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  |
McCammon, James
|
1787 |
Franklin |
220 |
Reedy Creek of Broad River |
|
Y-382
|
Carter, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
430 |
Riggs Creek |
|
K-74
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1100 |
Riggs Creek |
Jno Cleveland [K-92 or 109?], Bethwell Riggs [I-210?] |
B-337
|
Riggs, Bethuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
350 |
Riggs Creek |
|
I-210
|
Sloan, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
200 |
Riggs Creek |
|
N-87
|
Walker, Philip
|
1791 |
Franklin |
150 |
Riggs Creek |
Obediah Wright [AA-346?], Tho Carter [K-74?] |
CC-30
|
Wright, Obediah
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Riggs? Creek |
|
AA-346
|
Freeman, George
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Robertsons Creek |
Robertson, Thomas Walton |
K-137
|
Gorham, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
744 |
Robertsons Creek |
|
K-197
|
Easley, Daniel
|
1787 |
Franklin |
690 |
Robinson's Creek N&S fork |
|
R-187
|
Blake, William
|
1823 |
Gwinnett |
590 |
Rock Creek |
Jackson county line, Russau, Wordlaw |
AD-284
|
Brogden, Wiley
|
1823 |
Gwinnett |
450 |
Rock Creek |
Cobb, Henley, Laughridge, Moore, Potts, Pucket |
AD-285
|
Camp, Hosea
|
1815 |
Jackson |
118 |
Rock Creek |
Camp (x3) |
XX-176
|
Thompson, Joseph
|
1823 |
Gwinnett |
205 |
Rock Creek |
Cobb, Strickland, Walker |
AD-288
|
Ashworth, Benjamin
|
1786 |
Franklin |
545 |
Rocky Creek |
Washington Co line, Brewer [E-353?], Thos Wootin, Thos Walton [N-134?] |
K-2
|
Brewer, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Rocky Creek |
|
E-353
|
Douglass, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
300 |
Rocky Creek |
Washington County |
R-182
|
Jennins, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
200 |
Rocky Creek |
|
I-175
|
Whitaker, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
550 |
Rocky Creek |
|
BB-180
|
Sloan, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Rocky Creek fork of |
|
A-399
|
Wardlaw, James
|
1823 |
Gwinnett |
268 |
Rocky Creek wtrs |
Anthony, Henley, Rush |
YY-352
|
Hardman, Charles
|
1791 |
Franklin |
380 |
Rocky/Mill Shoal creek wtrs of N fork Oconee |
Foster, Jennings [R-395] |
R-319
|
Gilbert, Thomas
|
1787 |
Franklin |
100 |
Rog__'s Creek |
|
Y-382
|
Hill, James
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Russells Creek |
|
R-309
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
S Broad River wtrs |
G Walton [A-410?] |
A-335
|
Gentry, Cain
|
1801 |
Jackson |
550 |
Sandy and Brushy Creek wtrs |
Count D'Esting, McDaniel, Grant Taylor |
II-177
|
Anderson, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Ezekiel Offutt, Jno Shannon [G-19] |
B-28
|
Appling, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
850 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-4
|
Bailey, William
|
1788 |
Franklin |
825 |
Sandy Creek |
Willson, Payton, Moore |
R-15
|
Barksdale, Daniel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-2
|
Bender, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Isham Mathews [B-256?] |
CC-4
|
Blake, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-44
|
Bonner, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Saml Wilson |
B-33
|
Bradford, Osiah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Sandy Creek |
Micajah Wallis |
R-26
|
Burnet, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
|
R-14
|
Butler, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-34
|
Clark, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1100 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-97
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
2300 |
Sandy Creek |
|
B-333
|
Easley, Daniel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
Gardner |
R-186
|
Easley, Daniel
|
1787 |
Franklin |
960 |
Sandy Creek |
Ezekiel Offutt |
R-186
|
Gardner, Susannah
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
BB-355
|
Gideon, Francis
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Sandy Creek |
Wm Moore [B-256?] |
K-206
|
Gorham, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
960 |
Sandy Creek |
|
BB-354
|
Gorham, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-196
|
Gorham, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
780 |
Sandy Creek |
|
BB-354
|
Green, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-207
|
Harvey, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Samuel Wilson(x2) |
B-102
|
Harvey, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Saml Wilson |
B-102
|
Hill, Abraham
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-227
|
Leitch, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Sandy Creek |
Wm Few |
A-381
|
Loyd, William
|
1818 |
Jackson |
434 |
Sandy Creek |
Elless, Nowls, Spruell, Christopher Taylor, David Taylor |
XX-371
|
Matthews, Daniel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Francis Gideon [K-206?] |
G-35
|
McCree, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-40
|
McLeroy, Avington
|
1786 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
Cunningham |
R-428
|
Monjoy, Allen
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
BB-177
|
Nassbath, Thomas
|
1787 |
Franklin |
640 |
Sandy Creek |
Wm Morris, M C___ |
N-46
|
Normond, William
|
1802 |
Jackson |
110 |
Sandy Creek |
Butler [K-34?], Bonner [B-33?], Harvie [B-102?], Samuel Gardner |
II-183
|
Pope, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-73
|
Porgua, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-67
|
Roe, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
|
CC-27
|
Shannon, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Henry Anderson [B-28], Col Clark |
G-19
|
Smith, John
|
1817 |
Jackson |
7.75 |
Sandy Creek |
Lay (x2), Smith |
YY-233
|
Spruell, Stephen
|
1817 |
Jackson |
450 |
Sandy Creek |
Baugh |
XX-378
|
Stubblefield, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-100
|
Taylor, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-113
|
Trapp, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
|
A-405
|
Webster, Abner
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
BB-180
|
Woods, Middleton
|
1785 |
Franklin |
350 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-148
|
Wooten, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-153
|
Wooten, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-154
|
Wooten, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
650 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-155
|
Young, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-161
|
Hatcher, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek branch |
|
B-99
|
D'Estaing, Count
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
Sandy Creek N & S Forks |
D'Estaing |
A-111
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek N fork |
|
CC-29
|