1807 Georgia Land Lottery (Second)

Qualifications

  • Bachelor, 21 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 1 draw
  • Married man with wife and/or child under 21 years, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 2 draws
  • Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
  • Spinster, 21 years or older, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
  • Orphan under 21 years, father and mother dead, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
  • Family of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead, 3-year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
  • Orphan under 21 years, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
  • Family of orphans under 21, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw

Any Fortunate Drawer in the 1805 (First) Land Lottery was not eligible to participate in this Lottery.

Acquisition Fees and Locations

Fortunate Drawers were required to pay $12.15 per 202.5 acre lot, and lots were awarded in Baldwin and Wilkinson Counties.

Farrs in the 1807 Land Lottery

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