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  |
|
Pope, Gorham
|
1791 |
Franklin |
990 |
Broad River |
|
CC-26
|
|
Pope, Wilkins B933
|
1791 |
Franklin |
990 |
Broad River |
|
CC-26
|
|
Sparks, Jeremiah
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
CC-27
|
|
Smith, John & Others
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Tugalo River |
|
AA-372
|
|
McDonald, Hugh
|
1791 |
Franklin |
250 |
Broad River |
|
BB-177
|
|
Tremble, Moses
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
|
BB-366
|
|
Smith, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
100 |
|
|
DD-75
|
|
Tremble, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Hurrican Creek |
|
BB-366
|
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
9500 |
Oconee River |
|
CC-106
|
|
Sparks, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
DD-523
|
|
Gardner, Samuel
|
1791 |
Franklin |
215 |
Caney Creek |
|
BB-355
|
|
Bridges, William
|
1791 |
Franklin |
68 |
Tugalo River |
|
II-122
|
|
King, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
860 |
Broad River |
|
BB-174
|
|
Arnold, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
186 |
|
|
AA-366
|
|
Northington, David
|
1791 |
Franklin |
300 |
Broad River |
|
II-137
|
|
Gorham, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
|
BB-354
|
|
Carter, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
155 |
Shoal Creek |
|
AA-394
|
|
Robinson, David
|
1791 |
Franklin |
500 |
|
|
HHHH-49
|
|
Gorham, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
960 |
Sandy Creek |
|
BB-354
|
|
Gorham, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
780 |
Sandy Creek |
|
BB-354
|
|
Jones, Robert
|
1791 |
Franklin |
150 |
|
|
XX-151
|
|
Whitaker, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
550 |
Rocky Creek |
|
BB-180
|
|
Smith, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
39 |
|
|
BB-179
|
|
Potts, George
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
|
BB-178
|
|
McNeil, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
203 |
Shoal Creek |
|
BB-356
|
|
Harrington, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
999 |
Shoal Creek |
|
DD-62
|
|
Jordan, Fleming
|
1791 |
Franklin |
320 |
Broad River |
|
R-396
|
|
Coile, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
|
DD-55
|
|
White, Stephen
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River |
|
II-143
|
|
Jones, Robert
|
1791 |
Franklin |
100 |
Broad River |
|
BB-173
|
|
Echols, Benjamin
|
1791 |
Franklin |
78 |
|
|
BB-171
|
|
Bowen, Owen
|
1791 |
Franklin |
250 |
Shoal Creek |
|
BB-170
|
|
Hemphill, Andrew
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
II-133
|
|
Fenwick, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River |
|
R-194
|
|
Harrington, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
667 |
Shoal Creek |
|
DD-62
|
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-274
|
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-274
|
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-274
|
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-274
|
|
Kennedy, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
700 |
Broad River |
|
Y-140
|
|
Nailor, George
|
1791 |
Franklin |
116000 |
Broad River |
[Y-140~187] 116,000 illegal acres |
Y-140
|
|
Nailor, George
|
1791 |
Franklin |
810 |
Savannah River |
|
Y-142
|
|
Nailor, George
|
1791 |
Franklin |
890 |
Broad River |
|
Y-143
|
|
Greenstreet, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
DD-60
|
|
Pryan, Joseph
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Unnamed rivers |
XX-35
|
|
Cleghorn, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Unnamed river |
XX-35
|
|
Williamson, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
600 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
Y-296
|
|
Gartrel, Francis
|
1791 |
Franklin |
950 |
Oconee River M fork |
Few, Rob Jackson |
R-229
|
|
Alexander, Isaac
|
1791 |
Franklin |
441 |
Oconee M fork |
Verdell [I-296?] |
R-3
|
|
Clark, John Junr.
|
1791 |
Franklin |
565 |
Little Eastanola |
William Hay |
R-132
|
|
McBee, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
230 |
Little Shoal Creek |
Pullome |
R-428
|
|
McBee, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Shoal Creek branch |
|
R-428
|
|
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 N fork wtrs |
James Gresham |
CC-6
|
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
CC-5
|
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River M fork creek |
|
CC-3
|
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Edwd Taylor |
CC-4
|
|
Embrie, Jonathan
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Embrie, Jos Ryan |
R-190
|
|
Embree, Jonathan
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee M fork wtrs |
Jonathan Embrie, Joseph Ryan |
R-189
|
|
Doolan, Daniel
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
Howard, Payne, Phillips |
R-184
|
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
CC-3
|
|
Doolen, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
118 |
|
J Dardan, Few, Landers, Pullam |
R-185
|
|
Dobbs, Nathan
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River |
Count D'Estang [A-110/111?], Long [R-423?] |
DD-57
|
|
Embree, Jonathan
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River |
Jonathan Embrie, Jos Ryan, Edmund Taylor |
R-189
|
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork |
John Gresham |
R-26
|
|
Embrie, Jonathan
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee Creek |
Jonathan Embrie, Benj Knox, Edmund Taylor, GrantTaylor |
R-190
|
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River |
Grant Taylor [Y-376/377?], Johnathan Embree(x2) [R-189/190?] |
CC-4
|
|
Walker, Philip
|
1791 |
Franklin |
150 |
Riggs Creek |
Obediah Wright [AA-346?], Tho Carter [K-74?] |
CC-30
|
|
Barron, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M Fork |
|
DD-54
|
|
Mires, Jacob
|
1791 |
Franklin |
600 |
Walnut Fork Oconee River |
|
DD-518
|
|
Whitney, John M.
|
1791 |
Franklin |
140 |
Tugalo River wtrs |
Cleveland (x2), Donisend [Dunnisen R-185?], Hancock, Hoopper |
Y-278
|
|
Hardman, Charles
|
1791 |
Franklin |
380 |
Rocky/Mill Shoal creek wtrs of N fork Oconee |
Foster, Jennings [R-395] |
R-319
|
|
Hardman, Charles
|
1791 |
Franklin |
600 |
Beaver creek headwaters of Mulberry Grove fork Broad River |
Call |
R-331
|
|
Jennings, Jonathan
|
1791 |
Franklin |
600 |
Mill Shoal Creek (a branch of Oconee) |
Foster, Ballard |
R-394
|