Georgia Land Lottery Participants



Following is a list of Revolutionary War Veterans who participated in one of three Georgia Land Lotteries (1820, 1827 or 1832). They either resided in Rabun County and drew land elsewhere in Georgia or vice versa.

The columns from left to right are: grantee, grantee's county of residence, year of the land lottery in which they participated, county where the land was granted, year the land was granted. All counties mentioned are in Georgia. In the final column, those claims marked "rev" reverted back to the state of Georgia. Those soldiers marked "**" were listed in the 1830 Census for Rabun County.



Bennett, Micajah Jackson 1820 Rabun 1822
Brown, Joseph** Rabun 1832 Cherokee 1843
Cantrill, Charles Rabun 1832 Cherokee 1836
Copeland, Joel Hancock 1820 Rabun 1822
Coplin, William Gwinnett 1820 Rabun 1823
Critington, John Rabun 1827 Troup 1837
Dillard, James Sr. Elbert 1820 Rabun 1829
Dillard, John** Rabun 1827 Lee 1844
Farris, William Rabun 1827 Coweta 1821
Gibbs, Cornelius Rabun 1832 Cherokee 1833
Horn, Richard McIntosh 1820 Rabun 1829
Howell, Solomon McIntosh 1820 Rabun rev
McClain, John** Rabun 1827 Lee 1837
Neally, John Morgan 1820 Rabun 1840
Pharoah, Joshua Richmond 1820 Rabun 1825
Pinson, Joseph** Rabun 1827 Lee
Troup
1834
1828
Ramey, Thomas** Rabun 1832 Cherokee 1833
Robertson, Seth Clarke 1820 Rabun 1821
Rogers, Robert Rabun 1827 Lee
Muscogee
1829
1829
Shearly, Edward Sr. Jones 1820 Rabun 1821
Smith, David Sr. Jackson 1820 Rabun 1836
Stephens, Hubert Baldwin 1820 Rabun rev
Stephens, Reuben Clarke 1820 Rabun 1835
Strauthers, James** Rabun 1827 Muscogee 1832
Tilly, Lazarus** Rabun 1832 Cherokee 1836
Williams, David Twiggs 1820 Rabun rev
Williams, Joseph Sr. Warren 1820 Rabun rev


The Revolutionary War, Rabun Co., GA

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