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  |
Butler, Ford
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Shoal Creek |
|
K-32
|
Douglass, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Clarks Creek |
|
A-318
|
Bradley, Abraham
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
|
|
A-317
|
Bradley, Joshua
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Bear Creek |
|
A-317
|
Linn, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek |
|
A-316
|
Barlow, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Broad River |
|
A-316
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-272
|
Crockett, Samuel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Crocketts Creek |
|
K-109
|
Carson, Thomas Junr.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
862 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
I-84
|
Ayres, Abram
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Little Creek |
|
I-81
|
Hatcher, Volentine
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
K-230
|
Hogg, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek |
|
K-229
|
Bond, Beorge
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Broad River |
|
I-79
|
Grimsbey, Elijah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
345 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
K-214
|
Fields, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
K-142
|
Leapham, Moses
|
1784 |
Franklin |
21 |
|
|
A-222
|
Stewart, John Heirs of
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
A-397
|
Dalton, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-123
|
Jarvis, Nicholas Heirs of
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Town Creek |
|
A-268
|
Trapp, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
|
A-405
|
Nail, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Nails Creek |
|
A-250
|
Chapman, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Indian Creek |
|
K-90
|
Tureman, Garrett
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
A-261
|
Freeman, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek |
[Duplicate record-wrong name] |
A-262
|
Yarborough, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
A-264
|
Dennison, Elijah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Broad River |
|
K-123
|
Morgan, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
McLendon, Robt Dalton |
G-36
|
Taylor, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek wtrs |
Christopher Clarke [B-311 or 332] |
Y-372
|
Way, John Junr.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
[Grigg's creek] |
|
A-408
|
College Land,
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
N Fork of Oconee, Calls Creek |
Athens? |
A-244
|
College Land,
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Athens? |
A-151
|
College Land,
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
|
Estanolee? Eathen Nealy? |
A-245
|
Cobb, James Senr.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Bigg Pond fork |
Offutt |
E-365
|
Wisener, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek |
McCoy, Jno Shaw?, William Pulliam |
A-406
|
Kilgore, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Creek of the Big Pond Fork of Oconee |
|
B-86
|
Douglass, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
300 |
Rocky Creek |
Washington County |
R-182
|
Tureman, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek |
Westbrook |
A-262
|
Boyd, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
Washington County line, Douglass |
R-13
|
Harris, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
DD-63
|
Miller, Moses
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Big Shoal Creek |
|
G-25
|
Partin, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Bigg Shoal Creek |
|
N-61
|
Pace, Bernard
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Walton, Kair [B-140?] |
G-19
|
Gorham, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River |
|
A-374
|
McBurnet, Daniel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
Jno C____ |
N-42
|
Mitchell, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River & Beaverdam Creek |
[near Greensboro?] |
G-36
|
Kair, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Washington County line, Watson? |
B-140
|
Oneil, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bigg Shoal Creek |
|
G-9
|
Barnard, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-34
|
Hubbard, Jacob
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Nails Creek |
|
F-10
|
Stewart, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
460 |
Trail Creek |
Count D'Estang |
A-398
|
Leggett, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
K-308
|
D'Estaing, Count
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
Sandy Creek N & S Forks |
D'Estaing |
A-111
|
Emmet, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
Y-136
|
Little, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Little Creek into Nail's Creek (Broad River wtrs) |
Jacob Hubbard [F-10?] |
G-33
|
Black, Harry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Blacks Creek |
Chas Beddingfield |
B-22
|
Hawkins, James heirs
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-254
|
College Land,
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
Beaverdam Creek N & S Forks |
|
A-244
|
Anderson, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
460 |
Oconee River N side, Sandy Creek |
Middleton Woods [N-148 or 149] |
Y-381
|
Hudson, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Hudson's Fork |
John Black [E-361] |
F-7
|
Hubbard, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River N fork wtrs |
Joel Doss [B-42?], Thos Gregg |
R-306
|
Bowen, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
N Fork Oconee River waters |
|
R-26
|
Fuller, Isaac
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
CC-11
|
D'Estaing, Count
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
N Fork Oconee River |
|
A-110
|
Hubbard, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
F-9
|
Queen, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
Isaac Fuller [CC-11?] |
G-13
|
Matthews, Daniel Jr
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Henry Meeling [R-434], Wm Matthews, Jedion? |
R-434
|
Meeling, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
Daniel Matthews [R-434] |
R-434
|
Driver, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
Jacob Summerford [G-18] |
E-392
|
Bender, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Isham Mathews [B-256?] |
CC-4
|
Summerford, Jacob
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
see [E-392] |
G-18
|
D'Estaing, Count
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
Unnamed River |
|
A-111
|
Hinton, Hardy
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River S fork |
Patton |
R-308
|
Rogers, Pelig
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
Joseph McCutchin [R-436?] |
G-20
|
Doss, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Gorhams Fork, Doss' Creek |
Clement Wilkins, Ben Hubbard [R-306?] |
B-42
|
Jarrett, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek branch of |
Austin Webb [A-408], branch of Beaver? Creek |
A-379
|