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  |
McFalls, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Shoal Creek |
|
N-39
|
Middleton, Benedict
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
N-39
|
Clark, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-4
|
Clark, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
277 |
Broad River |
|
N-4
|
McCree, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-40
|
Meriwether, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Woods Creek |
|
N-40
|
Madison, James
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River N fork |
Jesse Walton [N-132?], Col Joseph Martin |
N-41
|
Morphet, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Kiowee River |
|
N-41
|
McBurnet, Daniel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
Jno C____ |
N-42
|
Russell, Joseph Martin
|
1787 |
Franklin |
100 |
Broad River wtrs |
J M Russell |
N-42
|
Matthews & Woods,
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Drowning Creek |
|
N-43
|
Marbury, Horatio
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Marburys Creek |
Jones, H Marbury |
N-44
|
Nevill, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1742 |
Oconee River branch of M Fork |
Micajah Anthony, Basil Jones |
N-44
|
Nevill, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1228 |
Turners Creek |
Wm Few, Nevill, Roussau |
N-45
|
Nevill, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
363 |
Turners Creek branch |
Wm Few |
N-45
|
Nassbath, Thomas
|
1787 |
Franklin |
640 |
Sandy Creek |
Wm Morris, M C___ |
N-46
|
Nevill, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
2700 |
Beech Creek wtrs |
Ignatius Few, Jno Flynn [K-138?], Fornigan? |
N-46
|
Nail, Julian
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Broad River - Mill Creek |
Julian Nail [N-48?] |
N-47
|
Nail, Julian
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Hudson fork |
[34.413, -83.518] Julian Nail (x2), Thos Gregg |
N-47
|
Nail, Julian
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Mountain Creek |
[34.433, -83.524] Julian Nail [N-47] |
N-48
|
Nail, Julian
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River - Mill Creek |
|
N-48
|
Osborn, Henry
|
1786 |
Franklin |
600 |
|
|
N-49
|
Osborn, Henry
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
|
|
N-49
|
Callaway, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
300 |
Brush Creek wtrs |
Abs Jackson, Jno Webster |
N-5
|
Collier, James
|
1786 |
Franklin |
338 |
Broad River |
Collier, Lamar, Taliaferro |
N-5
|
Ogg, George
|
1786 |
Franklin |
357 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Jno Gorham(x2) |
N-50
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
Z Cox |
N-6
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River N fork |
Cox [N-6-1] |
N-6
|
Offutt, Ezekiel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River - Cobb's creek |
R Walton, [see G-10] |
N-60
|
Oliver, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1200 |
Oconee River M & N fork |
Wm Strong [Y-255?] |
N-60
|
Partin, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Bigg Shoal Creek |
|
N-61
|
Penson, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
N-61
|
Pope & Gorham,
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Shoal Creek |
|
N-62
|
Phillips, Jean
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Trail Creek |
|
N-63
|
Phillips, Samuel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Broad River |
|
N-63
|
Patton, Samuel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Calls Creek |
|
N-64
|
Payne, Moses
|
1787 |
Franklin |
150 |
Paynes Creek |
|
N-64
|
Powell, Richard
|
1787 |
Franklin |
500 |
Broad River wtrs |
Major Call, Hugh McDonald, ___ Willson |
N-65
|
Powell, Richard
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River creek? Of |
Old line, Mackey, M Laskey, Wm Morriss |
N-65
|
Payne, William
|
1787 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
Charles Gilbert, Tho Gilbert |
N-66
|
Potts, Moses
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Jo Rutherford |
N-66
|
Porgua, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-67
|
Potts, Moses
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Sandy Creek wtrs |
|
N-67
|
Porgua, Robert
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Sandy Creek wtrs |
|
N-68
|
Potts, Moses
|
1785 |
Franklin |
450 |
Oconee River N Fork |
Samuel Dickey, Ro Parks |
N-68
|
Powell, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Shoal Creek |
|
N-69
|
Cotham, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
360 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-7
|
Daniell, William
|
1788 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-7
|
Pool, Baxter
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Tugalo River wtrs |
|
N-70
|
Pulliam, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-70
|
Parks, Henry
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Hudson's River |
|
N-71
|
Philpot, Warren
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Gumlog Creek |
Jo Pulliam |
N-71
|
Philpot, Warren
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Gumlog Creek wtrs |
|
N-72
|
Philpot, Warren
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Gumlog Creek |
Jo Pulliam (x2), Jno Smith, sd Philpot |
N-72
|
Pope, Barnaba
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Sugar Creek |
|
N-73
|
Pope, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-73
|
Price, Cellum
|
1785 |
Franklin |
150 |
Tugalo River |
|
N-73
|
Pope, John & Henry
|
1786 |
Franklin |
747.5 |
Calls Creek |
|
N-74
|
Pope, Wyley
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1380 |
Lick Creek |
|
N-75
|
Pope, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1285 |
Hardlabor Creek |
|
N-76
|
Payne, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
N-77
|
Payne, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Beaver Creek |
|
N-77
|
Payne, Thomas
|
1787 |
Franklin |
180 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-78
|
Payne, Thomas
|
1787 |
Franklin |
50 |
|
|
N-78
|
Payne, Thomas Heirs of
|
1787 |
Franklin |
150 |
|
|
N-78
|
Payne, Thomas Heirs of
|
1787 |
Franklin |
100 |
Nails Creek |
Thomas Payne, Tureman [A-262?] |
N-79
|
Russell, Joseph M.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Middle River |
Thomas Gregg, Edward McGarry [F-13?] |
N-79
|
Darcy, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Indian Creek |
|
N-8
|
Davis, Gideon
|
1785 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-8
|
Ryan, Joseph
|
1786 |
Franklin |
500 |
Broad River |
|
N-80
|
Ryan, Joseph
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
N-80
|
Rice, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugaloo N side |
sd Rice |
N-81
|
Rice, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
150 |
Tugalo River |
J Madison [N-41?], Jno ___ |
N-81
|
Roussau, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
487.5 |
Oconee River M Fork wtrs |
M Anthony, Thos Graves, Geo Handley |
N-82
|
Routon, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Buck Eye Creek |
Boggs |
N-82
|