This project started primarily as a way to piece together plats in what became Gwinnett county and some of these grants are now in Barrow county. The index includes all of Franklin county up to 1796, Jackson from 1796 to 1818, and Gwinnett, Hall, and Walton after 1818. Associates of the late Dan Crumpton plan to publish his book on Franklin county plats some time in the near future which will be of immense help. The latest update here is 5 Dec 2022.
Sortable by Name(last,first), County(county,year,month,day), Year(year,month,day,name), Plat book(book,page,name), Watercourse(watercourse,name), or Neighbors/neighboring survey(grantee name). The latter two will filter out blank results. Year is the date of survey.
Plats in grey aren't available yet.
Clicking on the name will show details about the grant. Clicking on the plat will show an image.
Names in:
Red - A grant of dubious legality (typically because it was surveyed on Indian land)
Bold - Gwinnett/Barrow county land
Plats in:
Black are available
Bold are mapped
Plats of dubious legality from about 1789 to 1794 tended to be filed on consecutive pages (anywhere from two to thirty pages at a time) in 1,000 acre surveys (which violated the spirit and, to be honest, the letter of the law). These plats will be presented later in a separate table so as not to clutter up the results here for researchers.
| Name |
Year |
County |
Acres |
Watercourse |
Neighbors |
Plat  |
|
Lane, Jesse
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River |
|
B-253
|
|
Lane, Jesse
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-253
|
|
Lauder, James Dr
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1035 |
Currys Creek head of, fork of |
Count D'Estang |
A-380
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River N Fork wtrs |
H Marbury (x2), L Marbury |
A-383
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Buck Creek |
Gregg, Leon'd Marbury, Washington |
A-385
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Marburys Creek |
Wm Deakins, H Marbury, L Marbury |
A-385
|
|
Shelton, Aaron
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
G-21
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River S Fork |
sd Williamson (x2) |
N-122
|
|
Luckie, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Black's Creek |
Wm Few, James Morris, James Garrett |
R-401
|
|
Williams, Joshua
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Gilliams, Lanier |
Y-304
|
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Broad River N Fork |
Bryan Ward |
E-338
|
|
Glass, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
620 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-206
|
|
Lamar, Basil
|
1785 |
Franklin |
650 |
Broad River N fork |
Creek |
A-382
|
|
Stokes, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Brooks[R-29], Gilliam [R-239], Lanier[R-406], Stephens[n/a] |
Y-330
|
|
Thompson, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
Alex Scott [G-19?], Jno Clark |
A-399
|
|
Barton, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugaloo River |
|
B-325
|
|
Johnson, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork wtrs |
Brooks, Joseph Stephens |
R-398
|
|
Marbury, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
G-29
|
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
E-339
|
|
Clarke, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
50 |
Tugaloo wtrs southside |
|
K-89
|
|
Cook, Shem Heirs of
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Walnut Creek ( of the Oconee) |
|
DD-73
|
|
Luckie, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
|
Joseph Scott |
R-423
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Hunting Creek, Middle Creek |
Leonard Marbury(x4) [G-28], HHH-624? |
G-27
|
|
Williams, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Gilliams, Jno Williams |
Y-304
|
|
Burnet, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
|
R-14
|
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River N fork |
Peter Carnes |
K-85
|
|
Clark, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
K-103
|
|
England, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
N Fork Oconee River |
|
K-132
|
|
Knox, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
594 |
Shoal Creek |
John McFalls [N-39?], Colo Mathews, Thos Wooten?, B Know [K-293?] |
R-400
|
|
Brown, Bedford
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1722 |
Oconee River |
|
K-33
|
|
Coursay, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Walnut Creek of Oconee |
|
E-350
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River M Fork |
Indian Creek, Leonard Marbury, sd Williamson |
N-124
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
747.5 |
Oconee River M Fork |
Indian Creek, Marbury, sd Williamson |
N-128
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
|
Leonard Marbury |
G-26
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Middle Creek |
L Marbury(x3), HHH-707? |
G-28
|
|
Duncan, Henry
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Little's Creek |
Christopher Clarke [B-332?] |
R-184
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Middle Creek |
L Marbury |
G-28
|
|
Bryant, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
J Stokes [Y-330], Wm Graves [R-238] |
R-31
|
|
Jones, Aleathea A.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
A A Jones [E-405], Ed Telfair, Col Marbury |
E-406
|
|
Telfair, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
|
Leonard Marbury, Jones |
A-403
|
|
Walton, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
Edward Telfair |
A-413
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Mill Shoal Creek |
sd Williamson (x2) |
N-126
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Branch of Oconee |
Washington County line, sd Williamson (X2) |
N-128
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Mill Shoal Creek |
Washington County line, said Williamson (x3) |
N-127
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1092 |
Mill Shoal Creek |
Washington County line, said Williamson (x3) |
N-126
|
|
Jones, Aleathea A.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Middle Creek |
Leo Marbury [G-28?] |
E-405
|
|
Jones, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Middle Creek wtrs |
Col L Marbury |
E-409
|
|
Lowe, John Tolson
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
|
B-250
|
|
Payne, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Oconee River N fork |
Micajah Williamson, Richard Call |
Y-193
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River wtrs |
sd Williamson (x2) |
N-123
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River S Fork |
Washington County line, sd Williamson [approx 33.75299, -83.45327] |
N-123
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Williamson (x2) |
Y-297
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River wtrs |
Williamson(x3) |
Y-290
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Williamson(x3) |
Y-289
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River fork |
|
B-250
|
|
Scott, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Curry's Creek wtrs |
Thos Keys [K-289?] |
G-7
|
|
Scott, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Currys Creek N fork |
Thos Scott, Thomas Keys [K-289?] |
G-9
|
|
Williams, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
M Williamson, Jno Smith, J Smith(x2) |
Y-303
|
|
Wyatt, Peyton
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Currys Creek N Fork |
Longstreet [K-313?] |
Y-285
|
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River Fork |
Leonard Marbury |
K-84
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River (a fork) |
III-24? |
G-27
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
|
Leo'd Marbury |
B-251
|
|
Wyatt, Peyton
|
1785 |
Franklin |
350 |
Currys Creek N Fork |
Peyton Wyatt [Y-285?] |
Y-285
|
|
Elerson, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River |
Rolph Smith, A Thompson [Y-379] |
R-188
|
|
Smith, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Elerson [R-188-3], A Thompson [Y-300-2] |
Y-331
|
|
Telfair, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
N Fork Oconee River wtrs |
|
A-404
|
|
Telfair, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Edward Telfair [A-403-1] |
A-402
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Williamson? (x4) |
Y-299
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River |
Williamson (x3) |
Y-299
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River |
M Williamson (x3) |
Y-298
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wlliamson (x3) |
Y-297
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Williamson (x4) |
Y-297
|
|
Connell, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Cedar Creek |
|
B-329
|
|
Hubbard, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
154 |
Nails Creek |
Little, John Hubbard(x2) |
R-332
|
|
Johnson, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
350 |
|
|
CC-18
|