Talk:Georgia Land Lotteries

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March 2010

Paul K. Graham (talk) 15:38, 16 March 2010 (UTC) This page needs to be moved to Georgia Land Lotteries in order to pluralize the language. The state held eight lotteries from 1805 to 1833. It is inappropriate to refer to all of them as the Georgia Land Lottery.[reply]

compromised links

Some of the links on this page seem to have been compromised. The were domains that were just redirecting at one time to a rootsweb page. One of the domains just downloaded a suspicious file when clicked. Because of this, I replaced the links, and removed the redirection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The1gofer (talk • contribs) 07:00, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

White settlers stole Native land

@Sammlahistory You claim that non-white settlers gained land in the Georgia Land Lotteries. Do you have a citation for this? Which group of non-whites are you claiming got land in the Lotteries? Black people? It is my understanding that they were barred from the Lotteries. And we know nobody who won land in the Lotteries was Native, because by definition, it was Native land being stolen. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 14:57, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/austin-dabney-ca-1765-1830/#:~:text=On%20August%2014%2C%201786%2C%20Dabney%20became%20the,seventy%20pounds%20to%20emancipate%20Dabney%20from%20Aycock.

https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/southeastern-indians-and-the-american-revolution/ Sammlahistory (talk) 21:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammlahistory I already posted about Dabney. It says he was the sole Black man granted land by the State of Georgia, due to the exclusion of Black Americans from the Georgia Land Lotteries. Dabney was granted land by way of a resolution. He did not gain land through the Georgia Land Lotteries. Therefore, Black people did not participate in the Lotteries. I'm not sure why you posted the second link. I'm not seeing any references to non-white people gaining land through the Georgia Land Lotteries. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 04:16, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammlahistory Here is a source that states: "Although a war veteran, Dabney’s race precluded him from participating in any of the Georgia land lotteries of the early 1800s. Stephen Upson, a state legislator and friend of the Harris family, supported Dabney’s cause and sponsored a resolution to provide him with additional land not distributed in the 1819 lottery. In 1821 Dabney received a plot of 112 acres in Walton County. In addition to the two land grants, Dabney also received a federal invalid pension of sixty dollars a year starting in 1789 (which increased to ninety-six dollars annually in 1816) for the wound he received in the war." This source indicates that Black Americans WERE NOT being given land through the Georgia Land Lotteries. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 15:02, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Until 1820. Also, note the Catawba Indian warriors were granted land in Georgia and South Carolina and allowed entry in the lottery if could prove they were Revolutionary War veterans. Sammlahistory (talk) 21:07, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammlahistory Do you have a source for this Catawba claim? Any land granted to the Catawba in South Carolina is irrelevant, as the Georgia Land Lotteries occurred in Georgia and not in South Carolina. Do you have any sources demonstrating that Black or Catawba people were included on the Georgia Land Lotteries? If so, which lotteries? Because if any of these claims are true and have reliable sourcing, then we can add something along the lines of "American Indians were precluded from participating in the Georgia Land Lotteries, with the exception of Catawba Indians who could prove they were Revolutionary War veterans." Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 04:22, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]