James successfully registered for the 1805 Goergia Land Lottery as follows:

Mason, James, #2049,BB (He was eligible for 2 draws but did not win any land.)

James successfully drew one land lot in the 1807 Goergia Land Lottery as follows:

Mason, JamesWashingtonAndersons71/13Wilkinson

State: GA; County: Emanuel; Dist: not stated; Enumerator: unk;
Roll M33_6; Image:0051; Line: 28; Page: 84
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Head of Household: James Mason
...White Males: 1 (0-10), 1 (18-26);
White Females: 1 (26-45);
.....Agriculture: 2
............Slaves: 1

State: GA; County: Washington; Tax Digest, 1825
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Surname........First Name.....GA Military Dist. (GMD)....Captain........Page
Mason………James..…….....……..89…………………....?..............66

State: GA; County: Washington; Tax Digest, 1828
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Surname........First Name.....GA Military Dist. (GMD)....Captain........Page
Mason………James..…….....……..89…………………Mason…......57

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.

Note" James was captain of the 89^th Militia District.

Mason James Estate. James Hicks applies for Letters of Administration.

From: The Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, 1823-1842, issue dated 28 May 1829.

James Hicks, administratorof the estate of James Mason, deceased, will apply for leave to sell real estate and negroes [in Washington County, Georgia].

From: The Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, 1823-1842

Mason, James Estate. George Mason, guardian of the orphans of James Mason, advertises to sell in November 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

• Married: Bef 1820 in Washington County, Georgia ⁴
• Change Date: 7 Oct 2000

1. Miles MASON b: Abt 1820
2. Sarah Ann MASON b: Abt 1821 in Georgia
3. Morris R. MASON b: Abt 1822
4. Mary Ann Pauline MASON b: Abt 1824 in Washington County, Georgia
5. Madison Hodges MASON b: 24 Jan 1826 in Washington County, Georgia

1. Media: Census/Tax
   Title: 1820 Emanuel County, Georgia Census [Online]
   Publication: [primary source] Swainsboro, Georgia, 1820. [Ancestry.com electronic database: images of original documents]
   Date: 1 Dec 2008
   Page: Roll M33_6; Image:0051; Line: 28; Page: 84
2. 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 43
3. 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
4. Media: Research collection
   Title: Mason Family Research Files
   Author: Mason, Alice, Compiler
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] amason@tntech.edu
5. 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 11
6. Media: Book
   Title: 1805 Georgia Land Lottery
   Author: Wood, Virginia S., and Ralph W. Wood, transcribed and indexed by
   Publication: [primary source] Cambridge, MA: The Greenewood Press, 1964
   Date: 16 Oct 2003
   Page: p 231
7. 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
   Page: p 35, left column
8. Media: Book
   Title: The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia
   Author: Lucas, The Rev. Silas Emmett, Jr., Compiler
   Publication: [primary source] Easly, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1986
   Date: 18 Oct 2003
   Page: p 93
9. Media: State archives
   Title: Georgia Justice of the Peace Commission Book 1830-1835
   Publication: [primary source] Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Department of Archives and History. Original records on microfilm.
   Date: 27 Nov 2008
   Page: p 603
10. Media: State archives
    Title: Georgia Justice of the Peace Commissions 1825-1828 (original book)
    Publication: [primary source] Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Department of Archives and History. Original records on microfilm.
    Date: 27 Nov 2008
    Page: p 278
11. Media: Military
    Title: Georgia Military Commissions 1827-1829
    Publication: [primary source] Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Department of Archives and History. Original records on microfilm.
    Date: 25 Nov 2008
    Page: p 340
12. 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
13. Media: State archives
    Title: Georgia Justice of the Peace Commission Book 1828-1830
    Publication: [primary source] Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Department of Archives and History. Original records on microfilm.
    Date: 27 Nov 2008
    Page: p 192
14. Media: Book
    Title: Memoirs of Georgia
    Author: McCall,
    Page: Vol. III