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The Waxhaw and Sugeree Indians

Last Updated on August 10, 2014 by The two small tribes bearing the above designations are hardly known except in connection with the Catawba Indians, with whom they were afterward incorporated. They may be treated together. The tribes lived, respectively, about Waxhaw and Sugar (i. e., Sugeree) creeks, two small streams flowing into Catawba River […]

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Lancaster County, South Carolina Census Records

Last Updated on April 19, 2023 by Dennis 1790 Lancaster County, South Carolina Census Free 1790 Census Form for your Research Hosted at Ancestry.com – Ancestry Free Trial 1790 Lancaster County, Census (images and index) $ Hosted at Census Guide 1790 U.S. Census Guide 1800 Lancaster County, South Carolina Census Free 1800 Census Form for

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Catawba Indians

Last Updated on April 30, 2012 by Dennis Catawba Tribe: Significance unknown though the name was probably native to the tribe. Also called: Ani’ta’guă, Cherokee name. Iswa or Issa, signifying “river,” and specifically the Catawba River; originally probably an independent band which united early with the Catawba proper. Oyadagahrcenes, Tadirighrones, Iroquois names. Usherys, from iswahere,

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Waxhaw Tribe

Last Updated on February 20, 2012 by Dennis Waxhaw Indians. A small tribe that lived in the 17th century in what is now Lancaster County, South Carolina, and Union and Mecklenburg Counties, North Carolina. They were connected with the neighboring Sugeree, and both were apparently related to the Catawba, and therefore were Siouan. The custom

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