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Headright Index

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.

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Name Year County Acres Watercourse Neighbors Plat  plat
Sewell, Charles  1787 Franklin 150 Oconee River N fork Sam Gardner I-253
Gilliam, Ezekiel  1786 Franklin 200 Saml Black R-238
Gardner, Samuel  1787 Franklin 400 Oconee River N fork Saml Gardner [Y-137] Y-137
Gardner, Samuel  1787 Franklin 1000 Oconee River N fork Saml Gardner [Y-137] x2 Y-137
Hays, George  1807 Jackson 490 Curries Creek Saml Gardner, William Gideons?, Henderson, Peter Wiley WW-6
Knox, Samuel  1798 Jackson 43 Saml Knox, Wm Nichols, Josiah Walton DD-86
Tanner, William  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River Upper S fork Saml Stafford [G-15?] A-402
Wilson, Milly  1786 Franklin 200 Tugalo River Saml Ward, Jesse Walton Y-286
Bonner, Robert  1784 Franklin 287.5 Sandy Creek Saml Wilson B-33
Harvey, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Sandy Creek Saml Wilson B-102
Troy, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Estanaula Creek Samuel Creswell [K-72?] A-401
Potts, Moses  1785 Franklin 450 Oconee River N Fork Samuel Dickey, Ro Parks N-68
Whitby, Thomas  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River upper S fork Samuel Stafford A-335
Harvey, Charles  1784 Franklin 287.5 Sandy Creek Samuel Wilson(x2) B-102
Woods, Middleton  1785 Franklin 200 Oconee River Sandy creek, Coolidge N-149
Saylors, David  1816 Jackson 22.5 Saylors XX-380
Franklin, George  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs Scott, James Cobb [E-365?] E-393
Butler, Richard  1826 Walton 200 Scurlock, Terrell HHHH-136
Anthony, Micajah  1785 Franklin 300 Oconee River S fork of M fork [Mulberry] sd Anthony (x2) K-7
Anthony, Micajah  1785 Franklin 400 Oconee River Fork of M fork [Mulberry] sd Anthony (x2) K-5
Anthony, Micajah  1785 Franklin 550 Oconee River branch [Mulberry] sd Anthony, Cobb, Geo Handley K-9
Anthony, Micajah  1785 Franklin 400 Oconee River branch of the middle fork [Mulberry] sd Anthony, Geo Handley K-9
Anthony, Micajah  1786 Franklin 440 Broad River S Fork sd Anthony, McGowen K-8
Armstrong, James  1791 Franklin 1000 sd Armstrong [R-7] R-7
Armstrong, James  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee Fork of sd Armstrong [R-7], Jno Webster [Y-294?] R-4
Armstrong, James  1791 Franklin 1000 sd Armstrong(x2) R-7
Armstrong, James  1791 Franklin 1000 sd Armstrong(x2) R-6
Armstrong, James  1791 Franklin 1000 sd Armstrong(x2) R-6
Armstrong, James  1791 Franklin 1000 sd Armstrong(x2) R-6
Armstrong, James  1791 Franklin 1000 sd Armstrong(x2) R-7
Armstrong, James  1791 Franklin 1000 sd Armstrong(x2) R-7
Armstrong, James  1791 Franklin 1000 sd Armstrong(x3) R-6
Brooks, John  1785 Franklin 1000 sd Brooks(x2), J Smith R-29
Brooks, John  1785 Franklin 1000 sd Brooks(x2), Wm Gilliam [R-239] R-29
Brooks, John  1785 Franklin 1000 sd Brooks, J Smith R-29
Brooks, John  1785 Franklin 1000 sd Brooks, J Smith)x2) R-28
Cook, Joseph  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River wtrs sd Cook(x2) K-108
Cook, Joseph  1785 Franklin 690 Oconee River sd Cook(x2) K-110
Cook, Joseph  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River (a creek of) sd Cook(x2) K-110
Cook, Joseph  1785 Franklin 690 Oconee River wtrs sd Cook(x3) K-111
Cook, Joseph  1785 Franklin 690 Oconee River branch sd Cook(x3) K-111
Echols, Benjamin  1787 Franklin 229 sd Echols, Thos Payne, John Darden(x2) R-5
Gideon, Francis  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs sd Gideon(x2) CC-13
Gilbert, Thomas  1795 Franklin 11 Tugalo River sd Gilbert CC-12
Gorham, John  1785 Franklin 575 Marburys Fork N side sd Gorham A-375
Gorham, John  1785 Franklin 575 Marburys Fork N side sd Gorham (x2) A-375
Gorham, John  1785 Franklin 575 Marburys Fork N side sd Gorham (x2), Bryan Ward, charming spring A-375
Hampton, John  1785 Franklin 287.5 Littles Creek S fork sd Hampton [R-330], Clarke R-330
Harbour, Isaiah  1792 Franklin 50 Nails Creek sd Harbour, Webb [A-408] CC-13
Hay, William  1790 Franklin 150 Tugalo River wtrs sd Hays R-313
Hilton, Jonathan  1795 Franklin 500 Oconee River wtrs sd Hilton CC-15
Hilton, Jonathan  1795 Franklin 550 Oconee River N fork wtrs sd Hilton(x2), __ny CC-15
Hilton, Jonathan  1795 Franklin 250 sd Hilton, Few CC-15
Martin, Philemon  1796 Franklin 176 Coffee Creek sd Martin [CC-23?], McDonald CC-22
Morgan, Daniel  1785 Franklin 172 Eastanolee Creek sd Morgan, Few N-29
Mullen, John Senr. 1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River S side sd Mullins [N-26?] N-25
Northington, David  1796 Franklin 78 Bear Creek sd Northington[ II-137?], Carrill [CC-8?], Wilkins, Middleton DD-69
Rice, Edward  1785 Franklin 100 Tugaloo N side sd Rice N-81
Walker, Randolph  1794 Franklin 47 sd Walker [CC-32?], Hugh McDonell/McDonald, Shoal creek? CC-32
Walton, Robert  1792 Franklin 375 Tugalo River sd Walton, Larkin Cleveland, Aaron Campbell, Robert Waters CC-33
Walton, Walkeer  1791 Franklin 117.5 sd Walton, Wm Cleveland, Bridges CC-33
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 575 Oconee River S Fork sd Williamson (x2) N-122
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Mill Shoal Creek sd Williamson (x2) N-126
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Oconee River wtrs sd Williamson (x2) N-123
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Mill Shoal Creek sd Williamson (x3) N-127
Williamson, Charles  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Sd Williamson, Benj Allen [R-1 or 3?], John Smith, Rd Gilliam [R-238?] Y-296
Williamson, Micajah  1799 Jackson 700 Apalachee River sd Williamson, Chas Williamson DD-95
Summerford, Jacob  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River M fork see [E-392] G-18
Echols, Benjamin  1787 Franklin 229 see R-5. John Darden(x3), Benj Echols, Tho Payne DD-57
Tredaway, Ellis  1815 Jackson 300 Sellers, Strickland XX-185
Flynn, Thomas  1792 Franklin 750 Oconee River M fork Septimus Weatherby [AA-346 or 347], Wm Fench Y-136
Asher, William  1791 Franklin 300 Broad River wtrs Sh___, Moss, Davis?, Easter [E-390?] BB-348
Shields, Thomas  1792 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Shields (x2), Thos Glascock? Y-271
Shipley, Robert  1789 Franklin 425 Shipley, Williamson Y-263
Townsend, Eli  1804 Jackson 400 Walnut Fork of Oconee River Shoal Creek, Moore, Sallad [G-7] II-190

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