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  |
Rose, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
G-14
|
Scott, Cornelius
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
B-202
|
Sessums, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
|
N-92
|
Simmons, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
G-14
|
Slicker, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Currys Creek |
|
G-6
|
Smith, Arthur
|
1784 |
Franklin |
278.5 |
Tugalo River |
|
N-90
|
Stewart, John Heirs of
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
A-397
|
Stringer, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Camp Creek |
|
N-99
|
Thompson, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
B-198
|
Thornton, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Big Pond Creek |
|
N-117
|
Trapp, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
|
A-405
|
Trimble, Moses
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Savannah River |
|
N-116
|
Tureman, Garrett
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
A-261
|
Tureman, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanaula Creek |
|
N-119
|
Walton, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
400 |
Tugalo River |
[34.609, -83.238] ? Traveller's Rest |
A-271
|
Ware, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek |
|
A-319
|
Webb, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Shoal Creek |
|
B-133
|
Welcher, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
A-318
|
West, Samuel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
862.5 |
Broad River |
|
N-159
|
Westbrook, Stephen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
690 |
Nails Creek |
|
N-158
|
Willis, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Choestoe Creek |
|
N-158
|
Winter, Frederick
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
B-202
|
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
|
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
|
Boyd, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
Washington County line, Douglass |
R-13
|
Douglass, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
300 |
Rocky Creek |
Washington County |
R-182
|
Harris, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
DD-63
|
Miller, Moses
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Big Shoal Creek |
|
G-25
|
Tureman, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek |
Westbrook |
A-262
|
Gorham, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River |
|
A-374
|
Kair, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Washington County line, Watson? |
B-140
|
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
|
Pace, Bernard
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Walton, Kair [B-140?] |
G-19
|
Partin, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Bigg Shoal Creek |
|
N-61
|
Barnard, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-34
|
Oneil, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bigg Shoal Creek |
|
G-9
|
Hubbard, Jacob
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Nails Creek |
|
F-10
|
Stewart, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
460 |
Trail Creek |
Count D'Estang |
A-398
|
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
|
Leggett, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
K-308
|
Little, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Little Creek into Nail's Creek (Broad River wtrs) |
Jacob Hubbard [F-10?] |
G-33
|
Anderson, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
460 |
Oconee River N side, Sandy Creek |
Middleton Woods [N-148 or 149] |
Y-381
|
Black, Harry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Blacks Creek |
Chas Beddingfield |
B-22
|
College Land,
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
Beaverdam Creek N & S Forks |
|
A-244
|
Hawkins, James heirs
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-254
|
Bowen, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
N Fork Oconee River waters |
|
R-26
|
D'Estaing, Count
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
N Fork Oconee River |
|
A-110
|
Fuller, Isaac
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
CC-11
|
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
|
Hudson, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Hudson's Fork |
John Black [E-361] |
F-7
|
Queen, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
Isaac Fuller [CC-11?] |
G-13
|
Bender, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Isham Mathews [B-256?] |
CC-4
|
D'Estaing, Count
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
Unnamed River |
|
A-111
|
Driver, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
Jacob Summerford [G-18] |
E-392
|
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
|
Summerford, Jacob
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
see [E-392] |
G-18
|
Doss, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Gorhams Fork, Doss' Creek |
Clement Wilkins, Ben Hubbard [R-306?] |
B-42
|
Hinton, Hardy
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River S fork |
Patton |
R-308
|
Jarrett, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek branch of |
Austin Webb [A-408], branch of Beaver? Creek |
A-379
|
Matthews, Isham
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek, branch of |
John Bendas?, Livingston, William Matthews |
B-256
|
McLean, Lewis
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Little Creek (Broad River wtrs) |
|
G-33
|