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  |
|
Morrison, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Tugalo River wtrs |
Thos Glascock, Doct Creswell |
G-35
|
|
Murphy, Mills
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River |
Indian Gut Creek |
B-256
|
|
Nail, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Nails Creek |
|
A-250
|
|
Parmer, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
G-11
|
|
Partin, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Bigg Shoal Creek |
|
N-61
|
|
Phillips, Mark
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
N Fork Oconee River |
College survey [A-151?] |
A-344
|
|
Rogers, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
575 |
Bigg Shoal Creek |
Count D'Estang, Joseph Barnett [B-129?], Nathan Barnett [B-128?], Martin, Wilder |
Y-255
|
|
Rose, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
G-14
|
|
Runnels, Richard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River M fork wtrs |
Joshua Wynne [A-410?] |
G-21
|
|
Sallet, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Walnut Creek of the Oconee |
|
G-7
|
|
Shields, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
|
I-210
|
|
Strong, William
|
1787 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
Y-255
|
|
Telfair, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
N Fork Oconee River wtrs |
|
A-404
|
|
Telfair, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Tocoa Creek |
Iron Mine Hill, Trading path |
A-403
|
|
Telfair, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Edward Telfair [A-403-1] |
A-402
|
|
Terondet, Daniel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
A-405
|
|
Terondit, Daniel
|
1789 |
Franklin |
575 |
Walnut Fork |
Cox, Long [R-423?], Strother |
Y-374
|
|
Terondit, Daniel
|
1789 |
Franklin |
575 |
Walnut Fork |
Zach? Cox, Strothers, Daniel Terondit |
Y-374
|
|
Thompson, Isham
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Cane Creek |
|
A-401
|
|
Thompson, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River M fork, Stephens creek |
George Mathe_ |
Y-372
|
|
Thompson, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Estanaula Creek wtrs |
|
A-405
|
|
Thurman, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Sugar Creek |
|
N-114
|
|
Thurmond, David
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
Hard Labor Creek |
John Thurmon [N-114?] |
BB-365
|
|
Troy, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River N fork, Toms creek |
William Pulliam |
A-400
|
|
Turner, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River Marbury's fork |
[Ogg N-52-2] |
N-115
|
|
Wagoner, John M.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River N fork (a creek?) |
E Offutt [G-10?], David Creswell |
CC-31
|
|
Walton, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
N-134
|
|
Way, John Senr.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River M fork |
|
A-337
|
|
Webb, Austin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Nails Creek |
John Rose [G-14?], [Harbour CC-13] |
A-408
|
|
Webb, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Hudsons Fork |
William Black, W___ creek |
A-407
|
|
Webb, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Little Creek |
|
A-408
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River S Fork |
sd Williamson (x2) |
N-122
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River wtrs |
Williamson(x3) |
Y-290
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Williamson (x2) |
Y-297
|
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Williamson(x3) |
Y-289
|
|
Woods, Richard
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Wm Hay |
N-147
|
|
Wynne, Joshua
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
Richard Runnell [G-21?] |
A-410
|
|
Jones, Thomas
|
1808 |
Jackson |
579 |
|
D___ [WW-161?], Lawson, Tedford [WW-161?] |
WW-154
|
|
Hasch, Matthew
|
1825 |
Walton |
580 |
Fidler's Trail (road dividing Walton and Jackson) |
Camp, Pepper |
AD-313
|
|
Kendall, Jeremiah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
580 |
Broad River S Fork |
Young [N-161?] |
K-290
|
|
Patton, Wm & Woods, James,
|
1791 |
Franklin |
580 |
Oconee River N fork |
James Mcluskey |
Y-195
|
|
Smith, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
580 |
Gum logg Creek |
Smith, W Langford [K-318?], John Linsey [R-422?], Warren Philpot [N-71 or 72?] |
Y-257
|
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1787 |
Franklin |
582 |
Apalachee River |
Grant Taylor (x3), Benj Thomas [Y-388?] |
Y-376
|
|
Ogg, George
|
1786 |
Franklin |
585 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Ogg [N-54-1], [Ogg N-53-1,N-52-2] |
Y-54
|
|
Blake, William
|
1823 |
Gwinnett |
590 |
Rock Creek |
Jackson county line, Russau, Wordlaw |
AD-284
|
|
Dougherty, Charles
|
1786 |
Franklin |
590 |
Oconee? M fork wtrs |
|
K-120
|
|
Manders, Samuel
|
1825 |
Gwinnett |
590 |
Marburys Creek |
Harbens, Harrison |
AD-287
|
|
Porter, Joseph Junr.
|
1790 |
Franklin |
590 |
Oconee River a fork |
Thomas Porter, Small?, Maj Ryan |
Y-383
|
|
OBarr, Thomas
|
1815 |
Jackson |
591 |
N Oconee River |
A__, Dickson, Lankford, Reed, Townsend |
XX-78
|
|
Knox, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
594 |
Shoal Creek |
John McFalls [N-39?], Colo Mathews, Thos Wooten?, B Know [K-293?] |
R-400
|
|
Early, Jeffrey
|
1785 |
Franklin |
595 |
Estanola Creek |
William Thompson |
A-372
|
|
Reid, George Senr.
|
1806 |
Jackson |
597.5 |
Mulberry Fork |
Gardner, P___an |
YY-307
|
|
Watson, Thomas
|
1816 |
Jackson |
598 |
Apalachee River |
Camp, Humphries, Scurlock, Townsend |
XX-188
|
|
Wilkinson, William
|
1789 |
Franklin |
598 |
Stephens Creek |
|
Y-288
|
|
Adams, Edward
|
1804 |
Jackson |
600 |
|
Wales? |
II-168
|
|
Anthony, Mark
|
1788 |
Franklin |
600 |
|
Taylor |
R-1
|
|
Barksdale, Daniel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-2
|
|
Black, Samuel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
600 |
Oconee River M fork wtrs |
|
I-65
|
|
Blake, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-44
|
|
Branden, Josiah
|
1792 |
Franklin |
600 |
Well Creek |
|
BB-171
|
|
Brooks, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Oconee River M fork wtrs |
Brooks, Williams, Johnson |
R-28
|
|
Carter, Josiah
|
1789 |
Franklin |
600 |
Oconee River wtrs |
R Lockart [R-422] |
R-134
|
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
|
|
B-329
|
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Tugalo River |
|
E-334
|
|
Dixon, John L.
|
1786 |
Franklin |
600 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-114
|
|
Flynn, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
600 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
K-138
|
|
Gardner, Samuel
|
1787 |
Franklin |
600 |
Walnut Fork Oconee River |
Robert King |
R-223
|
|
Green, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-207
|
|
Hardman, Charles
|
1791 |
Franklin |
600 |
Beaver creek headwaters of Mulberry Grove fork Broad River |
Call |
R-331
|
|
Hay, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Chistee Creek S Fork |
Lee [K-309?] |
K-220
|
|
Howard, Rhesa
|
1787 |
Franklin |
600 |
|
|
K-228
|
|
Hutchins, Wiley
|
1815 |
Jackson |
600 |
N Oconee River |
Hutchins, Leddle, Lyle, Todd |
XX-62
|
|
Jennings, Jonathan
|
1791 |
Franklin |
600 |
Mill Shoal Creek (a branch of Oconee) |
Foster, Ballard |
R-394
|
|
Johnston, John
|
1789 |
Franklin |
600 |
Stephens Creek |
|
DD-64
|
|
Jones, James
|
1787 |
Franklin |
600 |
|
|
CC-17
|