Thank you Kay. Robert Temples K.H. wrote: > > --- Robert Temples <templesd@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > Dear Researcher: > > > > A recent message was sent to me on some family that > > particapated in the > > Cherokee Land Lottery, Early Co., GA. There were no > > dates shown. Were > > these prior to the 1790 census?? We are trying to > > establish time lines > > here. > > > > Robert Temples > > > > Hay Robert, > > I can give you a little information. I live in > Georgia, have a few family lines in Early/Clay Co.'s > (Killingsworth and Ivy) and although I am no expert, I > can give you a little info and maybe help to get on > the right track. > > If memory serves, there were about 6 different land > lotteries, starting in 1805 and the last one in 1832. > I believe the one that involved Early Co. was in 1820. > There is some information about the land lotteries at > the following website: > > http://www.sos.state.ga.us/Archives/rs/lotteries.htm > > It will give you a history of the lotteries in > general, has a place to click on to see history on > each individual lottery, as well as information about > how you can obtain the records of the lotteries. > > I hope this might help. > > Kay > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com