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  |
|
Few, Ignatius
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River |
|
E-404
|
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River (middle) |
|
E-421
|
|
Beard, Jonathan
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-40
|
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1725 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
E-376
|
|
McCutchin, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
N Fork Oconee River |
John King |
R-437
|
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1024 |
Oconee River 2nd Franklin fork Long Sholes |
|
E-379
|
|
Payne, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Dosses Creek |
Wm Payne |
A-393
|
|
Few, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
187 |
Oconee River |
Thomas Scott |
E-377
|
|
King, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Sandy Creek wtrs |
Thomas Armstrong |
R-400
|
|
Potts, Moses
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Sandy Creek wtrs |
|
N-67
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Williamson(x4) |
Y-300
|
|
Coleman, Susannah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
850 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-70
|
|
Walton, George
|
1785 |
Franklin |
380 |
Oconee River M Fork |
Bedford Brown [K-33 or 41?] |
DD-79
|
|
Vermilion, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
150 |
Green Log Creek wtrs |
|
DD-525
|
|
Williams, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Williams, J Williams, Sd Williams |
Y-304
|
|
Williams, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Williams(x2) |
Y-303
|
|
Thompson, John Farley.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Conross River |
|
Y-373
|
|
Williams, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
J Brooks, Williams(x2) |
Y-305
|
|
Williams, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Jno Smith, Jno Williams(x2) |
Y-305
|
|
Robertson, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
G-21
|
|
Williams, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
M Williamson, Jno Smith (x2), Sd Williams |
Y-303
|
|
Terrill, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River M fork wtrs |
Lowrie |
N-110
|
|
Williams, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
J Williams, Smith, Sd Williams(x2) |
Y-303
|
|
Gorham, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Sandy Creek wtrs |
|
K-199
|
|
Young, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Big Pond Fork Oconee River |
Creswell? |
DD-77
|
|
Crane, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
Chas Bond |
I-65
|
|
Philpot, Warren
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Gumlog Creek |
Jo Pulliam (x2), Jno Smith, sd Philpot |
N-72
|
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
E-420
|
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
Wm Sloan |
B-329
|
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Stephens Creek |
Bailey's line |
B-326
|
|
Kees, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-287
|
|
Kimbro, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-287
|
|
Clarke, George
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
Large Reedy Creek |
John Clarke |
B-334
|
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Hunting Creek wtrs |
Peter Carnes |
K-85
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River |
Williamson(x2) "S fork Oconee now called Apalachee" |
Y-289
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Williamson(x3) |
Y-289
|
|
Baker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Dove Creek wtrs |
Baker, Hendley, H Marbury |
B-322
|
|
Deakins, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1380 |
Beech Creek wtrs (a branch of N fork Oconee) |
M Call, H Marbury |
K-115
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River |
Maple Creek, Leonard Marbury, Jno Milton, Pen Frarar |
A-386
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Mary France, Horatio Marbury, Leonard Marbury, Washington |
A-386
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1380 |
Big Creek [Rocky Creek?] |
Baker, H Marbury |
A-382
|
|
Clarke, John Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
Leonard Marbury |
B-338
|
|
Clarke, Moses
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
John Clark |
B-338
|
|
Wagnon, John Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
Oconee River N Fork |
Cobb (x2), Maj Jno Cobb |
N-143
|
|
Appling, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
900 |
Oconee River |
North Fork [33.877671, -83.349668 ?] Chas Daugherty, Jno Griffey, J Bickerstaff [R-12?] |
E-326
|
|
Lee, George
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Middle Oconee River S branch |
|
K-309
|
|
Baker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Big Creek |
H Marbury (x2) |
B-323
|
|
Ward, Bryant
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Marbury's Fork |
Reedy branch |
N-138
|
|
Pulliam, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
487.5 |
Gumlog Creek |
|
Y-194
|
|
Baker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Big Creek |
Jones, Marbury, H Marbury |
B-322
|
|
Lamar, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Mathew Stone [N-96?] |
I-273
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Buck Creek |
Maple Creek, Barbar?, Charity Marbury, Leon'd Marbury |
A-385
|
|
Baker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Dove Creek wtrs |
Baker, H Marbury (x2) |
B-322
|
|
Evans, Henry
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Marburys Creek |
Jones |
A-372
|
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Peter Carnes |
K-84
|
|
Evans, Henry
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Oconee River wtrs |
J P Wagnon |
A-372
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Smellers [Y-331?] R Smith [Y-331?], Thomson |
Y-300
|
|
Porgua, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-67
|
|
Porgua, Robert
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Sandy Creek wtrs |
|
N-68
|
|
Potts, Stephen
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Big Creek [Rocky Creek] |
Handley, L Marbury, sd Potts |
A-388
|
|
Moss, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Beaverdam Creek |
James Shepherd |
A-386
|
|
Potts, Stephen
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Big Creek [Rocky Creek] |
Baker, Handley, L Marbury |
A-388
|
|
Williamson, Charles
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Walnut Creek wtrs |
|
N-121
|
|
Hay, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Doss? Creek (or S Fork Marburys Creek) |
Graves? Mount/Monument, Col Leo'd Marbury (x2) |
K-218
|
|
Hay, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Chistee Creek S Fork |
Lee [K-309?] |
K-220
|
|
Lamar, Zachariah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Broad River M fork |
Call |
R-424
|
|
Blount, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
|
Leod Marbury, Maj Washington |
R-24
|
|
Arnold, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Little Creek N Fork |
Cro___, Payne, Tate |
K-6
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tockoa Creek |
_ Marbury |
A-384
|
|
Stinson, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
460 |
Beaverdam Creek |
H Marbury [F-14?], James Spratlin, Capt. Wagnon |
N-93
|
|
Mullen, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River S side |
sd Mullins [N-26?] |
N-25
|
|
Rice, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
150 |
Tugalo River |
J Madison [N-41?], Jno ___ |
N-81
|
|
Washington, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Marbury's Fork |
L Marbury, Moses Clark [B-338?] |
N-147
|
|
Wagnon, John Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
9487.5 |
Oconee River Fork |
Gorham, H___, Marbury (x2), Walton |
N-144
|
|
Appling, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River, Sandy Creek |
|
B-321
|