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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
Moore, William  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N Fork wtrs B-256
Patrick, Ephraim  1810 Jackson 396.75 Oconee River N Fork wtrs Armor?, Cribs?, Harris, Morgan, Nash WW-159
Read, Stephen  1815 Jackson 333 Oconee River N Fork wtrs Dividing Ridge (x2), Grady, Hutchins YY-328
Robertson, David  1785 Franklin 300 Oconee River N fork wtrs G-21
Rogers, Pelig  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs Joseph McCutchin [R-436?] G-20
Snelson, James  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs Count D'Estang G-3
Snelson, Thomas  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs Wm Motte[G-32] G-17
Stuart, Clement  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs G-4
Stuart, James  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs G-1
Sures, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs Thomas Snelson [G-17] G-15
Wagnon, John Peter  1785 Franklin 3000 Oconee River N Fork wtrs Thomas M Call, E Stinson N-144
Scott, Thomas  1785 Franklin 1150 Oconee River N fork, Curry's creek [34.082, -83.463] G-5
Johnson, John  1799 Jackson 250 Oconee River N Fork? M Fork DD-86
Myrick, John Senr. 1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River N Middle fork Solomon Slatter [Y-266/267/268?], Harris Ryan CC-22
Hinson, James  1787 Franklin 8000 Oconee River N side R-305
Anderson, James  1784 Franklin 460 Oconee River N side, Sandy Creek Middleton Woods [N-148 or 149] Y-381
Dawson, Richmond  1793 Franklin 130000 Oconee River N, M forks [Y-103~135] 130,000 illegal acres Y-103
Porter, Thomas  1790 Franklin 1000 Oconee River Porter's fork Joseph Porter [Y-383 or 384] Y-386
Gorham, John  1786 Franklin 1000 Oconee River S branch of N Fork Jesse Walton [N-132?], Col Joseph Martin, Jno Gorham K-194
Cobbs, John  1787 Franklin 2500 Oconee River S branch of the S fork Micajah Anthony, Thomas Collier, Basil Jones (x2) K-89
Berry, John  1784 Franklin 230 Oconee River S fork B-141
Milton, John  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River S fork Leo Marbury, Charity Marbury [A-384], "called Milton's Paradise" N-13
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 575 Oconee River S Fork sd Williamson (x2) N-122
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Oconee River S Fork Washington County line, sd Williamson [approx 33.75299, -83.45327] N-123
Slatter, Solomon  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River S fork of M fork Solomon Slater [Y-266-2] Y-267
Slatter, Solomon  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River S fork of M fork Y-266
Stark, William  1787 Franklin 2440 Oconee River S fork of M fork Walnut fork on other side, Cox, L___ N-101
Weatherby, Septimus  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River S fork of M fork AA-347
Anthony, Micajah  1785 Franklin 300 Oconee River S fork of M fork [Mulberry] sd Anthony (x2) K-7
Matthews, George  1785 Franklin 371 Oconee River S Fork of the M Fork Few DD-67
Matthews, George  1785 Franklin 270 Oconee River S Fork of the M Fork Indian Camp Creek DD-67
Cosby, James  1792 Franklin 200 Oconee River S fork wtrs CC-8
Jones, Basil  1786 Franklin 7160 Oconee River S fork wtrs Richard Call, Jno Collier(John Cobbs), Eliz Evans, Capt Holmes, Col. James Williams K-259
Ross, John  1799 Jackson 212 Oconee River Second Fork Ignatius Few, Nevill, Ross DD-92
Ross, John  1799 Jackson 172 Oconee River Second Fork Eth Woods [II-193?] DD-91
Few, Ignatius  1787 Franklin 190 Oconee River second fork of the fork of Beach Creek K-145
Hawkins, Abimelek  1787 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River waters College land K-236
Beard, Edmond  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs G-29
Beard, Jonathan  1785 Franklin 200 Oconee River wtrs K-40
Bosworth, Obediah  1785 Franklin 500 Oconee River wtrs John Kimbrough B-323
Bosworth, Obediah  1785 Franklin 575 Oconee River wtrs John Gorham B-324
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Edwd Taylor CC-4
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Peter Boyle CC-6
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs CC-1
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs George Christian(X2) CC-2
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs CC-3
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs CC-3
Brown, Bedford  1785 Franklin 493 Oconee River wtrs H Ector [E-400?] K-41
Busson, Jonathan  1785 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs James M___ I-77
Calhoun, Joseph  1786 Franklin 200 Oconee River wtrs Geo Ogg [N-50?], Brittain Willis N-3
Call, Richard  1785 Franklin 276 Oconee River wtrs E-329
Call, Richard  1785 Franklin 1035 Oconee River wtrs E-330
Call, William Junr. 1786 Franklin 10000 Oconee River wtrs Wm? Call (see Franklin Co deeds N28-30, PPP-213) K-87
Carnes, Peter  1785 Franklin 1150 Oconee River wtrs E-339
Carter, Josiah  1789 Franklin 600 Oconee River wtrs R Lockart [R-422] R-134
Cleghorn, James  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs DD-512
Coleman, Susannah  1785 Franklin 850 Oconee River wtrs K-70
Collier, John  1792 Franklin 100000 Oconee River wtrs [R-136~161] 100,000 illegal acres R-136
Collier, John  1796 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs BB-348
Collier, Thomas  1786 Franklin 2370 Oconee River wtrs John Cobb, sd Collier, Geo Handley, B. Jones, Marbury K-77
Connell, Thomas  1786 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs Geo Whitsell [Y-276?] K-79
Connell, Thomas  1786 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs K-80
Cook, Joseph  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River wtrs sd Cook(x2) K-108
Cook, Joseph  1785 Franklin 690 Oconee River wtrs sd Cook(x3) K-111
Crane, Lewis  1798 Jackson 33 Oconee River wtrs John Talbot [I-204?], Thurmond II-174
Dean, William  1784 Franklin 230 Oconee River wtrs E-388
Dickey, Samuel  1785 Franklin 200 Oconee River wtrs Wm Potts CC-10
Dougherty, Charles  1786 Franklin 700 Oconee River wtrs Few, Fras Gideon [CC-13?] K-116
Dunagan, Benjamin  1853 Hall 100 Oconee River wtrs Floyd, Thompson, Davis AH-205
Emmet, James  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs Y-136
Evans, Elizabeth & Lettice  1786 Franklin 500 Oconee River wtrs John Cobb, Thomas Collier, Fishburn K-132
Evans, Henry  1785 Franklin 690 Oconee River wtrs J P Wagnon A-372
Fanning, John  1792 Franklin 920 Oconee River wtrs Black Y-135
Few, William  1785 Franklin 1725 Oconee River wtrs E-376
France, Abraham  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs E Offutt CC-12

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