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  |
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Williamson(x2) |
Y-300
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Williamson(x2) |
Y-301
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee wtrs |
Williamson(x2) |
Y-301
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River |
Williamson(x2) "S fork Oconee now called Apalachee" |
Y-289
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Williamson(x3) |
Y-289
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River wtrs |
Williamson(x3) |
Y-290
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Williamson(x3) |
Y-302
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Williamson(x3) |
Y-289
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Williamson(x3) |
Y-302
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Williamson(x3) |
Y-302
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Williamson(x3) |
Y-301
|
Williamson, Micajah Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Williamson(x4) |
Y-295
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Williamson(x4) |
Y-302
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Williamson(x4) |
Y-300
|
McCoy, Henry
|
1799 |
Jackson |
115.25 |
|
Williamson, Conner [R-131?], Braswell, Freemon |
II-182
|
Smellers, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River |
Williamson, Thomson |
Y-331
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1791 |
Franklin |
720 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Williamson, W(x2), M Nails?, Billy _lt |
Y-299
|
Bryant, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Williamson, Wm Allen [R-8?], J Stokes [Y-330], Wm Graves [R-238] |
R-31
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Williamson? (x4) |
Y-299
|
Bailey, William
|
1788 |
Franklin |
825 |
Sandy Creek |
Willson, Payton, Moore |
R-15
|
House, Lawrence
|
1838 |
Jackson |
15.75 |
|
Wilson |
AD-81
|
Bates, Matthias
|
1812 |
Jackson |
184.75 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Winn |
YY-217
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wlliamson (x3) |
Y-297
|
Hawkins, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Wm Allen [R-8], J Stokes [Y-330], Wm Evans [R-188] |
R-333
|
Whitworth, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Wm Anderson (x2) |
Y-304
|
Aycock, Richard
|
1790 |
Franklin |
200 |
Toms Creek |
Wm Aycock |
R-3
|
Lipham, Frederick
|
1790 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Berry, E King |
R-401
|
Brewer, Elisha
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Wm Brewer [R-20], Brewer |
R-25
|
Brewer, Edmund
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River, a creek |
Wm Brewer, H Burns |
R-25
|
Lowe, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River N fork |
Wm C Jameson[ R-394?], Porter & Gibson? [Y-384?] |
BB-175
|
Bobo, Samson
|
1787 |
Franklin |
170 |
Savannah River |
Wm Crane?, Bobo |
CC-5
|
Cannon, Sincock
|
1785 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
Wm Daniel |
K-72
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Marburys Creek |
Wm Deakins, H Marbury, L Marbury |
A-385
|
Deal, William
|
1796 |
Jackson |
328 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Deal, Green, Harper, Aga Morgan, Sanders |
WW-6
|
Williams, James
|
1787 |
Franklin |
9000 |
Oconee River, Beaverdam |
Wm Eltoft[Elliott], Basil Jones, James Spradling |
Y-283
|
Clarke, Johnston
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Bigg Pond fork |
Wm Few |
E-342
|
Harper, James
|
1796 |
Jackson |
349 |
M River wtrs |
Wm Few |
DD-85
|
Leitch, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Sandy Creek |
Wm Few |
A-381
|
Nevill, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
363 |
Turners Creek branch |
Wm Few |
N-45
|
Luckie, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Black's Creek |
Wm Few, James Morris, James Garrett |
R-401
|
Nevill, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1228 |
Turners Creek |
Wm Few, Nevill, Roussau |
N-45
|
Allen, Benjamin
|
1786 |
Franklin |
500 |
Little's Fork |
Wm G__ys |
R-1
|
Harrington, Thomas
|
1789 |
Franklin |
182 |
Bear Creek |
Wm Glascock, Saml Phillips, Julius Howard [F-14] |
R-330
|
Hunter, Evan Todd
|
1791 |
Franklin |
322 |
Muskadine branch Tugalo River |
Wm Gough [R-237?], Jos Pullum, Stonecypher |
R-313
|
Edmonds, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Wm Grave [R-238], Wm Johnson [R-398], M Williamson |
R-191
|
Randol, Thomas
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Wm Graves [R-227?] |
Y-243
|
Creswell, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Hatcher |
K-73
|
Creswell, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Hatcher |
K-73
|
Woods, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Wm Hay |
N-147
|
Hay, Gilbert
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River N branches |
Wm Hay, Saml Phillips |
R-302
|
Jones, Thomas
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River? |
Wm Jones [R-397?] |
R-396
|
Bridges, David
|
1789 |
Franklin |
500 |
Flat Creek |
Wm Lawrence |
CC-7
|
Gideon, Francis
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Sandy Creek |
Wm Moore [B-256?] |
K-206
|
Nassbath, Thomas
|
1787 |
Franklin |
640 |
Sandy Creek |
Wm Morris, M C___ |
N-46
|
Morgan, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Toms Creek |
Wm Moss |
G-35
|
Snelson, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
Wm Motte[G-32] |
G-17
|
Payne, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Dosses Creek |
Wm Payne |
A-393
|
Wallace, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
Wm Pinson |
N-160
|
Call, Richard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Walnut Creek wtrs |
Wm Pogue |
E-328
|
Dickey, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Potts |
CC-10
|
Shows, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek (Broad River wtrs) |
Wm Roseborough/Roxborough[G-16], John W___ |
G-17
|
McKay, Daniel
|
1784 |
Washington |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek wtrs |
Wm Roxborough [G-16?], John Wernor? |
G-32
|
Collins, Stephen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
N Fork Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Sessums [A-344] |
A-344
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Slatter (x2) |
Y-266
|
Myrick, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Curry Creek |
Wm Slatter [Y-264,265,266,269?] |
AA-345
|
Myrick, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork |
Wm Slatter [Y-264,265,266,269?] |
AA-345
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River |
Wm Slatter, Strang? |
Y-264
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
Wm Sloan |
B-329
|
Spruce, William
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Wm Spruce [Y-261], Charles Daughtery, Edmund Taylor (x2) |
Y-261
|
Oliver, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1200 |
Oconee River M & N fork |
Wm Strong [Y-255?] |
N-60
|
Trewitt, Riley
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Thetford [Y-381], M Williamson |
Y-380
|
Stonecypher, John
|
1789 |
Franklin |
200 |
Gumlog Creek |
Wm Thompson, Mick Rogers [Y-244], John Stonecypher, Major Habersham [A-301?] |
Y-258
|
Somerlin, Isaac
|
1809 |
Jackson |
270 |
Indian Boundary Line |
Wm Tuggle [WW-160?] |
WW-326
|
Hewit, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
730 |
Stephens Creek |
Wm Walton, Payne |
R-319
|
Call, William Junr.
|
1786 |
Franklin |
10000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm? Call (see Franklin Co deeds N28-30, PPP-213) |
K-87
|