Authority: Act of June 26, 1806

Time of Drawing: August 10, 1807-September 23, 1807

Counties

• Baldwin: 15 Districts (6-20)
• Wilkinson: 23 Districts (6-28)

Size of Land Lots

• Baldwin: 202 ½ acres
• Wilkinson: 202 ½ acres

Grant Fee

• $12.15 per 202 ½ acre lot

Person Entitled to Draw

• Bachelor, 21 years or over, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 1 draw
• Married man with wife and/or child under 21 years, 3-year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 2 draws
• Widow, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Spinster, 21 years or older, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw 
• Orphan under 21 years, father and mother dead, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family of orphans under 21 years, father and mother dead, 3-year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
• Orphan under 21 years, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
• Family of orphans under 21, father dead, mother living, 3-year residence in Georgia – 1 draw

Persons Excluded

• Any fortunate drawer in the previous land lottery.

How do I find the names of the winners?

• The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia, comp. by Silas Emmett Lucas Jr.. (Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1986.)

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.)