In 1803, Martha, George and Edward Poythress registered for the 1805 (1st) Georgia land lottery. On November 11, 1803, in Burke County, Sheriff's sale, first Tuesday in September next, courthouse in Waynesborough, one Negro boy named Stephney; taken by virtue of an execution, William Duefto versus George Poythress, administrator of Thomas Poythress. The 1805 lottery listed the names of every person who entered. Registration in 1803 for this drawing was a fairly good, although incomplete "proxy" for an 1803 census of Georgia. In the later lotteries, with a few exceptions, only the winners were listed. Land awarded in the 1805 lottery was then Baldwin and Wilkinson County. Name Reg.# Prize or Blank Registrant's County Poythress, Edward 47 B B Burke Poythress, George 65 B Burke Poythress, Martha 50 B B Burke Poythress, Francis 613 B B Hancock Poythress, Meredith 968 B B Screven Poythress, William 967 B B Screven