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Line 117: − </gallery> − − ===Headright Grants=== − Beginning in 1783 a head of household living in Georgia could be granted 200 acres of land on his own head-right and fifty acres for each additional family member, including slaves, up to 1000 acres<ref>{{Citation:Digital Library of Georgia/Citation Listing}}</ref>. In 1837, David was awarded 600 acres as a head-right grant, south of the Big Satilla River.<ref>{{Citation:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 3.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> The Bit Satilla river runing from Ben Hill and Coffee counties 260 miles to the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Big Satilla River," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Satilla_River&oldid=818696187 (accessed January 5, 2018).</ref> While not exact, it places the grant somewhere in south eastern Georgia. Currently my research shows David would have been entitled to 550 acres (200 acres for himself + 350 acres for is wife and six children as of 1832). Given most birth date information comes from census records 1850 and later, it is possible David and Sarah had child who died between 1832 and 1850 accounting for the additional 50 acres. According to [[Index to the headright and bounty grants of Georgia, 1756-1909]] David was awarded 600 acres in Wayne County in 1838, six years after the 1832 land lottery. − − ====Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records <ref>{{Citation:Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909/Source Listing}}</ref>==== − <gallery> − File:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 2.jpg|[[:File:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 2.jpg|David Hickox - Page 2]] <ref>{{Citation:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 2.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> − File:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 3.jpg|[[:File:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 2.jpg|David Hickox - Page 3]] <ref>{{Citation:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 3.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref>
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==Land Discussion==
==Land Discussion==
===Headright Grants===
Beginning in 1783 a head of household living in Georgia could be granted 200 acres of land on his own head-right and fifty acres for each additional family member, including slaves, up to 1000 acres<ref>{{Citation:Digital Library of Georgia/Citation Listing}}</ref>. In 1837, David was awarded 600 acres as a head-right grant, south of the Big Satilla River.<ref>{{Citation:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 3.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> The Bit Satilla river runing from Ben Hill and Coffee counties 260 miles to the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Big Satilla River," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Satilla_River&oldid=818696187 (accessed January 5, 2018).</ref> While not exact, it places the grant somewhere in south eastern Georgia. Currently my research shows David would have been entitled to 550 acres (200 acres for himself + 350 acres for is wife and six children as of 1832). Given most birth date information comes from census records 1850 and later, it is possible David and Sarah had child who died between 1832 and 1850 accounting for the additional 50 acres. According to [[Index to the headright and bounty grants of Georgia, 1756-1909]] David was awarded 600 acres in Wayne County in 1838, six years after the 1832 land lottery.
====Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records <ref>{{Citation:Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909/Source Listing}}</ref>====
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File:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 2.jpg|[[:File:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 2.jpg|David Hickox - Page 2]] <ref>{{Citation:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 2.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref>
File:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 3.jpg|[[:File:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 2.jpg|David Hickox - Page 3]] <ref>{{Citation:Headright Grant - David Hickox - Page 3.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref>
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===Land Lottery===
===Land Lottery===
File:A Map of the 10th District 3rd Section of originally Cherokee now Murray County.jpg|[[:File:A Map of the 10th District 3rd Section of originally Cherokee now Murray County.jpg|General map of district 10, page 226]]<ref>{{Citation:A Map of the 10th District 3rd Section of originally Cherokee now Murray County.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref>
File:A Map of the 10th District 3rd Section of originally Cherokee now Murray County.jpg|[[:File:A Map of the 10th District 3rd Section of originally Cherokee now Murray County.jpg|General map of district 10, page 226]]<ref>{{Citation:A Map of the 10th District 3rd Section of originally Cherokee now Murray County.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref>
File:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg|[[:File:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg|List of winners, including David Hickox, Page 232]] <ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref>
File:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg|[[:File:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg|List of winners, including David Hickox, Page 232]] <ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref>
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