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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
Morgan, John  1787 Franklin 100 Eastanolee Creek W Daniels BB-357
Wadsworth, Thomas  1805 Jackson 176 Mulberry Fork Wadsworth Creek, Hemphill, Wadsworth YY-234
Adams, Edward  1804 Jackson 600 Wales? II-168
Harrison, Thomas  1785 Franklin 575 Beaverdam Creek M Fork Walker Richardson [G-8?], ___ A-376
Stark, William  1787 Franklin 2440 Oconee River S fork of M fork Walnut fork on other side, Cox, L___ N-101
Casey, Elisha  1826 Jackson 250 Walton Co line, Casey AF-376
Arthur, Lewis  1832 Clarke 6 Walton county line WWWW-110
Pace, Bernard  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs Walton, Kair [B-140?] G-19
Rouse, Miles  1847 Hall 66 Wardlaw, Law, Johnson AH-154
Ashworth, Benjamin  1786 Franklin 545 Rocky Creek Washington Co line, Brewer [E-353?], Thos Wootin, Thos Walton [N-134?] K-2
Douglass, William  1784 Franklin 300 Rocky Creek Washington County R-182
Boyd, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Washington County line, Douglass R-13
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1092 Mill Shoal Creek Washington County line, said Williamson (x3) N-126
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Mill Shoal Creek Washington County line, said Williamson (x3) N-127
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Branch of Oconee Washington County line, sd Williamson (X2) N-128
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Oconee River S Fork Washington County line, sd Williamson [approx 33.75299, -83.45327] N-123
Kair, Henry  1784 Franklin 575 Washington County line, Watson? B-140
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 6640 Oconee River N Fork Washington County, W. A. C___, Williamson Y-298
Waters, John  1792 Franklin 1000 Waters [Y-229-1, Y-279-3, Y-280-1] Y-279
Waters, John  1792 Franklin 1000 Barbers Creek Waters [Y-278-4, Y-279-4] Y-280
Waters, John  1792 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River wtrs Waters [Y-279-1, Y-279-3] Y-279
Waters, John  1792 Franklin 1000 Barbers Creek (Apalachee wtrs) Waters [Y-279-1, Y-280-1] Y-278
Waters, John  1792 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River wtrs Waters [Y-279-2, Y-279-4, Y-278-4] Y-279
Waters, John  1792 Franklin 1000 Waters [Y-279-2, Y-279-4] Y-279
Rooks, Nathaniel  1839 Jackson 338 Watkinsville Road, Randolph, Millsap, Steed, Smith AE-37
Randolph, John  1839 Jackson 407.5 Barbers Creek Watkinsville Road, Rooks [AE-37-2?], Millsap, Bundrant? AE-37
Camron, John  1838 Jackson 269 Watkinsville Road, Wellborn(x2) AD-204
Clements, Charles  1817 Jackson 119 Mulberry Fork Watts Creek XX-360
Strickland, Solomon  1798 Jackson 115 Weatherby (x4) II-189
Tureman, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Nails Creek Westbrook A-262
Hutson, Cuthbert  1785 Franklin 300 Nail's Creek Westbrook [N-158?], Tate [N-119?], Payne R-312
Clarke, Christopher Junr. 1785 Franklin 400 Nails Creek branches Westbrook, Nail, [34.414, -83.516, 34.244, -83.211] B-331
Carr, James  1840 Jackson 28 Wheeler, White, Carr AE-38
Martin, Jonathan  1852 Hall 73.25 Oconee River wtrs Whelch, Cook AG-404
Morris, Henry J.  1837 Hall 313 Silver Creek Whitamore, Dodd [AC-370-1?], Ratcliff, Bell AC-373
Driskell, Elijah  1817 Jackson 200 Chandlers Creek wtrs White YY-223
Holliday, John M.  1823 Jackson 123 Whitehead, Nevel, Walden, _etty HHHH-292
Whittemore, James A.  1832 Hall 200 Silver Creek wtrs Whittemore WWWW-52
Anderson, William  1785 Franklin 4000 Whitworth [Y-304], Wm Gilliam [Anderson], Anderson [R-8] R-8
Jarrett, Howell  1790 Franklin 385 Oconee River M fork Widow Vizdel(x2) R-394
Patterson, John  1823 Jackson 50.5 Wilbank, Wilson HHHH-315
Mackie, Samuel  1789 Franklin 396 Bluestone Creek S Fork Wilkes Co line, Mackie, __mons DD-68
Sparks, Matthew Junr. 1787 Franklin 200 Wilkes Co line, Matthew Sparks Sr, Charles Finchy, Stuart Y-269
Cheney, Greenberry Heirs of 1784 Franklin 287.5 Wilkes County line B-141
Dawson, Benjamin  1785 Franklin 300 Big Shoal Creek Fork of Wilkes County Line, John Stuart B-339
Sumerlin, Henry  1788 Franklin 287.5 Brushy Creek S fork Wilkes County line, Traylor, Y-259
Gorham, John  1789 Franklin 630 Wilkes County line, Webster R-226
Finch, Charles  1785 Franklin 1000 Big Shoal Creek branch Wilkes County(the Tugaloo Trail), James Pearce, Jas Stuart, Barnet, Genl Pickens Trail R-192
Rowland, Willis  1805 Jackson 350 Apalachee River William Beauchamp WW-329
Webb, John  1784 Franklin 575 Hudsons Fork William Black, W___ creek A-407
Sessums, William Senr. 1784 Franklin 230 N Fork Oconee River wtrs William Dean [E-388?] A-344
Hickman, William  1798 Jackson 300 William Few (supposed), John Garrett, David Sorrells II-179
Jones, David  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River wtrs William Fields [K-142?] A-346
Clark, John Junr. 1791 Franklin 565 Little Eastanola William Hay R-132
Dodd, William  1834 Hall 238 Grove Creek William McCall old survey, Lotted? Land, Watson River, Road AC-250
Troy, John  1784 Franklin 575 Broad River N fork, Toms creek William Pulliam A-400
Offutt, Ezekiel  1784 Franklin 287.5 Cobbs Creek, a fork of William Pulliam, Robert Walton [A-407?] G-10
Weatherby, George  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River N fork William Slatter(x2), Geo Weatherby CC-35
Weatherby, George  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs William Slatter(x2), Jesse L__/Lee? CC-34
Weatherby, George  1792 Franklin 1000 Curry's Creek William Slatter(x3) [Y-264/265/266?] CC-34
Weatherby, George  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs William Slatter(x4) CC-36
Barnett, John  1795 Franklin 14 Oconee River William Stakes/Stokes [Y-330?], Wm Strong [Y-255?] CC-5
Early, Jeffrey  1785 Franklin 595 Estanola Creek William Thompson A-372
Summerlin, William  1785 Franklin 287.5 Broad River wtrs William Walton G-22
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Williams(x2) Y-303
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Williams, J Williams, Sd Williams Y-304
Churchill, Nathaniel H.  1792 Franklin 200 Williamson R-131
Moore, Richard  1792 Franklin 460 Oconee River M Fork Williamson R-439
Patton, Samuel  1806 Jackson 186 Williamson WW-9
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson Y-301
Williamson, Micajah  1789 Franklin 730 Apalachee River Williamson (x2) Y-299
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 575 Williamson (x2) Y-297
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Apalachee River Williamson (x3) Y-299
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson (x4) Y-297
Williamson, Micajah Junr. 1785 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson(x2) Y-300

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