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According to WiregrassFamilies.com[[The Story of Brantley County Georgia]] states "[[David Hickox|David]] drew lot 232 in Cherokee Co., GA in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia, and 600 acres in of land in Wayne County." <ref group="web" name="wiregrass">{{#lsth:Wiregrass Families|Citation}}</ref> While I have been unable to locate this text or examine it's sources myself, I don't believe this fact is correct. First, [[The Cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate drawers in said lottery, with an engraved map of each district|The Cherokee land lottery]] shows David drew lot 207 on page 232<ref group="web">{{#lsth:The Cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate drawers in said lottery, with an engraved map of each district|Citation}}, Page 232</ref>, not lot 232. Second, Georgia held two land lotteries in 1832. The first awarded 160 acre plots<ref group = "web" name="GA1">http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/what_do_we_have/land_lottery/land_lottery_1832.htm, GA Archives</ref>, while the second lottery, or gold lottery, awarded only 40 acre lots <ref group="web">http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/what_do_we_have/land_lottery/land_lottery_1832gold.htm GA Archives 2</ref>. Individuals were granted multiple entries <ref group="web" name="GA1" />, but it isn't clear to me wither those individuals were actually allowed to win multiple times in the same lottery.  Even if they were, David would have needed to win the 1832 Land Lottery four times to win 600 acres.  Additionally, the lottery districts were awarded randomly<ref group="web" name="GA1" />, and their would be highly unlikely multiple awards would have been contiguous.

According to WiregrassFamilies.com[[The Story of Brantley County Georgia]] states "[[David Hickox|David]] drew lot 232 in Cherokee Co., GA in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia, and 600 acres in of land in Wayne County." <ref group="web" name="wiregrass">{{#lsth:Wiregrass Families|Citation}}</ref> While I have been unable to locate this text or examine it's sources myself, I don't believe this fact is correct. First, [[The Cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate drawers in said lottery, with an engraved map of each district|The Cherokee land lottery]] shows David drew lot 207 on page 232<ref group="web">{{#lsth:The Cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate drawers in said lottery, with an engraved map of each district|Citation}}, Page 232</ref>, not lot 232. Second, Georgia held two land lotteries in 1832. The first awarded 160 acre plots<ref group = "web" name="GA1">http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/what_do_we_have/land_lottery/land_lottery_1832.htm, GA Archives</ref>, while the second lottery, or gold lottery, awarded only 40 acre lots <ref group="web">http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/what_do_we_have/land_lottery/land_lottery_1832gold.htm GA Archives 2</ref>. Individuals were granted multiple entries <ref group="web" name="GA1" />, but it isn't clear to me wither those individuals were actually allowed to win multiple times in the same lottery.  Even if they were, David would have needed to win the 1832 Land Lottery four times to win 600 acres.  Additionally, the lottery districts were awarded randomly<ref group="web" name="GA1" />, and their would be highly unlikely multiple awards would have been contiguous.

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File:The Cheroke Land Lottery - Map.jpg|General Map of the Cheroke Land Lottery

File:The Cheroke Land Lottery - Map.jpg|General Map of the Cheroke Land Lottery