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First edition, Clarksburg, Va., 1831
Largely written by William Powers and William Hacker, but prepared for publication by Withers, according to a statement made by a grandson of Powers. cf. L. G. McWhorter, The border settlers of northwestern Virginia, 1915, p. 41-42