Historical Land Records of Georgia

GEORGIA LAND LOTTERIES     1805

Counties

• Baldwin: 5 Districts (1-5)
• Wayne: 3 Districts (1-3)
• Wilkinson: 5 Districts (1-5)

Size of Land Lots

• Baldwin: 202 ½ acres
• Wayne: 490 acres
• Wilkinson: 202 ½ acres

Grant Fee

• $ 8.10 per 202 ½ acre lot
• $19.60 per 490 acre lot

Person Entitled to Draw

• Bachelor, 21 years or over, 1 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 1 draw
• Married man with wife and/or child, 1 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 2 draws
• Widow with child under 21 years, 1 year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
• Orphan or family of orphans under 21 years, with father dead and mother dead or remarried – 1 draw

GEORGIA LAND LOTTERIES

Time of Drawing: August 10, 1807-September 23, 1807

Counties

• Baldwin: 15 Districts (6-20)
• Wilkinson: 23 Districts (6-28)

Size of Land Lots

• Baldwin: 202 ½ acres
• Wilkinson: 202 ½ acres

Grant Fee

• $12.15 per 202 ½ acre lot

Person Entitled to Draw

• Bachelor, 21 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 1 draw
• Married man with wife and/or child under 21 years, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 2 draws
• Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Spinster, 21 years or older, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw 
• Orphan under 21 years, father and mother dead, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead, 3-year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
• Orphan under 21 years, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family of orphans under 21, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw

Persons Excluded

• Any fortunate drawer in the previous land lottery.

Date of Drawing: November 7, 1821 - December 12, 1821

Counties

• Dooly: 16 districts (1-16)
• Fayette: 4 districts (6,7,9,14)
• Henry: 18 districts (1-18)
• Houston: 16 districts (1-16)
• Monroe: 15 districts (1-15)
• 37 undrawn lots remaining from the 1820 lottery

Size of Land Lots

• All new (1821) counties: 202 ½ acres

Grant Fee

• $19.00 per Land Lot

Person Entitled to Draw

• Bachelor, 18 years or older, 3-year residence in Georgia, 3-year citizen United States – 1 draw
• Married man with wife or son under 18 years or unmarried daughter, 3-year residence in Georgia, 3-year citizen United States – 2 draws
• Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family of minor orphans, father dead, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family (one or two) of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead – 1 draw
• Family (three or more) of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead – 2 draws
• Widow, husband killed or died in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War, 3-year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
• Orphan, father killed or died in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War – 2 draws
• Child or family of children of a convict, 3-year residence in Georgia – entitled in the same manner as orphans

Persons Excluded

• Any fortunate drawer in any previous land lottery.
• Citizens of the state who volunteered or were legally drafted during the War of 1812 or Indian War and refused to serve a tour of duty in person or by substitute.
• Any convict in the penitentiary.
• Any tax defaulter or absconder for debt.

GEORGIA LAND LOTTERIES     1827

Counties

• Carroll: 16 districts (1-16)
• Coweta: 9 districts (1-9)
• Lee: 13 districts (1-13)
• Muscogee: 24 districts (1-24)
• Troup: 12 districts (1-12)

Size of Land Lots

• All counties: 202 ½ acres

Grant Fee

• $18.00 per Land Lot

Person Entitled to Draw

• Bachelor, 18 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 1 draw
• Married man with wife or son under 18 years or unmarried daughter, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 2 draws
• Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Wife and/or child, 3-year residence in Georgia, husband and/or father absent from state for 3 years – 1 draw
• Family (one or two ) of orphans under 18 years whose father is dead, 3-year residence in state or since birth – 1 draw
• Family (three or more) of orphans under 18 years, 3-year residence in state or since birth – 2 draws
• Widow, husband killed in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War, 3-year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
• Orphan, father killed in Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or Indian War - 2 draws
• Wounded or disabled veteran of War of 1812 or Indian War, unable to work - 2 draws
• Veteran of Revolutionary War – 2 draws
• Veteran of Revolutionary War who had been a fortunate drawer in any previous Lottery – 1 draw
• Child or children of convict, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Male idiots, lunatics or insane, deaf and dumb, or blind, over 10 years and under 18 years, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Female idiots, insane or lunatics, deaf and dumb, or blind, over 10 years, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family (one or two) of illegitimates under 18 years, residence since birth in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family (three or more) of illegitimates under 18 years, residence since birth in Georgia – 2 draws
• Child or children of a convict whose father had not drawn in any of the former land lotteries – entitled to a draw or draws in the same manner they would be entitled if they were orphans

Persons Excluded

• Any fortunate drawer in any previous Land Lottery.
• Citizens who volunteered or were legally drafted in the War of 1812 or the Indian War and who refused to serve a tour of duty in person or by substitute.
• Anyone who may have deserted from military service.
• Any tax defaulter or absconded for debt.
• Any convict in the penitentiary.

GEORGIA LAND LOTTERIES    1832

Counties 

The original Cherokee Indian territory became Cherokee County by an Act of December 26, 1831. A law passed on December 3, 1832, divided original Cherokee County into ten counties: Cass (renamed Bartow), Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union. In the drawing of tickets and in the granting of the land, the area was treated only as Cherokee territory. It was divided between land lots distributed by the sixth land lottery and “gold” lots that were distributed by the seventh land lottery. 

Sections and Land Districts

• The territory was so expansive that Cherokee County was divided into four sections, and each section was divided into districts. There were a total of 60 land districts, and each was divided into land lots. Fractional lots of 100 acres and more were counted as whole lots.

First Section
Districts 6-10, 16-19. 

Second Section
Districts 4-14, 20, 22-27 

Third Section
Districts 5-16 

Fourth Section
Districts 4-15, 18-19

Size of Land Lots

• 160 acres

Grant Fee

• $18.00 per Land Lot

Person Entitled to Draw

• Bachelor, 18 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of the United States – 1 draw
• Married man with wife and/or minor son under 18 and/or unmarried daughter, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 2 draws
• Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Wife and/or child, 3-year residence in Georgia, of husband and/or father absent from state for 3 years – 1 draw
• Family (one or two) of orphans under 18 years, residence since birth in state – 1 draw
• Family (three or more) of orphans under 18 years, residence since birth in state – 2 draws
• Widow, husband killed or died in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian Wars, 3-year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
• Orphan, father killed in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War – 2 draws
• Wounded or disabled veteran of War of 1812 or Indian Wars, unable to work – 2 draws
• Veteran of Revolutionary War – 2 draws
• Veteran of Revolutionary War who had been a fortunate drawer in any previous lottery – 1 draw
• Child or children of a convict, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Male idiots, lunatics or insane, deaf and dumb, or blind, over 10 years and under 18 years, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Female idiots, insane or lunatics or deaf and dumb or blind, over 10 years, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family (one or two) of illegitimates under 18 years, residence since birth in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family (three or more) of illegitimates under 18 years, residence since birth in Georgia – 2 draws

Persons Excluded

• Any fortunate drawer in any previous land lottery who has taken out a grant of said land lot.
• Any person who mined—or caused to be mined—gold, silver, or other metal in the Cherokee territory since June 1, 1830.
• Any person who has taken up residence in Cherokee territory.
• Any person who is a member of or concerned with “a horde of Thieves known as the Pony Club.”
• Any person who at any time was convicted of a felony in any court in Georgia.