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  |
|
Reeves, David
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Tho Woodsworth [DD526] |
DD-520
|
|
Rench, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
Pope |
G-20
|
|
Richardson, Walker
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-395
|
|
Richardson, Walker
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-395
|
|
Ricketson, Marmaduke
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River upper S fork |
Thomas McDowell |
A-336
|
|
Roe, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
|
CC-27
|
|
Rogers, Pelig
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
Joseph McCutchin [R-436?] |
G-20
|
|
Roseborough, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
Roxborough?, Clark's Creek, Daniel McCoy, John Shows [G-17] |
G-16
|
|
Russell, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek |
|
Y-241
|
|
Saffold, Daniel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Shoal Creek |
Jesse Webb [B-133?] |
G-22
|
|
Sapp, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Hudsons Fork |
|
N-98
|
|
Scott, Cornelius
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
B-202
|
|
Sedmon, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Taliaferro Creek |
Benj Taliaferro (x2) |
G-20
|
|
Shannon, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Henry Anderson [B-28], Col Clark |
G-19
|
|
Shannon, Owen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Diamond Fork of Oconee |
Offutt, Meredith Davis [E-394?] |
G-18
|
|
Shows, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek (Broad River wtrs) |
Wm Roseborough/Roxborough[G-16], John W___ |
G-17
|
|
Simmons, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
G-14
|
|
Singleton, Robert
|
1791 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Brush Creek M fork |
Charles McDonald [I-118] |
Y-268
|
|
Slicker, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Currys Creek |
|
G-6
|
|
Smith, John
|
1790 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River |
|
VV-227
|
|
Smith, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Gumlog Creek |
|
N-89
|
|
Snelson, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
Count D'Estang |
G-3
|
|
Snelson, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
Wm Motte[G-32] |
G-17
|
|
Spencer, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River |
John King, Thos Glascock |
Y-257
|
|
Stafford, Samuel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River S fork wtrs |
|
G-15
|
|
Stamper, Daniel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
CC-28
|
|
Stanford, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Thomas Snelson [G-17?], William Motte[G-32] |
G-16
|
|
Stewart, John Heirs of
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
A-397
|
|
Stringer, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Camp Creek |
|
N-99
|
|
Stripling, Francis
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River M fork |
Thomas Payne (x2) |
Y-259
|
|
Strother, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
BB-179
|
|
Strozer, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River, Cedar? Creek |
Peter Strozer |
N-102
|
|
Stuart, Clement
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
G-4
|
|
Stuart, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
G-1
|
|
Stubbs, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Black Creek |
|
G-6
|
|
Sturges, Andrew
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
|
A-398
|
|
Sumerlin, Henry
|
1788 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Brushy Creek S fork |
Wilkes County line, Traylor, |
Y-259
|
|
Summerford, Jacob
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
see [E-392] |
G-18
|
|
Summerlin, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
William Walton |
G-22
|
|
Sures, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
Thomas Snelson [G-17] |
G-15
|
|
Swains, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Barbers Creek wtrs |
Edward Upton [A-406] |
G-8
|
|
Talbot, John
|
1783 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanaula Creek |
|
N-103
|
|
Tanner, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River Upper S fork |
Saml Stafford [G-15?] |
A-402
|
|
Taylor, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
College survey [A-151?] |
A-262
|
|
Taylor, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek wtrs |
Christopher Clarke [B-311 or 332] |
Y-372
|
|
Thompson, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Mulberry Fork of Oconee |
|
A-399
|
|
Thompson, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanalee Creek |
|
N-108
|
|
Thompson, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
B-198
|
|
Thompson, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River wtrs |
John May [G-30?] |
A-404
|
|
Thornton, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Big Pond Creek |
|
N-117
|
|
Tindall, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Walnut Creek |
|
A-400
|
|
Tindall, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Mulberry Fork N side |
Thos Scott |
A-400
|
|
Torrence, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Second Franklin fork of Oconee |
C___ creek, Andrew Struges [A-398?] |
A-404
|
|
Towns, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Run S fork |
|
A-402
|
|
Trapp, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
|
A-405
|
|
Trimble, Moses
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River |
Shurlock, see N116? |
A-262
|
|
Trimble, Moses
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Savannah River |
|
N-116
|
|
Trimble, Moses
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
Y-375
|
|
Troy, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanaula Creek |
Samuel Creswell [K-72?] |
A-401
|
|
Tureman, Garrett
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
A-261
|
|
Tureman, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanaula Creek |
|
N-119
|
|
Tureman, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek |
Westbrook |
A-262
|
|
Tweedle, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek fork of |
Richard Call, Wm Pulliam |
A-401
|
|
Upton, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
unnamed creek |
A-406
|
|
Wagner, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River wtrs |
|
A-411
|
|
Waldon, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
CC-31
|
|
Walker, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
Glascock |
A-410
|
|
Walker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
N-160
|
|
Wallace, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
Wm Pinson |
N-160
|
|
Wallace, Micajah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Osiah Bradford [R-26?] |
Y-277
|
|
Wallis, Charnel?
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
Y-278
|
|
Walton, Jesse
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River wtrs N fork Mill Creek |
|
Y-283
|
|
Walton, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Cobbs Creek of Tugaloo |
Ezekiel Offutt [G-10] |
A-407
|
|
Walton, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
Edward Telfair |
A-413
|
|
Walton, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
N-133
|