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  |
Wagnon, John Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
3000 |
Oconee River N Fork wtrs |
Thomas M Call, E Stinson |
N-144
|
Wagnon, John Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
5175 |
Oconee River Fork |
Cobb, Walton |
N-145
|
Washington, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
4000 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
N-146
|
Washington, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Marbury's Fork |
L Marbury, Moses Clark [B-338?] |
N-147
|
Woods, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Wm Hay |
N-147
|
Woods, Middleton
|
1785 |
Franklin |
350 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-148
|
Woods, Richard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Broad River |
|
N-148
|
Woods, Josiah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
920 |
|
Unnamed river |
N-149
|
Woods, Middleton
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River |
Sandy creek, Coolidge |
N-149
|
Marbury, Horatio
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Beaverdam Creek |
H Marbury, J Johnston, Maj Washington [N-146?] |
N-15
|
Marbury, Horatio
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1525 |
Dove Creek |
James Pratten, H Marbury, Jones |
N-15
|
Wood, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Beach Creek |
|
N-150
|
Wooten, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
800 |
Calls Creek |
|
N-150
|
Waller, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
Apalachee River |
|
N-151
|
Wooten, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Big Shoal Creek wtrs |
Thos Wooten [N-152?], John Partin [N-61?], Saml Knox [R-400?], Thomas Walton [N-135?] |
N-151
|
Wooten, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
800 |
Shoal Creek |
|
N-152
|
Wooten, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-153
|
Wooten, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-154
|
Wilder, Malachi
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Barbers Creek |
|
N-155
|
Wooten, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
650 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-155
|
Wingfield, John Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Calls Creek |
|
N-156
|
Were, Robert
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Hard Labor Creek |
|
N-157
|
Wheeler, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
N-157
|
Westbrook, Stephen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
690 |
Nails Creek |
|
N-158
|
Willis, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Choestoe Creek |
|
N-158
|
West, Samuel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
862.5 |
Broad River |
|
N-159
|
Wilcher, Jordan
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Gravel Creek |
|
N-159
|
Marbury, Horatio
|
1785 |
Franklin |
2300 |
Oconee River |
H Marbury, Washington, Potts [N-66 or 68?], Few |
N-16
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Haton's Fork |
|
N-16
|
Walker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
N-160
|
Wallace, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
Wm Pinson |
N-160
|
Young, Isham
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-161
|
Young, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Broad River |
|
N-161
|
Young, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-161
|
Young, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
N-161
|
Marbury, Horatio
|
1785 |
Franklin |
4600 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
N-17
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1787 |
Franklin |
9000 |
|
|
N-18
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1787 |
Franklin |
5100 |
Broad River |
|
N-19
|
Barksdale, Daniel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-2
|
Burdett, Humphrey
|
1787 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River M fork N branch |
W Cole [R-131], Nim'd Long [R-423?] |
N-2
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1787 |
Franklin |
4061 |
Broad River |
|
N-20
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1787 |
Franklin |
5440 |
Broad River |
|
N-21
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1458 |
Broad River |
|
N-22
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1787 |
Franklin |
894 |
Broad River |
|
N-23
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
|
|
N-24
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1440 |
Tugalo River |
|
N-24
|
McDonald & Webster,
|
1786 |
Franklin |
10000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Barber's creek?, Leo'd Marbury, Absalom Jackson |
N-25
|
Mullen, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River S side |
sd Mullins [N-26?] |
N-25
|
Mullen, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
N-26
|
Mullen, John Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Kiowee River |
|
N-26
|
Mullen, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-26
|
Millen, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
N-27
|
Morgan, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-27
|
Mullen, John Junr.
|
1786 |
Franklin |
100 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-27
|
Morgan, Daniel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-28
|
Morgan, Isham
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sugar Creek |
|
N-28
|
Mitchell, Francis
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Zach Cox, M Cutchin |
N-29
|
Morgan, Daniel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
172 |
Eastanolee Creek |
sd Morgan, Few |
N-29
|
Calhoun, Joseph
|
1786 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Geo Ogg [N-50?], Brittain Willis |
N-3
|
Call, Richard
|
1787 |
Franklin |
420 |
Tugalo River wtrs |
M Clark, Jno Darden & Thos Johnston [I-62 or 329?], R Thrasher [N-111?], Jno Bryen [K-43?] |
N-3
|
Mercer, Silas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Hard Labour Creek |
Silas Mercer [N-31], Alex M N__ |
N-30
|
Mitchell, Francis
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River branch |
Lamar, Poots? |
N-30
|
Mercer, Silas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
unnamed Hard Labour Creek, Silas Mercer [N-30], David Wells [Y-275] |
N-31
|
Moore, Bryant
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Sandy Creek wtrs |
|
N-31
|
McCammon, James
|
1786 |
Franklin |
690 |
Oconee River M fork |
Mark's creek, Geo McFall [R-436?] |
N-32
|
McKee, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
600 |
Hudsons River |
|
N-33
|
Milligan, James
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork |
South side of fork, Geo McFall-cc |
N-34
|
Mooney, Bryant
|
1787 |
Franklin |
850 |
Brush Creek |
Chas Sewall [I-253 or 254 or 255?] |
N-34
|
Marcus, Ellis
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Brier Creek |
|
N-35
|
McDonald, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
N-35
|
Martin, Joseph
|
1786 |
Franklin |
2000 |
Turkey Creek |
|
N-36
|
McGowan, Robert
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River |
|
N-36
|
Middleton, Robert
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Broad River |
|
N-37
|
McCrackin, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
341 |
Broad River |
|
N-38
|
McGowen, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River |
|
N-38
|