1805 Land Lottery
1805 Land Lottery in Georgia
Authority: Act of May 11, 1803 (1803 ex Ga. Laws p. 3)
Date of Drawing: 1805
Counties
- Baldwin: 5 Districts (1-5)
- Wayne: 3 Districts (1-3)
- Wilkinson: 5 Districts (1-5)
Size of Land Lots
- Baldwin: 202 ½ acres
- Wayne: 490 acres
- Wilkinson: 202 ½ acres
Grant Fee
- $ 8.10 per 202 ½ acre lot
- $19.60 per 490 acre lot
Person Entitled to Draw
- Bachelor, 21 years or over, 1 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 1 draw
- Married man with wife and/or child, 1 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 2 draws
- Widow with child under 21 years, 1 year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
- Orphan or family of orphans under 21 years, with father dead and mother dead or remarried – 1 draw
How do I find the names of the winners?
- 1805 Georgia Land Lottery: Fortunate Drawers and Grantees, by Paul K. Graham (Decatur, Ga: The Genealogy Co., 2004). Includes names of fortunate drawers and grantees of reverted lots, county of residence, lot number, district number, and county in which the land is located, and date of grant.
- 1805 Georgia Land Lottery Persons Entitled to Draw, by Paul K. Graham (Decatur, Ga: The Genealogy Co., 2005). Includes names of each participant, county of residence, notation as to blank or prize drawn, and lot number, district number, and county in which the prize (land) is located.
- 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, by Virginia S. and Ralph V. Wood. (Cambridge, Mass.: Greenwood Press, 1964). This book gives the names of the participants and whether they drew a blank or a prize. If the person drew two blanks, then he or she did not win any land in this lottery. This is the only lottery that lists the unfortunate drawers.
