The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia

The Rev Silas Emmett Lucas Jr

Georgia Genealogical Reprints
1968

Authority               Act of June 26 1806

Year of Drawing         1807

Counties                Baldwin         15 Districts (6 thru 20)
                        Wilkinson       23 Districts (6 thru 28)

Size of Land Lots       Baldwin         202 1/2 acres   2970 feet square
                        Wilkinson       202 1/2 acres   2970 fett square

Grant Fee               $12.15 per 202 1/2 acre Lot

Persons Entitled
to Draw                 Bachelor, 21 years or over, three-year
                        residence in Georgia, citizen of United
                        States                                          1 draw

                        Married man, with wife and/or minor child
                        three-year residence in Georgia, citizen
                        of United States                                2 draws

                        Widow, three-year residence in Georgia
                        Spinster, 21 years or over, three-year
                        residence in Georgia                            1 draw

                        Minor orphan, father and mother dead,
                        three-year residence in Georgia                 1 draw

                        Family of minor orphans, father and
                        mother dead, three-year residence in
                        Georgia                                         1 draw

                        Family of minor orphans, father and
                        mother dead, three-year residence in
                        Georgia                                         2 draws

                        Minor orphan, father dead, mother
                        living, three-year residence in
                        Georgia                                         1 draw

                        Family of minor orphans, father dead,
                        mother living, three-year residence
                        in Georgia                                      1 draw

Persons Excluded        A fortunate drawer in the previous Land Lottery

Note                    The oral oath to be made by a married man, bachelor,
                        widow, spinster or guardian of orphans did not require
                        a detailed statement as to kinship, ancestry or
                        descent.  If, by chance, any such oath may have been
                        written or transcribed, it could be found only in the
                        Minutes of the Inferior Court of the County where made.


COUNTY OF                                MILITIA         LOT     DIST    COUNTY
RESIDENCE    SURNAME   GIVEN NAME        MILITIA         NO.     NO.     DRAWN

BALDWIN      JOURDAN   HENRY             1ST             305     24      W
BULLOCH      JOURDAN   JOHN(ORPHANS)     HENDLEY'S       229     11      W
BURKE        JOURDAN   MARGARET(ORPHAN)  SANDIFORD'S     152     16      B
BURKE        JOURDAN   STERLING          CARSWELL'S      179     20      W
BURKE        JORDAN    BENJAMIN          CARSWELL'S      92      8       W
CAMDEN       JORDAN    JAMES             CREW'S          216     20      W
CHATHAM      JORDAN    ROBERT            NEYLE'S         186     9       W
CLARKE       JORDAN    ZACHARIAH         BUTLER'S        24      12      W
ELBERT       JORDAN    JAMES             ROEBUCK'S       185     24      W
ELBERT       JORDAN    JOHN              ROEBUCK'S       2       8       W
FRANKLIN     JORDAN    THOMAS            ALLEN'S         141     15      W
GREENE       JORDAN    BENJAMIN          WATT'S          146     13      W
HANCOCK      JORDAN    NATHAN            COFFEE'S        210     21      W
HANCOCK      JORDAN    RICHARD           CANDLER'S       80      14      B
HANCOCK      JORDAN    DAVID             HOLT'S          22      10      W
JACKSON      JORDAN    SAMUEL            COCKRAN'S       142     24      W
LINCOLN      JORDAN    CHARLES           FLEMING'S       303     21      W
LINCOLN      JORDAN    JOHN C            KENNON'S        243     12      W
LINCOLN      JORDAN    CHARLES           FLEMING'S       78      22      W
OGLETHORPE   JORDAN    REUBIN            JNO SMITH'S     270     14      W
OGLETHORPE   JORDAN    THOMAS            HATCHETT'S      22      17      W
OGLETHORPE   JORDAN    EDMUND            HATCHETT'S      104     19      W
WASHINGTON   JORDAN    JESSE             BURNEY'S        32      9       W
WASHINGTON   JORDAN    LEVI              GARRETT'S       404     8       W
WASHINGTON   JORDAN    THOMAS            GARRETT'S       214     24      W
WASHINGTON   JORDAN    BURRELL           BURNEY'S        302     12      W
WILKINSON    JORDAN    ISHAM             --              68      10      B