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 Card File, in records of the Georgia Surveyor General (microfilm).
All cards are filed alphabetically. Information includes the name of each participant, county of residence, notation as to blank or prize draw, lot number, district number, and county in which the land was 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.
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.
Where will I find more information on the lottery?
Georgia Land Surveying History and Law, by Farris Cadle. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991.)
The Georgia Surveyor General Department, by Marion Hemperley. (Atlanta: Georgia Secretary of State, 1982.)
