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  |
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River ? |
Slatter |
Y-265
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River |
|
Y-265
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River |
Wm Slatter, Strang? |
Y-264
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Slatter (x2) |
Y-266
|
Slatter, William
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Ballanger's Creek |
John Myrick, Harris Ryan |
Y-269
|
Smith, Ebenezer
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Academy, Smith (x2) [Y-271?], Taylor |
Y-262
|
Smith, Francis
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Academy, Smith, Few, Count D'Estang |
Y-271
|
Smith, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Last plat of 73000 fraudulent acres |
Y-330
|
Smith, John & Others
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Tugalo River |
|
AA-372
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
Smyth (x3) |
Y-275
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-273
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-274
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-274
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-274
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-274
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-273
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-272
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
Smyth (x2) |
Y-275
|
Smyth, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Ganetts River |
|
Y-273
|
Spruce, William
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Wm Spruce [Y-261], Charles Daughtery, Edmund Taylor (x2) |
Y-261
|
Spruce, William
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Edmund Taylor (x2) |
Y-261
|
Stith, Payton R.
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
|
Y-257
|
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
|
Stuart, Isaac
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Gilliam [R-238], Wm S___? |
Y-330
|
Stubblefield, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-100
|
Sturges, Daniel
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
Stith [Y-258?] |
Y-258
|
Talbot, Patty
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
Bailey |
Y-375
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Lamar's Creek wtrs |
|
DD-75
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek N fork |
|
CC-29
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
XX-234
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-373
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1790 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Hubbards Creek wtrs |
|
Y-373
|
Taylor, Grant
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River |
Henry Kindale, Grant Taylor (x3) |
Y-377
|
Taylor, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-113
|
Terrill, David
|
1786 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
N-109
|
Terrill, David
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
Y-374
|
Thetford, William
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Riley Trewitt [Y-380], McNauly? |
Y-381
|
Thompson, Abram
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Thompson (x2), Williamson (x2) |
Y-379
|
Thompson, Abram
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Thompson (x2), Williamson |
Y-379
|
Thompson, Abram
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Thompson (x2) |
Y-380
|
Thompson, Abram
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Ellerson [R-188?], Thompson (x2) |
Y-380
|
Thompson, Abram
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee and Oconee River wtrs |
Smellers [Y-331], Thompson, Williamson |
Y-379
|
Thompson, Abram
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee and Oconee River wtrs |
Ralph Smith [Y-331?], Thompson (x3) |
Y-380
|
Thornton, Stephen
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
H Evans [R-188], Wm Allen [R-8?], M Winsor?, S Bowen |
Y-331
|
Traylor, Champion Travis
|
1788 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs, Taylor's creek |
|
Y-373
|
Traylor, Randolph
|
1789 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
Joseph Ryan |
Y-373
|
Trewitt, Riley
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Thetford [Y-381], M Williamson |
Y-380
|
Wagoner, William
|
1788 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-284
|
Walton, Simon
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
J Wilson, M Williamson, Wm La___ |
Y-305
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Waters [Y-229-1, Y-279-3, Y-280-1] |
Y-279
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Barbers Creek |
Waters [Y-278-4, Y-279-4] |
Y-280
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Waters [Y-279-2, Y-279-4] |
Y-279
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Barbers Creek (Apalachee wtrs) |
Waters [Y-279-1, Y-280-1] |
Y-278
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Waters [Y-279-2, Y-279-4, Y-278-4] |
Y-279
|
Waters, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River wtrs |
Waters [Y-279-1, Y-279-3] |
Y-279
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs, Little Barber's Creek |
[CC-35-1?] |
CC-36
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
William Slatter(x4) |
CC-36
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Curry's Creek |
William Slatter(x3) [Y-264/265/266?] |
CC-34
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Little Barber's Creek |
Geo Weatherby [CC-36-2?] |
CC-35
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork |
William Slatter(x2), Geo Weatherby |
CC-35
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M Fork |
|
DD-525
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
William Slatter(x2), Jesse L__/Lee? |
CC-34
|
Weatherby, George
|
1793 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Branch of the M Fork of Oconee |
Grant Taylor (x2) |
XX-238
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork of M fork |
Harris Ryan, Septimus Weatherby |
Y-281
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Geo Weatherby |
Y-280
|
Weatherby, Septimus
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Harris Ryan, ___ & F__ |
AA-347
|
Weatherby, Septimus
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River S fork of M fork |
|
AA-347
|
Weatherby, Septimus
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River |
|
AA-346
|
Webster, Abner
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sandy Creek |
|
BB-180
|
Whitworth, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Wm Anderson (x2) |
Y-304
|
Williams, Drury
|
1788 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Nelson's Creek |
Nelson, Ryan |
Y-282
|
Williams, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Gilliams, Jno Williams |
Y-304
|
Williams, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Williams, J Williams, Sd Williams |
Y-304
|