Names with "jito" titles, such as Kanemasa YAKUMARU, Uchinoura Jito in the territories ruled by the Kimotsuki clan, and Narahara Nagato no kami, jito of Kawabe-gun (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture) ruled by Tadayoshi SHIMAZU, appear in 'Shogo Jito Keizu' (genealogy of land stewards in various villages).
戦国期の地頭としては肝付氏支配地の内之浦地頭薬丸兼将や島津忠良の支配地の川辺郡(鹿児島県)地頭奈良原長門守の名が「諸郷地頭系図」に登場する。