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From: Marsha Ford <>
Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] GA land lotteries
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 09:16:20 -0700
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Really?
Do you have his name? I'm looking for Joseph Murdoch who entered the
lottery (forget which one) but was not drawn. Fam Hist. says he was a
loyalist, but find no record.
Marsha

Eldon Wade wrote:
>
> Hi Marsha,
> I know of at least one case where a Loyalist entered the lottery and was
> given land but it was protested when his Loyalist position was brought to
> light and the land grant was revoked.
> Eldon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marsha Ford [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 1:25 PM
> To:
> Subject: [GA-Roots] GA land lotteries
>
> Here's a question for you experts on the land lotteries. I am wondering
> if a person could have actually entered the lotteries if they had been a
> Loyalist during the rev war as opposed to a Patriot. Or did the folks
> involved care about a person's political leanings?
> Marsha
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