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**index can be found at [http://1805georgialandlottery.com/fortunate-drawers-and-grantees/land-lottery-records/ 1805 Georgia land Lottery] and [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gatroup2/georgia_1805landlottery.htm Roots Web]
 
**index can be found at [http://1805georgialandlottery.com/fortunate-drawers-and-grantees/land-lottery-records/ 1805 Georgia land Lottery] and [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gatroup2/georgia_1805landlottery.htm Roots Web]
 
**Some names can be found at https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2575607
 
**Some names can be found at https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2575607
*Names of interest in this source
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**{{has person|Etheridge Crews}}
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**no hickox
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**{{has person|Joseph Sykes Sr.}}
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**{{has person|Lucy Sykes}}
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**{{has person|John Murray}}
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**{{has person|Thomas Murray}}
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**{{has person|James Murray}}
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**{{has person|John Murray}}
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**{{has person|Timothy Murray}}
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#''1807 Land Lottery'' — Included additional Creek lands.
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====Notes====
#''1820 Land Lottery'' — After the [[Indian Wars|Creek War (1814)]], President Jackson demanded from the Creeks an immense area of land which would become the southern third of the entire state of Georgia. A second section of land in northeast Georgia was included. This other, smaller section defined the eastern end of the Cherokee Nation for 12 years.
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Names of interest in this source<ref>http://sites.rootsweb.com/~gatroup2/georgia_1805landlottery.htm</ref>
#''1821 Land Lottery'' — Further Creek cessions which included the future site of Atlanta.
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*{{has person|Etheridge Crews}}
#''1827 Land Lottery'' — Signaled the end of the Creek Indians in Georgia.
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*no hickox
#''1832 Land Lottery'' — This lottery, along with the 1832 Gold Lottery, gave the Cherokee Nation to Georgia settlers. Sparked the "[[Trail of Tears]]."
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*{{has person|Joseph Sykes Sr.}}
#''[[Gold Lottery of 1832|1832 Gold Lottery]]'' — By the time of the gold lottery the [[Georgia Gold Rush]] was already beginning to wind down. The state did not guarantee that gold existed on the lots given away.
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*{{has person|Lucy Sykes}}
#''1833 Fractions Lottery'' — The State of Georgia held one final land lottery in December, 1833, to distribute fractions from the Cherokee territory and other remaining lots not drawn in previous lotteries.
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*{{has person|John Murray}}
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*{{has person|Thomas Murray}}
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*{{has person|James Murray}}
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*{{has person|John Murray}}
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*{{has person|Timothy Murray}}
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===1807 Land Lottery===
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— Included additional Creek lands.
 +
===1820 Land Lottery===
 +
— After the [[Indian Wars|Creek War (1814)]], President Jackson demanded from the Creeks an immense area of land which would become the southern third of the entire state of Georgia. A second section of land in northeast Georgia was included. This other, smaller section defined the eastern end of the Cherokee Nation for 12 years.
 +
===1821 Land Lottery===
 +
— Further Creek cessions which included the future site of Atlanta.
 +
===1827 Land Lottery===
 +
— Signaled the end of the Creek Indians in Georgia.
 +
===1832 Land Lottery===
 +
— This lottery, along with the 1832 Gold Lottery, gave the Cherokee Nation to Georgia settlers. Sparked the "[[Trail of Tears]]."
 +
===[[Gold Lottery of 1832|1832 Gold Lottery]]===
 +
— By the time of the gold lottery the [[Georgia Gold Rush]] was already beginning to wind down. The state did not guarantee that gold existed on the lots given away.
 +
===1833 Fractions Lottery===
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— The State of Georgia held one final land lottery in December, 1833, to distribute fractions from the Cherokee territory and other remaining lots not drawn in previous lotteries.
    
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