If I remember right, this reference book does not contain the Gold Lots. Try these: Also search by lot No. If you type in 370 or 1409 you will find 0 lots and yet we know 1409 is a legitimare no. in 14th Dist 1st Sect Lewis Joiner 1-1-200 Jeremiah Slade 1-14-149 (This is where I live, later owned by John L. Cruse) Noah Strong 1-14-1409 Mary Webb 1-1-307 Francis Reviere 1-1-17 It is a good source but if you think your ancestor drew in what became Lumpkin or Forsyth it is not going to appear in this source. For a view of where the Gold Lots were look at the map on the nwga page. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nwga/ This map was sent to me but it is from a flyer they used to pass out at the Ga State archives on a table where you checked in - back in the 1970s. To answer Pat: "the 13th and 15th DISTRICT, FOURTH SECTION, CHEROKEE." The 13th was in original Murray Co. - now in Chattooga Co. The 15th was in original Floyd Co. - now part in Chattooga, part in Floyd Co. You can find the map with the current counties linked from Cherokee Co. Genweb. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacherok/cher_new.htm Donna