* Roswell - A Pictorial History. Edited by Darlene Walsh and published by the Roswell Historical Society. [Leather bound book with photos and history of Roswell, GA. 2nd edition is revised and expanded. Available from the Roswell Historical Society]
* Historic Roswell Georgia (Images of America). By Joe McTyre and Rebecca Nash Paden [pictorial history of Roswell]
* Landmark Homes of Georgia 1733-1983. By Van Jones Martin and William Robert Mitchell, Jr.
* The Architecture of Georgia. By Frederick D. Nichols and Van Jones Martin
* A History and Genealogy of the Habersham and Other Southern families. By Joseph Gaston Bulloch, M.D. 1909. A history of the prominent families of the Coast Country of Georgia.
* Roswell: Historic Homes and Landmarks. By the Roswell Historical Society [A collection of drawings by Ernest E. DeVane of the antebellum buildings and homes in Roswell, GA]
* Dear Old Roswell: Civil War Letters of the King Family of Roswell, Georgia. By Tammy Galloway
* The Children of Pride: A True Story of Georgia and the Civil War. By Robert Manson Myers and Charles Colcock
* Major Butler's Legacy: Five Generations of a Slaveholding Family. By Malcolm Bell [Roswell King and his family lived on, and managed Major Pierce Butler's Georgia Plantations. The Butler/King relationship is chronicled]
* North Across the River: A Civil War Trail of Tears. By Ruth Beaumont Cook [Detailed account of the forcible removal of Roswell mill workers by Sherman during the Civil War]
* The Women will Howl. By March Deborah Petite [Detailed account of the forcible removal of Roswell mill workers by Sherman during the Civil War and details about the founding of Roswell]
* It Happened in Georgia: Fascinating Stories About Events that Helped Make Georgia What it is Today. By James A. Crutchfield
* Charged with Treason: Ordeal of 400 Mill Workers During Military Operations in Roswell, Georgia, 1864-1865. By Michael D. Hitt
* The Roswell Women, by Francis Patton Statham. A novel about the experiences of the 400 women who were forcibly removed and sent to the North as punishment by the Northern Soldiers during the Civil War.
* Days Gone by in Alpharetta and Roswell, Georgia. By Caroline Matheny Dillman [Detailed and true histories of families and place in Roswell]
* Death of a Confederate: Selections from the Letters of the Archibald Smith Family of Roswell, Georgia, 1864-1956. By Arthur N. Skinner
* Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and the Trail of Tears. By Alex W. Bealer [the true story of the Cherokee Indians forcible removal by the USA government from the land that is today known as Roswell]
* The Reuben King Journal, 1800-1806, edited by Virginia Steele and Ralph Wood. An account of Reuben King, who travelled from Sharon, Ct. to Pittsburg, PA, to Baltimore, MD, and finally to Darien, GA to work with his brother, Roswell King.
* King and Allied Families. By Sarah Joyce King Cooper (to order a copy, please write to: Mary Cooper Smith, 717 Collingwood Rd, Rome, GA 30161-6263)[Detailed History and Genealogy]
* Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. By Mark L. Bradley
* White Columns in Georgia. By Medora Field Perkerson [History, legends and folklore about historic homes in Georgia]
* The Diary of Miss Emma Holmes 1861-1866 (second edition). By Emma Holmes and John F. Marzalek [Barrington King's great grandchild, Frances Barrington King married into the Holmes Family]
* With Kindly Voices: A Nineteenth Century Georgia Family. By Virginia King Nirenstein [great, great grand-daughter of Barrington King compiled letters of King and Poe families]
* Georgia Magazine (Dec 1965/Jan 1966, page 26-26): Article entitled: "The Kings of Barrington Hall". By Louise McHenry Hicky. Published by Ann E. Lewis, Decatur, GA.
* Georgia Magazine (Dec 1968/Jan 1969, page 26-26): Article entitled: "When a French Flag Flew Over a Georgia Town". By Louise McHenry Hicky. Published by Ann E. Lewis, Decatur, GA.
* EbbTide: As Seen Through the Diary of Josephine Clay Habersham, 1863. By Spencer Bidwell King
* Darien: The Death and Rebirth of a Southern Town. By Spencer Bidwell King [The King Family lived in Darien prior to the founding of Roswell]
* Georgia Voices: Civil War and Reconstruction. University of Georgia Press, 1966. By Spencer Bidwell King
*Balm for the Weary and the Wounded. By Rev. C.T. Quintard, Chaplain, 1st Tenn Reg't, C.S.A. (located in the Rare Book Collection, UNC at Chapel Hill and also available online) [refers to death of Thomas King, son of Barrington King]
* The History of North Augusta, South Carolina [Edith Barrington King, the grand-daughter of Barrington King, married James Urquhart Jackson. James and his brother built and lived in "Rosemary Hall" and "Look Away" Hall in N. Augusta.]
* Natalie Heath Merrill's Narrative History of Roswell, GA. Edited by Darlene M. Walsh
* After Sundown - A Memory of the South. By Catherine Elliott Server, circa 1880. Edited by Monroe F. Cockrell [a young woman's personal account of visiting Roswell in 1839 and her impressions of the homes and people]
* The Atlanta Historical Bulletin. Vol. Mar 1969. Published by the Atlanta Historical Society. [Contains a reprint of "After Sundown']
* "Preserving the Past", By Caroline Williams. Points North Magazine. May/June 2000
* "When History Becomes Her Story", By Laurie Rothrock Dick. Points North Magazine. Dec 2004. [Restoration and Preservation of Barrington Hall]
* Turn Homeward Hannalee. By Patricia Beatty. Children's story about a young girl who worked at the Roswell Mills during the Civil War (PART I of II)
* Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee. By Patricia Beatty. Children's story about a young Roswell girl's life after the Civil War. (Part II of II)
* Diary of William King [son of Roswell King, written at "Bushy Park" an antebellum home located between Marietta and Roswell, Georgia. The diary covers the period July-Sept 1864 and provides details of Sherman's march through Georgia]. The original manuscript is at the University of North Carolina. A copy is available at the Roswell Historical Library and Archives.
* "Sherman's Explusion of the Roswell Women in 1864", Georgia Historical Society Quarterly, Vol 54, No. 2 1970. The Roswell Mills were burned on July 6, 1864, by Gen. Kenner Girard's 2nd Division, Calvary Corps. 400 women millworkers and their children were ordered by General Sherman to be shipped to Indiana and Ohio POW camps because they were considered skilled workers who were aiding the "enemy".
* Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation in 1838-1839, by Francis Anne Kimble. The Journal of Fanny Kimble, the wife of Pierce Butler. She spent time on Butler Plantation during the time when Roswell King, Jr. managed the plantation.
* Fanny Kemble, by Robert Rushmore. Biography of Fanny Kemble.
* Hampton Plantation, by Bessie Lewis
* Parochial Plantations of St. Simons Island, by Bessie Lewis
* They Call their Town Darien, by Bessie Lewis.
* Illustrated Stories of the Century, by Norman Shavin. Extracts from "The Atlanta Century", articles that ran in the Atlanta Newspaper as front page stories of action in the Civil War.
* The Abridged Compendium of American Geneology, First Families of America, by V.A. Virbus.
* Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, by H.H. McCall. Roswell King and his brothers fought in the American Revolutionary War.
* A History of the Roswell Presbyterian Church, by Clarence Martin. Colorful history of the church and history of Roswell. It includes cemetery listings and family photos.
* Barrington King Family Genealogy - Compiled from records found in Barrington Hall and updated for the 2004 Barrington King Family Reunion. Includes family history and genealogy from 1629-2004. Available only to King family members. For ordering information, please use the E-mail link provided at the top of this page.
