1805 Georgia Land Lottery - Persons Entitled to Draws
(C. Avis Catalog entry #928)
Compiled by Paul K. Graham
The Genealogy Company
Decatur, Georgia
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At the lottery, a "P" (Prize) or "B" (Blank) was placed by the name of each participant representing the result of each draw.
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Eligible Drawers
The following categories of people were entitled to draws in the 1805 Land Lottery. Participants had to be white, United States citizens, and a resident of Georgia for one year prior to the land lottery law in May 1803.
White male, 21 years old One Draw
White male, 21 years old with wife and legitimate children under the age of 21 Two Draws
White female, widowed, with legitimate children under the age of 21 Two Draws
Orphaned family, whose parents were both deceased, or whose father was deceased and mother remarried One Draw
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Number Name County Draw Prize
1593 Hodge, Alexander Oglethorpe B B
1595 Hodge, Archibald Oglethorpe B B
1285 Hodge, Elias Jefferson B B
1239 Hodge, Elliot Jackson P B Wa D1 L4
587 Hodge, Isaac Franklin B B
633 Hodge, James Franklin P Pa D3 L54
1666 Hodge, James Oglethorpe B B
1378 Hodge, John Liberty B B
1581 Hodge, John Oglethorpe B B
1735 Hodge, John Screven B B
1362 Hodge, Joseph Liberty B
1935 Hodge, Mathew Washington B
1734 Hodge, Nathan Screven B
1731 Hodge, Samuel Screven B
1252 Hodge, William Jackson B B
1543 Hodge, William Oglethorpe B B
991 Hodges, Andrew Hancock B B
25 Hodges, Benjamin Bulloch B B
2026 Hodges, Benjamin Washington B B
1979 Hodges, Edward Washington B B
1853 Hodges, Fleming Warren B B
2045 Hodges, Forman Washington B B
138 Hodges, Francis Burke B
1653 Hodges, Francis Oglethorpe P B Wi D4 L5
110 Hodges, Handley Burke B B
1231 Hodges, Hiram Jackson B
1591 Hodges, Jacob Oglethorpe B
1958 Hodges, John Washington B
24 Hodges, Joseph Bulloch B B
20 Hodges, Joshua, Junr. Bulloch B B
1377 Hodges, John, orphans of Liberty B
1919 Hodges, John & Charles, orphans Washington B