Joan and others who are interested: There were several Ga. Land Lotteries according to a page I copied years ago from a book in the library. I'm pretty sure they have all been published in book form if you are near a large library. The page I copied said the 1821 land lottery was the 4th and opened the portion of Georgia between the Ocmulgee and Flint Rivers for settlement. This area was the counties of Fayette, Henry, Monroe, Houston and Dolly.The land extended from today's Roswell on the north to Ashburn on the south. The Creek Indians ceded this land to the U.S. in Jan. 1821. All persons who had drawn blanks in the previous lotteries were able to participate. The lots were 2021/2 acres and the lucky drawer could receive his grant for the $19 grant fee estab. by law. The book goes on to tell who was eligible which included widows of Rev. War, War of 1812 or Indian War soldiers and their children. There are no written applications on file----person had to give an oral oath to be eligible. I sent to Georgia Dept. of Archives and History and received maps showing where Sarah W. Tucker and Robert Tucker's orphans received land in Monroe Co., she was from Jones Co., John Tucker of JASPER CO. drew in Monroe also,and Robert tucker of Jasper drew in MOnroe. I was interested these Monroe drawings because that was where I found my William Tucker and he was there at that time but I've never been able to prove a connection. The maps show the lot and districts and I guess they're help- ful if you know the person but I was grasping at straws{still am}. That address at that time was : 330 Capitol Ave. SE, Atlanta, Ga.30334 Hope just some of this info will help but check on those books too , I think they had maps in them too. Good Luck! Brenda Gray Felder ------ Original Message ----- From: Joan Flatt Sent: Thu, Mar 7, 2002 3:05pm To: <[email protected]> Subject: [TUCKER-L] Georgia Land Lottery 1838 Hi, I am wondering if anyone out there can enlighten me on the Georgia Land Lotteries and how they worked. There is an Aaron Tucker who received a land lottery in 1838 in Georgia. This was in the 17th District. Does anyone have any idea where this would have been located? And, does anyone have any information on this Aaron Tucker. His listing number was #300 and also listed beside his name was "Stricklands" and "Merriwether". Were they neighbors perhaps or co-owners? This, I am told was a Cherokee Land Lottery. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Joan _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ==== TUCKER Mailing List ==== REMEMBER: Quote only the relative part of the message you are replying to, not the entire message. This will help conserve space on Rootsweb's servers. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237