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  |
Franklin, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Scott, James Cobb [E-365?] |
E-393
|
Freeman, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
930 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Possibly on Oconee River |
K-138
|
Gardner, John F.
|
1793 |
Franklin |
60000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
[BB-224~250] 60,000 illegal acres |
BB-224
|
Gibbons, William Junior
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Geo Ogg, Jno Gorham |
K-193
|
Gibbons, William Junior
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Geo Ogg |
K-193
|
Glass, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
620 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-206
|
Gordon, Kenneth
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
R-235
|
Gorham, John
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Harris Ryan, Thos Porter, Benj Porter, John Gorham |
R-227
|
Greenstreet, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
DD-60
|
Griffith, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
490 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
R-220
|
Griggs, George
|
1785 |
Franklin |
460 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Leod Marbury, J Johnson, Mary Frazer [A-373?] |
K-208
|
Grimes, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
640 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Long, Moody |
R-221
|
Harris, Buckner
|
1801 |
Jackson |
645.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Anthony, B__der (Bearden?), Few, Hickman |
II-179
|
Harris, William O.
|
1843 |
Hall |
97.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Reynols, Thompson, Harris |
AE-312
|
Havard, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
James Parks, Wm Slatter |
R-320
|
Havard, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
James Parks, Jesse Lee |
R-320
|
Healthy, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
CC-16
|
Heard, Jesse
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Taylor, Smith, Traylor, Meador [R-429] |
R-312
|
Hilton, Jonathan
|
1795 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
sd Hilton |
CC-15
|
Horn, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
A-377
|
Jackson, Robert
|
1789 |
Franklin |
690 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Zach Cox, E Brown, Barnet |
R-397
|
Jarrett, Howell
|
1847 |
Hall |
331.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Carnesville Road, Jefferson Road, Davis, McCluskey?, Rivers, Thompson |
AF-33
|
Jones, Aleathea A.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
A A Jones [E-405], Ed Telfair, Col Marbury |
E-406
|
Kimbro, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-287
|
King, Edmund
|
1788 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Edmund King, Wm Martin |
R-401
|
King, John
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Green Co line, Call, Williamson, Milton [N-13 or R-439?] |
CC-19
|
Lamar, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Charles Dougherty [K-116/120/122?] |
I-270
|
Lamar, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Mathew Stone [N-96?] |
I-273
|
Lindsay, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
809 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
R-422
|
Lipham, Frederick
|
1790 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Berry, E King |
R-401
|
Long, Nimrod
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
R-423
|
Luckie, Alexander
|
1785 |
Franklin |
423 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
R-424
|
Magers, P. D.
|
1851 |
Hall |
282.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Hudgens, Magers, Williams, McNeal |
AG-6
|
Marbury, Charity
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
Oconee River wtrs |
L Marbury, Milton [N-13], Wagnon, Maj Washington |
A-384
|
Marbury, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
460 |
Oconee River wtrs |
H Marbury, Jesse Johnston |
A-387
|
Martin, Jonathan
|
1852 |
Hall |
73.25 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Whelch, Cook |
AG-404
|
Matthews, Daniel Jr
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Henry Meeling [R-434], Wm Matthews, Jedion? |
R-434
|
McCall, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Stone, Mitchel? {N-29 or 30?] |
N-13
|
McCall & Grigg,
|
1785 |
Franklin |
2300 |
Oconee River wtrs |
H. Marbury, John P. Wagnon |
F-1
|
McDonald, Charles
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
R Jackson, Genl Mathews |
R-435
|
McFalls, George
|
1787 |
Franklin |
560 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
R-436
|
McGuire, Frederick
|
1850 |
Hall |
276 |
Oconee River wtrs |
McGuire, Farmer?, Peagum?, Prevett? |
AF-375
|
McNeal, John
|
1848 |
Hall |
22 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Dickerson, Tam___ |
AF-64
|
Mercer, Silas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
unnamed Hard Labour Creek, Silas Mercer [N-30], David Wells [Y-275] |
N-31
|
Mitchell, Francis
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Zach Cox, M Cutchin |
N-29
|
Montgomery, Hugh
|
1801 |
Jackson |
374 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Hay, Marbury, Slaughter, Weatherby |
YY-230
|
Ogg, George
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Ogg [N-51-2] [Ogg N-53-1, N-54-2] |
Y-54
|
Ogg, George
|
1786 |
Franklin |
585 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Ogg [N-54-1], [Ogg N-53-1,N-52-2] |
Y-54
|
Ogg, George
|
1786 |
Franklin |
357 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Jno Gorham(x2) |
N-50
|
Ogg, George
|
1786 |
Franklin |
875 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Ogg [N-51-2, N-53-1, N-57-1] |
Y-53
|
Pace, Bernard
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Walton, Kair [B-140?] |
G-19
|
Park, Garret W & John.
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Geo Weatherford, Jno Weatherby |
DD-71
|
Park, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
[duplicate record] |
DD-71
|
Parmer, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
G-11
|
Payne, Barnabas F.
|
1793 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
[No 2] |
BB-357
|
Payne, Milly
|
1853 |
Hall |
100 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
AH-145
|
Peek, David
|
1805 |
Jackson |
550 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Creswell, Stag, Tyner [II-189?] |
II-185
|
Perkins, Richard
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
Y-194
|
Pinson, Street/Stuart H.
|
1848 |
Hall |
88 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Reynolds, Hawking, Ex___ |
AG-361
|
Pitman, James
|
1796 |
Jackson |
680 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Appling, Wm Baley, Pittman, Wilson |
DD-90
|
Potts, Moses
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Jo Rutherford |
N-66
|
Reeves, David
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Tho Woodsworth [DD526] |
DD-520
|
Saxon, Davis
|
1787 |
Franklin |
650 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Few, Wm M____ |
Y-260
|
Shields, John
|
1799 |
Jackson |
463 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
DD-93
|
Shockley, Thomas B.
|
1841 |
Hall |
109 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
AE-303
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Slatter (x2) |
Y-266
|
Smith, Benajah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
George Smith, James H____, James Poe? |
Y-270
|
Smith, Ebenezer
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Academy, Smith (x2) [Y-271?], Taylor |
Y-262
|
Smith, Francis
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Academy, Smith, Few, Count D'Estang |
Y-271
|
Smith, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
100000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
[Y-346~371] 100,000 illegal acres |
Y-346
|
Smith, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Elerson [R-188-3], A Thompson [Y-300-2] |
Y-331
|
Stamper, Daniel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
CC-28
|
Stanford, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Thomas Snelson [G-17?], William Motte[G-32] |
G-16
|
Strong, William
|
1787 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
Y-255
|
Stubbs, Isaac
|
1793 |
Franklin |
960 |
Oconee River wtrs |
A Flewellen [R-193?] |
CC-30
|