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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
Templeton, John  1788 Franklin 850 Oconee River wtrs Templeton [Y-376?], Scot [G-5?], Grig [K-208?] CC-29
Templeton, John  1790 Franklin 300 Oconee River wtrs Johnson CC-28
Terondet, Daniel  1787 Franklin 500 Oconee River wtrs Grant Taylor Y-388
Thetford, William  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Riley Trewitt [Y-380], McNauly? Y-381
Trantham, David  1790 Franklin 300 Oconee River wtrs Y-373
Trewitt, Riley  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Wm Thetford [Y-381], M Williamson Y-380
Wagnon, John Peter  1785 Franklin 2000 Oconee River wtrs G___, Marbury?, Washington N-143
Waldon, Robert  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs CC-31
Walker, William  1785 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs N-160
Wallace, Micajah  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs Osiah Bradford [R-26?] Y-277
Wallis, Charnel?  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs Y-278
Walton, Thomas  1786 Franklin 575 Oconee River wtrs N-134
Warren, James  1826 Jackson 181.5 Oconee River wtrs Barker, Little, Kelley, Tenent HHHH-327
Weatherby, George  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs William Slatter(x2), Jesse L__/Lee? CC-34
Weatherby, George  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs William Slatter(x4) CC-36
Weatherby, George  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Geo Weatherby Y-280
Wells, B. F.  1853 Hall 60 Oconee River wtrs Martin, Wells, Davis?, D____ AG-361
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Williams(x2) Y-303
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs J Williams, Smith, Sd Williams(x2) Y-303
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Jno Smith, Jno Williams(x2) Y-305
Williams, Wm C.  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs E_ Taylor [N-112?], Grant Taylor Y-293
Williamson, Charles  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Sd Williamson, Benj Allen [R-1 or 3?], John Smith, Rd Gilliam [R-238?] Y-296
Williamson, Charles  1792 Franklin 650 Oconee River wtrs John Smith, sd Williamson?, Jno Smith Y-296
Williamson, Micajah  1791 Franklin 720 Oconee River wtrs Williamson, W(x2), M Nails?, Billy _lt Y-299
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River wtrs Smellers [Y-331?] R Smith [Y-331?], Thomson Y-300
Williamson, Micajah Junr. 1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs John Smith, Williamson(x3) Y-295
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Oconee River wtrs sd Williamson (x2) N-123
Williamson, Micajah  1792 Franklin 690 Oconee River wtrs M Williamson DD-77
Williamson, Micajah Junr. 1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Williamson(x4) Y-295
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River wtrs Wlliamson (x3) Y-297
Williamson, Micajah Junr. 1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Rd Gilbert, Jno Smith(x2), B__ Allen Y-295
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River wtrs Williamson(x3) Y-289
Wilson, Benjamin  1787 Franklin 800 Oconee River wtrs Absm Jackson Y-288
Wilson, Joseph  1787 Franklin 840 Oconee River wtrs Jesse L__, Tho McCally?, J__ L___?, Alex Luckie [R-424?] Y-287
Wingfield, John Senr. 1785 Franklin 600 Oconee River wtrs A-413
Woods, William  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs John Diamond [R-183 or 184], Richd White?Whitt [Y-277?] Y-275
Woods, Josiah & Easly, Roderick,   1790 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Richard Lockhart [R-422?], J Woods Y-276
Woodsworth, Thomas  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River wtrs David Reeves [DD-520], David Creswell DD-526
Wallace, John  1815 Jackson 568 Oconee River wtrs of N Oconee Appleby, Guthery(x2) YY-237
Garrett, Henry  1794 Franklin 100000 Oconee River wtrs, Apalachee [BB-251~285] 100,000 illegal acres numbered BB-251
Luckie, William  1787 Franklin 300 Oconee River wtrs, Gardner's Creek R-421
Weatherby, George  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs, Little Barber's Creek [CC-35-1?] CC-36
Ogg, George  1787 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs, Mad Horse Creek? Jno Gorham, [Ogg N-55-2] Y-56
Long, Evan  1787 Franklin 900 Oconee River wtrs, Sandy Creek P Stubblefield [N-100] R-422
Clarke, Elijah  1785 Franklin 4600 Oconee River, Jack's Creek Charles Lane, John Clarke, John Freeman [K-138 or 145?], Robert _eaves B-331
Williams, James  1787 Franklin 9000 Oconee River, Beaverdam Wm Eltoft[Elliott], Basil Jones, James Spradling Y-283
Pierce, Brandick  1785 Franklin 230 Oconee River, Beaverdam creek A-360
Russell, Jacob  1785 Franklin 230 Oconee River, Beaverdam creek A-360
Verdell, Anthony  1787 Franklin 2395 Oconee River, Beech Creek, S branch(Mulberry) [34.032, -83.572], Grant Taylor, Thos Taylor, Edwd Taylor I-296
Gorham, John  1787 Franklin 53 Oconee River, Big Shoal Creek Buckner Harris, Freeman, Barnet R-225
Strozer, Peter  1787 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River, Cedar? Creek Peter Strozer N-102
Porter, Thomas  1790 Franklin 1000 Oconee River, M fork? Joseph Porter Y-385
Gardner, Samuel  1786 Franklin 1370 Oconee River, N Fork, Cedar Creek Strother, J Gorham, John McFall, Gideon Berry [I-78?] R-222
Appling, John  1785 Franklin 575 Oconee River, Sandy Creek B-321
Freeman, John  1786 Franklin 300 Oconee River, Shoal Creek? John Gorham, Wm Head [R-313?], B Harris K-145
King, Robert  1786 Franklin 600 Oconee River, Walnut Creek R-399
Henderson, Robert  1791 Franklin 200 Oconee wtrs VV-225
McCray, Robert  1796 Jackson 1000 Oconee wtrs Academy DD-88
Wallace, Israel  1833 Jackson 255 Oconee wtrs Carmichael, Hemphill, Pharr, White WWWW-128
Williamson, Micajah  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee wtrs Williamson(x2) Y-301
Call, Richard  1786 Franklin 8160 Oconee wtrs of the middle fork, south fork Richard Call, Collier, Basil Jones ,Nevill K-96
Mackie, John  1785 Franklin 800 Oconee, Broad River wtrs Thomas Scott [G-24], Edwd Collier, Offutt R-443
Dougherty, Charles  1786 Franklin 590 Oconee? M fork wtrs K-120
Barnett, William  1787 Franklin 184 Ogeechee River K-46
Bradford, Archibald  1824 Jackson 310 Park's Creek D'Estang, Ogg, Bradford, Palmer?, M Lester, Piron?, Hay HHHH-13
Payne, Moses  1787 Franklin 150 Paynes Creek N-64
Payne, Thomas Senr. 1785 Franklin 250 Paynes Creek A-392
Woods, Middleton  1792 Franklin 970 Payne's Creek Charles Gilbert [K-204?], John Payne,Tho Payne[A-392?], Tho Meriwether[N-40 or R-440?], R Call Y-281
Jones, Lewis  1837 Hall 357 Pendletons Creek wtrs Limestone Road, Reynolds, Eaton, Rylis?, Whitamore, Hardag, Call, Floyd AC-372
Bradley, John C.  1850 Jackson 200 Pond Fork Brooks, Davis Bradley AG-3
Bearden, William  1800 Jackson 338 Pond Fork wtrs of Oconee Boundary Line, Susannah Coleman, Montgomery, R Kennerly II-169
Wooten, Thomas  1789 Franklin 460 Porters Creek BB-367
Welborn, William  1789 Franklin 250 Reed creek? Y-277
Smith, John  1791 Franklin 160 Reedy Branch John Gorham, Howard DD-73
Callier, John  1793 Franklin 55000 Reedy Creek [Y-6~15] 55,000 illegal acres Y-6

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