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  |
|
Ward, Bryant
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
N-139
|
|
Ward, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Waltons Creek |
|
N-142
|
|
Ward, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Waltons Creek |
|
N-142
|
|
Ware, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek |
|
A-319
|
|
Watson, Willis
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
A-412
|
|
Way, John Junr.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
[Grigg's creek] |
|
A-408
|
|
Webb, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Shoal Creek |
|
B-133
|
|
Welcher, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
A-318
|
|
Westbrook, John Jr
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River (Bold Creek) |
John Westbrook Sr |
A-409
|
|
Westbrook, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River (Bold Creek) |
John Stanford [G-16?] |
A-409
|
|
Whitby, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River upper S fork |
Samuel Stafford |
A-335
|
|
Whitt, Richard
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Diamond fork - a creek of |
John Diamond [R-184?], Offutt [G-10 or N-60?] |
Y-277
|
|
Wilcher, Jordan
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Gravel Creek |
|
N-159
|
|
Wilder, Malachi
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Barbers Creek |
|
N-155
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
S Broad River wtrs |
G Walton [A-410?] |
A-335
|
|
Willis, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Choestoe Creek |
|
N-158
|
|
Wilson, Perry
|
1787 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
YY-264
|
|
Winn, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Mulberry Fork |
Johnston Clarke [E-342?] |
A-411
|
|
Winter, Frederick
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
B-202
|
|
Wise, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River S fork |
Gregg |
A-407
|
|
Wisener, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek |
McCoy, Jno Shaw?, William Pulliam |
A-406
|
|
Woods, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
John Diamond [R-183 or 184], Richd White?Whitt [Y-277?] |
Y-275
|
|
Woodsworth, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
David Reeves [DD-520], David Creswell |
DD-526
|
|
Yarborough, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
A-264
|
|
Young, Isham
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-161
|
|
Young, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
N-161
|
|
Ayres, Abram
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Little Creek |
|
I-81
|
|
Ayres, Abram
|
1785 |
Franklin |
288 |
Little Creek |
|
I-82
|
|
Barlow, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Broad River |
|
A-316
|
|
Barnett, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
N Oconee wtrs |
OOO-78? |
K-43
|
|
Beddingfield, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Gorhams Creek |
|
K-39
|
|
Berry, Gideon
|
1785 |
Franklin |
288 |
Cedar Creek |
|
I-78
|
|
Bond, Beorge
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Broad River |
|
I-79
|
|
Bowen, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
N Fork Oconee River waters |
|
R-26
|
|
Bradford, Osiah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Sandy Creek |
Micajah Wallis |
R-26
|
|
Bradley, Abraham
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
|
|
A-317
|
|
Bradley, Joshua
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Bear Creek |
|
A-317
|
|
Brewer, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Rocky Creek |
|
E-353
|
|
Brown, Allen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-38
|
|
Burns, Andrew
|
1787 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
I-287
|
|
Butler, Ford
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Shoal Creek |
|
K-32
|
|
Cannon, Sincock
|
1785 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
Wm Daniel |
K-72
|
|
Chapman, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Indian Creek |
|
K-90
|
|
Coulter, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
288 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
K-86
|
|
Crockett, Samuel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Crocketts Creek |
|
K-109
|
|
Culpepper, Malachi
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
B-330
|
|
Cupp, Michael
|
1785 |
Franklin |
288 |
Shoal Creek |
|
AA-343
|
|
Dalton, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-123
|
|
Daniell, William
|
1788 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-7
|
|
Davis, Gideon
|
1785 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-8
|
|
Dennison, Elijah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Broad River |
|
K-123
|
|
Douglass, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Clarks Creek |
|
A-318
|
|
Battle, Littleberry
|
1796 |
Franklin |
290 |
Hutsons River |
|
II-125
|
|
Darden, George
|
1787 |
Franklin |
290 |
Shoal Creek wtrs |
Jno Gorham, John Wyatt, Wm Hawthorn? |
DD-57
|
|
Hay, William
|
1790 |
Franklin |
290 |
Estanaula Creek N branch |
Jno Clarke, Sincock Cannon [K-72] |
R-314
|
|
Morgan, Daniel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
290 |
Eastanola branch |
F___ Road, John Gorham, Daniel Morgan [Stephens Co] |
R-439
|
|
Thornton, Prior
|
1813 |
Jackson |
291 |
Turkey Creek wtrs |
Gardner, Thornton |
XX-381
|
|
Hay, William
|
1793 |
Franklin |
292 |
Tugalo River near Hatton's ford |
Gilbert Hay [R-302?], Hugh Hay [R-302?], James Engram |
R-315
|
|
Kennedy, James
|
1815 |
Jackson |
292.5 |
Mulberry Fork wtrs |
Boyd, Brewster, Driskel, Lowery |
XX-370
|
|
Taylor, Jeremiah
|
1794 |
Franklin |
293 |
|
|
DD-524
|
|
Hightower, William
|
1824 |
Jackson |
294 |
Clarke County line |
Herd, Taylor |
HHHH-168
|
|
Barnett, John
|
1797 |
Jackson |
295 |
|
Unnamed road, T? Harris [K-232?] |
DD-81
|
|
Lankford, James
|
1815 |
Jackson |
295 |
|
Dixon (x2), Townsend, Williams |
XX-58
|
|
Kerbo, Henry
|
1815 |
Jackson |
296 |
|
McVey [XX-380], Ragsdale [XX-83], Sellers [XX-78] |
XX-61
|
|
Humhries, Sarah
|
1826 |
Walton |
297 |
Marburys Creek |
Camp, Hill, Pepper |
HHHH-220
|
|
Montgomery, Robert
|
1799 |
Jackson |
297.5 |
N Fork Oconee River |
Boundary Line, Glascock, Lynch |
DD-87
|
|
Humphreys, George
|
1812 |
Jackson |
298.5 |
|
Humphries |
WW-324
|
|
Adare, Bozeman
|
1804 |
Jackson |
300 |
Broad River and Brushy Creek wtrs |
Hodges, Strawder |
WW-150
|
|
Anthony, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Oconee River S fork of M fork [Mulberry] |
sd Anthony (x2) |
K-7
|
|
Appling, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Oconee River branch |
Connell |
K-5
|
|
Arnold, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Little Creek N Fork |
Cro___, Payne, Tate |
K-6
|
|
Ash, John
|
1815 |
Jackson |
300 |
|
Unnamed stream. |
XX-174
|
|
Asher, William
|
1791 |
Franklin |
300 |
Broad River wtrs |
Sh___, Moss, Davis?, Easter [E-390?] |
BB-348
|
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Hudson's fork (of Oconee?), Drowning Creek |
|
B-326
|
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
|
|
B-328
|