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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
Whitney, John M.  1791 Franklin 140 Tugalo River wtrs Cleveland (x2), Donisend [Dunnisen R-185?], Hancock, Hoopper Y-278
Whitsell, George  1789 Franklin 200 Broad River wtrs John Ross, Edmund Taylor [N-112?] Y-276
Whitt, Richard  1784 Franklin 287.5 Diamond fork - a creek of John Diamond [R-184?], Offutt [G-10 or N-60?] Y-277
Whittemore, James A.  1832 Hall 200 Silver Creek wtrs Whittemore WWWW-52
Whittimore, Hugh  1832 Hall 327 M. Whittmon, Wickham, Terrell AC-251
Whitworth, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Wm Anderson (x2) Y-304
Whorton, Abram  1817 Jackson 200 N Oconee River Bearden, Hemphill, Rice [XX-60?], Winn [YY-235] XX-384
Whorton, Benjamin  1815 Jackson 800 Allens Creek Barker, Caven, Green, Strawn, Willson XX-383
Whorton, Benjamin  1822 Hall 63 Allen's Creek Oconee Hickman, Luckey? HHHH-441
Whorton, Jacob  1831 Habersham 8 AD-158
Wigley, Allen  1810 Jackson 600 Mulberry Fork S fork McDowill?, Thompson YY-237
Wilcher, Jordan  1785 Franklin 287.5 Gravel Creek N-159
Wilder, Eldred  1857 Gwinnett 58.75 James M Davis, Levi Deaton, William McDaniel AH-466
Wilder, Malachi  1785 Franklin 287.5 Barbers Creek N-155
Wiley, Peter  1785 Franklin 400 Beaverdam Creek branch Alexander Luckie? Y-285
Wilkinson, William  1789 Franklin 598 Stephens Creek Y-288
Williams, Drury  1788 Franklin 1000 Nelson's Creek Nelson, Ryan Y-282
Williams, Edward  1845 Walton 119 Clark County line Mrs Meadows AE-244
Williams, Isham  1812 Jackson 500 Apalachee River Russell WW-325
Williams, James  1785 Franklin 1000 Gilliams, Jno Williams Y-304
Williams, James  1787 Franklin 9000 Oconee River, Beaverdam Wm Eltoft[Elliott], Basil Jones, James Spradling Y-283
Williams, James  1790 Franklin 14000 Broad River [Y-290~293] 14,000 illegal acres Y-290
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Williams(x2) Y-303
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 M Williamson, Jno Smith (x2), Sd Williams Y-303
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs J Williams, Smith, Sd Williams(x2) Y-303
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 M Williamson, Jno Smith, J Smith(x2) Y-303
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Williams, J Williams, Sd Williams Y-304
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Jno Smith, Jno Williams(x2) Y-305
Williams, John  1785 Franklin 1000 J Brooks, Williams(x2) Y-305
Williams, John  1815 Jackson 250 N Oconee wtrs Blackwell, Little [XX-76] YY-329
Williams, Joseph  1789 Franklin 810 Apalachee River wtrs Thos Daniel [R-182?] Y-285
Williams, Joshua  1785 Franklin 1000 Gilliams, Lanier Y-304
Williams, Wm C.  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs E_ Taylor [N-112?], Grant Taylor Y-293
Williamson, Charles  1785 Franklin 200 Walnut Creek wtrs N-121
Williamson, Charles  1792 Franklin 650 Oconee River wtrs John Smith, sd Williamson?, Jno Smith Y-296
Williamson, Charles  1792 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Sd Williamson, Benj Allen [R-1 or 3?], John Smith, Rd Gilliam [R-238?] Y-296
Williamson, James  1789 Franklin 300 Hunters Creek Brewer, Wm Williamson, Wm Moss, Wm Brewer Y-287
Williamson, John  1809 Jackson 100 Cole, Daughtery [WW-161?], Langston, Thetford [WW-161] XX-382
Williamson, John  1816 Jackson 65 Mulberry Fork wtrs Cole, Langston, Thedford [WW-161?] XX-384
Williamson, Micajah  1784 Franklin 287.5 S Broad River wtrs G Walton [A-410?] A-335
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 960 Greenbrier Creek DD-527
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Kiowee River N-122
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 575 Oconee River S Fork sd Williamson (x2) N-122
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Oconee River wtrs sd Williamson (x2) N-123
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Oconee River S Fork Washington County line, sd Williamson [approx 33.75299, -83.45327] N-123
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Oconee River M Fork Indian Creek, Leonard Marbury, sd Williamson N-124
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 420 N Fork Oconee River N-125
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 460 N Fork Oconee River Buckner Harris N-125
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1092 Mill Shoal Creek Washington County line, said Williamson (x3) N-126
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Mill Shoal Creek sd Williamson (x2) N-126
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Mill Shoal Creek Washington County line, said Williamson (x3) N-127
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Mill Shoal Creek sd Williamson (x3) N-127
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Branch of Oconee Washington County line, sd Williamson (X2) N-128
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 747.5 Oconee River M Fork Indian Creek, Marbury, sd Williamson N-128
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1150 Tamossee Creek Tamossee Old Town N-129
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River wtrs Williamson(x3) Y-289
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 575 Williamson(x3) Y-289
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Apalachee River Williamson(x2) "S fork Oconee now called Apalachee" Y-289
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 575 Broad River wtrs Williamson(x3) Y-290
Williamson, Micajah Junr. 1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Williamson(x4) Y-295
Williamson, Micajah Junr. 1785 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs John Smith, Williamson(x3) Y-295
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River wtrs Wlliamson (x3) Y-297
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 575 Williamson (x2) Y-297
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson (x4) Y-297
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 6640 Oconee River N Fork Washington County, W. A. C___, Williamson Y-298
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Apalachee River M Williamson (x3) Y-298
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Apalachee River Williamson (x3) Y-299
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson? (x4) Y-299
Williamson, Micajah Junr. 1785 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson(x2) Y-300
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson(x2) Y-300
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson(x4) Y-300
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 920 Oconee River wtrs Smellers [Y-331?] R Smith [Y-331?], Thomson Y-300
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson(x3) Y-301
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson Y-301
Williamson, Micajah  1785 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River wtrs Williamson(x2) Y-301

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