JASPER COUNTY, GA - DEEDS - Sansom Surname Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: "Nancy Bell" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/jasper.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm "Sansom" records in early Baldwin/Randolph/Jasper Co, GA (Randolph was created from Baldwin Co.; became Jasper Co. in 1812) 1. 1807 Land Lottery (Sansoms living in Baldwin, or who drew land in Baldwin): JACOB SANSOM of Baldwin County (4th Militia Dist.) - drew land in Wilkinson County, (Lot 299, Dist. 11) WILLIAM SANSOM, SR. of Baldwin County (4th Militia Dist.) -drew land in Baldwin County, (Lot 119, Dist. 16). ARCHIBALD SANSOM of Baldwin County (4th Militia Dist.)- drew land in Wilkinson County (Lot 123, Dist. 10). WILLIAM SANSOM, JR. of Baldwin County ( 4th Militia Dist.) - drew land in Wilkinson County (Lot 144, Dist. 11). MICAJAH SANSOM of Greene County (Jinkin's Militia Dist.) - drew land in Baldwin County (Lot 109, Dist. 16). *** The 1807 lottery laid out land in Baldwin County (15 districts, 6-20) and Wilkinson County (23 districts, 6-28). Persons excluded in this lottery were fortunate drawers in previous land lotteries. Eligible persons included bachelors (over 21), married men with a wife and/or minor children, widows, spinsters (over 21), minor orphans, families of minor orphans. All had to be a 3-year resident of Georgia. Source: "The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia" by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1968 2. "Some of the 1808 owners who registered their stock marks were: ROBERT RICHARDS, THOMAS BLACK, SAM BLACK, MICAJAH SANSUM, SAMUEL WALKER, SOLOMON STRICKLAND, JACOB WHITE, ZACHEUS PHILLIPS, THOMAS GAMMAGE, JAMES JONES, SILVANUS WALDER, AND JAMES BAKER." Source: "History of Jasper Co, GA", compiled and sponsored by the Jasper County Historical Foundation, 1984, page 97. 3. Early Deeds: * Deed Book 1, p. 10: MICAJAH SAMPSON registered his stock mark. Date recorded in Randolph County: 5-4- 1808. * Deed Book 1, pages 357-358: CYRUS PARNELL of Randolph Co. sold to JACOB SAMSON of Randolph County, Land Lot 132, 17th District, sales price: $140.00, total acreage: 105.5 acres, date sold: 1-6- 1809, date deed was recorded in Randolph County: 7- 2-1809, drawn by in the Late Land Lottery: CYRUS PARNALL of Baldwin County, witnesses: PATTON WISE, GEORGE GRAY, JAMES BAKER. * Deed Book 3, pages 324-325: CYRUS PARNAL of Randolph County to MICAJAH SANSOM of Randolph County, Land Lot 132, 17th District, Randolph County, total acreage: 105.5, date on deed: 2-9- 1811, date deed was recorded in Randolph County: 2- 22-1811, drawn by in the Land Lottery: CYRUS PARNAL, witnesses: WILLIAM LACY, JOHNSON STRONG, JP. *** Note: CYRUS PARNAL of Randolph sold to WILLIAM LACY of Randolph Land lot 132, 17th Dist.; 100 acres on 2-8-1811 for 250.00. Deed was recorded in Randolph Co. 2-12-1811. *** CYRUS PARNELL, from Baldwin County, drew land in Baldwin County (Land Lot 132, 17th District) in the 1807 land lottery. (source: "The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia" by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1968). Source: "Jasper Co, GA Deed Books 1 & 2 and 3 & 4" by Bruno. 4. 3-27-1810: Sheriff's sale; On the first Tuesday in May next, will be sold, between the usual hours at Monticello...101 1/4 acres of land being the part of Lot. No. 132, in the 17th district of formerly Baldwin County, now Randolph County, levied on as the property of JACOB SANSOM and JOSEPH CARTER, to satisfy sundry executions against them. Source: "Genealogical Extracts from the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville) Newspaper, 1809-1840", Vol. 1 (1809-1818), p. 14, by Fred R. & Emilie K. Hartz. ***Note: Joseph Carter was a J.I.C. and J.P. in Jasper Co, GA (source: "Jasper Co, GA Deed Books 1 & 2" by John Bruno) 5. JACOB SANSOM: Pvt. in Wootton's (Wooton's) Detachment, Georgia Drafted Militia, Aug. 1814-Feb. 1815, from Jasper Co, GA. (sources: Compiled Military Service Records (CMSR); Roll Box 182, Roll Ext. 602 on www.Ancestry.com and "History of Georgia Militia, 1783-1861", Vol. 1, p. 151.