The genealogical research by Royce Bryant Smith of the Atkins-Barbee Family. Inspired by the collection of data from the descendants of Mattie Pearl Atkins Parson, Smith has rightly named this book for the originators of the family. Tracing the history of Sandy Barbee who migrated to Lake County and finally Gibson County, Tennessee after Emancipation and Robert Atkins who settled in Newbern, Tennessee, Smith dedicates this production to its off-springs.