When Carter requested Martin to vacate the property in January, 1835, Georgia Governor Wilson Lumpkin intervened on Martin's behalf. The right to Coosawattie plantation had been bought by a wealthy Georgian, Farish Carter from the lottery winner. Fields wrote that the records about when and how the Martins were forced from Salequoyah. Thus the Martin family was forced out of the Salequoyah (Salacoa) house and farm in 1833 or 1834. The new owners simply moved in and, abetted by the Georgia Guard, forced out the previous occupants. Although the law said that lottery winners could not take possession of their new properties until the Cherokee inhabitants had moved out, this restriction was largely ignored. Salequoyah, where he lived with his wife Lucy, had 11 buildings and 110 acres (45 ha) under cultivation. It was also the site of the toll gate that Martin operated on the Federal Road. Coosawattee, where Martin lived with Nellie, was the larger plantation, with 28 buildings and 300 acres (120 ha) under cultivation, plus apple and peach orchards. The first Cherokee Land Lottery was held October 22, 1832, and included Martin's plantations (Coosawatie and one on Salequoyah (Salacoa) Creek.
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