This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BRD.2ACEB/4469 Message Board Post: BENNETT, JOEL > ELBERT CO., GA > WILKINSON CO., GA Does anyone have any idea who this Joel Bennett is or where he came from? Found a Joel Bennett listed in the following sources: 1. Georgia Genealogist Part III State records, Newspapers, and County records A – Forsyth Repository: GA. Dept. of Archives & History Tax Digest ca. 1801 (1796-1805), Elbert County, County records, Page 5 (G49-7) All lands within one mile of the river Capt. Morrison’s Company Name; Slave; Granted to; Watercourse; Adjoining owner John Bennett; 0; 160; J. Webster; ELB; Lighw’d S Creek; Vac’t when surveyed Joel Bennett; 0; 200; ---; ELB; Lighw’d S Creek; A. Casey William Bennett; 0; W. Bennett; ELB; Lighw’d S Creek; John Bennett 2. Elbert County. Land Lottery Lists Eligible Drawers, 1807, 1821, 1827, 1832. Microfilm roll 10-83 Repository: GA. Dept. of Archives & History Transcribed version by Phillip Crow found at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/elbert/lan/1806lott.txt Bennet, Moses, No. of draws = 2, date taken 8/8/1806 Bennett, Joel, No. of draws = 2, date taken 8/8/1806 Also listed Crow, Samuel, No. of draws = 2, date taken 8/8/1806 Note: Eligibility appears to be; Married man with wife and/or minor child, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of US – 2 3. The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia Georgia Genealogical Reprints The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. Vidalia, GA 1968 Repository: GA. Dept. of Archives & History Page 13-14 Elbert County Grantee; Militia; Lot; Dist.; County Bennett, Joel; Barrett’s; 279; 21; Wilkinson Also Bennett, Moses; Barrett’s; 153; 13; Baldwin