1805 Georgia Land Lottery
Virginia S Wood, Ralph V Wood
The Greenewood Press
1964
[pg ix-x]
Provision of the act authorizing the 1850 Land Lottery may be summarized as follows:
1. Year of drawing: 1805
2. Counties formed: Baldwin 5 districts (1 through 5)
Wayne 3 districts (1 through 3)
Wilkinson 5 districts (1 through 5)
3. Size of land lots: Baldwin 202 1/2 acres (2970 feet sq.)
Wayne 490 acres (4620 feet sq.)
Wilkinson 202 1/2 acres (2970 feet sq.)
4. Grant fee $8.10 per 202 1/2 acre land lot
$19.60 per 490 acre land lot
5. Persons entitled to draw:
a) Free white male, bachelor, 21 years of age or
over, one year residence in Georgia, U.S. citizen 1 draw
b) Free white male, married, with wife and/or
child (legitimate child/children under 21 years
of age), one year residence in Georgia, U.S.
citizen 2 draws
c) Widow, with minor child (legitimate child/chil-
dren under 21 years of age), one year residence
in Georgia 2 draws
d) Minor orphan or family of minor orphans
(under 21 years of age), with father dead and
mother dead or remarried. 1 draw
For each entry in the 1805 Land Lottery, the following data is given:
1. Name (surname and given name)
2. Descriptive comments (irregularly)
3. Registrant's serial number
4. Results of registrant's draw or draws (indicated by letters "P"
and "B", to show whether a prize or a blank was drawn).
5. County of residence
JORDAN BENJAMIN 17 B B BURKE
JORDAN CATHARINE 47 B B BURKE
JORDAN CHANCE JOHN 99 B CLARKE
JORDAN CHARLES 391 B P HANCOCK
JORDAN DAVID 263 B GLYNN
JORDAN DEMPSEY 302 B B GREENE
JORDAN EDMOND 576 B B OGLETHORPE
JORDAN FOUNTAIN 182 B B ELBERT
JORDAN HENRY 563 B B MONTGOMERY
JORDAN JAMES 59 B B CAMDEN
JORDAN JOHN 72 B CHATHAM
JORDAN JOHN (ORPHANS OF) 451 B HANCOCK
JORDAN JOSEPH 271 B GLYNN
JORDAN JOSHUA 185 B B ELBERT
JORDAN MARGARET 51 B BURKE
JORDAN MARY 50 B BURKE
JORDAN MATHEW 204 B ELBERT
JORDAN NATHAN 379 B B HANCOCK
JORDAN OVEROFF 406 B B HANCOCK
JORDAN RICHARD 370 B B HANCOCK
JORDAN RIVER 183 B B ELBERT
JORDAN RIVER OVER 184 B B ELBERT
JORDAN RUTH 31 B B BURKE
JORDAN SAMUEL 562 B P MONTGOMERY
JORDAN SOLOMON 417 B B HANCOCK
JORDAN STERLING 16 B B BURKE
JORDAN THOMAS 249 B B FRANKLIN
JORDAN WILLIAM 407 B B HANCOCK
JORDAN WILLIAM 407 B B HANCOCK
JORDAN WILLIAM 686 B B WARREN
JORDAN ZACHARIAH 98 B B CLARKE
JORDON FLEMING 603 P B OGLETHORPE
JORDON JAMES 628 B OGLETHORPE
JORDON JOSIAH 626 B B OGLETHORPE
JORDON REUBEN 602 B B OGLETHORPE
JORDON THOMAS 611 B B OGLETHORPE
JORDON WARREN 627 B OGLETHORPE
JOURDON BENJAMIN 818 B WILKES
JOURDEN RADFORD 464 B P JACKSON
JOURDON ASA 744 B B WASHINGTON
JOURDON BAXTER 738 B B WASHINGTON
JOURDON BURWELL 725 B B WASHINGTON
JOURDON LEVI 736 B WASHINGTON
JOURDON THOMAS 729 B B WASHINGTON