consists of a genealogical table of the Gaines, Sthrother, and Pendleton families. One of the creators of this table was Judge Edmund Pendleton. He served as President of the Virginia Convention of 1788, which ratified the United States Constitution.

The Magill Family Genealogical Papers spans the years 1914 to 1966 and concerns the genealogical research done on the Johnston-Magill family in East Tennessee.

This collection includes genealogical information of the Shelburne, descendants of William the Conqueror, and Harvey families. The histories of the Virginia-based families were written by Robert Craig Shelburne. The document is eight pages in length and includes birth dates, death dates, titles, and places of residency for family members. Family members are listed in chronological order over the span of approximately 300 years.

In this letter to her third cousin John Bell Brownlow, Sue L. Clotworthy outlines the genealogy of their mothers' families (primarily the Gaines and the Taylors), which connects them to Presidents Zachary Taylor and James Madison. She also discusses the importance of genealogy, which can even "trace our Gaines line [...]" to him, Adam and to royalty.