Silas Emmett Lucas

1807 Land Lottery of Georgia Silas Emmett Lucas

By: Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Orig. Pub. 1968, 170 pages, map, Soft Cover, ISBN #0-89308-020-9.

This lottery was one of the smaller lotteries in regards to the number of counties involved. It covered the remainder lands of Wilkinson and Baldwin Counties from which the 1805 lottery originally did not distribute. These two counties were the parent of the following counties: Morgan, Jasper, Putham, Jones, Twiggs, Bleckley, Laurens, Dodge, Wheeler, and Telfair. The original 1968 edition was arranged alphabetically by counties, and then alphabetically by surname, making it extremely difficult to use when searching a given individual or surname. Southern Historical Press has completely revised this book, arranging all persons listed in alphabetical order by surname, making this book now much easier to use. It contains the names of approximately 12,000 fortunate drawers.