Fayette-Cherokee-Union County GaArchives Deed.....Orphans of John Prestage (Prestridge) - The Cherokee Land Lottery 1832 Georgia Land Lottery 1832 ************************************************ 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: Valerie Freeman vcjfreeman@aol.com January 8, 2004, 2:21 am lot 240, First Section, 18th District of Cherokee Co., Georgia Written: 1832 Recorded: 1832 "The Cherokee land lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of fortunate drawers in said lottery : with an engraved map of each district ... with a new index and map of original Cherokee County ," compiled by James F. Smith; Originally published: New York by Harper & Bros., 1838; Pgs. 7 (map) & 61: Drawers of Land in the: Eighteenth District, First Section, Cherokee 240 John Prestage's ors, Lamberth's, Fayette which means: The orphans of John Prestage, residents of Lamberth's District of Fayette Co., GA, drew land lot #240 in the 18th District of the 1st Section of Cherokee Co., GA. That section was part of the land used to create Union Co. as soon as the lottery was finished in 1832. Additional Comments: All lots from the 1832 land lottery were listed as being in Cherokee County. Immediately after the lottery, the land was divided into 9 separate counties: Cass (later renamed Bartow), Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Paulding and Union. Participants in the Georgia Land Lottery of 1832 (AKA: The Cherokee Land Lottery) must have been residents of Georgia for at least 3 years. Revolutionary soldiers were given extra draws. Participants registered in their home counties; the draws were held in the then-state capital of Milledgeville. Fortunate drawers paid a grant fee of $18. Source: Smith, James F. The 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb