Authority: Act of June 9, 1825 Date of Drawing: 1827 Counties a.. Carroll: 16 districts (1-16) b.. Coweta: 9 districts (1-9) c.. Lee: 13 districts (1-13) d.. Muscogee: 24 districts (1-24) e.. Troup: 12 districts (1-12) Size of Land Lots a.. All counties: 202 ½ acres Grant Fee a.. $18.00 per Land Lot Person Entitled to Draw a.. Bachelor, 18 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 1 draw b.. Married man with wife or son under 18 years or unmarried daughter, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 2 draws c.. Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw d.. Wife and/or child, 3-year residence in Georgia, husband and/or father absent from state for 3 years - 1 draw e.. Family (one or two ) of orphans under 18 years whose father is dead, 3-year residence in state or since birth - 1 draw f.. Family (three or more) of orphans under 18 years, 3-year residence in state or since birth - 2 draws g.. Widow, husband killed in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws h.. Orphan, father killed in Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or Indian War - 2 draws i.. Wounded or disabled veteran of War of 1812 or Indian War, unable to work - 2 draws j.. Veteran of Revolutionary War - 2 draws k.. Veteran of Revolutionary War who had been a fortunate drawer in any previous Lottery - 1 draw l.. Child or children of convict, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw m.. Male idiots, lunatics or insane, deaf and dumb, or blind, over 10 years and under 18 years, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw n.. Female idiots, insane or lunatics, deaf and dumb, or blind, over 10 years, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw o.. Family (one or two) of illegitimates under 18 years, residence since birth in Georgia - 1 draw p.. Family (three or more) of illegitimates under 18 years, residence since birth in Georgia - 2 draws q.. Child or children of a convict whose father had not drawn in any of the former land lotteries - entitled to a draw or draws in the same manner they would be entitled if they were orphans Persons Excluded a.. Any fortunate drawer in any previous Land Lottery. b.. Citizens who volunteered or were legally drafted in the War of 1812 or the Indian War and who refused to serve a tour of duty in person or by substitute. c.. Anyone who may have deserted from military service. d.. Any tax defaulter or absconded for debt. e.. Any convict in the penitentiary. Authority: Act of December 21, 1830; Act of December 24, 1831 Year of Drawing: 1832 Counties The original Cherokee Indian territory became Cherokee County by an Act of December 26, 1831. A law passed on December 3, 1832, divided original Cherokee County into ten counties: Cass (renamed Bartow), Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union. In the drawing of tickets and in the granting of the land, the area was treated only as Cherokee territory. It was divided between land lots distributed by the sixth land lottery and "gold" lots that were distributed by the seventh land lottery. Sections and Land Districts a.. The territory was so expansive that Cherokee County was divided into four sections, and each section was divided into districts. There were a total of 60 land districts, and each was divided into land lots. Fractional lots of 100 acres and more were counted as whole lots. First Section Districts 6-10, 16-19. Second Section Districts 4-14, 20, 22-27 Third Section Districts 5-16 Fourth Section Districts 4-15, 18-19 Size of Land Lots a.. 160 acres Grant Fee a.. $18.00 per Land Lot Person Entitled to Draw a.. Bachelor, 18 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of the United States - 1 draw b.. Married man with wife and/or minor son under 18 and/or unmarried daughter, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 2 draws c.. Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw d.. Wife and/or child, 3-year residence in Georgia, of husband and/or father absent from state for 3 years - 1 draw e.. Family (one or two) of orphans under 18 years, residence since birth in state - 1 draw f.. Family (three or more) of orphans under 18 years, residence since birth in state - 2 draws g.. Widow, husband killed or died in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian Wars, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws h.. Orphan, father killed in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War - 2 draws i.. Wounded or disabled veteran of War of 1812 or Indian Wars, unable to work - 2 draws j.. Veteran of Revolutionary War - 2 draws k.. Veteran of Revolutionary War who had been a fortunate drawer in any previous lottery - 1 draw l.. Child or children of a convict, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw m.. Male idiots, lunatics or insane, deaf and dumb, or blind, over 10 years and under 18 years, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw n.. Female idiots, insane or lunatics or deaf and dumb or blind, over 10 years, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw o.. Family (one or two) of illegitimates under 18 years, residence since birth in Georgia - 1 draw p.. Family (three or more) of illegitimates under 18 years, residence since birth in Georgia - 2 draws Persons Excluded a.. Any fortunate drawer in any previous land lottery who has taken out a grant of said land lot. b.. Any person who mined-or caused to be mined-gold, silver, or other metal in the Cherokee territory since June 1, 1830. c.. Any person who has taken up residence in Cherokee territory. d.. Any person who is a member of or concerned with "a horde of Thieves known as the Pony Club." e.. Any person who at any time was convicted of a felony in any court in Georgia.

Authority: Act of December 15, 1818; Act of December 16, 1819 Date of Drawing: September 1, 1820-December 2, 1820 Counties a.. Appling: 13 Districts (1-13) b.. Early: 26 Districts (1-23; 26-28) c.. Gwinnett: 3 Districts (5-7) d.. Habersham: 10 Districts (1-6; 10-13) e.. Hall: 5 Districts (8-12) f.. Irwin: 16 Districts (1-16) g.. Rabun: 5 Districts (1-5) h.. Walton: 4 Districts (1-4) Size of Land Lots a.. Appling: 490 acres b.. Early: 250 acres c.. Gwinnett: 250 acres d.. Habersham: [Districts 1-4; 10-13] 250 acres; [Districts 5-6] 490 acres e.. Hall: 250 acres f.. Irwin: 490 acres g.. Rabun: [Districts 1; 3-5] 490 acres; [District 2] 250 acres h.. Walton: 250 acres Grant Fee a.. $18.00 per land lot either size Person Entitled to Draw a.. Bachelor, 18 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen United States - 1 draw b.. Soldier of Indian War, residence in Georgia during or since military service - 1 draw c.. Invalid or indigent veteran of Revolutionary War or War of 1812 - 2 draws d.. Invalid or indigent veteran of Revolutionary War or War of 1812 who was a fortunate drawer in either previous land lottery - 1 draw e.. Married man with wife or minor son under 18 years or unmarried daughter, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen United States - 2 draws f.. Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw g.. Widow, husband killed in Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or Indian War, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws h.. Family of one or two orphans under 21 years, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw i.. Family of three or more orphans under 21 years, father and mother both dead, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws j.. Family of one or two orphans under 21 years, father and mother both dead, 3-year residence in Georgia, 1 draw k.. Orphan under 21 years, father killed in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws l.. Invalid or indigent officer or soldier in the Revolutionary Army who had been fortunate drawer in either previous lottery - 1 draw Persons Excluded a.. Any fortunate drawer in either previous land lottery, except families of orphans consisting of more than one person and such other persons as indicated above. b.. Citizens of the state who were legally drafted in the War of 1812 or the Indian War and refused to serve a tour of duty in person or by substitute. c.. Any person who resided upon the lottery territory previous to the extinguishment of the Indian title to the same. Authority: Act of May 16, 1821 Date of Drawing: November 7, 1821-December 12, 1821 Counties a.. Dooly: 16 districts (1-16) b.. Fayette: 4 districts (6,7,9,14) c.. Henry: 18 districts (1-18) d.. Houston: 16 districts (1-16) e.. Monroe: 15 districts (1-15) f.. 37 undrawn lots remaining from the 1820 lottery Size of Land Lots a.. All new (1821) counties: 202 ½ acres Grant Fee a.. $19.00 per Land Lot Person Entitled to Draw a.. Bachelor, 18 years or older, 3-year residence in Georgia, 3-year citizen United States - 1 draw b.. Married man with wife or son under 18 years or unmarried daughter, 3-year residence in Georgia, 3-year citizen United States - 2 draws c.. Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw d.. Family of minor orphans, father dead, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw e.. Family (one or two) of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead - 1 draw f.. Family (three or more) of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead - 2 draws g.. Widow, husband killed or died in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws h.. Orphan, father killed or died in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War - 2 draws i.. Child or family of children of a convict, 3-year residence in Georgia - entitled in the same manner as orphans Persons Excluded a.. Any fortunate drawer in any previous land lottery. b.. Citizens of the state who volunteered or were legally drafted during the War of 1812 or Indian War and refused to serve a tour of duty in person or by substitute. c.. Any convict in the penitentiary. d.. Any tax defaulter or absconder for debt.

Authority: Act of December 15, 1818; Act of December 16, 1819 Date of Drawing: September 1, 1820-December 2, 1820 Counties a.. Appling: 13 Districts (1-13) b.. Early: 26 Districts (1-23; 26-28) c.. Gwinnett: 3 Districts (5-7) d.. Habersham: 10 Districts (1-6; 10-13) e.. Hall: 5 Districts (8-12) f.. Irwin: 16 Districts (1-16) g.. Rabun: 5 Districts (1-5) h.. Walton: 4 Districts (1-4) Size of Land Lots a.. Appling: 490 acres b.. Early: 250 acres c.. Gwinnett: 250 acres d.. Habersham: [Districts 1-4; 10-13] 250 acres; [Districts 5-6] 490 acres e.. Hall: 250 acres f.. Irwin: 490 acres g.. Rabun: [Districts 1; 3-5] 490 acres; [District 2] 250 acres h.. Walton: 250 acres Grant Fee a.. $18.00 per land lot either size Person Entitled to Draw a.. Bachelor, 18 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen United States - 1 draw b.. Soldier of Indian War, residence in Georgia during or since military service - 1 draw c.. Invalid or indigent veteran of Revolutionary War or War of 1812 - 2 draws d.. Invalid or indigent veteran of Revolutionary War or War of 1812 who was a fortunate drawer in either previous land lottery - 1 draw e.. Married man with wife or minor son under 18 years or unmarried daughter, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen United States - 2 draws f.. Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw g.. Widow, husband killed in Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or Indian War, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws h.. Family of one or two orphans under 21 years, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw i.. Family of three or more orphans under 21 years, father and mother both dead, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws j.. Family of one or two orphans under 21 years, father and mother both dead, 3-year residence in Georgia, 1 draw k.. Orphan under 21 years, father killed in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws l.. Invalid or indigent officer or soldier in the Revolutionary Army who had been fortunate drawer in either previous lottery - 1 draw Persons Excluded a.. Any fortunate drawer in either previous land lottery, except families of orphans consisting of more than one person and such other persons as indicated above. b.. Citizens of the state who were legally drafted in the War of 1812 or the Indian War and refused to serve a tour of duty in person or by substitute. c.. Any person who resided upon the lottery territory previous to the extinguishment of the Indian title to the same. Authority: Act of May 16, 1821 Date of Drawing: November 7, 1821-December 12, 1821 Counties a.. Dooly: 16 districts (1-16) b.. Fayette: 4 districts (6,7,9,14) c.. Henry: 18 districts (1-18) d.. Houston: 16 districts (1-16) e.. Monroe: 15 districts (1-15) f.. 37 undrawn lots remaining from the 1820 lottery Size of Land Lots a.. All new (1821) counties: 202 ½ acres Grant Fee a.. $19.00 per Land Lot Person Entitled to Draw a.. Bachelor, 18 years or older, 3-year residence in Georgia, 3-year citizen United States - 1 draw b.. Married man with wife or son under 18 years or unmarried daughter, 3-year residence in Georgia, 3-year citizen United States - 2 draws c.. Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw d.. Family of minor orphans, father dead, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw e.. Family (one or two) of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead - 1 draw f.. Family (three or more) of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead - 2 draws g.. Widow, husband killed or died in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws h.. Orphan, father killed or died in Revolutionary War, War of 1812, or Indian War - 2 draws i.. Child or family of children of a convict, 3-year residence in Georgia - entitled in the same manner as orphans Persons Excluded a.. Any fortunate drawer in any previous land lottery. b.. Citizens of the state who volunteered or were legally drafted during the War of 1812 or Indian War and refused to serve a tour of duty in person or by substitute. c.. Any convict in the penitentiary. d.. Any tax defaulter or absconder for debt.

From the Georgia site : Eight times between 1805 and 1833 Georgia held lotteries to distribute land, the largest held in the United States. The lotteries followed a simple pattern: a.. The General Assembly passed an act that authorized the lottery and spelled out who would be eligible to participate and the grant fees that would apply. b.. Eligible citizens registered their names in their county of residence and paid a small fee. The names were sent to the governor's office at the state capital. Beginning with the second lottery the names were copied onto slips of paper called "tickets" and placed in a large drum called a "wheel." c.. The land to be distributed was surveyed and laid out in districts and lots. The surveyors sent the district and lot numbers to the governor's office. These were placed in a separate wheel. (At first, blank tickets were added to this wheel, so that the number of tickets would equal the number of persons drawing.) d.. Commissioners appointed by the governor drew a name ticket from one wheel and a district/lot ticket from the other wheel. If the district/lot ticket was blank, the person received nothing. If the ticket contained a district/lot number, the person received a prize of that parcel of land. A ticket that contained a number was called a "Fortunate Draw." With later lotteries (after 1820), when blank tickets were not added to the prize wheel, individuals whose names remained in the second wheel were considered to have drawn blanks. e.. Anyone who received a Fortunate Draw could take out a grant for the lot he drew, after paying the grant fee. If he did not take out a grant, the lot reverted back to the state to be sold to the highest bidder. Authority: Act of May 11, 1803 Date of Drawing: 1805 Counties a.. Baldwin: 5 Districts (1-5) b.. Wayne: 3 Districts (1-3) c.. Wilkinson: 5 Districts (1-5) Size of Land Lots a.. Baldwin: 202 ½ acres b.. Wayne: 490 acres c.. Wilkinson: 202 ½ acres Grant Fee a.. $ 8.10 per 202 ½ acre lot b.. $19.60 per 490 acre lot Person Entitled to Draw a.. Bachelor, 21 years or over, 1 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 1 draw b.. Married man with wife and/or child, 1 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 2 draws c.. Widow with child under 21 years, 1 year residence in Georgia - 2 draws d.. Orphan or family of orphans under 21 years, with father dead and mother dead or remarried - 1 draw Authority: Act of June 26, 1806 Time of Drawing: August 10, 1807-September 23, 1807 Counties a.. Baldwin: 15 Districts (6-20) b.. Wilkinson: 23 Districts (6-28) Size of Land Lots a.. Baldwin: 202 ½ acres b.. Wilkinson: 202 ½ acres Grant Fee a.. $12.15 per 202 ½ acre lot Person Entitled to Draw a.. Bachelor, 21 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 1 draw b.. Married man with wife and/or child under 21 years, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 2 draws c.. Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw d.. Spinster, 21 years or older, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw e.. Orphan under 21 years, father and mother dead, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw f.. Family of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead, 3-year residence in Georgia - 2 draws g.. Orphan under 21 years, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw h.. Family of orphans under 21, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw Persons Excluded a.. Any fortunate drawer in the previous land lottery.

By the acts of January 23, 1780, February 17, 1783, February 25, 1784, and February 22, 1785, emigrants from other states were encouraged to come into Georgia and take out free headright grants, but Revolutionary soldiers were not given any favor or consideration over any other prospective settler. Ex-soldier and civilian stood on the same footing, and each was granted a quantity of land commensurate with the number of heads (meaning wife, children and slaves) in his family, the minimum grant being 200 acres to a bachelor, and the maximum grant being 1,000 acres. In the third (1820),16 fifth (1827)17 and sixth (1832)18 land lotteries a Revolutionary soldier was, under certain conditions, allowed to put in for two draws, as compared to the ordinary citizen's one draw. Although this was a preference, it certainly was not a bounty, as the drawing of land was purely a matter of chance. If he became a fortunate drawer on either or both of his chances and if he paid grant fees, the veteran would receive a grant to a land lot, which grant would show after his name the abbreviations Rev. Sol. or R.S. Those who are interested in reading the legislative enactments and deliberations which provided for bounty grants are referred to the following: Date Source Date Source January 1776 Resolution of Council of Safety February 6, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., 587. June 3, 1777 Resolution of Council of Safety February 20, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., 594. March 1, 1778 Resolution of Council of Safety February 25, 1784 Act of General Assembly, Sections IV, XI, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII. Watkins, Digest, 291-95. January 23, 1780 Act of General Assembly. Watkins, Digest, 232. March 2, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Candler, ed., Revolutionary Records of Georgia, II, 605. August 18, 1781 Resolution of General Assembly. Candler, ed., Revolutionary Records of Georgia , III, 11. March 23, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., 624. August 19, 1781 Resolution of General Assembly April 2, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., 627. August 20, 1781 Act of General Assembly. Watkins, Digest, 238 April 2, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., 628. January 12, 1782 Resolution of General Assembly. Candler, ed., Revolutionary Records of Georgia, III, 73. April 6, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., 789. January 24, 1783 Minutes of General Assembly. Ibid., 236. April 12, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., 792. February 13, 1783 Minutes of General Assembly. Ibid., 281. July 15, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., 667. February 17, 1783 Minutes of General Assembly. Ibid., 298. July 16, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., 669. February 17, 1783 Act of General Assembly, Section II. Watkins, Digest, 259. February 22, 1785 Act of General Assembly, Sections I, IV, VIII-X. Watkins, Digest, 308-11. July 29, 1783 Resolution of General Assembly. Candler, ed., Revolutionary Records of Georgia, III, 385. February 13, 1786 Act of General Assembly. Watkins, Digest, 327. January 23, 1784 Minutes of Executive Council. Ibid., II, 580 EXHIBIT A Governor's Certificate (No. 871) These are to certify, That Drury Cade, a Captain in Militia, is entitle to Five Hundred Acres of Land, as a Bounty, agreeable to an Act and Resolve of the General Assembly, passed at Augusta the 19 August 1781. As per certificate of E. Clark, Col. Given under my hand, at Savannah, the 25th Day of March in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-four. Attest D. Rees Secty Jno. Houstoun Bounty Warrant (No. 1942) To Joseph Pannill, Esq. Surveyor for the County of Washington: You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay out, or cause to be admeasured and laid out, unto Drury Cade, Captn., a Tract of Land, which shall contain Five Hundred and Seventy Five Acres, in the said County of Washington Taking especial care that the same has not heretofore been laid out to any other Person or Persons; And you are hereby also directed and required to record the Plat of the same in your Office, and transmit a Copy thereof, together with this Warrant, to the Surveyor General, within the Term of three Months from this Date. Given under my hand, this Seventeenth Day of May 1784. Secretary's Office. Certified John Habersham By D. Rees Depty Secty Presdt. E. C. EXHIBIT B Governor's Certificate (No. 872) This is to certify, That Drury Cade, Refugee, is entitled to Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land, as a Bounty, agreeable to an Act and Resolve of the General Assembly, passed at Augusta the 19 August 1781. As per certificate of E. Clark, Coln. Given under my Hand at Savannah, the 25th Day of March in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eight-four. Attest D. Rees Secty Jno. Houstoun Bounty Warrant (No. 246) To Jno. Gorham Surveyor for the County of Franklin: You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay out , or cause to be admeasured and laid, unto Drury Cade, a Tract of Land, which shall contain Two Hundred eighty seven & ½ Acres, in the said County of Franklin Taking especial Care that the same has not been laid to any other Person or Persons ; And You are hereby also directed and required to record the Plat of the same in your Office, and transmit a Copy thereof, together with this Warrant, to the Surveyor General, within the Term of Three Months from this Date. Given under my Hand, this Seventeenth Day of May, 1784. Secretary's Office Certified John Habersham By D. Rees Dept Secty Presdt. E. C. Exhibit C Petition To the Honourable the President and the Members of Council, now sitting in Augusta for the Purpose of granting Lands in the two new Counties of Franklin and Washington. The Petition of William Campbell, a Citizen of the State aforesaid Sheweth That your Petitioner is entitled to 287 ½ Acres of Land , as a Bounty for his Services, pursuant to the Certificate hereunto annexed; That your Petitioner is desirous of taking up the said Lands in the County of Washington. May it therefore please your Honourable Board to grant your Petitioner Two Hundred Eighty Seven and a half Acres of Land in the County of Washington on the Right aforesaid, and on his complying with the Terms mentioned in the late Land Act; and your Petitioner will pray. Wm. Campbell Certificate of Commander of District This is to certify, That William Campbell hath stedfastly done his duty, from the time of passing an Act at Augusta, towit, on the 20th of August, 1781, until the total Expulsion of the British from this State; and the said William Campbell cannot, to my knowledge or belief, be convicted of plundering or distressing the country; and is therefor, under the said Act, entitled to a Bounty of Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of good Land, free from taxes for ten years. Given under my hand, at Savannah the Second day of February 1784. By his order H. Freeman Elijah Clark, Coln. Governor's Certificate (No.368) These are to certify, That William Campbell, Citizen, is entitled to Two Hundred and fifty Acres of Land, as a Bounty, agreeable to an Act and Resolve of the General Assembly, passed at Augusta the 20th August 1781. As per certificate of Elijah Clark Colo. Given under my Hand, at Savannah, the 25th Day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-four. Attest D. Rees Secty. Jno. Houstoun Bounty Warrant19 To Joseph Pannill Surveyor for the County of Washington. You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay out, unto William Campbell a Tract of land , which shall contain Two Hundred & eighty seven 1/2 Acres, in the said County of Washington Taking especial Care that the same has not heretofore been laid out to any other Person or Persons; And you are hereby also directed and required to record the Plat of the same in your Office, and transmit a Copy Thereof, together with this Warrant, to the Surveyor General, within the Term of three Months from this Date. Given under my Hand, this Seventeenth Day of May 1784. Secretary's Office Certified John Habersham By D. Rees Secy. Presdt. E.C. Endnotes 1.. L. L. Knight, Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. 2.. E. M. Coulter. A Short History of Georgia (Chapel Hill, 1933), 121-22. 3.. Louise Frederick Hays, Hero of Hornet's Nest (New York, 1946), 174. 4.. Franklin County and Washington County, created February 25, 1784. 5.. Allen D. Candler, ed. Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia (3 vols., Atlanta, 1908), II, 667. 6.. Robert and George Watkins. A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia. (Philadelphia, 1800), 311. 7.. Letter of June 2, 1784 from David Rees, Secretary of Executive Council to Governor John Houstoun. Original in possession of the Georgia Historical Society, Savannah. 8.. Watkins, Digest, 290. 9.. Candler, ed. Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia, II, 587. 10.. Candler, ed. Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia, III, 73. 11.. Watkins, Digest, 238. 12.. Section II of Act of February 17, 1783. Watkins, Digest, 259. 13.. Section IX of Act of February 22, 1785. Watkins, Digest, 311. 14.. S. G. McLendon. History of the Public Domain of Georgia (Atlanta, 1924). 15.. See footnote 1, ante. 16.. Act of December 15, 1818. 17.. Act of June 9, 1825. 18.. Acts of December 21, 1830 and December 24, 1831. 19.. William Campbell, Citizen, also procured Warrant No. 67 Duplicate during the riot of May 29th, 1784 and then used both the original and duplicate warrants to obtain two surveys and grants. Grant Book GGG, pp. 24, 253. In Georgia Archives. ( One aside observation here...later veterans got more than 287 1/2 acres, a bit more, and there was compensation to the tune of something like 6 1/2 acres to the earlier holders...had to be a nightmare to straighten out. As a further note, one of the biggest fraudulents was Patrick Henry of "give me liberty" fame. He was a major factor in attempting to sell a large portion of the state of GA to neighboring states cheaply. This was know as the Yazoo Land Fraud.M.H.)

Between February 17, 1783 and February 22, 1785, there were five necessary steps involved in the issuance of a bounty grant of land in either Franklin or Washington County, namely: First. The applicant for a grant would submit to the Executive Council (sitting as a land court) his petition showing the county in which he desired land, accompanied by a voucher (miscalled a certificate) from his commanding officer. It should be noted here that in the case of a soldier who fought in the Georgia Line, or Minute Battalions, or Militia, or Refugee Militia, or Galleys, the voucher or certificate would be from the commanding officer of the regiment or battalion in which he served; in the case of a citizen, the voucher would be from the commanding officer of the district in which he belonged. Second. If this voucher or preliminary certificate was accepted as bona fide by the Executive Council - and many were not - the governor12 would issue to or in the name of the petitioner a numbered certificate which showed his name and classification, such as Refugee, Minuteman or Citizen, and the number of acres to which he was entitled, and also the name of the officer who signed his voucher or preliminary certificate. Third -A. The president of the Executive Council would then issue to the petitioner a numbered warrant, directed to the county surveyor of the county selected, directing him to admeasure and lay out the stated number of acres as bounty. Third - B. For those who desired land in any of the eight old counties the procedure was substantially the same, except that the land court of that county exercised the same functions in steps 1, 2, 3-A as exercised by the governor, president and Executive Council with respect to Franklin and Washington Counties. Fourth. The county surveyor or one of his deputies would survey the land chosen by the applicant, make three plats thereof, record one copy in a book in his office, and forward two copies, together with the executed warrant, to the surveyor-general; one to be recorded and filed in the latter's office and the other to be attached to the grant. Fifth. Upon transmission of one copy of the plat of survey and the executed warrant by the surveyor-general to the secretary of state, a grant would be issued by the latter in the name of the governor after the payment of nominal office fees. Both the surveyor-general and the secretary of state would enter on the survey book and on the grant book the notation Bounty, but in no case was the actual classification of the grantee shown. So far as future generations were concerned , the greatest defect in this system is that nothing except the governor's numbered certificate (step 2 above) indicated whether the grant was made to a civilian , or to a soldier, or to the purchaser and transferee of another man's rights. Some unauthorized person, probably about 1920, created confusion by writing the word bounty on many pages in the survey books and grant books, where the acreage suggested to him that the early clerks should have done so, even though the dates indicated that the grant could not lawfully have been a bounty. The files of the Surveyor-General and of the Secretary of State, now deposited in the Georgia Archives, contain only about half of the governor's numbered certificates and only about half of the Executive Council president's numbered warrants-the remainder, together with some of the books in which they were recorded, have been lost for many years. Because of this, no records are available today to determine the correct classification of many of the grantees. The Department of Archives and History has hundreds of the vouchers or preliminary certificates signed by commanding officers, but these have no probative value whatsoever in determining an individual's status. They were not signed for the state or by an official of the state, and were written only with the object of having a man's application for bounty considered by the Executive Committee. By the act of February 22, 1785,13 the General Assembly delegated to the land courts of the then ten counties in the state the duty of issuing warrants for bounty grants, without the necessity for a governor's certificate. But the act specifically provided that no bounty grants would be allowed or passed after February 22, 1786 unless application had been made prior to that date: however, a warrant issued prior to that latter date, either by the president of the Executive Council or a county land court, would not become out-of-date if surveyed within two years from the date thereof. It is obvious that many warrants issued by county land courts after February 22, 1786 could not have been the basis for true and lawful bounty grants, even though so entitled. After the expiration of the time allowed for soldiers of the Georgia Line or Continental Line to apply for lawful bounty grants in the Bounty Reserve, the ungranted land in that area was open to headright settlers. Through carelessness, the county land courts frequently wrote on their warrants and the surveyors wrote on their plats the words "bounty reserve"; this was not intended to indicate a bounty, but to describe the location of the land as lying within the Reserve. Those words were even written on hundreds of the absolutely fraudulent and void grants and surveys which were placed on the state's record books in the 1790-1796 period.14 As no law prevented it, many of the holders of numbered warrants, or even numbered certificates, sold the same to others, some of whom may have received grants in their own rights and the rest of whom would not have been entitled to warrants under any classification. Whenever any of these purchasers would present such warrants or certificates, either singly or in groups, to the land courts of any of the counties they would issue new warrants running in the purchaser's name, and subsequently, after surveys, the secretary of state would issue grants to those purchasers. As many of those grants were in the amount of 230 or 287 1/½ or 575 acres, Knight in his Roster15 listed these grantees as Revolutionary soldiers, without ascertaining whether or not they were merely purchasers and assignees.

One class of men to whom Georgia granted bounties of land were the officers and enlisted men of the four regiments of the Georgia Line attached to the Continental Army, who served at various times between January 7, 1776 and December 23, 1783. Although they were unquestionably more entitled to a bounty than any other class, they were given less land. Moreover the Executive Council thereafter dismissed their petitions for additional refugee warrants, upon the ground that they had been drawing pay and performing the duties of the profession they had chosen.9 The land set aside for the veterans of the Georgia Line or Continental Line, as it was previously called, was a tremendous tract known as the Bounty Reserve or simply the Reserve, located in the south end of old Franklin County and the north end of old Washington County. The same territory is today part of Oconee, Oglethorpe and Greene Counties, lying between the Oconee and Appalachee rivers. Another class were the Minutemen, or officers and enlisted men of the three Minute Battalions which were created by the Resolution of June 3, 1777 and disbanded by the subsequent resolution of March 1, 1778. Minutes of both resolutions are now lost, but it might be a reasonable presumption that the first followed the resolution of the Council of Safety which created the Line Regiments, by providing for a land bounty for enlistment. The Minutemen were all non-residents of Georgia at the time of their enlistments, recruited from other states. The next class were the State Militia, a somewhat disorganized soldiery which was created in February, 1776 from the patriotic members of the former King's Militia who had taken over when the British fled. Judging from all histories, the Militia enlisted men assembled when they pleased, fought when they pleased, and went home when they pleased. Apparently the commanding officer of each regiment acted on his own initiative, without or in disregard of orders, so that groups of fighting Militia sprang up when needed and disappeared when they thought they were no longer needed. The Militia was in the service of the state, and not of the Continental Congress, from the start to the finish of the war. Men who had fled from the state when their homes were overrun by the British and had enlisted and fought in the Militia Regiments of South Carolina and North Carolina comprised the next class, known as Refugees. The original resolution of August 19, 1781 is now lost, but from the Resolution of February 12, 178210 it appears that bounty grants were authorized to " an inhabitant of the State prior to the reduction thereof by the British arms, who was a refugee from the same, during which time he cheerfully did his duty as a soldier and friend to this and the United States." It is quite possible that, due to the differences in conditions and circumstances, the Refugees performed more sustained and effective military service than the Militia. The fifth and largest class who received bounty grants, entitled Citizens, was the least deserving. On August 20, 1781 the General Assembly passed an Act reading, in Section VIII: "And whereas numbers of persons are daily absenting themselves and leaving their fellow citizens to encounter the difficulties of the present crisis, Be it enacted.That any person or persons who shall produce a certificate from the commanding officer of the district to which he belongs, to the legislature of this State, (on the total expulsion of the enemy from it) of his stedfastly done his duty from the time of passing of this act, shall be entitled to two hundred and fifty acres of good land.Provided such person or persons cannot be convicted of plundering or distressing the country."11 Inasmuch as the Act was passed August 20, 1781 and the British were expelled from Savannah and the state in July, 1782, the bounty was for good, or at least neutral, behavior for the last ten months of the fighting. Military service was not mentioned; all that was required was that the citizen do not plunder or distress his neighbors, or that his plundering be not so overt and notorious to justify conviction. This group of persons, which was twice as numerous as all of the fighting-men combined, received more land for merely remaining in the state for ten months, at home and at peace with their neighbors , than did the men who served and fought for eight years in the Georgia Line Regiments of the Continental Army. The sixth class, deserters from the British, was so negligible as barely to warrant mention, as bounty grants were given to fewer than five.

Thank you so much Maryellen. I do have a favor to ask. Somehow I missed getting Hitz I. Would it be too much trouble to ask you to send it again? Thanks. Delores deloresw@austin.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: Maryellen [mailto:mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:43 AM To: SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Bountys VIII and last...pheww Authority: Act of December 24, 1831 This act mandated that approximately a third of the 160-acre land districts to be laid out under the act of December 21, 1830, be designated as gold districts of 40 acres each and to be distributed in a separate lottery. Date of Drawing: October 22, 1832-May 1, 1833 Counties The original Cherokee Indian territory became Cherokee County by an Act of December 26, 1831. A law passed on December 3, 1832, divided original Cherokee County into ten counties: Cass (renamed Bartow), Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union. In the drawing of tickets and in the granting of the land, the area was treated only as Cherokee territory. It was divided between land lots distributed by the sixth land lottery and "gold" lots that were distributed by the seventh land lottery. Sections and Land Districts a.. The territory was so expansive that Cherokee County was divided into four sections, and each section was divided into districts. There were 33 gold districts, and each was divided into gold lots. First Section Districts 1-5, 11-15 Second Section Districts 1-3, 15-19, 21 Third Section Districts 1-4, 17-21 Fourth Section Districts 1-3, 16-17 Size of Gold Lots a.. 40 acres Grant Fee a.. $10.00 per lot Person Entitled to Draw a.. Bachelor, 18 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 1 draw b.. Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia - 1 draw c.. Family of orphans, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States - 2 draws d.. Married man, head of family, 3-year residence in Georgia (officers in the army of navy of the United States, 3-year residence not required), citizen of United States - 2 draws Persons Excluded a.. Any fortunate drawer in any previous land lottery who has taken out a grant of said land lot. b.. Any person who mined-or caused to be mined-gold, silver, or other metal in the Cherokee territory since June 1, 1830. c.. Any person who has taken up residence in said Cherokee territory. d.. Any person who is a member of or concerned with "a horde of Thieves known as the Pony Club." e.. Any person who at any time was convicted of a felony in any court in Georgia. Authority: Act of December 24, 1832 Date of Drawing of Land Lots: December 6 and 7, 1833 Date of Drawing of Gold Lots: December 9-13, 1833 Counties Original Cherokee territory and a handful of land lots not placed in the prize wheels during earlier lotteries. Sections and Districts a.. Fractional lots of fewer than 100 acres from the 60 land districts and 33 gold districts. b.. Twenty-two undrawn lots from the previous Cherokee lotteries. Tickets representing lots and fractions from the 1832 Land Lottery were placed in the land wheel and those from the 1832 Gold Lottery in the gold wheel. They were distributed in separate drawings. It is likely that the whole lots from earlier lotteries also were placed in the land wheel. Size of Land Lots and Gold Lots Lots varied in size, but the fractional lots from the 1832 Land Lottery were fewer than the 100 acres specified in the laws authorizing that lottery. Fractions result from irregular boundaries that prevent measurements in square lots. Grant Fee a.. $18.00 per lot Person Entitled to Draw The remaining tickets bearing participants' names from the 1832 Land Lottery were drawn to match tickets drawn from the Land Wheel, and remaining tickets bearing participants' names from the 1832 Gold Lottery were drawn to match tickets drawn from the Gold Wheel. ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== POST !! POST !! POST !! Remember, there are new comers almost every day. The more you post, the better the chance of finding that elusive relative.

Thank you that is the information I was looking for by any chance do you know the generations previous to the McWhorters of SC? Where did they come from? Thanks again I do appreciate your help Mary

In a message dated 8/23/2005 9:46:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Polo6565@aol.com writes: Does anyone have notes on his father , mother or siblings? Anything at all will be of help. Perhaps the following might have the Moses you are looking for: Descendants of John Bayles McWhorter Jr. - 23 Aug 2005 -------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- First Generation 1. John Bayles McWhorter Jr. was born on 11 May 1804 in Pendleton District, SC. He died on 23 Jul 1874 in Walker Co., GA. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Walker Co., GA. John Bayles McWhorter Jr. and Sarah Rogers were married on 25 Dec 1823 in SC. Sarah Rogers (daughter of James Rogers and Nancy Ann Camp) was born on 24 Feb 1804 in Pendleton District, SC. She died on 17 Jun 1890 in Walker Co., GA. She was buried on 17 Jun 1890 in Fairview Cemetery, Walker Co., GA. John Bayles McWhorter Jr. and Sarah Rogers had the following children: 2 i. Silas McWhorter was born on 5 Aug 1823. 3 ii. James Calhoun McWhorter was born on 10 Jun 1824. 4 iii. Moses Waddle McWhorter was born. +5 iv. Elizabeth Ann McWhorter (born on 2 Jun 1827). +6 v. Jane McWhorter. +7 vi. Evaline McWhorter. +8 vii. Mary Frances McWhorter (born on 11 Feb 1833). +9 viii. Andrew Hugh McWhorter (born on 28 Feb 1837). +10 ix. Sarah Amanda McWhorter (born on 26 Dec 1839). +11 x. Samuel Poston McWhorter (born in 1841). 12 xi. Martha L. McWhorter was born in 1843. 13 xii. Lenora J. McWhorter was born in 1845. +14 xiii. William P. McWhorter (born in 1849). Visit http://www.oldpendleton.org, website of the Old Pendleton District Chapter of the S.C. Genealogical Society for Upstate South Carolina family information.

I am hoping someone can help me with the ancestry of Moses McWhorter b 1824 SC. Does anyone have notes on his father , mother or siblings? Anything at all will be of help. Thanks, Mary

Hello, New to list. Looking for anyone who descends from the Asa Harper family or a L. McKenzie who stated in an old post that she had knowledge of Asa Harpers Bible. He was in Anderson county in the early 1860's. Lisa Savage NC

Rae, I called them today. They moved their servers over the weekend and as a result they aren't working right. So .... just call and order that way. I called 800-473-0060 Then just follow the menu to the bookstore. Take care - Emma In a message dated 8/22/05 7:57:33 AM Central Daylight Time, RaeSunshin@aol.com writes: << t won't let me pay anything in any form to buy this book. Rae www.GrannyAndPopaCaldwell.com >>

They fixed the glitch over the weekend, but I called and ordered my directly. ----- Original Message ----- From: <RaeSunshin@aol.com> To: <SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Re GONE TO GEORGIA > It won't let me pay anything in any form to buy this book. > > Rae > www.GrannyAndPopaCaldwell.com > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Genealogy Resources on the Web > http://www.ancestry.com > >

I found my gr gr gr grandfather in this book called Gold Lotteries of GA 1832. It's a red book and 100's of names many in alphabetical order. I found the page he was on and was able to obtain a copy of the document. Very interesting. I got it through my library inner library loan book. Good luck Sandel _BRISKEY-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:BRISKEY-L@rootsweb.com) Seattle

Mary Ellen, Would you tell us more about this? So interesting.... Thanks. Debs ----------------------------------------- > Just a knee-jerk observation...1784-5 is an alarm bell for Rev War pension > bounties. Remember GA allowed land bounties to soldiers of any state plus > citizens...in some cases, the latter got land just for not interferring ! > A key might be the amount of acreage as amts were set by rank etc. > Maryellen

It won't let me pay anything in any form to buy this book. Rae www.GrannyAndPopaCaldwell.com

At 11:18 PM 8/19/2005, Patricia Cantrell wrote: >Hi Elizabeth! > The part of 'GA' that was in western NC was known as >Walton County. It is now referred to as Old Walton >County as GA formed a new Walton County several years >after the 'War'. Several sites with names of the Thanks. I remembered that the county name starts with a "w" and picked the wrong one! [snip] >something like that. A website of hers is located at: >www.rootsquest.com/~alextree It has information on >the Walton War. Another site with names of those in >Old Walton County, GA would be Shawna Green Hall's >website, www.shahall.com Thanks. I looked at both sites. [snip] >remember correctly.) That area of western NC is >beautiful. Go see it if you ever get the chance, >especially in the fall with the autumn colors or in >the spring/summer with the mountain laurel blooming. >It will take your breath away!! Yes, it does. I've been several times over the past few years, and a few times before that. (I moved to the Upstate in August '99 after living in lots of different places.) I'm a descendant of several families from what is now southwestern NC, including Bryson, Clayton, Cogdill, Clayton, Dillard, Fisher, Haynes, Love, Queen and Snyder. I'm descended from the William Bryson who left one of the first wills recorded in Pendleton District: two of his sons returned to what is now North Carolina after the Revolutionary War, and I'm descended from the one who settled in what is now Jackson county. I have many ancestors buried at Addie and Old Field Cemeteries in the Sylva area, as well as at least two buried at Locust Old Field cemetery in Canton. Locust Old Field is located at the top of a hill outside downtown Canton, across from the Canton Library: it is a very unusual cemetery with some very old graves, the markers of some of which can still be read. My great-grandfather Snyder (grandson of a Dutch Cove [Haywood Co.] family) left with his wife to take a job with the railroad. His parents had died young after several years of bad health, and the family broke up early in the 1900s. Elizabeth Whitaker

Thank you I shall look for those books. Rose C ----- Original Message ----- From: "zee" <zyoung@select-hinges.com> To: <SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Re GONE TO GEORGIA > > On Aug 20, 2005, at 9:16 AM, don cranston wrote: > > > my quest is for any and all Langford data) > > > Have you researched WALTER LANGFORD b. 1873 in Florida? He married > Caroline (Carrie ) Watson a descendant of some Watsons in Edgefield SC. > > There is some information on Roots web. > > > Some interesting reading are the 3 " novels" by Peter > Matthiessen: Bone by B one, Lost man's River. > > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > To check for a zip code or, > find out where a zip code is: > http://www.usps.gov/ncsc > >

On Aug 20, 2005, at 9:16 AM, don cranston wrote: > my quest is for any and all Langford data) Have you researched WALTER LANGFORD b. 1873 in Florida? He married Caroline (Carrie ) Watson a descendant of some Watsons in Edgefield SC. There is some information on Roots web. Some interesting reading are the 3 " novels" by Peter Matthiessen: Bone by B one, Lost man's River.