How was land distributed among georgia residents after the yazoo land fraud?

It was through the land lottery system that land was distributed among Georgia residents.

The Yazoo land fraud was a standout amongst the most critical events in the post– Revolutionary War (1775-83) history of Georgia. The Yazoo offer of 1795 did much to shape Georgia legislative issues and to strain relations with the national government for ages. Georgia's western land is referred to as the "Yazoo lands"