Larry D. Hamilton Coats wrote: > > >From information that I have extracted on certain Neely families in > Maury Co. TN, I have traced some of them back to c. 1775-81, probably in > York Co. SC. The info I have is that several members of this family were > massacred in an Indian attack c. 1775-81. Does anyone have anything that > relates to the early history of York Co. that also would help pin down > the exact date/place of this massacre? Reply: There are/were many Neelys in the Catawba Indian Land of York County, SC and they were here early. However, I have never heard of any of them being massacred. If any were, it was not by the Catawba Indians who were quite friendly with the whites and often protected the local whites from invading tribes. There would be an occasional killing (a French traveler was killed by a Catawba who coveted his violin, for instance), no massacres. What were the names of your Neely ancestors? I have some information on Neelys although I am not a descendant and may be able to help a bit. Louise Pettus