1805 Georgia Land Lottery Persons Entitled to Draws

This book is an index to the List of Persons Entitled to Draws for the 1805 Land Lottery and is a new transcription of the data in 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, published in 1964 by Virginia S. Wood and Ralph V. Wood. This list represents most of the households in the state in the year 1803 and is an invaluable substitute for Georgia's lost 1800 U.S. Federal Census. 1805 Georgia Land Lottery Persons Entitled to Draws corrects major errors and omissions found in the Wood publication. Using the power of a computer database, this new publication of land lottery participants includes verified and cross-referenced data. No Georgia census index collection is complete without this book. Entries contain: Number, Name and identifying remarks, County of residence, Draw result, Prize result (if a fortunate drawer) Book contains: 23,940 participants, 500 non-participants. 2005, 7x10, cloth, 648 pp.

Graham, Paul K.

The Genealogy Company

United States Utility Patents, 1836-1853

This book documents the earliest numbered patents issued by the United States. From the first patent act in 1790 through the summer of 1836, patents were not given a reference number. Instead, they were referred to solely by the name of the inventor and the date of issue. The practice of patents being numbered sequentially began in 1836, with patent number one issued in July. The sequence is still in place today: utility patent 7,000,000 was issued in 2006. In addition to utility patents, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office also designates design and plant patents. Design patents began in 1843 and plant patents began in 1931. The purpose of this book is to provide a record of the number, issue date, inventor, and title of the first 10,000 numbered patents, issued from July 1836 to September 1853. All of the information was abstracted directly from the published patent, rather than using a compiled patent index. The book includes a name index to inventors.

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Admission Register of Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1842-1861

This book contains the admission records for the first 888 patients admittedto the Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia. The hospital, the state'sfirst mental institution, was authorized in 1837 and opened to patients at the endof 1842. Each patient record begins with a list of basic facts, with their name,county of origin, age, marital status, and other facts depending on the particularpatient. The introductory information is followed by a description of symptomsthat led the patient to the hospital, along with possible causes of illness. Recordsend with dates of admission then those for elopement (escape), dismission, ordeath. The number by each individual is the sequential patient number given inearly admission records.

Paul K. Graham

1807 Georgia Land Lottery Fortunate Drawers and Grantees

The purpose of this book is to document the record of grants from the state of Georgia to an individual for each land lot distributed through the land lottery process in 1807. Even before the 1805 Land Lottery drawing had begun, pressure was mounting for Georgia to gain control over the remaining land between the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers. Less than three months after the conclusion of the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, the United States purchased 2.2 million acres from the Creek Indians. The 1807 Land Lottery was structured almost identically to the 1805 Land Lottery, continuing the district and land lot survey system and repeating the use of a land lottery to distribute the land.

Few places in the United States feel the impact of courthouse disasters like the state of Georgia. Over its history, 75 of the state's counties have suffered 109 events resulting in the loss or severe damage of their courthouse or court offices. This book documents those destructive events, including the date, time, circumstance, and impact on records. Each county narrative is supported by historical accounts from witnesses, newspapers, and legal documents. Maps show the geographic extent of major courthouse fires. Record losses are described in general terms, helping researchers understand which events are most likely to affect their work.

Georgia Courthouse Disasters