United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181821-07-03This document dated July 3, 1821 is the affidavit of Stephen H. Gilmore of Morgan County, Georgia stating that the name of Burnwell Matthews, and not Burmville or Burnville Matthews, appears in the list of persons entitled to a draw in the recent land lottery that disposed of former Creek lands in the counties of Early, Irwin, and Appling. The land was distributed pursuant to the Treaty of Indian Springs, signed January 8, 1821. Gilmore's signature appears on the document.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc836engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 67, folder 01, document 11.Creek Indians--TreatiesIndian land transfersCreek Indians--Land tenure[Affidavit of] Stephen H. Gilmore, 1821 July 3, Morgan County, Georgia / [signed by] Stephen H. GilmoreText