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Headright Index

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
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

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