United States, Georgia, Appling County, 31.74928, -82.28898United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, 33.06928, -83.24959United States, Georgia, Carroll County, 33.58282, -85.07974United States, Georgia, Cherokee County, 34.24393, -84.4762United States, Georgia, Coweta County, 33.35346, -84.76337United States, Georgia, Dooly County, 32.15718, -83.79875United States, Georgia, Early County, 31.32283, -84.90364United States, Georgia, Fayette County, 33.41394, -84.49419United States, Georgia, Gwinnett County, 33.96173, -84.02363United States, Georgia, Habersham County, 34.63102, -83.53112United States, Georgia, Hall County, 34.31689, -83.81968United States, Georgia, Henry County, 33.453, -84.1542United States, Georgia, Houston County, 32.45901, -83.66624United States, Georgia, Irwin County, 31.60228, -83.27638United States, Georgia, Lee County, 31.77951, -84.14113United States, Georgia, Monroe County, 33.01408, -83.91872United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, 32.50996, -84.87704United States, Georgia, Rabun County, 34.88168, -83.40214United States, Georgia, Troup County, 33.03351, -85.02834United States, Georgia, Walton County, 33.78156, -83.73385United States, Georgia, Wayne County, 31.55143, -81.91676United States, Georgia, Wilkinson County, 32.80241, -83.171251805/1833Eight times between 1805 and 1833 the state of Georgia held lotteries to distribute western lands, ceded by the Creek and Cherokee through a series of treaties, to Georgia citizens. Each lottery was authorized by the Georgia legislature through acts of the General Assembly in which new counties were created, the method of land surveying was described, and eligibility requirements for the subsequent distribution were set. Today, the District Plats of Survey remain the legal basis for the land lot system in Georgia. This system established counties, districts, and land lots through a number of land surveys. Each county was divided into districts and each district was subdivided into land lots, ranging in size from 40 acres to 490 acres, depending on the lottery. The Cherokee territory, however, was also divided into sections. The district plats are the graphic representation of these surveys, performed by district surveyors appointed by the legislature, in which the land lots were demarcated and numbered. The District Plats of Survey include the county name; district number; land lot numbers; physical land features, in particular the trees and original forestation; and adjoining district numbers. Many plats also include the name of the district surveyor; the date the survey was made or certified; original place names (some of native origin); the total area surveyed; a scale; and the magnetic variation. Some of the plats are resurveys or renewed surveys ordered by the Surveyor General. There are plats for the following counties: Appling, Baldwin, Carroll, Cherokee, Coweta, Dooly, Early, Fayette, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Lee, Monroe, Muscogee, Rabun, Troup, Walton, Wayne, and Wilkinson.District Plats of Survey, Survey Records, Surveyor General, RG 3-3-24, Georgia Archiveshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Cherokee Indians--Land tenure--GeorgiaCreek Indians--Land tenure--GeorgiaReal property--GeorgiaIndian land transfers--GeorgiaLand grants--GeorgiaGeorgia--SurveysDistrict plats of surveyStillImage