CHEROKEE REMOVAL LAND GRANT AND SURVEY.


Partially Printed Document, a Georgia land grant of 160 acres to "John Haddock," 1 p, 4to, November 25, 1835, with accompanying survey dated May 30, 1832, staining to folds, some internal tears, and dampstaining lower margin of grant.Spurred in part by the discovery of gold in Georgia in 1828, and made possible by Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830, the government of Georgia began awarding Cherokee land to settlers in Georgia through a lottery in 1832, part of a series of forced relocations that would become known as the "Trail of Tears."