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These two books on Hancock County, combined here in one volume, provide the researcher with a comprehensive body of choice genealogical data. The marriage book, containing some 4,500 names, consists of the names of the contracting parties and the date of marriage. The 1806 lottery list, a virtual census of the county, consists of a list of approximately 2,500 persons who were entitled to draw lots in the lottery of Ocmulgee Indian lands. The lottery was open to almost any white male or female over twenty-one who had been resident in the state for three years.