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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                   Form 10-K/A
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    ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
                                   ACT OF 1934

                            For the fiscal year ended

                                December 31, 2000

                        Commission file number: 000-29778
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                           Merry Land Properties, Inc.
                                  P.O. Box 1417
                             Augusta, Georgia 30903
                                  706-722-6756

State of Incorporation:Georgia I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 58-2412761

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
                                                          Name of Each Exchange
Title of Each Class                                         on Which Registered
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       None                                                        None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                          Common Stock, $1 stated value
                                (Title of Class)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding twelve months, and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past ninety days: Yes X No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. ___

The aggregate market value of the voting and nonvoting common equity held by non
affiliates of the registrant on March 5, 2001: Common Stock, $1 stated
value--$10,277,354 (all shares other than those owned or controlled by officers,
directors, and 5% stockholders).

The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of March 5, 2001 was
2,712,966. Documents incorporated by reference: The 2001 definitive proxy
statement mailed to stockholders for the annual meeting scheduled for April 19,
2001 is incorporated by reference into Part III of this form 10-K.

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We are filing this amendment to our Annual Report on Form 10-K to add the
consent of independent public accountants as exhibit 23. In the previous filing,
the consent was excluded.

PART IV

Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.

3.   EXHIBITS

Add:

(23)   Consent of Independent Public Accountant






Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned,

MERRY LAND PROPERTIES, INC.
     (Registrant)

/s/ W. TENNENT HOUSTON                                           April 3, 2001
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W. Tennent Houston                                                    Date
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature                   Title                               Date
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/s/DAVID W. COBB            Director                            April 3, 2001
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David W. Cobb

/s/ /DORRIE E. GREEN        Vice President, Chief Financial     April 3, 2001
- ------------------------    Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Dorrie E. Green

/s/ W. TENNENT HOUSTON      Chairman of the Board and           April 3, 2001
- ------------------------    Chief Executive Officer
W. Tennent Houston

/s/ JEFFERSON B. A. KNOX    Director                            April 3, 2001
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Jefferson B. A. Knox

/s/STEWART R. SPEED         Director                            April 3, 2001
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Stewart R. Speed

/s/ MICHAEL N. THOMPSON    President, Chief Operating           April 3, 2001
- ------------------------   Officer and Director
Michael N. Thompson