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  |
Sneed, Dudley
|
1786 |
Franklin |
775 |
Sneeds Creek |
|
I-104
|
Barnett, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
South River |
|
K-46
|
Arnold, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
110 |
Stephens Creek |
M ___? |
Y-381
|
Bailey, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Stephens Creek |
|
K-35
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Stephens Creek |
Bailey's line |
B-326
|
Bobo, Lewis
|
1790 |
Franklin |
260 |
Stephens Creek |
Lewis Bobo |
R-9
|
Culbertson, David
|
1789 |
Franklin |
400 |
Stephens Creek |
|
R-136
|
Darden, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Stephens Creek |
|
R-184
|
Hewit, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
730 |
Stephens Creek |
Wm Walton, Payne |
R-319
|
Johnston, John
|
1789 |
Franklin |
600 |
Stephens Creek |
|
DD-64
|
Sled, Joshua
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Stephens Creek |
Carns?, Thompson |
Y-262
|
Wilkinson, William
|
1789 |
Franklin |
598 |
Stephens Creek |
|
Y-288
|
Hudson, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Stephen's Downfall Creek |
|
F-5
|
Cade, Drury
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-90
|
Clark, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
800 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-100
|
Cunningham, Johnson
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-66
|
Dean, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
Sugar Creek |
|
I-83
|
Jones, Russell
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
Sugar Creek |
Thomas Patton(x2), Geo Underwood |
K-257
|
Lamar, James Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-317
|
Lamar, Zachariah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-312
|
Morgan, Isham
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sugar Creek |
|
N-28
|
Pope, Barnaba
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Sugar Creek |
|
N-73
|
Thurman, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Sugar Creek |
|
N-114
|
Sedmon, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Taliaferro Creek |
Benj Taliaferro (x2) |
G-20
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Tamossee Creek |
Tamossee Old Town |
N-129
|
Lamar, Zachariah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
550 |
Tatoms Creek |
|
K-312
|
Duncan, Jean Heirs of
|
1790 |
Franklin |
400 |
Taylor Creek (a branch of S fork Broad River) |
Bedford Brown, Peter Terrill, Danl Easley |
CC-9
|
Milton, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
920 |
Taylors Creek |
Grant Taylor(x2) |
R-429
|
Carnes, Thomas Petters?
|
1786 |
Franklin |
250 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
K-108
|
Hay, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
200 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
K-217
|
Jones, George
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
K-256
|
Langford, Wyatt
|
1790 |
Franklin |
35 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
XX-217
|
Millen, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
N-27
|
Taylor, Charles
|
1786 |
Franklin |
100 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
N-112
|
Thrasher, Robert
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
N-111
|
Ward, Bryant
|
1787 |
Franklin |
100 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
N-141
|
Sloan, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tinnesa Creek |
|
A-396
|
Ogg, George
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Toccoa and Eastanolee creek wtrs |
Isaac Briggs |
Y-189
|
Crookshanks, Patrick
|
1795 |
Franklin |
17000 |
Toccoa branch |
[Y-3~6] 17,000 illegal acres |
Y-3
|
Hay, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
200 |
Toccoa Creek |
|
R-314
|
Smith, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
100 |
Toccoa Creek N Fork |
Telfair, Payne, Slone |
DD-73
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tockoa Creek |
_ Marbury |
A-384
|
Telfair, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Tocoa Creek |
Iron Mine Hill, Trading path |
A-403
|
Aycock, Richard
|
1790 |
Franklin |
200 |
Toms Creek |
Wm Aycock |
R-3
|
Aycock, William
|
1787 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Toms Creek |
James Easter [E-390?] |
R-2
|
Bailey, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Toms Creek |
James Easter [E-390?] |
K-36
|
Easter, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Toms Creek |
|
E-390
|
Morgan, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Toms Creek |
Wm Moss |
G-35
|
Jones, Ambrose
|
1787 |
Franklin |
800 |
Toms Creek wtrs |
Lamkin [R-403?] |
R-397
|
Lamkins, Samuel
|
1788 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Toms Creek wtrs |
Lamkins, Henry Evans [R-185] |
R-403
|
Jarvis, Nicholas Heirs of
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Town Creek |
|
A-268
|
Appling, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
750 |
Trail Creek |
Count D'Estang |
B-321
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Trail Creek |
|
K-71
|
David, Isaac
|
1795 |
Franklin |
200 |
Trail Creek |
|
II-128
|
Garret, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Trail Creek |
|
E-418
|
McCutchin, Joseph
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Trail Creek |
Destan [D'Estang?] |
R-440
|
Phillips, Jean
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Trail Creek |
|
N-63
|
Stewart, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
460 |
Trail Creek |
Count D'Estang |
A-398
|
Armstrong, Ludwell
|
1796 |
Jackson |
100 |
Trail Creek S Fork |
Destang, D Early, Sanders |
XX-174
|
Davis, Benjamin
|
1787 |
Franklin |
400 |
Trail Creek wtrs of Oconee |
|
K-117
|
Trantham, David
|
1790 |
Franklin |
300 |
Tranthams Creek |
|
WW-294
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
770 |
Tuccoa Creek |
|
B-335
|
Holcomb, Sherrald
|
1796 |
Franklin |
150 |
Tuccoa Creek |
|
II-128
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
750 |
Tuccoa Creek |
Col Cleveland, O___ Swamp |
A-384
|
Payne, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tuccoa Creek |
|
A-391
|
Briggs, Isaac
|
1787 |
Franklin |
20000 |
Tugalo & Broad Rivers |
[Toccoa area] |
R-14
|
Rice, Edward
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo and Broad River wtrs |
|
Y-386
|
Hay, Hugh
|
1790 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo branch |
Hardnin?, Harden?, Walton dec'd |
R-302
|
Shelly, Philip
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo Creek |
|
Y-387
|
Allen, Gresham
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-1
|
Allen, Lee
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-1
|
Barton, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
88 |
Tugalo River |
Jno Barton, Jno Barton, Elijah ___ |
K-45
|
Bridges, William
|
1791 |
Franklin |
68 |
Tugalo River |
|
II-122
|
Bryan, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
150 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-43
|
Carter, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Tugalo River |
|
E-344
|