6th District 2nd Section, Cherokee

The list below contains the names and residence of all the fortunate drawers in the Land Lottery of the 6th District, 2nd Section, of Cherokee country. This list is part of a larger compilation called the Cherokee land lottery.

Finding your ancestor in the following list probably indicates that they were NOT Native American.
All names marked * were granted previous to the first day of January, 1838.
List of Abbreviations for the Cherokee Land Lottery
A map of the 6th District 2nd Section of originally Cherokee, now Gilmer County
A map of the 6th District 2nd Section of originally Cherokee, now Gilmer County

1 Robert Arnett’s ors., 34th, Scriven.*
2 Jonathan Miller, 364th, Jasper.*
3 John Dunkin, Shearer’s, Coweta.
4 Sterling Haynes, Lawrence’s, Pike.*
5 Peter Mickler, Bailey’s, Camden.*
6 Stephen Merritt, Smith’s, Wilkinson.*
7 Robert Brown, Oliver’s, Twiggs.*
8 Allen Smith, Edwards’s, Franklin.*
9 Anny Ansley, w., M’Dowell’s, Lincoln.
10 Bryant Keen, Cook’s, Telfair.
11 Joab Trull’s ors., Bryan’s, Pulaski.
12 John Chastain, Perry’s, Habersham.
13 Henry K. Quillian, Brock’s, Habersham.
14 Elias O. Hawthorn, Harrison’s, Decatur.*
15 Josiah Carruth, Jones’s, Madison.
16 Martha Chambers, w. r. s., Griffin’s, Fayette.
17 Sally Carroll, w., Jones’s, Hall.
18 James Hoyet, Sinclair’s, Houston.
19 Elias Pollard, Show’s, Muscogee.*
20 William Gibson, 167th, Wilkes.
21 Henry Killian, Chambers’s, Gwinnett.*
22 Mary Hallman, or., Jones’s, Bulloch.
23 Martin Hathaway, Valleau’s, Chatham.
24 Elizabeth Cain, w., Field’s, Habersham.
25 Charles F. Walthall, sol., Williams’s, Jasper.
26 Young Carr, or., Taylor’s, Putnam.
27 John Peck, Ballard’s, Morgan.
28 William Thrower, 2d, Chatham.*
29 Enoch Cobb, 406th, Gwinnett.


Topics:
Land, Land Lottery,

Collection:
Smith, James F. 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. New York.

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