Surveyor General - Lottery Records - Land Lottery Grant Books
Scope and Contents
Recorded in these volumes are grants issued during the land and gold lotteries held 1805-1832. Also included are grant books for fractional lots and lots that reverted back to the state that were subsequently sold pursuant to acts of the legislature.
Each grant records the name of the grantee; the location of land by county, district, and land lot number; the county and district in which the grantee was residing at the time of participating in the lottery; and the date of the grant.
Dates
- Created: 1805-1859
Creator
- Surveyor General (Organization)
Extent
65.50 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Alphabetically by county, then numerically by district, then chronologically by date the grant was issued.
Physical Access Requirements
Available in repository on microfilm.
- Title
- Surveyor General - Lottery Records - Land Lottery Grant Books
- Author
- Georgia Archives
- Description rules
- Local
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States