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
|
1791 |
Franklin |
720 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Williamson, W(x2), M Nails?, Billy _lt |
Y-299
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee wtrs |
Williamson(x2) |
Y-301
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Williamson(x3) |
Y-302
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Williamson(x3) |
Y-302
|
Robison, David
|
1791 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
Y-240
|
Harvey, Martha
|
1791 |
Franklin |
688 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
BB-172
|
Jordan, Fleming
|
1791 |
Franklin |
600 |
Black Creek of Broad River |
|
R-395
|
Lawrence, Abram
|
1791 |
Franklin |
480 |
Apalachee River Fork |
Thomas Milton |
R-402
|
Roberts, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
208 |
|
Offutt? |
Y-242
|
Williamson, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
100 |
Oconee River M fork |
Anthony Powell [Y-191/192?], Wm Spruce [Y-261?] |
CC-32
|
Talbot, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
114 |
|
Talbot |
Y-373
|
Beavers, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
920 |
Apalachee wtrs |
Milton (x2), Sandafer |
ZZ-298
|
Allen, Nathaniel
|
1792 |
Franklin |
42 |
|
|
XX-199
|
Branden, Josiah
|
1792 |
Franklin |
600 |
Well Creek |
|
BB-171
|
Daniel, Allen
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Broad River |
|
DD-513
|
Dobbins, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
100 |
Nails Creek |
|
BB-350
|
Hall, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
|
CC-17
|
Hall, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
CC-17
|
Hillhouse, David
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-138
|
Hillhouse, David
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-138
|
Hopper, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
110000 |
Oconee River |
[Z-452~479] 110,000 illegal acres |
Z-452
|
Jones, Francis
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Ballingers Creek |
|
DD-65
|
Jones, Robert
|
1792 |
Franklin |
150 |
Nails Creek |
|
BB-173
|
Jones, Samuel
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Ballingers Creek |
|
DD-65
|
Jones, Samuel
|
1792 |
Franklin |
920 |
|
|
DD-64
|
Patrick, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River |
|
CC-25
|
Pennington, Jacob
|
1792 |
Franklin |
750 |
Leatherwood Creek |
|
Y-198
|
Prine, Francis
|
1792 |
Franklin |
180 |
Broad River |
|
DD-70
|
Sandige, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
100 |
Broad River |
|
AA-395
|
Shields, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-272
|
Shields, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
499 |
Broad River |
|
Y-272
|
Shields, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-272
|
Slaydon, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
|
|
DD-74
|
Smith, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
100000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
[Y-346~371] 100,000 illegal acres |
Y-346
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-272
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
499 |
Broad River |
|
Y-273
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-273
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-273
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Ganetts River |
|
Y-273
|
Smyth, Thomas Junr.
|
1792 |
Franklin |
950 |
Broad River |
|
Y-333
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Lamar's Creek wtrs |
|
DD-75
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
XX-234
|
Webster, Abner
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
BB-180
|
White, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
140 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
WW-109
|
Cleghorn, James
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
DD-512
|
Gilliam, Richard
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee M Fork wtrs |
Benj Allen, Jno Smith, Chs Williamson, M Williamson |
R-238
|
Williamson, Charles
|
1792 |
Franklin |
650 |
Oconee River wtrs |
John Smith, sd Williamson?, Jno Smith |
Y-296
|
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, Micajah Junr.
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Rd Gilbert, Jno Smith(x2), B__ Allen |
Y-295
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Little Barber's Creek |
Geo Weatherby [CC-36-2?] |
CC-35
|
Morgan, Daniel
|
1792 |
Franklin |
40 |
Eastanolee Creek |
Morgan |
CC-24
|
Shelly, Philip
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo Creek |
|
Y-387
|
McCambridge, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
|
AA-346
|
Ward, Samuel
|
1792 |
Franklin |
155 |
Tugalo River |
Big?, Sam Ward, Wm Hay |
CC-34
|
Howard, Nehamiah
|
1792 |
Franklin |
330 |
Broad River N fork |
|
R-319
|
Hewit, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
730 |
Stephens Creek |
Wm Walton, Payne |
R-319
|
Dozier, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River Fork |
Large Creek |
R-185
|
Flewellen, Alexander
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork M fork |
Harris Ryan(x2), Solomon Slatter |
R-193
|
Flynn, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
750 |
Oconee River M fork |
Septimus Weatherby [AA-346 or 347], Wm Fench |
Y-136
|
Myrick, John Senr.
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N Middle fork |
Solomon Slatter [Y-266/267/268?], Harris Ryan |
CC-22
|
Myrick, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork, Sandy Creek |
Joseph Ryan |
R-427
|
Slatter, Solomon
|
1792 |
Franklin |
669 |
|
|
Y-268
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Ballanger's Creek |
John Myrick, Harris Ryan |
Y-269
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs, Little Barber's Creek |
[CC-35-1?] |
CC-36
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Geo Weatherby |
Y-280
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork of M fork |
Harris Ryan, Septimus Weatherby |
Y-281
|
Weatherby, Septimus
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Harris Ryan, ___ & F__ |
AA-347
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
450 |
Oconee River (S fork Middle Oconee) |
|
Y-264
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River |
|
Y-265
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M Fork |
|
DD-525
|
Weatherby, Septimus
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River S fork of M fork |
|
AA-347
|
Weatherby, Septimus
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River |
|
AA-346
|
Slatter, Solomon
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River S fork of M fork |
|
Y-266
|
Slatter, Solomon
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River S fork of M fork |
Solomon Slater [Y-266-2] |
Y-267
|
Slatter, Solomon
|
1792 |
Franklin |
350 |
|
|
Y-267
|