Joel's reference to the Cherokee Land lottery reminded me of some information I sent to Pate-L a long time ago about land Samuel Pate owned at the time of his death in Twiggs Co GA. A notice in the Georgia Journal indicated Samuel Pate's administrator selling land in Murray county but did not give section number. When looking this up in the original land lottery books I looked in the WRONG section and later sent the information to Pate-L. After consulting Smith's 1838 book on the Cherokee Land Lottery containing maps showing which section became Murray Co, etc, I should have looked in Sec 3 instead of Sec 2. However, Smith's 1838 book gives the original drawer of the land as Rebecca Connel (wid) and the original microfilm DEFINITELY says "Caudle." 9 May 1849. Georgia Journal. Adm'r sale, Aug 1849, Spring Place, Murray Co Ga; James Averett adm'r Samuel Pate; undivided hf #182 8th dist; by order of Inferior court, Twiggs Co GA [1832 LAND LOTTERY: #182, SEC 3 DIST 8 WAS GRANTED TO REBECCA CAUDLE (WID) WILL'S DIST, TWIGGS CO & GRANTED TO HER 11 MAY 1836 [NOTE THAT PREVIOUS ABSTRACT WAS WRONG--I HAD LOOKED UP WRONG SECTION] [GDAH 286/49] **** ALSO NOTE THAT THE ADJOINING LOT #183, 8TH DIST, 3RD SECTION CHEROKEE CO WAS DRAWN BY JOSEPH MARTIN, WILL'S DIST, TWIGGS CO & GRANTED TO HIM 22 NOV 1832--JOSEPH MARTIN HAD LAND IN TWIGGS COUNTY ADJOINING SAMUEL PATE ON 1833 TAX DIGEST I think this information is important to Samuel Pate researchers because of the land being "undivided" at the time of Samuel Pate's death. Samuel Pate acquired this land sometime between Rebecca Caudle's 11 May 1836 grant and his death prior to 20 July 1848. According to the 1833 Tax Digest Twiggs Co GA Capt FULGHAM'S Dist (was Will's Dist in 1830) PATE, SAMUEL 202 1/2 acres/ 800 acres pine/Twiggs/ adj. MYRICK/ big Sandy Creek MARTIN, JOSEPH 3 slaves/ 40 acres/ 180 acres pine/Twiggs & others/ adj PATE/big Sandy Creek [NOTE: Joseph Martin's "40 acres" is probably the 40 acres granted to Joseph Martin Wills dist Twiggs Co #183 8th dist 3rd Sec Cherokee county 22 Nov 1832; This 40 acres joins the 40 acres granted to Rebecca Caudle (wid) Wills Dist Twiggs Co #182, 8th dist 3rd sec Cherokee county 11 May 1836 (Drawn by her 1832)] Another point of interest is the fact that in Sept 1839, Samuel Pate is serving as admnistrator of Holliday H Harrell. In 1837 JOSEPH MARTIN had been serving as the administrator of the same person. Baldwin Co Ga Newspaper Clippings Vol III 1837-1839, Tad Evans. p299 3 Sept 1839 GA/Twiggs Co: Wbs at ct house door in sd count 1st Tue Dec nx, all property belonging to estate of HOLLIDAY H HARRALL, late of sd co dec'd. Sold to benefit heirs & creditors of sd estate. (s) SAMUEL PATE Adm. [p86 & 94... JOSEPH MARTIN as administrator of HOLLIDAY H. HARRALL 24 Oct 1837] Some big unanswered questions are were Samuel Pate and Joseph Martin related in any way or were they just neighbors and friends? Is there any significance to them both serving as admnistrators of Holliday H Harrall? When, how, why did Samuel Pate acquire the Cherokee (now Murray Co) land formerly owned by Rebecca Caudle (wid) and who was Rebecca Caudle anyway? Who was the co-owner of the land at the time of Samuel Pate's death? If anyone should ever find any of these answers, please contact me. Sorry for posting the previous incorrect information to the list, Lindy Hard