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  2. Pine Barrens speculation - Wikipedia

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    The land was portrayed as fertile when in reality it was a pine barren. [1] The Pine Barrens speculation is often conflated with the Yazoo land scandal, which occurred at about the same time and dealt with land in present-day Alabama and Mississippi. The Yazoo scandal "quickly overshadowed" the Pine Barrens scandal. [1]

  3. Yazoo land scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Yazoo land fraud is often conflated with the Pine Barrens speculation, another land scandal that took place in east Georgia at about the same time. In this case, the state's high-ranking officials were making multiple gifts of land grants for the same parcels, resulting in the issuance of grants totaling much more land than was available in ...

  4. Georgia Retirement System - AOL

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    The Employees Retirement System of Georgia (ERSGA) provides a range of pension plans that mostly come with lengthy eligibility requirements. While each of its systems and plans serve different ...

  5. 1820 Land Lottery - Wikipedia

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    The 1820 Land Lottery was the third lottery of the Georgia Land Lotteries, a lottery system used by the U.S. state of Georgia between the years 1805 and 1833 to appropriate and redistribute Cherokee and Muscogee land. The 1820 lottery was authorized by the Georgia General Assembly by acts of December

  6. Social Security Fairness Act could restore benefits, but ...

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    However, her plans for retirement took an unexpected turn when she discovered the intricacies of the pension system. When she retired, Cosgrove's reduced payments affected her ability to pay bills ...

  7. 1833 Fractions Lottery - Wikipedia

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    The 1833 Fractions Lottery was the eight and final lottery of the Georgia Land Lotteries, a lottery system used by the U.S. state of Georgia between the years 1805 and 1833 to appropriate and redistribute previous Cherokee and Muscogee land to settlers.

  8. Slave descendants on Georgia island fighting to keep ... - AOL

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    Since 1976, the state of Georgia has owned most of its 30 square miles (78 square kilometers) of mostly unspoiled wilderness. Hogg Hummock, also known as Hog Hammock, sits on less than a square ...

  9. Gold Lottery of 1832 - Wikipedia

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    The Gold Lottery of 1832 was the seventh lottery of the Georgia Land Lotteries, a lottery system used by the State of Georgia between the years 1805 and 1833 to redistribute annexed Cherokee land. It was authorized by the Georgia General Assembly by an act of December 24, 1831 a few years after the start of the Georgia Gold Rush .