> >> The SC State Archives has made an index of all their early > >> records, land and military. It is really great, you can look > >> up by family name or locality such as Lynches Creek. It > >> consists of 21? reels of 16 mm film. > >> I first used it at the Archives, but have since talk members > >> of our Gen Soc into purchasing this set for the Pensacola Public > >> Library in case you are in NW FL. > >> Cliff Townsend wrote: > > What is the ComIndex and where do I find it? > sheryl > > Louise Pettus wrote: > > > The SC ComIndex of the State Archives is indeed wonderful but there > > is one area of Lancaster County it does not work for (at least it > > doesn't work for anything before 1840) and that is Indian Land, the > > area north of Twelve Mile Creek. That was the Catawba Indian Land > > and although there were numerous settlers there, they held leases > > from the Indians and did not have state grants (the Catawba Indians > > had the grant, dated 1763, from the British, given at the end of > > the French and Indian Wars in gratitude for the Catawba's loyalty > > and military support). The amount of land was 144,000 acres or > > 15 miles square, most of it in York County but, as said above, the > > Indian Land (still called that) of Lancaster County is not on the > > comindex before 1840 Treaty of Nation Ford which allowed the > > white settlers to get a title. > > > > Louise Pettus > > - -- L. L. Scott, IBSSG L. L. Scott's Virtual Office: http://www.geocities.com/~llscott/ Peace: http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~llscott/peace.htm