The 1832 Land Lottery was the sixth

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of the

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, a lottery system used by the

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between the years 1805 and 1833 to redistribute stolen Cherokee and Muscogee land to white settlers. The 1832 lottery was authorized by the

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by acts of December 21, 1830 and December 24, 1831. The lottery redistributed Cherokee land in

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(renamed Bartow),

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, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin,

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, Paulding, and Union counties. The lots were 160 acres in size. Registration for the lottery occurred in the four months after the

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's proclamation of February 20, 1832, with drawings occurring in 1832. Fortunate drawers from the previous Georgia land lotteries were excluded, as well as any person who had mined for gold or other metals in Georgia since 1 June 1830, any person who had taken up residence in Cherokee territory, any member or associate of "a horde of Thieves known as the Pony Club", and any person who had been convicted of a felony by a Georgia court.

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Georgia Land Lottery Records Research Guide
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness 1832 in Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Land Lotteries Government of Georgia (U.S. state) History of Georgia (U.S. state) Lotteries in the United States

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