Is there anyone out there who is researching Indian Land surnames? Indian Land is made up of four communities: Belair, Pleasant Valley, Osceola and Barberville. The township is Indian Land, acquiring that name from the fact that before 1840 it was owned by the Catawba Indians. White people who lived in Indian Land at that time were leaseholders so their names are not in the Lancaster County deedbooks. My special interest (I am writing a book with lots of photographs on the Catawba Indian Land and the leasing system). I think I can more than identify 90 percent of the leaseholders in 1840 and perhaps half in 1800. For over 20 years I have collected information on these families (also on those in Fort Mill township in York County). I will be happy to share with anyone who had a family living in the Indian Land (this is one way for me to crosscheck the accuracy of my notes). I have some post-Civil War information but have not diligently searched for that era. Most of what I have is pre-Civil War. Some of the names of major occupants of the Catawba Indian Land are Doby, Massey, Ivy, Morrow, Gordon, Collins, Harris, Culp, Spratt, Coffey, Allen, Moore, Hagins, Tutt, Storey, Ezell, Sizer, Gillespie, Beckham, Miller, Perry, Johnston, Heath, etc. Now, many of these names are in other parts of Lancaster County but I am concentrating on the Indian Land and have very little, if any, information on those others. And the above list of names isn't exclusive. There are others and even if not leaseholders some of them sub-let from leaseholders. These sub-leasers are also sought. I repeat, Any of you with Indian Land ancestry? Louise Pettus