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==Family History Note==
==Family History Note==
==Appendix B: Land Lottery Discussion==
==Appendix B: Land Discussion==
===Land Lottery>===
One of the most common assertions by online sources is "He drew lot 232 in Cherokee Co., GA in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia, and 600 acres in of land in Wayne County." Which appears to have propagated from [http://www.wiregrassgenealogy.com/captdave55/David_Hickox.pdf|David "Yankee Dave" Hickox and Sarah Altman Hickox]<ref>http://www.wiregrassgenealogy.com/captdave55/David_Hickox.pdf</ref>, which in turn cites '' "The Story of Brantley County Georgia" Pg's. 61,147.'' 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.
One of the most common assertions by online sources is "He drew lot 232 in Cherokee Co., GA in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia, and 600 acres in of land in Wayne County." Which appears to have propagated from [http://www.wiregrassgenealogy.com/captdave55/David_Hickox.pdf|David "Yankee Dave" Hickox and Sarah Altman Hickox]<ref>http://www.wiregrassgenealogy.com/captdave55/David_Hickox.pdf</ref>, which in turn cites '' "The Story of Brantley County Georgia" Pg's. 61,147.'' 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.