The 1833 Land Lottery of Georgia and Other Missing Names of Winners in the Georgia Land Lotteries
Author | : Robert Scott Davis |
Publisher | : Southern Historical Press |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : 0893083380 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780893083380 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Download or read book The 1833 Land Lottery of Georgia and Other Missing Names of Winners in the Georgia Land Lotteries written by Robert Scott Davis and published by Southern Historical Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Farris Cadle ... discovered a Georgia law of 1833 that ordered thd fractional (less than 40 acres) land lots of the 1832 Georgia Gold Land Lot Lottery to be drawn from the remaining (losing) tickets of the two 1832 land lotteries. A search of the Georgia Surveyor General Department has turned up the list of some 1,500 Georgia citizens who won the lots dispensed in the forgotten 1833 land lottery."--Introduction, p. 1.