The gold lottery of 1832 was one of the last in a series of land grant lotteries the state of georgia administered throughout the early 1800s as a means of distributing tracts of land to. The georgia land lotteries were an early nineteenth century system of land redistribution in. Internet archive bookreader 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. Land lottery map of cherokee territory in georgia teach us history. The cherokee land lotteries of north georgia deep roots. This land lottery divided up the land of hte former cherokee indian country in 1832. Were adding new records daily so check back frequently. The cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of the names. This land area was divided into the present counties of cass renamed bartow in 1861, cherokee, cobb, floyd, forsyth, gilmer, lumpkin, murray, paulding and union.
Even more surprising is that the final official maps are all the. This database is a listing of persons allotted land in 1832 from what was considered cherokee land. 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. Georgia 1832, supreme court chief justice john marshall ruled that the cherokee nation. The upwards of 20,000 persons listed in this work were fortunate drawers in the 1832 sixth and last land lottery held in the original cherokee county, georgia. The 1832 land lottery how we went from cherokee to dade. Braswell bracewell family history and genealogy research brought to you by the editor and publisher of braswell branches. The original cherokee indian territory became cherokee county by an act of december 26, 1831.
The 1832 cherokee land lottery of georgia hardcover 1968 by james f smith author, made available for distribution and settlement that part of the cherokee indian nation which was in georgia. Actually, there were two lotteries in 1832 the land lottery where lots were 160 acres, and the gold lottery consisting of districts thought to possibly contain gold, with lots that were 40 acres. Of all the states, georgia has the distinction of being the only one to distribute parcels of land by lottery. The cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate drawers in said lottery, with an engraved map of each. The land lottery dataset contains the names and residence of all the fortunate drawers in the land lottery of the cherokee country, arranged by districts in numerical order, all carefully copied from the originals in the executive department and the office of the surveyor general, designating also the lots which have been granted. This land lottery divided up the land of the former cherokee indian country in 1832. In the 1832 land lottery area, land lots were 160 acres 0. Cherokee county would ultimately become the parent county for all or part of twentyfive contemporary georgia counties.
Chain of title of property in the 1832 land lottery. The cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of. In the reference portion of the book on this lottery that we have in the library are drawings of each individual section of land showing all these geographic features and they are surprisingly accurate. Land owners in the 1832 land lottery deep roots in the south.
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