I guess I should have worded that different, eh? Of course, the various Indian tribes were the original owners of the land and I thank you for bringing that to my attention!! I have a copy of the book by Bessie Gahn and it has been most helpful as she discusses both the Indian tribes and the Europeans. Thanks, Helen! Barb Price Researching: Burnes/Byrn/Gore/Hardy/Dowden/Allison/Phillips/More/Ashford/Neville/Orme/Loker /VanNess/Fleming/Brown/Fish/Ring/Hardin/Harding/Hoge/Hume/Holtzclaw/Hunsaker/H uber/Graham/Otterback/Fischback/Heimbach and many more....