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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
Graves, Joshua  1789 Franklin 1000 Unnamed stream, Ham Graves R-228
Graves, Thomas  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River S Fork Robt Graves R-228
Elam, Daniel  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River R-187
Graves, Thomas  1789 Franklin 1000 Anthony R-228
Jones, Thomas  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River? Wm Jones [R-397?] R-396
Jones, William  1789 Franklin 1000 Thomas Graves R-397
Randol, Thomas  1789 Franklin 1000 Wm Graves [R-227?] Y-243
Stith, Payton R.  1789 Franklin 1000 Y-257
Wilson, Perry  1789 Franklin 680 Broad River David Evins, David St__, M? Ja_is? Y-286
Stith, William  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River Anthony Y-258
Graves, William  1789 Franklin 1000 Oconee River Paton R Stith [Y-257?] R-227
Sturges, Daniel  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River Stith [Y-258?] Y-258
Graves, Humphrey  1789 Franklin 1000 McGowen R-229
Graves, Perry  1789 Franklin 1000 Geo Graves, Joshua Graves R-228
Rorie, John  1789 Franklin 850 Broad River wtrs Y-242
Terondit, Daniel  1789 Franklin 575 Walnut Fork Zach? Cox, Strothers, Daniel Terondit Y-374
Terondit, Daniel  1789 Franklin 575 Walnut Fork Cox, Long [R-423?], Strother Y-374
Traylor, Randolph  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Joseph Ryan Y-373
Gorham, John  1789 Franklin 630 Wilkes County line, Webster R-226
Gorham, John  1789 Franklin 575 Broad River wtrs Elijah Clarke, Jno Harrington R-227
Mackie, John  1789 Franklin 674 Broad River S fork Offutt, Creswell, Henry Strickling/Strickland? [Y-269?] CC-22
Standley, Thomas  1789 Franklin 850 Broad River wtrs Traylor's creek, Wm Traylor [Y-375?], Gard__ Y-256
Bridges, David  1789 Franklin 500 Flat Creek Wm Lawrence CC-7
Ogletree, John  1789 Franklin 916 Broad River Y-188
Russell, Joseph M.  1789 Franklin 200 Hudson's fork Robt McGowen, Wm Thomas [Y-372?] Y-242
Sled, Joshua  1789 Franklin 360 Broad River wtrs Freeman, Lindsey, Trumble? Y-258
Starr, John  1789 Franklin 300 Broad River wtrs Thos H__? Y-259
Sharpe, James B.  1789 Franklin 690 Oconee River M fork Jackson, Smith Y-256
Harrington, John  1789 Franklin 100000 Oconee River [R-333~358] 100,000 illegal acres R-333
Sparkes, William  1789 Franklin 420 Big Shoal Creek Nathan Barnett [B-128?] Y-259
McGarry, Edward  1789 Franklin 135 Broad River M fork David Green, Edwd McGarry R-435
Head, William  1789 Franklin 200 Shoal Creek Hankins? Line, Henry Black [BB-350?], Webb R-313
Phillips, John  1789 Franklin 287.5 Apalachee River Robertson's Creek, Wm Robertson Y-193
Caldwell, Henry  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River N branch N fork James Hay, Wm Hay R-135
Hay, Hugh  1789 Franklin 500 Yonawatte Creek Gilbert Hay [R-302], James Hay R-302
Hay, James  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River N branch N fork [Caldwell R-135, G Hay R-302] R-302
Williamson, Micajah  1789 Franklin 730 Apalachee River Williamson (x2) Y-299
Hay, Gilbert  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River N branches Wm Hay, Saml Phillips R-302
Hambleton, Archibald  1789 Franklin 200 Bear Creek Broad River wtrs Freeman R-311
Howard, Julius  1789 Franklin 200 Broad River wtrs John Darden R-311
Fleming, John  1789 Franklin 200 Hudson Fork R-193
Burns, Andrew  1789 Franklin 1000 Andrew Burns [R-11] R-11
Burns, Andrew  1789 Franklin 1000 John Burns [R-10], Andrew Burns [R-11] R-11
Burns, Felix  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River John Burns [R-10], John Campbell [R-133] R-11
Burns, John  1789 Franklin 1000 Andrew Burns Jr, [R-11], Robt Burns [R-12], Felix Burns [R-11] R-10
Burns, Robert  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs John Burns [R-10], Brewer, Campbell [R-133], McGowan R-12
Campbell, John  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Burns [R-11], Brewer?, R Burns [R-12?] R-133
Jarrett, Howell  1789 Franklin 200 Hudson's River Hudson, Robt McGowan [R-434?] R-393
Jackson, Robert  1789 Franklin 690 Oconee River wtrs Zach Cox, E Brown, Barnet R-397
Jackson, Robert  1789 Franklin 75 Oconee River M fork Jesse Heard?, Marbury R-396
Jackson, Walter  1789 Franklin 1000 Oconee River M fork D? Few R-396
Dabbs, Joseph  1789 Franklin 500 Cook [K-107?], Caldwell [R-134?], Payne, Bobo, Web, Harbour [CC-13?] R-181
Shipley, Robert  1789 Franklin 425 Shipley, Williamson Y-263
Wilkinson, William  1789 Franklin 598 Stephens Creek Y-288
Stonecypher, John  1789 Franklin 200 Gumlog Creek Wm Thompson, Mick Rogers [Y-244], John Stonecypher, Major Habersham [A-301?] Y-258
Strickland, Henry  1789 Franklin 750 Broad River branch Y-269
Whitsell, George  1789 Franklin 200 Broad River wtrs John Ross, Edmund Taylor [N-112?] Y-276
Alexander, John Brown  1789 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River Y-1
Embree, Jonathan  1789 Franklin 1000 Oconee River M fork Absolam Jackson, David Hillhouse, Edmond Taylor R-186
Houston, William  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Jordan, Alexander R-321
Rutherford, Clayborn  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River Y-240
Williamson, William  1789 Franklin 220 Hunters Creek wtrs Grant Taylor, Wm Moss? [A-386?], Tho Payne, Wm M___ Y-287
McGuire/McWier, Alegany  1789 Franklin 1000 N Fork Oconee River wtrs Count D'Estang R-426
Brewer, Edmund  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River, a creek Wm Brewer, H Burns R-25
Brewer, Elisha  1789 Franklin 1000 Wm Brewer [R-20], Brewer R-25
Brewer, William  1789 Franklin 1000 Elisha Brewer [R-25], Wm Brewer [R-25?] R-20
McDougall, Alexander  1789 Franklin 400 Broad River M fork Russell, Carsey R-435
King, Hugh  1789 Franklin 300 Broad River (a creek) R-398
Montgomery, John  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Alexander(x2) R-426
Alexander, Isaac  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Alexander, Houston [R-321?], Clayborn Rutherford [Y-240?] Y-1
Collins, John  1789 Franklin 188 Burns CC-8
Jordan, John  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Alexander(x2),Houston R-393
Welborn, William  1789 Franklin 250 Reed creek? Y-277
Burns, Elizabeth  1789 Franklin 1000 Felix Burns [R-11], Jean Burns [R-10], Andrew Burns [R-11] R-11
Burns, Jean  1789 Franklin 1000 Mary Burns [R-11], Elizabeth Burns [R-11], And Burns [R-11] R-10

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