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  |
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River |
Wm Slatter, Strang? |
Y-264
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River ? |
Slatter |
Y-265
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Slatter (x2) |
Y-266
|
Briers, Lawrence
|
1792 |
Franklin |
45 |
|
Danl Hafford, Benj Brewer, Jesse Webb |
R-27
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
William Slatter(x4) |
CC-36
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Curry's Creek |
William Slatter(x3) [Y-264/265/266?] |
CC-34
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
William Slatter(x2), Jesse L__/Lee? |
CC-34
|
Myrick, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork |
Wm Slatter [Y-264,265,266,269?] |
AA-345
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork |
William Slatter(x2), Geo Weatherby |
CC-35
|
Whitney, James R.
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River wtrs |
Burns?, Ca___, Payne |
Y-278
|
Myrick, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Curry Creek |
Wm Slatter [Y-264,265,266,269?] |
AA-345
|
Hening, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Ward's Mill Creek |
Trading road, Hays, Big survey |
R-313
|
Gardner, Henson
|
1792 |
Franklin |
118 |
N Fork Oconee River |
Pope, Gunnell [BB-353?] |
DD-59
|
Churchill, Nathaniel H.
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
Williamson |
R-131
|
Fanning, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Black |
Y-135
|
Harbour, Isaiah
|
1792 |
Franklin |
230 |
Broad River wtrs |
Jones(x2), Payne |
CC-16
|
Moore, Richard
|
1792 |
Franklin |
460 |
Oconee River M Fork |
Williamson |
R-439
|
Martin, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River M fork |
Jno Smith, Ben Allen [R-1?], C Williamson [] |
R-426
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1792 |
Franklin |
690 |
Oconee River wtrs |
M Williamson |
DD-77
|
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
|
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
|
Freeman, James
|
1792 |
Franklin |
301 |
Broad River N fork |
|
Y-136
|
Clark, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
50 |
Tugalo River |
|
Y-1
|
Hall, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
800 |
Tugaloo wtrs |
Road up Tugalo, L Bobo, Elias Wilborn, sd Hall(x2), E Wambersie |
R-317
|
Allen, Nathaniel
|
1792 |
Franklin |
648 |
|
Crockett |
R-4
|
Woods, Middleton
|
1792 |
Franklin |
928 |
|
Thomas Payne, Baker Heers? Heirs?, Richd Cale, Tho Meriwether |
Y-282
|
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
|
Griffith, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
400 |
Broad River wtrs |
Griffith |
CC-13
|
Phillips, Joseph
|
1792 |
Franklin |
65000 |
Oconee River |
[Y-199~215] 65,000 illegal acres numbered |
Y-199
|
Rice, Edward
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo and Broad River wtrs |
|
Y-386
|
Stephens, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
740 |
Beaver Creek |
Foster, Wm Jinnings [R-395], Call?, Charles Hardman [R-331], John Griffith [R-220], Jonathan Jinnings [R-394] (Mulberry Grove Fork area) |
Y-263
|
Daniel, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River |
John Templeton |
Y-102
|
Walton, Robert
|
1792 |
Franklin |
480 |
Gum Log Creek |
Wyatt Langford? [K-318?], Jno Smith, Larkin Cleveland, Jno Carter |
DD-78
|
Walton, Robert
|
1792 |
Franklin |
375 |
Tugalo River |
sd Walton, Larkin Cleveland, Aaron Campbell, Robert Waters |
CC-33
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Waters [Y-279-1, Y-279-3] |
Y-279
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Waters [Y-279-2, Y-279-4] |
Y-279
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Waters [Y-229-1, Y-279-3, Y-280-1] |
Y-279
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Barbers Creek (Apalachee wtrs) |
Waters [Y-279-1, Y-280-1] |
Y-278
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Barbers Creek |
Waters [Y-278-4, Y-279-4] |
Y-280
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Waters [Y-279-2, Y-279-4, Y-278-4] |
Y-279
|
Jones, Malachi
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
unk creek |
Blanton, Blackwell |
BB-172
|
Conner, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
102 |
Lightwood Log Creek |
Elbert county line, Cain, Barrtees |
R-131
|
Gunnolds, Joseph
|
1792 |
Franklin |
150 |
Hudson River |
McClendol, Carpenter |
DD-59
|
Harbour, Isaiah
|
1792 |
Franklin |
50 |
Nails Creek |
sd Harbour, Webb [A-408] |
CC-13
|
Longstreet, Daniel
|
1792 |
Franklin |
8000 |
Broad River wtrs |
[R-303~305] Longstreet(x3) |
R-403
|
Eubanks, Richard
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Barbers Creek wtrs |
Marbury (x2), Stenson [N-93?] |
CC-30
|
Lowe, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River N fork |
Wm C Jameson[ R-394?], Porter & Gibson? [Y-384?] |
BB-175
|
Porter, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River (the High Shoals of the middle of) |
|
DD-520
|
Collier, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
100000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
[R-136~161] 100,000 illegal acres |
R-136
|
Cosby, James
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River S fork wtrs |
|
CC-8
|
Shields, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
Shields (x2), Thos Glascock? |
Y-271
|
Bealle, Daniel
|
1793 |
Franklin |
980 |
|
[Extra record - to be removed] |
R-90
|
Bealle, Daniel
|
1793 |
Franklin |
793 |
|
[Extra record - to be removed] |
R-90
|
Bealle, Daniel
|
1793 |
Franklin |
246000 |
|
[R-46~108] 246,000 illegal acres |
R-46
|
Blanton, John
|
1793 |
Franklin |
81000 |
|
[R-108~128] 81,000 illegal acres |
R-108
|
Blanton, John
|
1793 |
Franklin |
60000 |
|
[R-31~45] 60,000 illegal acres |
R-31
|
Carson, Adam
|
1793 |
Franklin |
56000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-15
|
Dawson, Richmond
|
1793 |
Franklin |
130000 |
Oconee River N, M forks |
[Y-103~135] 130,000 illegal acres |
Y-103
|
Dixon, John L.
|
1793 |
Franklin |
6000 |
Broad River |
|
BB-351
|
Durkee, Nathaniel
|
1793 |
Franklin |
967 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
R-162
|
Durkee, Nathaniel
|
1793 |
Franklin |
190000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-55
|
Gardner, John F.
|
1793 |
Franklin |
21000 |
Tugalo River |
|
R-264
|
Gardner & Gilbert,
|
1793 |
Franklin |
53000 |
Tugalo River |
[R-292~301] 53,000 illegal acres |
R-292
|
Gardner & Gilbert,
|
1793 |
Franklin |
147000 |
Tugalo River |
|
R-267
|
Garner, James
|
1793 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River |
|
DD-514
|
Garrett, John
|
1793 |
Franklin |
6000 |
Oconee River |
[R-239~240] 6,000 illegal acres |
R-239
|
Gilbert, Thomas
|
1793 |
Franklin |
226 |
Tugalo River |
|
AA-344
|
Gilbert, Thomas
|
1793 |
Franklin |
980 |
Tugalo River |
|
AA-343
|
Gilbert, Thomas
|
1793 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
AA-343
|
Gilbert, Thomas
|
1793 |
Franklin |
916 |
Broad River |
|
AA-344
|
Gilbert, Thomas
|
1793 |
Franklin |
93000 |
Tugalo River |
|
R-241
|
Smith, John
|
1793 |
Franklin |
73000 |
Oconee River |
[Y-312~330] 73,000 illegal acres |
Y-312
|
Smyth, Thomas Junr.
|
1793 |
Franklin |
680 |
Oconee River |
|
Y-336
|