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===Land Lottery===

===Land Lottery===

[[File:Georgia 1830 State Map.jpg|thumbnail|[[:File:Georgia 1830 State Map.jpg|1830 map of Georgia]]]<ref>{{Citation:File:Georgia 1830 State Map.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref>]]David's name can be found as one of the "Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery". <ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> The 1832 Land Lottery of Georgia, distributed for settlement that part of the Cherokee Indian Nation which was in located in Georgia. This was a large area generally north at the Chattahoochee River in the north west and north-central parts of the state. (See [[:File:Georgia 1830 State Map.jpg|1830 map of Georgia]]].) Individuals who lived in Georgia three years immediately prior to this act registered to draw in the Lottery in their counties of residence with Revolutionary War veterans were given extra draws. Anyone whose lot he had drawn and subsequently paid to the state a grant fee for $18.00 would have their grant issued. The grant from the State served as title to the lot and from that time he could do whatever he wished with his property, although the state did not require that he live on it or cultivate it,<ref>{{Citation:The Cherokee Land Lottery - Forward, page 1.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> and the lands were not settled until after a Treaty December 29, 1835 held at New Echota in Georgia, that the Cherokee finally agreed to leave their lands and move west beyond the Mississippi River.<ref>{{Citation:The Cherokee Land Lottery - Forward, page 2.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> Meaning, while he won the right to this land, we don't know if he ever took position of it, and he in unlikely to have lived on it.<ref>'''See also''' [[#Homestead Discussion]]</ref>  

[[File:Georgia 1830 State Map.jpg|thumbnail|[[:File:Georgia 1830 State Map.jpg|1830 map of Georgia]]]<ref>{{Citation:File:Georgia 1830 State Map.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref>]]David's name can be found as one of the "Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery". <ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> The 1832 Land Lottery of Georgia, distributed for settlement that part of the Cherokee Indian Nation which was in located in Georgia. This was a large area generally north at the Chattahoochee River in the north west and north-central parts of the state. (See [[:File:Georgia 1830 State Map.jpg|1830 map of Georgia]]].) Individuals who lived in Georgia three years immediately prior to this act registered to draw in the Lottery in their counties of residence with Revolutionary War veterans were given extra draws. Anyone whose lot he had drawn and subsequently paid to the state a grant fee would have their grant issued. The grant from the State served as title to the lot and from that time he could do whatever he wished with his property, although the state did not require that he live on it or cultivate it,<ref>{{Citation:The Cherokee Land Lottery - Forward, page 1.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> and the lands were not settled until after a Treaty December 29, 1835 held at New Echota in Georgia, that the Cherokee finally agreed to leave their lands and move west beyond the Mississippi River.<ref>{{Citation:The Cherokee Land Lottery - Forward, page 2.jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref> While he won the right to this land, we don't know if he ever took position of it, or if he ever resided on it.<ref>'''See also''' [[#Homestead Discussion]]</ref>  

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 originated from [http://www.wiregrassgenealogy.com/captdave55/David_Hickox.pdf|David "Yankee Dave" Hickox and Sarah Altman Hickox]<ref>{{Citation:David "Yankee Dave" Hickox and Sarah Altman Hickox.pdf/Source Listing}}</ref>, which in turn cites '' "The Story of Brantley County Georgia" Pg's. 61,147.'' David drew lot 207 which can be found on page 232 of ''[[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]]''.<ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref>. According to the forward, you can also see that at the time of the drawing, this was considered Cherokee County, but was almost immedialty thereafter divided into smaller counties.<ref>{{Citation:The Cherokee Land Lottery - Forward, page 1.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref>  In this case, lot 232 was part of district 10 <ref>ile: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>, which in turn became part of Murray County.<ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Map.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref>

One of the most common assertions by online sources is that "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 originated from [http://www.wiregrassgenealogy.com/captdave55/David_Hickox.pdf|David "Yankee Dave" Hickox and Sarah Altman Hickox]<ref>{{Citation:David "Yankee Dave" Hickox and Sarah Altman Hickox.pdf/Source Listing}}</ref>, which in turn cites '' "The Story of Brantley County Georgia" Pg's. 61,147.'' This is incorrect.  David drew lot 207 which can be found on page 232 of ''[[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]]''.<ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref>. It also states that at the time of the drawing, this was considered Cherokee County, but was almost immediately thereafter divided into smaller counties.<ref>{{Citation:The Cherokee Land Lottery - Forward, page 1.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref>  In this case, lot 232 was part of district 10 <ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg|List of winners, including David Hickox, Page 232]]</ref>, which in turn became part of Murray County.<ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Map.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref> These lots were up to 160 acre plots,<ref>{{Citation:The Cherokee Land Lottery - Forward, page 1.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref> and not 600.<ref>'''See also [[#Headright Grants]]</ref>  

 

Georgia held two land lotteries in 1832. The first lottery, in which David'Fs name was drawn<ref>{{Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Subsequent Note}}</ref>, were awarded up to 160 acre plots. Individuals were granted multiple entries <ref>https://www.georgiaarchives.org/research/1832_land_lottery</ref>, 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, and their would be highly unlikely multiple awards would have been contiguous.

 

According to WiregrassFamilies.com (defunct as of 12/25/17) the cites [[The Story of Brantley County Georgia]] as asserting "[[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>{{Citation:Wiregrass Families (website)/Citation Listing}}</ref> While I have been unable to locate this text or examine its sources myself, the evidence doesn't seem to support this assertion. [[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>Citation:David Hickox - The Cherokee Land Lottery - Page 232.jpg/Subsequent Note</ref>, not lot 232.

 

====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, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate drawers in said lottery, with an engraved map of each district====