Learn More – Georgia’s First Land Lottery
Numan V. Bartley, The Creation of Modern Georgia, 2d ed. (Athens: University of Georgia
Press, 1990).
Farris W. Cadle, Georgia Land Surveying History and Law (Athens: University of Georgia
Press, 1991).
Frederick B. Gates, “The Georgia Land Act of 1803: Political Struggle in a One-Party State,”
Georgia Historical Quarterly 82 (spring 1998): 1-21.
“Land Lottery System.” New Georgia
Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3299
Text of Land Lottery Acts on GeorgiaInfo: http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/1825act-1.htm
Georgia Day Honoree, Sequoyah: http://georgiahistory.com/containers/1163
Eighth Grade Georgia Resources. Chapter 9 Cherokee Nation and
Removal: http://georgiahistory.com/containers/1522
Digital Library of Georgia. “Southeastern Native American Documents.”
Three Centuries of Georgia History: Georgia’s Gold
Rush http://georgiahistory.com/containers/154#GAGoldRush
Georgia Stories “Thirst for New
Land”: http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/story/thirst_for_new_land