Does anyone know who the following ALDRIDGEs might have been? Is anyone descended from them? > Hitz, Alex M. Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans > of the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia. State Printing Office. > Atlanta. 1966. > > Auldridge, Absolem; resident of Houston; 1832 lottery; Fortunate draw > 223 (Land lot) 12 (District) 2 (Section); granted in Cherokee, 7/ 1/1843. > > Aldrege, William Wilkes 1832 247 5 4 Cherokee 12/ 1/183?? > > Belated recognition of the services of all Revolutionary veterans was > made by the Act of June 9 1825, establishing the Fifth Land Lottery of > 1827. Every veteran with three years residence in Georgia was allowed > three draws if unmarried or four draws if married, regardless of where he > had enlisted or in what regiment he had fought. The two additional > draws, less any fortunate draw in the Third Land Lottery, were available > to every veteran who could take the following prescribed oath before the > registering officials, namely: > > "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I served as a soldier in the > armies of the United States during the Revolutionary War a tour or tours > of duty, and am entitled to a draw or draws according to the provisions > of this Act; so help me God". > > Exactly the same preference was given to all Revolutionary > veterans by the Act of December 21 1830, setting up the Sixth > (Cherokee) Land Lottery of 1832. Service in the United States armies > was the criterion - the State of enlistment and place of service was not > material. However, a veteran was denied any additional draws if he had > drawn two Land Lots (as a veteran) in the Land Lotteries of 1820 and > 1827, and he was allowed only one additional draw if he had previously > drawn one Land Lot. At the time of entering his name he was required to > take the following oath, namely: > > "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I served as a soldier in the > armies of the United States during the Revolutionary War a tour or tours > of duty, and that I did not any time during the said war bear arms or act > as a spy or emissary against the United States, or in any manner aid or > abet the enemy thereof, and am entitled to a draw or draws according to > the provisions of this Act, so help me God". > > Inasmush as every person claiming Revolutionary service was > required to swear to his claim before fit and proper persons appointed > for that purpose by the Inferior Court of the county of his residence, > and inasmuch as those neighbors would know the truth or falsity of > every claim, there can be but little doubt that every man styled or > identified as "Rev. Sol." or "Rev. S." or R. Sol." or "R. S." on the Land > Lottery lists and records was actually a veteran and former soldier of the > United States army in the War of the American Revolution. > > The following list includes all of those veterans (2069 in number) > who were "fortunate drawers" in the Third (1820), Fifth (1827) and Sixth > (1832) Land Lotteries. The spelling of first and last names has been > carefully checked against three original official sources. Whenever a > name did not appear exactly the same in all three places, those > spellings which were in agreement have been accepted as the veteran's > correct name. The name of a county following a veteran's name shows > his residence as of the date of the indicated Land Lottery. > > Under the words "Fortunate Draw" the first column indicates the Land Lot > number and the second column indicates the District number and the > occasional number found in the third column indicates the Section. > If you know who these might be, please contact me. Thanks! Pam ************************************* Pam Wilson wilsonpam@mindspring.com Marietta, GA List Administrator, EFSS-L (Early Families in Southern States), HOLBERT-L and LAWLER-L through Rootsweb.com Associate list administrator, Arledge/Aldridge list (arledge@tx3.com): to join, go to http://www.tx3.com/~arledge/subscr.htm Coordinator, Arledge Family History Project http://www.geocities.com/wilson_pam/ Arledge Family History database on Rootsweb's WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wilsonpam.