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January 28, 2005

Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832

Georgia was the only state to distribute land by lottery. The land was allocated from property considered to be "Cherokee Land," and was in the NE part of the state. The Coffee/y information was found in The Cherokee Land Lottery, Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery, compiled by James F. Smith.

Joel Coffee, No. 156, 9th Dist., 1st Section, Cherokee, Rabun Co.



Joel Coffee, No. 208, 9th Dist., 4th Section, Cherokee, Rabun Co.



Jesse S. Coffey, No. 248, 8th Dist., 2nd Section, Cherokee, Barker's residence, Gwinnett Co.



Lewis Coffey, No. 179, 9th Dist., 4th Section, Cherokee, Dyer's residence; granted previous to the first day of January, 1838, Habersham Co.



Edmund Coffey, No. 226, 18th Dist., 1st Section, Cherokee, Barker's residence, Gwinnett Co.




Lewis Coffey, No. 99, 7th Dist., 3rd Section, Cherokee, Barker's residence, Gwinnett Co.