1316Mary ___
Key Facts
Parents:unknown
Born:unknown
Died:between 1 September 1820 and 11 December 1823
probably Bulloch County, Georgia
Buried:unknown

I know of only one record that mentions 1316Mary by name: Among records pertaining to Georgia's 1820 land lottery, "Mary Bird of Tilmans district Bulloch County" is named as the fortunate drawer of Gwinnett County, district 7, lot 354.1 The surveyor's field notes for this lot are copied below; notice 1316Mary's name along the left margin. The drawing was officially held on 1 September 1820, so 1316Mary must have been living at that time.


1820: A description of the property that 1316Mary won in Georgia's 1820 land lottery. Full page.1

I've traced the (approximated) location of 1316Mary's lot on the master map. As you can see, the land now lies along the shore of Lake Lanier, a man-made lake created in 1956.

Lot 354 was the subject of another record three years later: On 11 December 1823, eight people agreed to sell lot 354. Judging from this record, we can conclude that 1316Mary had died, and that the eight people are her heirs (namely, her sons or sons-in-law), as discussed previously.

Sources Cited:

1: S. Emmett Lucas, The Third and Fourth or 1820 and 1821 Land Lotteries of Georgia (Georgia Genealogical Reprints, Easley, SC, 1973), page 14. Similar information is also in: James C. Flanigan, History of Gwinnett County, Georgia: 1818-1943, Volume I (Longino & Porter, Hapeville, Georgia), page 65. The surveyor's field notes likewise show 1316Mary as having drawn this lot: Georgia Surveyor General. Land lottery surveys, book MMM, page 324, entry for section 7 lot 354 drawn by Mary Bird. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34L-Z3ZB-W?i=504&cat=157006>. FamilySearch restricts access to this image, so see a copy here.

2: Hall County, Georgia. Deeds & mortgages book B (1825-1828), page 112. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKJ-Y7K8-L?i=64&cat=254906>.