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  |
|
Hail, Bradley
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails, Littles Creek wtrs |
Robt Taylor, Christopher Clark [B-332?] |
R-330
|
|
Hampton, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Littles Creek S fork |
sd Hampton [R-330], Clarke |
R-330
|
|
Hampton, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Littles Creek S fork |
Christopher Clarke [B-332?] |
R-330
|
|
Hampton, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Walnut Creek wtrs |
|
R-321
|
|
Harrington, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Beaver Creek |
Abner Tatum |
R-304
|
|
Harris, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
DD-63
|
|
Harris, Sampson
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanaula Creek wtrs |
A Burns, Col Lamar |
R-309
|
|
Harrison, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Beaverdam Creek |
Holland [A-377?] |
A-378
|
|
Harvey, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Samuel Wilson(x2) |
B-102
|
|
Harvey, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Saml Wilson |
B-102
|
|
Harvey, Littleberry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
|
E-427
|
|
Harville, James
|
1794 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
CC-14
|
|
Hatcher, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek branch |
|
B-99
|
|
Hatcher, Volentine
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
K-230
|
|
Hawkins, Abimelek
|
1787 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River waters |
College land |
K-236
|
|
Hawkins, James heirs
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-254
|
|
Hay, William
|
1791 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Brushy Creek N fork |
County line, Knox road to the furnace, Jno Strauther |
R-314
|
|
Hay, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Beaver Creek ( a branch of Broad River) |
|
K-220
|
|
Healthy, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
CC-16
|
|
Heatley, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
|
F-11
|
|
Hightower, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Beaver Creek |
|
R-310
|
|
Hill, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
F-13
|
|
Hill, Richard
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
A-347
|
|
Hinton, Hardy
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River S fork |
Patton |
R-308
|
|
Hogg, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek |
|
K-229
|
|
Holland, Jacob
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
A-377
|
|
Holton, Framcis
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
|
E-428
|
|
Horn, Jacob
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Gravelly Run |
|
F-6
|
|
Horn, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Flat Creek |
|
E-426
|
|
Horn, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
A-377
|
|
Howard, Julius
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
F-14
|
|
Hubbard, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River N fork wtrs |
Joel Doss [B-42?], Thos Gregg |
R-306
|
|
Hubbard, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
F-9
|
|
Hubbard, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River |
|
A-377
|
|
Hubbard, John
|
1795 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
Joel Doss [B-42?] |
CC-15
|
|
Hubbard, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Beaverdam Creek |
Not A-377 |
A-377
|
|
Hudson, Cuthbert
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanola Creek |
|
A-376
|
|
Hudson, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Stephen's Downfall Creek |
|
F-5
|
|
Hunt, William Junior
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Shoal Creek |
Hawkins [R-306] |
K-236
|
|
Inlow, Sylvester
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-263
|
|
Jack, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
K-261
|
|
Jackson, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
M___ fork (Oconee River?) |
|
F-12
|
|
Jarrett, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek branch of |
Austin Webb [A-408], branch of Beaver? Creek |
A-379
|
|
Jeter, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
A-319
|
|
Johnson, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
R Middleton [A-345?] |
A-346
|
|
Johnson, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
F-5
|
|
Johnston, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River |
Lucas? |
A-379
|
|
Jones, Aleathea A.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
A A Jones [E-405], Ed Telfair, Col Marbury |
E-406
|
|
Jones, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
F-12
|
|
Jones, David
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
William Fields [K-142?] |
A-346
|
|
Jones, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Middle Creek wtrs |
Col L Marbury |
E-409
|
|
Jones, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Indian Creek |
|
N-12
|
|
Jones, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
___ Creek |
|
F-7
|
|
Jordan, Samuel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River (a creek) |
|
CC-18
|
|
Kell, Archibald
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River |
|
B-254
|
|
Kelly, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-288
|
|
Kendrick, Hezekiah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
G-31
|
|
Kilgore, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Creek of the Big Pond Fork of Oconee |
|
B-86
|
|
Kinnebrew, Jacob
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Gravelly Creek branch |
Peter Curry [E-349?], Saml McCullock [G-31] |
G-31
|
|
Lamar, Basil
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River N fork |
|
A-380
|
|
Lamb, Bethiel Heirs of
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Mulberry fork of Oconee River |
Big Pond fork [34.040, -83.584]? |
A-335
|
|
Langston, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
B-255
|
|
Lauderdeal, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
B-252
|
|
Leggett, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
K-308
|
|
Leitch, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Beaver Creek |
|
A-381
|
|
Lenn, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
John King [CC-19?] |
G-30
|
|
Lewis, Richard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Barbers Creek |
|
K-318
|
|
Lindsay, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-310
|
|
Linn, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek |
|
A-316
|
|
Lipham, Frederick
|
1790 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Berry, E King |
R-401
|
|
Lockhart, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River S fork |
|
K-309
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tockoa Creek |
_ Marbury |
A-384
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River |
Elisha Isaacs [K-262 or 263?], III-363? |
G-27
|
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Middle Creek |
L Marbury |
G-28
|
|
Marbury, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
G-29
|