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2. Yazoo land scandal - Wikipedia

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   These companies persuaded the Georgia state assembly to sell more than 40,000,000 acres (160,000 km 2) of land for $500,000. Many Georgia officials and legislators were offered shares in these companies or bribes to secure their agreement to the sale.

3. Freedom, Georgia - Wikipedia

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   This inspired Renee Walters and Ashley Scott, a realtor from Stonecrest, to create the Freedom Georgia Initiative and propose purchasing the 96.71 acres (39.14 hectares) of land. They brought together 19 African-American families who raised the money to purchase the land. [ 2 ]

4. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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   The claimed homestead could include the same land which they had previously filed a preemption claim (on up to 160 acres at $1.25 per acre, or up to 80 acres of subdivided and surveyed land at $2.50 per acre), and they could expand their current ownership to contiguous adjacent land up to 160 acres total.

5. Georgia Land Lotteries - Wikipedia

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   The Georgia land lotteries were an early nineteenth century system of land redistribution in Georgia. Under this system, various categories of persons (depending upon the specific lottery year) could register for a chance to win lots of land that had been appropriated by the State of Georgia or the Federal government from the Muscogee and the ...

6. Pickens County, Georgia - Wikipedia

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   The Georgia General Assembly passed an act on December 5, 1853, to create Pickens County from portions of Cherokee and Gilmer Counties. [3] Pickens received several more land additions from Cherokee (1869) and Gilmer Counties (1858 and 1863); however, several sections of Pickens County have also been transferred to other counties: Dawson County (1857), Gordon County (1860), and Cherokee County ...

7. Big Canoe, Georgia - Wikipedia

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   Big Canoe (// ⓘ) is a common interest development gated community, consisting of over 8,000 acres (32 km 2), located in the mountains north of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is located in Pickens County between Jasper and Dawsonville and has about 3,000 residents. Approximately 60% are full-time and 40% are weekenders.