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Georgia Land Lottery, 1820 The third land lottery, also known as the 1820 lottery, by acts of December 15, 1818, and December 21, 1819, opened up the southern portion of Georgia, and the lands immediately north and west of the settled lands around the Chattahoochee River, which included the north half of Gwinnett County, and the counties of Hall, Rabun and Habersham. These were all ceded by the Cherokee Nation. Only one resident of Hall County was selected, Malone MULLINS, and he drew lot #177 (490 acres), District 2 in Appling County, Georgia. Appling County is in the southern portion of Georgia, land ceded by the Creek Indians.[1] This Malone MULLINS, who was inconveniently missing in the 1820 census, is believed to be the younger brother of May MULLINS, and the son of Lone MULLINS, deceased. It is not known if this Malone took possession, and has not been researched further than to determine that he is not on the 1830 Georgia census either. There was a Malone MULLENS on the 1830 Blount County, Alabama census, but no inference is intended here at this time.
[1] The Third or 1820 Land Lottery of Georgia compiled by the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Easley, SC., Southern Historical Press, 1986 |
