This series consists of two types of material. The first several folders are items collected by both Benjamin Hurt Hardaway Jr. and Benjamin Hurt Hardaway III concerning the Hardaway and related families. These include family trees, correspondence related to genealogy, applications to Sons of the American Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution, typescripts of diaries and memoires of various family members, as well as newspaper clippings.

The other type consists of records were provided to BHH III by the Wells Fargo Family History Center. They were divided into four general family groupings: Buttolph, Chandler, Hardaway, and Hughston. They have been left in the order as found. There are few original documents but instead are photocopies of original materials.