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  |
Jackson, Absalom
|
1787 |
Franklin |
180 |
Broad River |
|
K-262
|
Inlow, Sylvester
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-263
|
Isaacs, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-263
|
Jarratt, Howell
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1200 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
K-264
|
Keys, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-285
|
Kees, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-286
|
Kees, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-286
|
Kees, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-287
|
Kimbro, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-287
|
Kelly, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-288
|
Kidd, Webb
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Griggs Creek |
|
K-288
|
Key, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Currys Creek |
|
K-289
|
Kendall, Jeremiah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
580 |
Broad River S Fork |
Young [N-161?] |
K-290
|
Kendall, Jeremiah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River branch |
|
K-290
|
Kendall, Jeremiah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Nails Creek |
|
K-291
|
Kirkpatrick, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Currys Creek |
|
K-292
|
Kirkpatrick, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Currys Creek |
|
K-292
|
Knox, Benjamin
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
K-293
|
Anthony, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
K-3
|
Langford, Eli
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River N branch of Middle fork |
|
K-308
|
Leggett, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
K-308
|
Lee, George
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Middle Oconee River S branch |
|
K-309
|
Lockhart, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River S fork |
|
K-309
|
Lazarus, Nicholas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
|
K-310
|
Lindsay, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-310
|
Lamar, Zachariah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Beaver Creek |
|
K-311
|
Lamar, Zachariah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
550 |
Tatoms Creek |
|
K-312
|
Lamar, Zachariah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-312
|
Longstreet, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Currys Creek |
|
K-313
|
Long, Nimrod
|
1787 |
Franklin |
4000 |
Oconee River forks |
Thos Moody, William Cole [R-131?], Peter Stubblefield [N-100?] |
K-314
|
Langford, Henry
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Broad River |
|
K-315
|
Long, Nimrod
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1389 |
Broad River |
|
K-315
|
Long, Nimrod
|
1787 |
Franklin |
800 |
North and Middle fork Oconee wtrs |
Charles Dougherty [K-116, 120 or 122?] |
K-316
|
Lamar, James Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-317
|
Lewis, William
|
1787 |
Franklin |
250 |
Savannah River |
|
K-317
|
Langford, Wyatt
|
1786 |
Franklin |
250 |
Gum Log Creek |
|
K-318
|
Lewis, Richard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Barbers Creek |
|
K-318
|
Lane, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
231 |
Broad River |
|
K-319
|
Butler, Ford
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Shoal Creek |
|
K-32
|
Brown, Bedford
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1722 |
Oconee River |
|
K-33
|
Butler, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-34
|
Bailey, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Stephens Creek |
|
K-35
|
Brown, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1760 |
Franklin fork of the Oconee |
|
K-35
|
Bailey, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Toms Creek |
James Easter [E-390?] |
K-36
|
Berrien, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Middle fork (Oconee River) |
|
K-36
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-37
|
Burton, Robert C.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Beaver Creek |
|
K-37
|
Blackwell, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Littles Creek |
|
K-38
|
Brown, Allen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-38
|
Beddingfield, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Gorhams Creek |
|
K-39
|
Blackwell, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Leatherwood Creek |
|
K-39
|
Appling, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
850 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-4
|
Beard, Jonathan
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-40
|
Boggs, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Buckeye Creek |
|
K-40
|
Bailey, Allen
|
1786 |
Franklin |
100 |
Broad River S fork |
Jas Collins [CC-9?], Jno Garret [E-416?] |
K-41
|
Brown, Bedford
|
1785 |
Franklin |
493 |
Oconee River wtrs |
H Ector [E-400?] |
K-41
|
Banks, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Hudsons Fork |
|
K-42
|
Barber, Jesse
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-42
|
Barnett, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
N Oconee wtrs |
OOO-78? |
K-43
|
Bryan, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
150 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-43
|
Banks, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River |
|
K-44
|
Blake, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-44
|
Barton, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
88 |
Tugalo River |
Jno Barton, Jno Barton, Elijah ___ |
K-45
|
Bender, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River fork |
Jno Hollinshead [I-126?] |
K-45
|
Barnett, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
South River |
|
K-46
|
Barnett, William
|
1787 |
Franklin |
184 |
Ogeechee River |
|
K-46
|
Anthony, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River Fork of M fork [Mulberry] |
sd Anthony (x2) |
K-5
|
Appling, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Oconee River branch |
Connell |
K-5
|
Anthony, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River M fork wtrs |
H Marbury (x2) |
K-6
|
Arnold, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Little Creek N Fork |
Cro___, Payne, Tate |
K-6
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Walnut Fork of Oconee River |
Zach Cox, Wm Stark? |
K-65
|
Creswell, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River |
Toogaloo |
K-65
|
Cunningham, Johnson
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-66
|
Cunningham, Elizabeth
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Cunninghams Creek |
|
K-67
|
Call, William Junr.
|
1786 |
Franklin |
10000 |
Broad River |
|
K-68
|