"Chronicles of Border Warfare" describes events during the four decades between the French and Indian War (1754) and the Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794). Besides its own research author have used different material including the writings of a generally reliable antiquarian, Hugh Paul Taylor. In addition, he incorporated material gathered by a local judge, Edwin S. Duncan, as well as visiting with venerable local pioneers Noah Zane and John Hacker, which required several arduous trips on horseback.

Alexander Scott Withers (1792-1865) is the author of Chronicles of Border Warfare (1831), a history of (and important primary source on) the early white settlement of western Virginia and consequent conflicts with American Indians.