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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
Richardson, Walker  1785 Franklin 287.5 Tugalo River A-395
Shelton, Aaron  1785 Franklin 100 Tugalo River G-21
Shelton, Lewis  1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River N-95
Smith, Arthur  1784 Franklin 278.5 Tugalo River N-90
Smith, John  1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River A-397
Smith, John & Others  1791 Franklin 1000 Tugalo River AA-372
Thompson, Claus  1785 Franklin 300 Tugalo River N-107
Thrasher, Robert  1785 Franklin 400 Tugalo River N-111
Trimble, Moses  1784 Franklin 287.5 Tugalo River Shurlock, see N116? A-262
Walton, Jesse  1784 Franklin 400 Tugalo River [34.609, -83.238] ? Traveller's Rest A-271
Walton, Jesse  1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River N-131
Walton, Jesse  1787 Franklin 450 Tugalo River Y-280
Walton, Jesse  1785 Franklin 150 Tugalo River [34.681, -83.328] Mouth of Brass Town creek. Now in SC N-132
Walton, Jesse  1785 Franklin 400 Tugalo River N-133
Walton, Robert  1792 Franklin 375 Tugalo River sd Walton, Larkin Cleveland, Aaron Campbell, Robert Waters CC-33
Walton, William Walker  1785 Franklin 100 Tugalo River N-134
Ward, Samuel  1792 Franklin 155 Tugalo River Big?, Sam Ward, Wm Hay CC-34
Wheeler, William  1785 Franklin 100 Tugalo River N-157
Wilson, Milly  1786 Franklin 200 Tugalo River Saml Ward, Jesse Walton Y-286
Offutt, Ezekiel  1784 Franklin 287.5 Tugalo River - Cobb's creek R Walton, [see G-10] N-60
Diamond, John  1785 Franklin 550 Tugalo River M fork K-117
Hay, William  1793 Franklin 292 Tugalo River near Hatton's ford Gilbert Hay [R-302?], Hugh Hay [R-302?], James Engram R-315
Cleveland, Neil  1788 Franklin 230 Tugalo River S branch John Smith, Public survey, Wid Langford R-135
Mullen, John Senr. 1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River S side sd Mullins [N-26?] N-25
Call, Richard  1787 Franklin 420 Tugalo River wtrs M Clark, Jno Darden & Thos Johnston [I-62 or 329?], R Thrasher [N-111?], Jno Bryen [K-43?] N-3
Cleveland, John  1786 Franklin 450 Tugalo River wtrs K-92
Gilbert, Thomas  1787 Franklin 250 Tugalo River wtrs Thos Carter, Walker R-236
Gilbert, Thomas  1787 Franklin 80 Tugalo River wtrs Y-382
Hay, William  1790 Franklin 150 Tugalo River wtrs sd Hays R-313
Morrison, John  1784 Franklin 575 Tugalo River wtrs Thos Glascock, Doct Creswell G-35
Pool, Baxter  1786 Franklin 400 Tugalo River wtrs N-70
Whitney, John M.  1791 Franklin 140 Tugalo River wtrs Cleveland (x2), Donisend [Dunnisen R-185?], Hancock, Hoopper Y-278
Walton, Jesse  1785 Franklin 287.5 Tugalo River wtrs N fork Mill Creek Y-283
Bailey, William  1793 Franklin 200 Tugalo wtrs Y-381
Rice, Edward  1785 Franklin 100 Tugaloo N side sd Rice N-81
Ayres, Daniel  1788 Franklin 231 Tugaloo River Cleveland R-5
Barton, John  1785 Franklin 200 Tugaloo River B-325
Barton, John  1785 Franklin 200 Tugaloo River B-325
Cotham, Thomas  1787 Franklin 98 Tugaloo River Thos Payne(x2) R-132
Early, Jeffrey  1785 Franklin 1150 Tugaloo River and Beaverdam Creek Holland [A-377?] A-373
Caldwell, Alexander  1788 Franklin 235 Tugaloo River wtrs R-134
Hall, John  1792 Franklin 800 Tugaloo wtrs Road up Tugalo, L Bobo, Elias Wilborn, sd Hall(x2), E Wambersie R-317
Clarke, John Senr. 1785 Franklin 50 Tugaloo wtrs southside K-89
Martin, Joseph  1786 Franklin 100 Tuglao River (a branch of) R-432
Martin, Joseph  1786 Franklin 160 Tuglao River (a branch of) Boundary line R-432
Mullin, John  1787 Franklin 231 Tuglao River wtrs John Darden (x3), Mullins R-428
Cannon, Thomas  1785 Franklin 287.5 Turkey Creek E-371
Few, William  1786 Franklin 1575 Turkey Creek K-136
Martin, Joseph  1786 Franklin 2000 Turkey Creek N-36
McCardell, Cornelius  1784 Franklin 287.5 Turkey Creek John Gorham, John Clark, Thomas Cannon [E-371?], James Cartlege [E-370?] B-257
Scott, Thomas  1785 Franklin 1150 Turkey Creek N-97
Williamson, Robert  1788 Franklin 400 Turkey Creek S fork John Darden(x2), Jos Wilson[Y-294 or 305?], Colo Wm Few Y-289
Thornton, Prior  1813 Jackson 291 Turkey Creek wtrs Gardner, Thornton XX-381
Nevill, John  1787 Franklin 1228 Turners Creek Wm Few, Nevill, Roussau N-45
Nevill, John  1787 Franklin 363 Turners Creek branch Wm Few N-45
Few, William  1791 Franklin 312 unk creek Payne, Walton BB-353
Jones, Malachi  1792 Franklin 1000 unk creek Blanton, Blackwell BB-172
Gardner, Hanson  1791 Franklin 167 unk river VV-224
D'Estaing, Count  1784 Franklin 5000 Unnamed River A-111
D'Estaing, Count  1784 Franklin 5000 Unnamed River A-110
Sweazer, Mathew  1799 Jackson 200 Walnut and Mulberry Fork wtrs II-189
Tindall, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Walnut Creek A-400
Cook, Shem Heirs of 1785 Franklin 690 Walnut Creek ( of the Oconee) DD-73
Coursay, David  1785 Franklin 287.5 Walnut Creek of Oconee E-350
Nelly, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Walnut Creek of Oconee John Barnet [K-43?] G-18
Sallet, Robert  1784 Franklin 575 Walnut Creek of the Oconee G-7
Call, Richard  1785 Franklin 400 Walnut Creek wtrs Wm Pogue E-328
Collins, John  1815 Jackson 200 Walnut Creek wtrs Heath, Hemphill, Thurman, Varner YY-221
Hampton, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Walnut Creek wtrs R-321
Williamson, Charles  1785 Franklin 200 Walnut Creek wtrs N-121
Pennell, Jonathan  1815 Jackson 800 Walnut Creek wtrs and Allens Fork Blackstock [ZZ-294], Blackstock (x2), Caven [XX-361?], Winn [YY-235] XX-375
Bell, Joseph  1821 Jackson 18 Walnut Fork Bell YY-360
Bell, Walter  1805 Jackson 160 Walnut Fork Clements, Moore, Taylor, Telfair II-172
Bennett, Stephen  1815 Jackson 350 Walnut Fork Grady [XX-363?], Winn [YY-235?] YY-219
Blackstock, John  1815 Jackson 353 Walnut Fork Cobb, Gavin, Pennell XX-172

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