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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
Fergus, John  1787 Franklin 750 Broad River wtrs [R-191], [B-42?] DD-58
Flynn, Thomas  1792 Franklin 750 Oconee River M fork Septimus Weatherby [AA-346 or 347], Wm Fench Y-136
Gorham, John  1790 Franklin 750 Apalachee River Joseph Ryan R-226
Harris, Buckner & Daniel, William,   1789 Franklin 750 Apalachee River branch R-310
Harris, Buckner & Daniel, William,   1789 Franklin 750 Apalachee River branch Harris & Daniel (R-310-1) R-310
Howell, Thomas  1786 Franklin 750 Broad River K-225
Marbury, Leonard  1785 Franklin 750 Tuccoa Creek Col Cleveland, O___ Swamp A-384
McCree, William  1790 Franklin 750 Oconee River (Fork of) Edmond Taylor [N-112?], Wm Spruce [Y-261?] DD-68
Montgomery, William  1815 Jackson 750 N Oconee wtrs Baley, Carlile, Reed XX-374
Nesbit, William  1823 Gwinnett 750 Cobb, Ivie, Moore, Pucket AD-287
Park, Garrett  1813 Jackson 750 Cobb, Gardner (x2), Pogue, Stephens XX-183
Pennington, Jacob  1792 Franklin 750 Leatherwood Creek Y-198
Reed, Henry  1815 Jackson 750 Ash, Baley, Montgomery, Prichet, Williams XX-63
Reynolds, Bartemus  1815 Jackson 750 Austin, Guynn, Kulsey, Townsend XX-65
Roan, Hugh  1813 Jackson 750 Apalachee River Colier, Davies, Montgomery XX-183
Strickland, Henry  1789 Franklin 750 Broad River branch Y-269
Talbot, Matthew  1785 Franklin 750 Blacks Creek J Routon [N-82?], Routon N-104
Wilson, Thomas  1813 Jackson 750 Mulberry Fork wtrs Berry, Hamilton, Odom, Russel, Williams YY-236
Winn, Richard  1816 Jackson 750 N Oconee Hardage, Hutchins, Liddle YY-235
Cleveland, Benjamin  1785 Franklin 770 Tuccoa Creek B-335
Thurmon, William  1815 Jackson 774 Heard, Marbury XX-186
Sneed, Dudley  1786 Franklin 775 Sneeds Creek I-104
Gorham, John  1791 Franklin 780 Sandy Creek BB-354
Lockhart, Richard  1789 Franklin 780 Josiah Carter [R-134], Josiah Woods [N-149?] R-422
Bealle, Daniel  1793 Franklin 793 [Extra record - to be removed] R-90
Camp, Robert B.  1826 Walton 800 Marberies Creek, Rock fork sd creek Road to Jug Town, Bonner, Hill, Hosch, Humphries, Knight HHHH-218
Carter, Thomas  1785 Franklin 800 Beaverdam Creek I-79
Castleberry, David  1815 Jackson 800 Mulberry Fork wtrs Casselberry, Clement, Tarrant XX-359
Clark, Elijah  1785 Franklin 800 Sugar Creek K-100
Clarke, Christopher Junr. 1785 Franklin 800 Littles Creek B-332
Gorham, Sanford  1788 Franklin 800 Beaverdam Creek Cherokee Old Trading Road to Augusta, Thos Carter, Daniel Terondet R-225
Hall, John  1792 Franklin 800 Tugaloo wtrs Road up Tugalo, L Bobo, Elias Wilborn, sd Hall(x2), E Wambersie R-317
Hinson, John  1787 Franklin 800 Broad River K-234
Jones, Ambrose  1787 Franklin 800 Toms Creek wtrs Lamkin [R-403?] R-397
Kennedy, John  1807 Jackson 800 Mulberry Fork wtrs Indian Boundary Line, Nevil, Wortlaw WW-154
Long, Nimrod  1787 Franklin 800 North and Middle fork Oconee wtrs Charles Dougherty [K-116, 120 or 122?] K-316
Mackie, John  1785 Franklin 800 Oconee, Broad River wtrs Thomas Scott [G-24], Edwd Collier, Offutt R-443
McNees, James  1810 Jackson 800 Carr, McCray, Reynolds YY-360
Melton, William  1789 Franklin 800 Apalachee River fork of A&J Houghton [R-309-3, 4], Thos Daniels [R-182-1] R-435
Pennell, Jonathan  1815 Jackson 800 Walnut Creek wtrs and Allens Fork Blackstock [ZZ-294], Blackstock (x2), Caven [XX-361?], Winn [YY-235] XX-375
Phillips, William  1785 Franklin 800 DD-70
Porter, Benjamin  1790 Franklin 800 Oconee River M fork Charles Porter (x2), Maj Ryan Y-197
Smyth, Thomas Junr. 1793 Franklin 800 Broad River Y-338
Smyth, Thomas Junr. 1793 Franklin 800 Broad River Y-338
Whorton, Benjamin  1815 Jackson 800 Allens Creek Barker, Caven, Green, Strawn, Willson XX-383
Wilson, Benjamin  1787 Franklin 800 Oconee River wtrs Absm Jackson Y-288
Wooten, Thomas  1785 Franklin 800 Shoal Creek N-152
Wooten, Thomas  1786 Franklin 800 Calls Creek N-150
Cobbs, John  1797 Jackson 801 Middle River wtrs W Bell, Fall, I Few, Wm Few, ___ DD-82
Lindsay, John  1786 Franklin 809 Oconee River wtrs R-422
Daniel, Charles  1789 Franklin 810 Apalachee River wtrs Jos Williams R-183
Daniel, Thomas  1789 Franklin 810 Apalachee River wtrs R-182
Nailor, George  1791 Franklin 810 Savannah River Y-142
Williams, Joseph  1789 Franklin 810 Apalachee River wtrs Thos Daniel [R-182?] Y-285
Watkins, Thomas  1803 Jackson 821 Buck Creek Apling, College land, Townsend II-192
Bailey, William  1788 Franklin 825 Sandy Creek Willson, Payton, Moore R-15
Wilson, Joseph  1787 Franklin 840 Oconee River wtrs Jesse L__, Tho McCally?, J__ L___?, Alex Luckie [R-424?] Y-287
Appling, John  1785 Franklin 850 Sandy Creek K-4
Camp, Joseph  1826 Walton 850 Marberrys Creek Road from Monroe to Jefferson, Baker, Pepper HHHH-278
Coleman, Susannah  1785 Franklin 850 Oconee River wtrs K-70
Mooney, Bryant  1787 Franklin 850 Brush Creek Chas Sewall [I-253 or 254 or 255?] N-34
Owens, John H.  1815 Jackson 850 Mulberry Blake, Driskel, Ezzell, McKensey, McRight XX-61
Rorie, John  1789 Franklin 850 Broad River wtrs Y-242
Standley, Thomas  1789 Franklin 850 Broad River wtrs Traylor's creek, Wm Traylor [Y-375?], Gard__ Y-256
Templeton, John  1788 Franklin 850 Oconee River wtrs Templeton [Y-376?], Scot [G-5?], Grig [K-208?] CC-29
Thomas, Benjamin  1790 Franklin 850 Apalachee River N Fork Bedford Brown [K-33or41], Grant Taylor [Y-376-3], Benjamin Thomas [Y-388?] II-142
King, John  1791 Franklin 860 Broad River BB-174
Appling, John  1785 Franklin 862 Blacks Creek E-325
Carson, Thomas Junr. 1784 Franklin 862 Beaverdam Creek I-84
Graves, Thomas  1785 Franklin 862.5 Brush Creek K-213
Telfair, Edward  1785 Franklin 862.5 N Fork Oconee River wtrs E Telfair [A-402-3], Wm Gibbons [K-192 or 3?] A-403
West, Samuel  1784 Franklin 862.5 Broad River N-159
Brown, Bedford  1790 Franklin 867 Naked Creek BB-349
Ogg, George  1786 Franklin 875 Oconee River wtrs Ogg [N-51-2, N-53-1, N-57-1] Y-53
Cunningham, John  1785 Franklin 878 Oconee River N fork Lain(Lane) K-69

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