Record #:

10721

Author(s):

Stevenson, George

Abstract:

In North Carolina, Native Americans were considered occupants of the land, not owners, but they were allowed to hold their lands more securely by defensible fee simple estate rather than by sufferance. The state has had seven such tracts, all but one held by Native Americans in fee simple. Stevenson describes each tract and the tribe that held it.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 57 Issue 1, Jan 2009, p26-31, map, f

Subject(s):

Indian reservations