Elbert County GaArchives ELBERT COUNTY REV. WAR VETERANS WHO WON LOTS IN THE 1820, 1827 and 1832 LAND LOTTERIES ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Chandler Eavenson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007294 RE: Revolutionary Soldiers - Winners in the 1820, 1827 and 1832 Land Lotteries The following is from the booklet "Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia", taken from Official State Records in the Surveyor-General Department housed in the Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, compiled by Alex M. Hitz, Former Officer in Charge, Surveyor-General Department, by Authority of Ben W. Fortson, Jr., Secretary of State of Georgia, Atlanta, Second Edition 1966: "Following the fiasco of the bounty grants of 1784, the State of Georgia did nothing for its veterans of the War of the Revolution until 1818. It will be recalled that bounty grants had been given to many more noncombatant citizens than to soldiers of the Continental Line, Georgia Line and Georgia militia, and that soldiers of the line had received less land than the citizens or militia. "Thirty-five years after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, a limited class of Revolutionary veterans was given a preference under the Act of December 15, 1818, which set up the Third Land Lottery of 1820. In this Land Lottery, as also in the later ones, every bachelor with three years residence in Georgia was allowed one draw and every married man with like residence was allowed one two draws. If such bachelor or married man was an invalid or indigent veteran of the War of the Revolution, he was allowed two additional draws. His military record was not limited to service in or under the State of Georgia; nor was the previous receipt of a bounty grant any bar. When entering his name for two veteran's draws in the Land Lottery, the applicant was required to take the following oath, in addition to the oath as to three years residence, namely 'I (A.B.) do further swear that I was an officer or soldier (as the case may be) during the Revolutionary War, that I was engaged in the service of the United States, and that I am an invalid or indigent officer or soldier (as the case may be) of the Revolutionary War'. "Belated recognition of the services of all Revolutionary veterans was made by the Act of June 9, 1825, establishing the Fifth Land Lottery of 1827. Every veteran with three years residence in Georgia was allowed three draws if unmarried or four draws if married, regardless of where he had enlisted or in what regiment he had fought. The two additional draws, less any fortunate draw in the Third Land Lottery, were available to every veteran who could take the following prescribed oath before the registering officials, namely 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I served as a soldier in the armies of the United States during the Revolutionary War a tour or tours of duty, and am entitled to a draw or draws according to the provisions of this Act; so help me God' "Exactly the same preference was given to all Revolutionary veterans by the Act of December 21, 1830, setting up the Sixth (Cherokee) Land Lottery of 1832. Service in the United States armies was the criterion - the State of enlistment and place of service was not material. However, a veteran was denied any additional draws if he had drawn two Land Lots (as a veteran) in the Land Lotteries of 1820 and 1827, and he was allowed only one additional draw if he had previously drawn one Land Lot. At the time of entering his name he was required to take the following oath, namely 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I served as a soldier in the armies of the United States during the Revolutionary War a tour or tours of duty, and that I did not any time during the said war bear arms or act as a spy or emissary against the United States, or in any manner aid or abet the enemy thereof, and am entitled to a draw or draws according to the provisions of this Act, so help me God' "Inasmuch as every person claiming Revolutionary service was required to swear to his claim before fit and proper persons appointed for that purpose by the Inferior Court of the county of his residence, and inasmuch as those neighbors would know the truth or falsity of every claim, there can be but little doubt that every man styled or identified as "Rev.Sol." or "Rev. S." or "R. Sol." or "R. S." on the Land Lottery lists and records was actually a veteran and former soldier of the United States army in the War of the American Revolution; "The following list includes all of thos veterans (2069 in number) 3who were 'fortunate drawers' in the Third (1820), Fifth (1827) and Sixth (1832) Land Lotteries. The spelling of first and last names has been carefully checked against three original sources. Whenever a name did not appear exactly the same in all three places, those spellings which were in agreement have been accepted as the veteran's correct name. The name of a county following a veteran's name shows his residence as of the date of the indicated Land Lottery. "The office of the Secretary of State does not hve, in either the Surveyor General Department or the Department of Archives and History, any record of other Revolutionary veterans who may have entered their names for draws but were not 'fortunate drawers' ". "Revolutionary veterans did not receive any preference, nor were they designatged as such, in the First (1805), Second (1807) or Fourth (1821) Land Lotteries." [This submitter has extracted the info about all Rev. soldiers whose residence was listed as Elbert County. Following the name of the veteran is the date of Land Lottery, the Land Lot number, the District number, and in the cases of the 1832 Lottery, the Section number, followed by the name of the county in which their drawn Land Lot and District were located, followed by the date on which the grant was actually made. This submitter reminds readers that veterans could sell or transfer their winning lot to another person and did not have to actually move to the location of the lot they won.] ELBERT COUNTY REV. WAR VETERANS WHO WON LOTS: Adams, James 1832 24 15 3 Cherokee 1-5-1836 Adams, Thomas, Sr. 1827 268 4 Muscogee 1-8-1830 Alexander, Isaac 1827 250 7 Lee 7-22-1833 Allen, Joseph, Sr. 1827 52 24 Muscogee 10-6-1827 (Also drew in Franklin Co.) 1827 41 3 Troup 7-4-1829 Allen, William 1827 142 5 Carroll 5-11-1839 (Also drew in Franklin Co.) 1832 133 12 2 Cherokee 12-13-1837 Allgood, John 1820 58 15 Irwin 2-24-1831 Bond, Nathaniel 1832 119 25 3 Cherokee 12-18-1835 Bramblet, Henry 1827 161 20 Muscogee 12-17-1836 Brown, Benjamin 1827 228 17 Lee 12-11-1832 (Also drew in Franklin Co.) 1827 42 2 Troup 12-11-1834 Brown, Edward 1827 251 22 Muscogee 11-19-1829 Brown, James N. 1827 10 14 Lee 11-19-1829 Brumfield, John 1820 345 3 Early 6-22-1825 117 7 Irwin 12-13-1830 Burton, Thomas 1827 217 4 Troup 12-8-1831 Butler, Patrick, Sr. 1832 183 15 3 Cherokee 4-19-1834 Cabaness, Henry 1832 95 5 2 Cherokee 6-21-1843 Carter, James 1832 68 11 4 Cherokee Reveted Casey, Daniel 1820 414 3 Appling 12-21-1839 209 12 Irwin 11-16-1824 Christian, Turner [See "Turner, Christian"] Clark, David 1827 301 1 Coweta 6-30-1834 304 1 Coweta 6-30-1834 Colbert, Thomas 1832 121 5 4 Cherokee 12-13-1833 Cook, George 1827 196 21 Lee 11-16-1830 Cook, John 1827 167 6 Troup 5-4-1830 Cook, Reuben 1820 325 12 Early Reverted Cook, Theodosius 1827 144 13 Lee 12-16-1835 Cook, Thomas 1827 212 23 Muscogee 11-18-1830 Cunningham, William 1820 488 9 Irwin Reverted Davis, William 1820 389 9 Early 1-19-1829 (Also drew in Wilkes Co.) 1827 254 2 Coweta 11-4-1829 Deadwilder, Joseph 1827 54 24 Lee 12-12-1834 Dickerson, Zachariah 1827 107 1 Coweta 6-9-1828 Dillard, James, Sr. 1820 12 1 Rabun 11-4-1829 1827 47 28 Lee 12-1-1829 Dudley, James 1827 53 8 Muscogee 6-7-1828 Duncan, John, Sr. 1827 194 11 Carroll 7-4-1829 1827 53 22 Muscogee 9-25-1829 Duncan, Pearson 1827 270 3 Lee 12-7-1836 (or Dunkin) Evanson, Eli 1827 83 8 Carroll 8-29-1831 (correct is Eavenson) Gaines, Francis 1827 199 13 Lee 12-7-1835 Gaines, William 1827 144 1 Lee 12-12-1829 1827 48 2 Lee 11-15-1830 Gordon, James 1820 91 7 Appling Reverted 1820 57 20 Early 11-9-1829 Grissup, James 1827 29 3 Lee 2-23-1829 Gully, Richard 1820 294 13 Irwin 8-13-1838 Hailey, William 1827 190 8 Lee 9-30-1828 Hannah, James, Sr. 1820 172 27 Early Reverted Harbin, William, Sr. 1820 99 2 Early 12-16-1830 Harmon, John, Sr. 1832 113 14 4 Cherokee 10-26-1833 Harris, John, Sr. 1827 65 5 Carroll 6-2-1843 Haynes, Moses 1827 169 4 Coweta 2-18-1830 Hendrick, Jesse, Sr. 1827 173 3 Muscogee 5-10-1831 Hinton, Peter 1832 19 22 3 Cherokee 5-28-1838 Holt, William 1820 106 20 Early 9-13-1837 1820 6 1 Habersham 8-2-1823 Hudson, David 1827 149 21 Muscogee 1-10-1831 Hunt, James 1827 274 17 Muscogee 12-1-1837 Jeter, Barnett 1827 82 10 Troup 11-21-1829 Jeter, Dudley 1820 29 8 Early Reverted 1820 74 6 Irwin Reverted Jordan, Fountain 1827 211 13 Lee 12-18-1835 (or Jourdan) 1827 30 25 Lee 12-5-1835 Kelly, William 1827 82 4 Troup 4-15-1829 Key, William B. 1827 166 24 Muscogee 10-18-1827 King, Thomas 1827 351 20 Muscogee 12-29-1828 King, William 1827 97 26 Lee 1-12-1833 (Also drew in Ware Co.) 1832 259 18 1 Cherokee 6-15-1835 Legrand, John N. 1832 309 24 2 Cherokee 12-12-1834 Lockhart, James 1832 194 9 3 Cherokee 11-20-1839 Maupin, Jesse 1820 106 18 Early 4-4-1822 Maxwell, John 1827 181 21 Muscogee 2-2-1832 Merit, Torren 1827 56 6 Troup 11-5-1833 Middleton, Samuel 1820 12 12 Hall 12-21-1827 1820 506 7 Irwin Reverted Naish, John 1820 164 2 Appling Reverted Nunnlee, James F. 1827 62 25 Lee 12-2-1833 1827 108 29 Lee 12-2-1833 Oglesby, Thomas 1827 172 6 Muscogee 12-12-1833 Oliver, Peter 1827 30 3 Coweta 12-10-1829 Pace, Barnabas 1827 100 20 Muscogee 10-20-1837 1827 68 2 Troup 9-20-1827 Pledger, Thomas 1832 243 10 2 Cherokee 7-1-1843 Powell, Francis, Sr. 1820 120 5 Appling 11-26-1831 (Also drew in Wilkes Co.) 1827 91 6 Muscogee 11-18-1839 Pullum, Robert, Sr. 1827 182 7 Muscogee 7-31-1829 Readwine, Jacob 1832 119 12 4 Cherokee 7-1-1843 Rice, Leonard 1827 350 28 Lee 11-29-1836 Richardson, Amos 1832 251 27 2 Cherokee 1-28-1834 Rucker, William 1827 201 6 Lee 3-12-1835 1827 223 13 Lee 3-12-1835 Sandridge, Claborne 1832 246 6 1 Cherokee 12-14-1842 Shackleford, Edmund 1832 29 26 3 Cherokee Reverted Shephard, Samuel 1832 154 22 3 Cherokee 11-30-1835 Smether, Gabriel 1827 88 7 Muscogee 10-1-1844 Stowers, Lewis 1827 66 4 Carroll 12-16-1831 Tate, Enos 1827 159 1 Lee 7-1-1843 Teasley, Silas 1827 83 2 Coweta 7-20-1827 Trammel, William 1820 F282 1 Early 6-29-1821 1820 227 4 Irwin Reverted Tucker, Robert 1832 3 7 3 Cherokee Reverted (Also drew in Columbia Co.) 1827 131 11 Muscogee 8-3-1832 Turner, Christian 1820 141 28 Early 11-26-1831 [The submitter is confident this name was meant to be Turner Christian and not Christian Turner. Early Elbert Co. deed records show Turner Christian many times and no Christian Turners] Vickery, Joseph 1827 172 11 Troup 11-21-1836 Wanslow, John, Sr. 1827 68 10 Muscogee 12-18-1834 Weathington, Richard 1820 217 6 Gwinnett 10-5-1824 (Also drew in Gwinnett Co.) 1827 171 9 Muscogee 3-30-1837 (could be Witherington) Wheeler, Thomas, Sr. 1827 97 1 Lee 8-15-1836 White, John M. 1827 85 21 Lee 11-6-1837 Wilhight, Lewis 1827 207 4 Troup 11-3-1827 1832 152 8 1 Cherokee Reverted (Also spelled Wilheit and Wilhite) Wilkins, John 1827 15 3 Troup 10-4-1830 Wingfield, John 1820 46 8 Early 11-20-1829 1820 177 26 Early 11-19-1829 Wright, James 1820 160 21 Early 10-28-1830 [Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson]