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  |
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
|