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  |
Stith, William
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
Anthony |
Y-258
|
Stokes, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
B Hawkins [R-333], Wm Graves [R-238], Saml Bryant [R-31] |
Y-330
|
Stokes, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Brooks[R-29], Gilliam [R-239], Lanier[R-406], Stephens[n/a] |
Y-330
|
Stone, Mathew
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
|
|
N-96
|
Stonecypher, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
175 |
Keys Creek |
|
I-25
|
Stonecypher, John
|
1789 |
Franklin |
200 |
Gumlog Creek |
Wm Thompson, Mick Rogers [Y-244], John Stonecypher, Major Habersham [A-301?] |
Y-258
|
Straw, David
|
1815 |
Jackson |
600 |
|
Green, Hicks, Lyle, Whorton |
XX-184
|
Strickland, Drury
|
1805 |
Jackson |
400 |
Middle River wtrs |
College, Carris, Cockrum, Pearce, Strickland, Winn |
II-189
|
Strickland, Hardy
|
1815 |
Jackson |
425 |
|
Guinn, Williams |
XX-185
|
Strickland, Henry
|
1789 |
Franklin |
750 |
Broad River branch |
|
Y-269
|
Strickland, Simon
|
1817 |
Jackson |
544.5 |
Apalachee River |
Cowan, Hamilton, Ivy, Moore, Morress, Winn (x2) |
YY-232
|
Strickland, Sion
|
1815 |
Jackson |
312 |
Allens Creek wtrs (of Walnut Fork) |
Barker, Craven, Cobb, Majors, Whorton |
XX-379
|
Strickland, Solomon
|
1798 |
Jackson |
115 |
|
Weatherby (x4) |
II-189
|
Strickland, Wilson
|
1815 |
Jackson |
300 |
Allens Creek wtrs, N Oconee wtrs |
Bird, Tredaway |
M-98
|
Stricklin, Henry
|
1789 |
Franklin |
150 |
|
|
DD-74
|
Stringer, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Camp Creek |
|
N-99
|
Stripling, Francis
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River M fork |
Thomas Payne (x2) |
Y-259
|
Strong, William
|
1787 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
Y-255
|
Strother, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Shoal Creek |
John Gorham, Walker Richardson |
G-22
|
Strother, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Bushy Creek |
|
BB-178
|
Strother, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
BB-179
|
Strozer, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River, Cedar? Creek |
Peter Strozer |
N-102
|
Stuart, Clement
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
G-4
|
Stuart, Isaac
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Gilliam [R-238], Wm S___? |
Y-330
|
Stuart, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
G-1
|
Stubblefield, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-100
|
Stubbs, Isaac
|
1793 |
Franklin |
960 |
Oconee River wtrs |
A Flewellen [R-193?] |
CC-30
|
Stubbs, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Black Creek |
|
G-6
|
Sturges, Andrew
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
|
A-398
|
Sturges, Andrew
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Oconee River M fork |
Ignatius Few |
A-398
|
Sturges, Daniel
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
Stith [Y-258?] |
Y-258
|
Sumerlin, Henry
|
1788 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Brushy Creek S fork |
Wilkes County line, Traylor, |
Y-259
|
Summerford, Jacob
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
see [E-392] |
G-18
|
Summerlin, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
William Walton |
G-22
|
Sures, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
Thomas Snelson [G-17] |
G-15
|
Sutton, Henry H.
|
1826 |
Jackson |
44 |
|
Unnamed creek, Howard, Shackleford, Hays |
HHHH-444
|
Sutton, Ralph Heirs of
|
1786 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
|
N-99
|
Swain, George
|
1829 |
Jackson |
650 |
Sandy Creek wtrs |
|
WWWW-86
|
Swains, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Barbers Creek wtrs |
Edward Upton [A-406] |
G-8
|
Swane, John
|
1796 |
Franklin |
150 |
|
|
YY-262
|
Sweazer, Mathew
|
1799 |
Jackson |
200 |
Walnut and Mulberry Fork wtrs |
|
II-189
|
Swift, William
|
1794 |
Franklin |
139 |
Log Creek |
John Smith, Robert Pullian |
Y-387
|
Talbot, John
|
1783 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanaula Creek |
|
N-103
|
Talbot, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1290 |
McFalls Creek |
|
I-204
|
Talbot, Matthew
|
1785 |
Franklin |
750 |
Blacks Creek |
J Routon [N-82?], Routon |
N-104
|
Talbot, Matthew
|
1786 |
Franklin |
486 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
N-103
|
Talbot, Matthew
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River (branch of) |
Jno McFall [N-39?], R McCreary? |
N-104
|
Talbot, Matthew
|
1786 |
Franklin |
300 |
Blacks Creek |
|
N-105
|
Talbot, Patty
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
Bailey |
Y-375
|
Talbot, Thomas
|
1787 |
Franklin |
630 |
Naked Creek |
John Starr [N-100?], Thos Meriwether [N-40?] |
N-102
|
Talbot, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
114 |
|
Talbot |
Y-373
|
Tallent, David
|
1815 |
Jackson |
500 |
Mulberry |
Ezzell, McCright, Pirtell |
XX-67
|
Tanner, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River Upper S fork |
Saml Stafford [G-15?] |
A-402
|
Tarrants, John
|
1815 |
Jackson |
425 |
Dividing Ridge |
Casselberry |
XX-186
|
Tate, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Littles Creek wtrs |
|
N-119
|
Tatom, Abner
|
1786 |
Franklin |
200 |
Bear Creek |
|
N-114
|
Taylor, Charles
|
1786 |
Franklin |
100 |
Thrashers Creek |
|
N-112
|
Taylor, Edmond
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Broad River |
|
N-112
|
Taylor, George
|
1797 |
Jackson |
180 |
Wildcat Branch |
Academy Land, Appling, Count D'Estang, D W Easley |
II-191
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1610 |
Broad River |
|
I-297
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1787 |
Franklin |
582 |
Apalachee River |
Grant Taylor (x3), Benj Thomas [Y-388?] |
Y-376
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1787 |
Franklin |
600 |
Apalachee River |
Henry Kendall, Grant Taylor |
Y-377
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1787 |
Franklin |
300 |
Apalachee River |
Grant Taylor (x2) |
Y-377
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River |
Henry Kindale, Grant Taylor (x3) |
Y-377
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek N fork |
|
CC-29
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1790 |
Franklin |
650 |
Lamar's Creek wtrs |
Brown, Grant Taylor |
DD-76
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-373
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Hubbards Creek wtrs |
|
Y-373
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1790 |
Franklin |
500 |
|
Robert Montfort [R-438?], Payne, Peter Terrill [DD-75?] |
Y-376
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Lamar's Creek wtrs |
|
DD-75
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
XX-234
|
Taylor, Jeremiah
|
1794 |
Franklin |
293 |
|
|
DD-524
|
Taylor, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-113
|
Taylor, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
150 |
Bear Creek |
|
Y-387
|
Taylor, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River M fork |
College survey [A-151?] |
A-262
|