State: GA; County: Washington;
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Surname.........First name.....Pine acres.....Oak acres.....Poll Tax.........# Slaves.....Tax
Mason…….…George……........0……….......180…………1………...…17……..5.92½

State: GA; County: Washington;
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Surname.........First name....Pine acres....Oak acres....Poll Tax.....# Slaves.....Tax
Mason…….....George…….....150……….....475…….….0………....5….....1.98 - 7½ mills

State: GA; County: Washington; Dist: unk; Enumerator: Tilman Dixon;
Roll M33_9; Image: 0233; Line: 18; Page: 139A
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Head of Household: George Mason
White Males: 1 (0-10), 0 (10-16), 2 (16-18), 0 (18-26), 0 (26-45), 1(45 up);
Females: 0 (0-10), 1 (10-16), 2 (16-26), 0 (26-45), 1 (45 up);

Agriculture: 1
Slaves: Males: 2 (0-14), 1 (14-26), 0 (26-45), 1 (45 up);
Females: 0 (0-14), 1 (14-26), 1 (26-45), 0 (45 up)

George successfully drew one land lot in the 1820 Goergia Land Lottery as follows:

Mason, GeorgeWashingtonDaniels60/11Irwin

Records show that George obtained a land grant in Washington County in 1825. The grant was recorded in the Georgia Archives as follows:

...............................Location..........Grant.....................Acres........Year of
Grantee...................of Grant...........Book.......Page......Granted.......Grant
Mason, George........Wash'ton..........P-5.........408...........365...........1825

State: GA; County: Washington; Tax Digest, 1828
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Surname........First Name.....GA Military Dist. (GMD)....Captain........Page
Mason………George.…….....……..89…………………Mason…......59

The 89^th GMD was in the general area slightly south and west of Harrison, Georgia down to the Johnson County line, and is the area where Bethany Baptist Church, the Colby Smith Memorial and the Young family cemetery are found today.

State: GA; County: Washington; Dist: unk; Enumerator: L. A. Jernigan;
Roll: M19_21; Image: 0547-0548; Line: 4; Page: 276A/B
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Head of Household: George Mason
....Males: 1 (0-5), 1 (5-10), 1 (10-15), 1 (15-20), 1 (20-30), 1 (60-70);
Females: 2 (5-10), 1 (40-50);

....Slaves: 8
....Males: 3 (10-24), 1 (36-55);
Females: 2 (0-10), 1 (10-24), 1 (36-55)

Mason George, guardian of the orphans of James Mason, deceased, applies [in Washington County, Georgia] for leave to sell gold lot.

From: The Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, 1823-1842, edition dated 13 Aug 1833.

Mason James Estate. George Mason, guardian of the orphans of James Mason, advertises to sell a Lumpkin County Gold Lot No. 1027, 12th Dist., 1st Section, Cherokee Co. (now Lumpkin). 18 Aug 1835.

From: The Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, 1823-1842

State: GA; County: Washington; Tax Digest, 1836
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Surname........First Name....GA Military Dist. (GMD)....Captain........Page
Mason………George……………..89…….….........…...Mason…......41

The 89^th GMD was in the general area slightly south and west of Harrison, Georgia down to the Johnson County line, and is the area where Bethany Baptist Church, the Colby Smith Memorial and the Young family cemetery are found today.

State: GA; County: Washington; Dist: 89; Enumerator: Robert Tennille;
Roll: M704_53; Image: 0151-0152; Line: 14; Page: 221A/B
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Head of Household: George Mason
...Males: 1 (10-15), 2 (15-20), 1 (40-50) 1 (70-80);
Females: 1 (15-20), 1 (60-70);

...Slaves: 10
....Males: 3 (0-10), 3 (24-36), 1 (36-55);
Females: 1 (0-10), 1 (24-36), 1 (55-100)

Occu: Agriculture 7; Manufacturing 1

Note: The male (40-50) was most probably George's second son, Raiford Mason, who never married.

John F. Mason was appointed administrator of the estate of George Mason on Jan 9, 1843.

From Georgia Intestate Records, p 301:

"Mason, George, dec'd, L/A issued to John F. Mason 1/9/1843, Washington."

[L/A = Letters of Administration]

• Married: ⁷
• Change Date: 1 Apr 2007

1. James MASON b: Abt 1796 in Georgia
2. Raiford MASON b: 1798 in Washington County, Georgia
3. Henry MASON b: Abt 1801 in Georgia
4. Mary "Polly" MASON b: 1807 in Georgia
5. Elizabeth "Betsy" MASON b: 20 Oct 1809 in Washington County, Georgia
6. John F. MASON b: 22 Aug 1811 in Washington County, Georgia

1. Media: Census/Tax
   Title: 1820 Washington County. Georgia Census [Online]
   Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia, 1820. [Ancestry.com electronic database: images of original documents]
   Date: 10 Mar 2001
   Page: Roll M33_9; Image: 0233; Line: 18; Page: 139A
2. Media: Census/Tax
   Title: 1830 Washington County, Georgia Census [Online]
   Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia, 1830.[Ancestry.com electronic database: images of original documents]
   Date: 10 Mar 2001
   Page: Roll: M19_21; Image: 0547-0548; Line: 4; Page: 276A/B
3. Media: Census/Tax
   Title: 1840 Washington County, Georgia Census [Online]
   Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia, 1840. [Ancestry.com electronic database: images of original documents]
   Date: 10 Mar 2001
   Page: Roll: M704_53; Image: 0151-0152; Line: 14; Page: 221A/B
4. Media: Vital
   Title: Washington County, Georgia, Estate Papers
   Author: Newsom, Elizabeth Pritchard, Abstracted and Compiled
   Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia: Genealogical Committee of the Washington County Historical Society, 1982
   Date: 9 Dec 2002
5. Media: Bible
   Title: John F. and Nancy Ann (Daniel) Mason Family Bible Pages, later owned by Madison Hodges and Mary (Ellington) Mason
   Author: Mason, John F. and Nancy Ann (Daniel) Mason and Madison Hodges and Mary (Ellington) Mason, recorders
   Publication: [primary source] Washington County, Georgia.
   Date: 25 Jun 2007
   Note:
   The first family record entries in this Bible were for John F. and Nancy Ann (Daniel) Mason, their marriage, the birth of their two sons, George Lee and James Daniel Mason, and the deaths of John's parents, George and Sarah Mason. After the death of John F. Mason in 1848, the Bible was owned by John's nephew, Madison Hodges and Mary (Ellington) Mason who recorded their births, their marriage, the births of their children, and the deaths of two of their children. [Photocopies of the Bible pages are in the possession of Diane Carrington Bradford, 2nd great granddaughter of Dr. George and Sarah Mason. Photocopies of the Bible pages were received from Mrs. Helen Frapp.]
   Page: Deaths" page.
6. Media: Research collection
   Title: Mason Family Notes and Records
   Author: Mason, Mrs. William Gray, Compiler
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] Handwritten notes and records of the Mason family collected by a family historian and now in the possession of her granddaughter, Alice Mason. 2000 amason@tntech.edu
7. Media: Research collection
   Title: Mason Family Research Files
   Author: Mason, Alice, Compiler
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] amason@tntech.edu
8. Media: Book
   Title: Georgia Intestate Records
   Author: Austin, Jeanette Holland
   Publication: [primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1986
   Date: 16 Oct 2003
9. Media: Census/Tax
   Title: 1805-1806 Washington County, Georgia Tax Digest
   Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia, 1806 [Records on file at the Washington County courthouse.]
   Date: 10 Oct 2008
10. Media: Census/Tax
    Title: 1811-1812 Washington County, Georgia Tax Digest
    Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia, 1812 [Records on file at the Washington County courthouse.]
    Date: 10 Oct 2008
11. Media: Book
    Title: The Third or 1820 Land Lottery of Georgia
    Author: Lucas, The Rev. Silas Emmett, Jr., Compiler
    Publication: [primary source] Easly, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1986
    Date: 16 Oct 2003
    Page: p 312
12. Media: Book
    Title: Records of Washington County, Georgia
    Author: De Lamar, Marie, and Rothstein, Elisabeth, Compilers
    Publication: [primary source] Albany, GA: Delwyn Associates, 1975. (Reprinted with an added index by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1985. Reprinted for Clearfield Compnay, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 2000.)
    Date: 9 Sep 2003
13. Media: Book
    Title: Index to Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia 1756-1909
    Author: Lucas, Jr., The Rev. Silas Emmett, author
    Publication: [primary source] Vidalia, GA: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1970
    Date: 10 Sep 2003
    Page: p 412
14. Media: Census/Tax
    Title: 1825 Washington County, Georgia Tax Digest
    Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia, 1825 [Records on file at the Washington County courthouse.]
    Date: 10 Oct 2008
    Page: p 64
15. Media: Book
    Title: Washington County, Georgia, Index to 1828 Tax Digest, Index to 1836 Tax Digest with Genealogical Gleanings
    Author: Henry, William R., compiler
    Publication: [derivitive primary source] Warner Robins, Georgia: Central Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc., 1987.
    Date: 31 Oct 2008
    Note:
    This index was compiled from microfilm of the original tax digest records on file at the Georgia Department of Archives and History.
    Page: p 28
16. Media: Book
    Title: Memoirs of Georgia
    Author: McCall,
    Page: Vol. III
17. Media: Book
    Title: Washington County, Georgia, Index to 1828 Tax Digest, Index to 1836 Tax Digest with Genealogical Gleanings
    Author: Henry, William R., compiler
    Publication: [derivitive primary source] Warner Robins, Georgia: Central Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc., 1987.
    Date: 31 Oct 2008
    Note:
    This index was compiled from microfilm of the original tax digest records on file at the Georgia Department of Archives and History.
    Page: p 44
18. Media: Court
    Title: Washington County, Georgia, Letters Testamentary, Administrators, Guardianship, Book A
    Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia. Office of Probate Court.
    Date: 11 Oct 2008
    Page: p 256
19. Media: Book
    Title: Georgia Intestate Records
    Author: Austin, Jeanette Holland
    Publication: [primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1986
    Date: 16 Oct 2003
    Page: p 301
20. Media: Court
    Title: Washington County, Georgia Administrators and Bonds, 1829-1871
    Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia. Office of Probate Court.
    Date: 11 Oct 2008
    Page: p 215