Georgia Land Grants
Both [[{{{Page_Name}}}]] (Tree Profile)[1] and [[{{{Page_Name}}}]] (Tree Profile)[2] names were drawn in the one of the land grant lotteries. Understanding how these land grants worked could offer insight on the lives of these individuals and their families.
Land Loteries
Georgia has the unique distinction of distributing lands by lottery. Lands given to Georgia citizens by lotteries from 1805 to 1833 are in the present western and northern three-quarters of Georgia. Lotteries took place in 1805, 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, 1833, and two in 1832. All Georgia citizens were eligible to qualify for a lottery, although the 1820, 1827, and 1832 lotteries also gave special consideration to war veterans. [3]
1832 Lottery
While the surveying was being carried out those persons who had lived in Georgia three years immediately prior to the Acts or the General Assembly, registered to draw in the Lottery in their counties of residence. [4]
Related Links
- http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Georgia_Land_Records
- http://www.civilwarbaptists.com/thisdayinhistory/1862-july-29-2/
- http://revwarapps.org/revwar-pension-acts.htm
- http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Georgia_Land_and_Property
- http://www.genealogy.com/24_land.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Land_Lotteries
References
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- ↑ James F. Smith, 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 (New York, Harper & Brothers, 1838), 313; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cherokeelandlott00smit : accessed 25 December 2017), image 313 of 626.
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- ↑ James F. Smith, 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 (New York, Harper & Brothers, 1838), unnumbered p. vii for map "The Land Area of the Cherokee Lottery"; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cherokeelandlott00smit : accessed 25 December 2017), image 15 of 626.