Fifth or 1827 Georgia Land Lottery
Information from the State of Georgia of Lottery
information
Authority: Act of June 9, 1825
Year of Drawing: 1827
Counties
- Carroll: 16 districts (1-16)
- Coweta: 9 districts (1-9)
- Lee: 13 districts (1-13)
- Muscogee: 24 districts (1-24)
- Troup: 12 districts (1-12)
Size of Land Lots
- Carroll: 202 ½ acres (2970 feet square)
- Coweta: 202 ½ acres (2970 feet square)
- Lee: 202 ½ acres (2970 feet square)
- Muscogee: 202 ½ acres (2970 feet square)
- Troup: 202 ½ acres (2970 feet square)
Grant Fee
Persons Entitled to Draw
- Bachelor, 18 years or over, 3 year residence in Georgia, citizen
of United States - 1 draw
- Married man with wife and/or minor son under 18 and/or unmarried
daughter, 3 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States –
2 drawings
- Widow, 3 year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
- Wife and/or child, 3 year residence in Georgia, of husband and/or
father absent from state for 3 years – 1 draw
- Family (one or more) of minor orphans, residence in state since
birth – 2 draws
- Widow, husband killed in War of 1812, or Revolutionary War or
Indian Wars, 3 year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
- Orphan, father killed in Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or Indian
Wars - 2 draws
- Wounded or disabled veteran of War of 1812, or Indian Wars, unable
to work - 2 draws
- Veteran of Revolutionary War – 2 draws
- Veteran or Revolutionary War, who had been a fortunate drawer in
any previous Lottery – 1 draw
- Child or children of convict, 3 year residence in Georgia – 1
draw
- Male idiots, lunatics, or insane, deaf and dumb or blind, over 10
years and under 18 years, 3 year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
- Female idiots, insane or lunatics or deaf and dumb or blind, over
10 years, 3 year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
- Family (one or two) of minor illegitimates, residence since birth
in Georgia – 1 draw
- Family (three or more) of minor illegitimates, residence since
birth in Georgia – 2 draws
Persons Excluded
- Any fortunate drawer in any previous Land Lottery.
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