Those successful in the lottery had to pay a grant fee of $10.00 per lot. Those eligible were: bachelors over the age of 18 who were 3 year residents of Georgia and citizens of United States; widows who were 3 year residents of Georgia; families of orphans who were 3 year residents of Georgia and citizens of United States; and married men or male heads of family who were 3 year residents of Georgia (residency requirement waived for officers in the army or navy of the United States) and citizens of United States. Those excluded were: anyone who was successful in any previous land lottery who had taken a grant of a land lot; anyone who had mined, or caused to be mined, gold, silver, or other metal in the Cherokee territory since June 1, 1830; any person who had taken up residence in the Cherokee territory, anyone who had been convicted of a felony in any court in Georgia; and anyone who was a member of "a horde of Thieves known as the Pony Club."
The 1833 Land Lottery was held in December, 1833 to, among other things, distribute lots and fractions from the Gold Lottery of 1832 that were not placed in the prize wheels during the Gold Lottery of 1832.
External links
- Cherokee County, Section 1, Gold District 1, 4 June 1832. One of the Gold District lottery maps in the Georgia Archives.
- Land Lottery Tickets, 1832
- Website of the Georgia Archives, Office of the Georgia Secretary of State (accessed October 30, 2006) Site updated (January 31, 2012)
- Cherokee removal
- Georgia Land Lottery
- Georgia General Assembly
- Source: Internet
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