Claremont Manor is in Surry County, Virginia, on the south shore of James River at its confluence with Upper Chippokes Creek. It was in the area occupied by the Quiyoughcohannock Indians when George Harrison received a grant of land there is 1621. The house was built about 1750 and survives with many alterations.

This book details the history of the house, the land, and the people who lived there. There are maps, photographs, land title information, architectural and archaeological information, biographical and genealogical information, and color coats-of-arms. A chronological list of landowners, information from the Table of Contents, and a list of all the names in the index are given below.