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=About About Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Land_Lotteries&action=submit</ref>=
 
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The '''Georgia land lotteries''' were an early nineteenth century system of land redistribution in [[Georgia (U.S.)|Georgia]]. Under this system, white male citizens could register for a chance to win lots of land that had (and in most cases recently) been forcibly taken from the [[Creek Indians]] and the [[Cherokee Nation (19th century)|Cherokee Nation.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Land Lottery System|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/land-lottery-system|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.georgiaencyclopedia.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dwyer|first=Dustin|title=What a massive land lottery in antebellum Georgia tells us about wealth and opportunity today|url=https://stateofopportunity.michiganradio.org/post/what-massive-land-lottery-antebellum-georgia-tells-us-about-wealth-and-opportunity-today-0|access-date=2020-09-16|website=stateofopportunity.michiganradio.org|language=en}}</ref>
 
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==Land Spaces==
 
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Land lots were surveyed in five different sizes based on the perceived quality of the land. In 1805, land lots were {{convert|202.5|acre|km2|1}} and {{convert|490|acre|km2|1}}. In 1807, land lots were {{convert|202.5|acre|km2|1}}. In 1820, land lots were {{convert|250|acre|km2|1}} and {{convert|490|acre|km2|1}}. In 1821, land lots were {{convert|202.5|acre|km2|1}}. In the 1832 Land Lottery area, land lots were {{convert|160|acre|km2|1}}, while in the 1832 Gold Lottery area, land lots were {{convert|40|acre|km2|1}}.
 
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==Lotteries==
 
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#''1805 Land Lottery'' — This encompassed Creek Indian lands just west of the [[Oconee River]] ceded to the state in 1802 and a small strip of land in the southeast section of the state.
 
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#''1807 Land Lottery'' — Included additional Creek lands.
 
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#''1820 Land Lottery'' — After the [[Indian Wars|Creek War (1814)]], President Jackson demanded from the Creeks an immense area of land which would become the southern third of the entire state of Georgia. A second section of land in northeast Georgia was included. This other, smaller section defined the eastern end of the Cherokee Nation for 12 years.
 
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#''1821 Land Lottery'' — Further Creek cessions which included the future site of Atlanta.
 
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#''1827 Land Lottery'' — Signaled the end of the Creek Indians in Georgia.
 
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#''1832 Land Lottery'' — This lottery, along with the 1832 Gold Lottery, gave the Cherokee Nation to Georgia settlers. Sparked the "[[Trail of Tears]]."
 
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#''[[Gold Lottery of 1832|1832 Gold Lottery]]'' — By the time of the gold lottery the [[Georgia Gold Rush]] was already beginning to wind down. The state did not guarantee that gold existed on the lots given away.
 
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#''1833 Fractions Lottery'' — The State of Georgia held one final land lottery in December, 1833, to distribute fractions from the Cherokee territory and other remaining lots not drawn in previous lotteries.
 
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==External References==
 
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*[http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/archives/land_lottery_records%20 Georgia Land Lotteries] from the state of [[Georgia Archives]]
 
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*[http://www.1805georgialandlottery.com/ 1805 Georgia Land Lottery] from 1805georgialandlottery.com
 
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*[http://www.1807georgialandlottery.com/ 1807 Georgia Land Lottery] from 1807georgialandlottery.com
 
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*[http://ngeorgia.com/history/lotteries.html Georgia Land Lottery] from ngeorgia.com
 
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/galand.htm Land Lottery Records] from rootsweb.com/~usgenweb
 
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060615172141/http://www.georgiagenealogy.org/land.htm Land Lottery Records] from georgiagenealogy.org
 
  
 
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Title The Cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate drawers in said lottery, with an engraved map of each district
Author James F. Smith
Edition illustrated, reprint
Publisher Genealogical Publishing Com, 2002
ISBN 0806303182, ISBN 9780806303185
Length 520 pages
Location Mesa Family History Center

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David Hickox

  • Page 232 - David Hickox
  • Tenth District, Third Section, Cherokee
  • 207 David Hickox, Green's, Ware.*
  • map says "now Murray County"
  • per general map of the lottery, district 10 is located along the Georgia Tennessee boarder.
  • per forward land lots were divided into 160 acre lots (forward page 1)

Micajah Crews

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Smith, James F. The Cherokee Land Lottery, Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery, With an Engraved Map of Each District. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1838. Digital images. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/cherokeelandlott00smit: 2009.

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