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While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
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for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
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NOTE: Finding your
ancestor in the following lists probably
indicates that they were NOT Native
American.
The Land Lottery dataset contains the names
and residence of all the fortunate drawers in
the Land Lottery of the Cherokee country,
arranged by districts in numerical order, all
carefully copied from the originals in the
Executive Department and the office of the
Surveyor General, designating also the lots
which have been granted. The land was granted
as a result of the
Treaty with the Creek
Nation. We have given the quality of the lots
in some instances, but not generally, deeming
it altogether unimportant, from the well known
inaccuracy of the surveyors in classing their
value, and from the additional fact that very
few individuals engage in contracts for real
estate until they are enabled by personal
observation to place a proper estimate upon
the premises. By reference to the numerical
list, the drawer’s name and residence can be
readily ascertained.
To those who drew land in this lottery —
who are desirous of obtaining settlements in
that section of the state — and more
particularly to those who are extensively
engaged in the purchase and sale of lots, this
work is particularly recommended.
The fact of the existence of a record in
this database, not does ascertain the fact
that the grant was ever issued.
Explanation of Abbrevations:
sol., soldier.
a. i. w., soldier of Indian war.
s. 1. w., soldier of late war.
r. s., revolutionary soldier.
s. s., soldier by substitute.
m.s., militia soldier.
wid’r., widower.
w., widow.
w.r. s., widow of revolutionary soldier.
w.s. i. w., widow of soldier of Indian
war.
w.s. 1. w., widow of soldier of late war.
w.of aol., widow of soldier
h. d. 1. w., husband died last war.
f. d. 1. w., father died last war.
d. sol. I. w., daughter of soldier of late
war.
or., orphan.
ors., orphans.
mi., minor.
lun., lunatic.
id., idiot.
h. a., husband absent.
f. a., father absent.
h. of f., head of family.
d. and d., deaf and dumb.
(fr.), fractional lots.
Cher., Cherokee.
b. m., by mother.
f. in p., father in penitentiary.
c. r., cross roads.
sol. 1784—97, soldier between the years
1784 and 1797.
Original Source: The
Cherokee Land Lottery, containing a
numerical list of the names of the fortunate
Drawers in said Lottery, With an Engraved Map
of Each District by James F. Smith, of
Milledgeville, Geo. New York: Printed by
Harper & Brothers No. 82 Cliff Street. 1838.
