Tribes are defined by families, political structure and by interests.Nottoway Indians traditionally lived in dispersed units within communities or towns each with separate leaders for each community.
Many Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Tribal members live in the communities throughout Southampton County.Migrations for jobs lead Nottoway family lines into enclaves throughout the counties that surround the Nottoway River expanding into the nearby urban cities of the Tidewater region.
During the 1900’s many ancestral families of the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia still lived on land that was once a part of the Square Tract of the Reservation along Indian Town Road and Carys Bridge Road which crossed the Nottoway River into Sebrell.
Today, several Tribal Council members and Tribal Members live and own farms in Capron, Drewryville, Boykins, Branchville, Courtland and Ivor.These farms have been owned by the same families for multiple generations.
