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From: "Horace Raymond" <>
Subject: Re: [GABALDWIN] Deeds
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:06:46 -0600
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Thanks for the wonderful drawing. If wishing made it so, I wish for Hancock
Co to be done .....jt
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From: "Crilley" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:47 AM
Subject: [GABALDWIN] Deeds


> Beth's deed that was posted yesterday was so interesting because it
reminds
> us that deeds may help identify relationships -- even without a will.
This
> one is a deed of gift to his son.
>
> http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/putnam/deeds/dd267tompkins.txt
>
> And as a reminder,
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/wilkinson/deeds.html
>
> We have two pictures of partial Land Lots in Wilkinson County given by
> Poldi Tonin and Gervaise Perdue.
>
> If you're lucky enough to be researching land in District 2 - Gervaise had
> a handdrawn map with details.
> In this case it looks like LL173 may have stayed in Baldwin County (the
> county lines sometimes did change back and forth. The LARGE black NUMBER
> is the District #.
>
> Remember the more information you share, the more we can get on-line and
> help others. I think we all gain understanding and get ideas when we see
> other documents posted.
>
> Wilkinson should have many more 1805 land lottery data posted! Were your
> ancestors there for that lottery?
>
> Need to know more about the lotteries.... follow the links on this page
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/tayland.htm#lottery
>
> Another hint I've learned is that if the acres are 202.5 - it most likely
> was the lottery -- that is the size of most of the lots. Of course many
> people never actually moved to the land -- they may have sold it early on.
>
> Virginia Crilley
>
>
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