Dear Wyndell I obviously copied this in the early days of my research when I just copied a page from a book with my ancestor on it. Now I find that I don't have the full documentation on the information. I have much better research habits now. Thank you very much for your efforts in copying these records and making them available for us. I will go and add your name to that page right now. Also sometimes, I find someone will send me something and I have the email information and with various hard drive problems and lost email, I no longer have the details on file. So I am now trying to be sure I get that information and keep it with the small snippet of information. I am not quite sure how Michael Howard came to be selling the land in Cherokee County. He migrated from SC > Pike County, Ga and then to Houston County, Ga. I might have to look at the 1832 Land Lottery. Thank you, Gaila > >time. > > As the compiler of these records, the amount is not a typo. <g> There > were two types of lots parceled out in the 1832 Lottery. There was a > 'land' lot that was 160 acres. There was a 'gold' lot that was 40 acres. > The 'gold' lots were in the belt where gold was known to be. Those lots > brought prices of $10 to many thousands. > > I do not remember the particular lot that you mention, but many of these > lots were sold because they 'thought' there might be gold on them. > > A. A. (or Albert Alexander) Winn bought and sold many lots in Cherokee > County Georgia. He must have been the rich Winn I keep hearing about. <g> > Mine were the poor ones. Or at least by time it got down to me, all the > funds had been depleated. > > I had an ancestor who sopposedly owned a gold mine in Cherokee County. > Records show that my ancestors did hold and sell property that later maps > show a mine on the property. This ancestor was Thomas Marion Wynn. Who I > believe was the son of Thomas and Mary Echols Wynn of Wilkes County Georgia. > > Thanks for mentioning my books, and hope that they have helped you in your > search. > > Wyndell Taylor > > > >Regards, > >Gaila > > > >

At 07:46 AM 7/14/03 +1000, you wrote: >Cherokee County. He migrated from SC > Pike County, Ga and then to Houston >County, Ga. >I might have to look at the 1832 Land Lottery. Gaila, If you look at the entry, you will see that it was actually executed in Houston County on May 07, 1839, then recorded in Cherokee on Jan 01, 1940, when A. A. Winn sold the lot to Lemuel Winn. What probably happened here is James A. Bryan was a 'fortunate drawer' in the Gold Lottery of 1832. Many think that when they held the lottery, those folks got the land. They did, and they didn't. <g> What they actually got was the right to pay the State of Georgia $18.00 for a grant for that land. Then they would own it. A. A. Winn, as well as a couple of the other Winn boys bought the rights to many tracts of land in Cherokee County. He probably went to Houston County and approached James Bryon about purchasing the rights to the grant. There is a note on this transaction that says "James A. Bryan did not remember the exact lot number drawn to his name and would be held liable only for the lot drawn to his name." Think this tells us that James never actually owned the property, only the right to the grant. Looks like he got a $100 for being a 'fortunate drawer'. <g> Wyndell >Thank you, >Gaila > >> >time. >> >> As the compiler of these records, the amount is not a typo. <g> There >> were two types of lots parceled out in the 1832 Lottery. There was a >> 'land' lot that was 160 acres. There was a 'gold' lot that was 40 acres. >> The 'gold' lots were in the belt where gold was known to be. Those lots >> brought prices of $10 to many thousands. >> >> I do not remember the particular lot that you mention, but many of these >> lots were sold because they 'thought' there might be gold on them. >> >> A. A. (or Albert Alexander) Winn bought and sold many lots in Cherokee >> County Georgia. He must have been the rich Winn I keep hearing about. <g> >> Mine were the poor ones. Or at least by time it got down to me, all the >> funds had been depleated. >> >> I had an ancestor who sopposedly owned a gold mine in Cherokee County. >> Records show that my ancestors did hold and sell property that later maps >> show a mine on the property. This ancestor was Thomas Marion Wynn. Who I >> believe was the son of Thomas and Mary Echols Wynn of Wilkes County >Georgia. >> >> Thanks for mentioning my books, and hope that they have helped you in your >> search. >> >> Wyndell Taylor >> >> >> >Regards, >> >Gaila >> > >> > > > >