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  |
Cunningham, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
878 |
Oconee River N fork |
Lain(Lane) |
K-69
|
Anthony, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
550 |
Oconee River N fork |
Eltoft, Jno Gregs?, McCutchens, Jno Ri____, Stamps |
K-7
|
Anthony, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Oconee River S fork of M fork [Mulberry] |
sd Anthony (x2) |
K-7
|
Coleman, Susannah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
850 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-70
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Trail Creek |
|
K-71
|
Cannon, Sincock
|
1785 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
Wm Daniel |
K-72
|
Creswell, Dr Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
450 |
Eastanolee Creek |
Cherokee trading path to Augusta, Capt __ Glascock, John Morrison |
K-72
|
Creswell, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Hatcher |
K-73
|
Creswell, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Hatcher |
K-73
|
Carter, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
430 |
Riggs Creek |
|
K-74
|
Coulter, Richard Junr.
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Nelsons Creek |
|
K-74
|
Carson, Joseph
|
1786 |
Franklin |
225 |
Oconee River |
Cedar Creek, Wm Mitchel |
K-75
|
Collier, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
2300 |
Oconee River |
Collier, Richard Call, Fishbourne, Basil Jones |
K-75
|
Campbell, Aaron
|
1787 |
Franklin |
180 |
Big Shoal Creek |
Larkin Cleveland, Joseph Humphrey [K-223?] |
K-76
|
Clark, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River M Fork |
|
K-76
|
Collier, James
|
1786 |
Franklin |
62 |
Broad River |
|
K-77
|
Collier, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
2370 |
Oconee River wtrs |
John Cobb, sd Collier, Geo Handley, B. Jones, Marbury |
K-77
|
Christmas, Nathaniel
|
1787 |
Franklin |
2300 |
Broad River M fork |
Ben Wilson [WW-296?], Edmd Taylor [N-112?] |
K-78
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1787 |
Franklin |
460 |
Walnut Fork of Oconee River |
Zac Cox [K-79?], Wm Stark(x2) [N-101?] |
K-78
|
Connell, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Geo Whitsell [Y-276?] |
K-79
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1787 |
Franklin |
690 |
Walnut Fork of Oconee River |
Zac Cox(x2), Cox&Strawder [I-263?] |
K-79
|
Anthony, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River Fork of M fork [Mulberry] |
Thomas Hancock, Nevill |
K-8
|
Anthony, Micajah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
440 |
Broad River S Fork |
sd Anthony, McGowen |
K-8
|
Connell, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-80
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1787 |
Franklin |
920 |
Walnut Fork of Oconee River |
Zach Cox & John Strother |
K-80
|
Clendenning, Matthew
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River M Fork wtrs |
|
K-81
|
Collier, Edward
|
1786 |
Franklin |
100 |
Broad River S Fork |
Collins, McEachins? |
K-81
|
Call, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1887 |
Broad River |
|
K-82
|
Call, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
3800 |
Broad River |
|
K-83
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River Fork |
Leonard Marbury |
K-84
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Peter Carnes |
K-84
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Hunting Creek wtrs |
Peter Carnes |
K-85
|
Carnes, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River N fork |
Peter Carnes |
K-85
|
Carter, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-86
|
Coulter, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
288 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
K-86
|
Call, William Junr.
|
1786 |
Franklin |
10000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm? Call (see Franklin Co deeds N28-30, PPP-213) |
K-87
|
Cleveland, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-87
|
Call, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
15000 |
Broad River |
|
K-88
|
Clarke, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
50 |
Tugaloo wtrs southside |
|
K-89
|
Cobbs, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
2500 |
Oconee River S branch of the S fork |
Micajah Anthony, Thomas Collier, Basil Jones (x2) |
K-89
|
Anthony, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River branch of the middle fork [Mulberry] |
sd Anthony, Geo Handley |
K-9
|
Anthony, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
550 |
Oconee River branch [Mulberry] |
sd Anthony, Cobb, Geo Handley |
K-9
|
Cade, Drury
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-90
|
Chapman, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Indian Creek |
|
K-90
|
Cleveland, Benjamin Esq
|
1786 |
Franklin |
700 |
Beaverdam Creek S Fork wtrs |
Henry Osborne [N-49?], Col ___ledge, Jacob Holland [A-377?] |
K-91
|
Cosby, Sydor
|
1785 |
Franklin |
450 |
Broad River wtrs |
John Rauden [N-82?] |
K-91
|
Cawthorn, William
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River M Fork |
Hunter [I-166?], Waters [Y-284] |
K-92
|
Cleveland, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
450 |
Tugalo River wtrs |
|
K-92
|
Clarke, Elijah Col.
|
1786 |
Franklin |
250 |
Bay Creek branch |
Trading path to Augusta old ___, sd Clarke(x2), Wm Glascock, Geo Walton |
K-93
|
Cobbs, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Elizabeth Evans, Basil Jones, Marbury |
K-93
|
Clark, Elijah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
750 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-94
|
Call, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
9100 |
Oconee River M Fork |
Log Creek, Indian Creek, Richard Call, Collier, Fishbourne, Basil Jones |
K-95
|
Call, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
8160 |
Oconee wtrs of the middle fork, south fork |
Richard Call, Collier, Basil Jones ,Nevill |
K-96
|
Clark, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1100 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-97
|
Call, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
4202 |
Oconee River branch of the south fork |
Richard Call, Basil Jones |
K-98
|
Call, Richard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1300 |
Drowning Creek |
|
K-99
|
Lindsey, William
|
1823 |
Jackson |
65.5 |
|
Beverage, Martin, Williamson, Wright |
M-91
|
Strickland, Wilson
|
1815 |
Jackson |
300 |
Allens Creek wtrs, N Oconee wtrs |
Bird, Tredaway |
M-98
|
Allen, Reuben
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Broad River |
|
N-1
|
Allen, Reuben
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Broad River |
|
N-1
|
Gardner, Samuel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River N fork |
Zach Cox |
N-10
|
Gilcoat, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
690 |
|
Few |
N-10
|
Starr, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River |
|
N-100
|
Stubblefield, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-100
|
Stark, William
|
1787 |
Franklin |
2440 |
Oconee River S fork of M fork |
Walnut fork on other side, Cox, L___ |
N-101
|
Strozer, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River, Cedar? Creek |
Peter Strozer |
N-102
|
Talbot, Thomas
|
1787 |
Franklin |
630 |
Naked Creek |
John Starr [N-100?], Thos Meriwether [N-40?] |
N-102
|
Talbot, John
|
1783 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanaula Creek |
|
N-103
|
Talbot, Matthew
|
1786 |
Franklin |
486 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
N-103
|
Talbot, Matthew
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River (branch of) |
Jno McFall [N-39?], R McCreary? |
N-104
|
Talbot, Matthew
|
1785 |
Franklin |
750 |
Blacks Creek |
J Routon [N-82?], Routon |
N-104
|
Talbot, Matthew
|
1786 |
Franklin |
300 |
Blacks Creek |
|
N-105
|
Thompson, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Conourose Creek |
|
N-105
|
Thompson, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Kiowee River |
|
N-106
|
Thompson, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Cane Creek |
|
N-106
|