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==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
* | *'''1783-1909''' {{RecordSearch|1914217|Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909}} at FamilySearch — [[Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Images | ||
*'''1807-1832''' [http://usgwarchives.net/ga/galand.htm USGenWeb Archives Land Lottery for 1807, 1821, 1827, 1832] at USGenWeb | |||
*'''1827''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2072 Georgia Land Lottery, 1827] Abstracts; at Ancestry ($) | |||
*[http:// | *'''1832''' [https://accessgenealogy.com/georgia/the-cherokee-land-lottery.htm Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832] Reprint of Official Register | ||
*'''1927-1979''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3164 Georgia, Deed Indexes, 1927-1979] at Ancestry ($) | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2072 Georgia Land Lottery, 1827] Abstracts; at Ancestry ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7186 Land Grants to Georgia Revolutionary War Veterans] at Ancestry - Index and images ($) | ||
*[https://accessgenealogy.com/georgia/the-cherokee-land-lottery.htm Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832] Reprint of Official Register | *[http://www.georgiaarchives.org/research Georgia's Virtual Vault Colonial and Headright Plat Index] at Georgia Archives | ||
*[http:// | *[http://www.georgiaarchives.org/research Georgia's Virtual Vault Headright and Bounty Plats] at Georgia Archives - Index and images | ||
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==Colonial and State Records== | '''County Records'''<br> | ||
*'''1790-2002''' {{RecordSearch|2071974|Georgia, Elbert County Records, 1790-2002}} at FamilySearch — [[Georgia, Elbert County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images | |||
==Georgia Land Records== | |||
===Colonial and State Records=== | |||
From 1732 to 1755 the area that is now [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] was a trusteeship in which land was allotted to males and their heirs. After 1755 lands were granted without restrictions. Land transfers before 1777 were generally recorded in Savannah, and many early land grants have been transcribed and published. One source for these records is Pat Bryant, ''Entry of Claims for Georgia Landholders, 1733-1755'' (Atlanta, Georgia: State Printing Office, 1975; [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/100177-entry-of-claims-for-georgia-landholders-1733-1755?offset=1 Digital Version]; {{WorldCat|3035853|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|76882|item|disp=FS Library Film 1450719, Book 975.8 R2br}}. | From 1732 to 1755 the area that is now [[Georgia Genealogy (state)|Georgia]] was a trusteeship in which land was allotted to males and their heirs. After 1755 lands were granted without restrictions. Land transfers before 1777 were generally recorded in Savannah, and many early land grants have been transcribed and published. One source for these records is Pat Bryant, ''Entry of Claims for Georgia Landholders, 1733-1755'' (Atlanta, Georgia: State Printing Office, 1975; [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/100177-entry-of-claims-for-georgia-landholders-1733-1755?offset=1 Digital Version]; {{WorldCat|3035853|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|76882|item|disp=FS Library Film 1450719, Book 975.8 R2br}}. | ||
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*{{RecordSearch|1914217|Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909}} at FamilySearch — [[Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | *{{RecordSearch|1914217|Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909}} at FamilySearch — [[Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | ||
==Land Lottery Records== | ===Land Lottery Records=== | ||
The parts of Georgia that are now Alabama and Mississippi were ceded in 1802. The remaining northern and western areas of present-day Georgia were surveyed and given away by land lotteries in 1805, 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, 1832, and 1833. | The parts of Georgia that are now Alabama and Mississippi were ceded in 1802. The remaining northern and western areas of present-day Georgia were surveyed and given away by land lotteries in 1805, 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, 1832, and 1833. | ||
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[http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/what_do_we_have/land_lottery/default.htm Information about the land lotteries from Georgia State Archives.] | [http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/what_do_we_have/land_lottery/default.htm Information about the land lotteries from Georgia State Archives.] | ||
==County Records== | ===County Records=== | ||
After original title to the land was granted, subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the county, usually by the clerk of the superior court. You can obtain copies by writing to the clerk. | After original title to the land was granted, subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the county, usually by the clerk of the superior court. You can obtain copies by writing to the clerk. | ||
The FamilySearch Library has copies of the county deeds and mortgages, dating from the creation of each county to 1900 or 1920, on microfilm for most counties. The FamilySearch Library also has homestead records from the 1860s to the 1920s. For example, the library has 150 microfilms for Chatham County of deeds, deed indexes, homestead records, mortgages, lottery lists, oyster leases, and pony homestead records. | The FamilySearch Library has copies of the county deeds and mortgages, dating from the creation of each county to 1900 or 1920, on microfilm for most counties. The FamilySearch Library also has homestead records from the 1860s to the 1920s. For example, the library has 150 microfilms for Chatham County of deeds, deed indexes, homestead records, mortgages, lottery lists, oyster leases, and pony homestead records. | ||
{{Georgia|Georgia}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | {{Georgia|Georgia}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | ||
[[Category:Georgia, United States | [[Category:Georgia, United States]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Land_and_Property]] | ||
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