Houston County Researchers: For those of you who have utilized the Land Lottery info that is printed in THE FIRST 110 YEARS OF HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA (formerly THE HISTORY OF HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA), there are many errors. I only discovered this in the past few days. For example: Alexander Smith is listed as being the fortunate drawer of Land Lot 222 of the 8th Land District of *Houston County*. While there is, in fact an 8th Land District of Houston County, the Land Lots end at Lot # 180. An examination of the 1829 Houston County Tax Digest revealed that Alexander Smith did, in fact own Land Lot 222 of the 8th Land District, but that this parcel was in *Troup County*, Georgia. THE HISTORY OF HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA was compiled, edited and "sort-of published" in the 1930s. It was a group effort, primarily of historically concerned citizens who wanted to document and preserve their county's heritage. It is my opinion that one of them reviewed the Land Lottery data at the Georgia Archives, and then *misinterpreted* it. They abstracted the Fortunate Drawers who were residents *of* Houston County, not who drew Land Lots *in* Houston County. I've reviewed the extensive listing of *all* of the fortunate drawers of the land *in* Houston County. It lists the following: Land Lot. Land District. Name of Fortunate Drawer. County where they resided. Captain's District they resided in. Date of the Land Lottery Drawing. When you are up against a "brick wall" with your genealogical research, it is imperative to check all of the primary sources, and not rely on published secondary sources. This is just a good example of perpetuating inaccuracies. The information that is contained in the 5 volumes of LAND RECORDS OF HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA: Compiled by Davine V. Campbell & William R. Henry *is* CORRECT. If you have access to a genealogy library that has these excellent publications, you would do well to review them. These publications are also available directly from the Central Georgia Genealogical Society (CGGS). Take care & happy hunting! _______________________________ William A. Mills Perry, Georgia [email protected] Houston Co., GA Research & Publications: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Forum/8795 ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.