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.
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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  |
Black, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Hudson's Fork |
J Hudson? [F-7?], Wm Black [E-362] |
E-361
|
Black, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Hudson's Fork |
John Black(x2) [E-361], John Webb [A-407?] |
E-362
|
Carsey, Stephen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
E-363
|
Adcock, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
E-364
|
Cobb, James Senr.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Bigg Pond fork |
Offutt |
E-365
|
Barnett, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Indian Creek |
|
E-366
|
Cartledge, Edmond
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
Glascock(x2) |
E-367
|
Bailey, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Big Shoal Creek |
|
E-368
|
Barden, Gilbert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
E-369
|
Cartledge, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
E-370
|
Cannon, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Turkey Creek |
|
E-371
|
Brantly, Jeremiah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
345 |
Currys Creek |
_ogatt? |
E-372
|
Brown, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Kiokee River |
|
E-373
|
Britt, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
E-374
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River |
|
E-375
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1725 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
E-376
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
187 |
Oconee River |
Thomas Scott |
E-377
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Broad River |
|
E-378
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1024 |
Oconee River 2nd Franklin fork Long Sholes |
|
E-379
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1254 |
Oconee River 2nd Franklin fork |
|
E-380
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1120 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
E-381
|
Evans, Stephen
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Gravelly Run |
|
E-382
|
Freeman, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
525 |
Hard Labor Creek |
|
E-383
|
Freeman, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
1200 |
Hard Labor Creek |
|
E-384
|
Freeman, Holman
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Horse Creek |
|
E-385
|
Fuqua, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Mulb_ fork? |
James Thompson [A-399?] |
E-386
|
Dean, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
E-388
|
Fenn, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Bigg Pond fork |
|
E-389
|
Easter, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Toms Creek |
|
E-390
|
Ford, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
E-391
|
Driver, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
Jacob Summerford [G-18] |
E-392
|
Franklin, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Scott, James Cobb [E-365?] |
E-393
|
Davis, Meredith
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
Ezk Offutt [G-10?] |
E-394
|
Douglass, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarke's Creek fork |
Jno Ware [A-319?], Jos Jeter [A-319?] |
E-395
|
Fuller, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River fork of swamp |
Joseph McCutchens?, Glascock [F-8?] |
E-396
|
Fuller, Stephen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Middle |
|
E-397
|
Dyas, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek |
|
E-399
|
Ector, Hugh
|
1784 |
Franklin |
700 |
Oconee River M fork |
Brown, Robertson [G-21?] |
E-400
|
Duke, Taylor
|
1784 |
Franklin |
460 |
Broad River |
|
E-401
|
Few, Ignatius
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1887.5 |
Buck Creek |
|
E-402
|
Few, Ignatius
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River |
|
E-403
|
Few, Ignatius
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River |
|
E-404
|
Jones, Aleathea A.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Middle Creek |
Leo Marbury [G-28?] |
E-405
|
Jones, Aleathea A.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
A A Jones [E-405], Ed Telfair, Col Marbury |
E-406
|
Jones, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Deep Creek |
|
E-407
|
Jones, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River Marbury's fork |
Jno Gorham (x2) |
E-408
|
Jones, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Middle Creek wtrs |
Col L Marbury |
E-409
|
Gibbons, William Junior
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
|
|
E-410
|
Gorham, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Shoal Creek |
|
E-411
|
Gorham, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
E-412
|
Gorham, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
375 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
E-413
|
Gorham, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
E-414
|
Gorham, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
E-415
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
E-416
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Black Creek |
|
E-417
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Trail Creek |
|
E-418
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
2875 |
Sandy River |
|
E-419
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
E-420
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River (middle) |
|
E-421
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
E-422
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Marbury's fork |
__ Marshal |
E-423
|
Gunnolds, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Candlers Creek |
|
E-424
|
Johnson, John H.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
277 |
|
|
E-425
|
Horn, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Flat Creek |
|
E-426
|
Harvey, Littleberry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
|
E-427
|
Holton, Framcis
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
|
E-428
|
McCall & Grigg,
|
1785 |
Franklin |
2300 |
Oconee River wtrs |
H. Marbury, John P. Wagnon |
F-1
|
Greasle, Elam
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
F-10
|
Hubbard, Jacob
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Nails Creek |
|
F-10
|
Giles, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Curry's Creek |
|
F-11
|
Heatley, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
|
F-11
|
Jackson, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
M___ fork (Oconee River?) |
|
F-12
|
Jones, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
F-12
|
Hill, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
F-13
|
McGarry, Edward
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
F-13
|