Do any of you have ancestors who drew their Bartow County (at that time it was Cherokee land).....and was described as 3rd Section of Cherokee Lands.... There are published books on the lotteries. Here's a summary of what I believe is available....and a sample of what you might find in each book. If you know of other resources (and on-line ones too)....please share with this Bartow List.... 1832 Cherokee Lottery 1832 Cherokee Lottery Smith, James F. The book indicates: Eighth District, Fourth Section, Cherokee. 160 Lewis Maddox, s. i. w., Hobbs's, Laurens.* Lewis Maddox, a soldier of the Indian war, a resident of Hobb's Military District in Lauren's County drew land as described. From the explanation of abbreviations also comes, "Note--All names marked * were granted previous to the first day of January, 1838." 1832 Gold Lottery 1832 Gold Lottery "Counties Formed in the 1832 Lotteries: 32. Cherokee which was divided into Cass (later Bartow), Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding and Union." Book provides this information: [Name, County, Mil. Dist., Lot/Dist, Section] Josiah Farrell's (Orphs.), Hancock, 113, 1146/2, 3 The orphans of Josiah Farrell, living in Military Distrcit 113 in Hancock County drew Land Lot 1145 in Land District 2, Section 3. It appears from the map in the front of the book that this land falls in Cobb Co. The 1833 Land Lottery of Georgia and Other Missing Names of Winners in the Georgia Land Lotteries The Archives page also gives information about the land lotteries and how they worked. http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/rs/lotteries.htm Virginia Crilley