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Headright Index

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
Blake, Benjamin  1785 Franklin 600 Sandy Creek K-44
Blake, William  1815 Jackson 950 Mulberry Fork Dossett, McConnell, Owens, Thurmon XX-69
Blake, William  1823 Gwinnett 590 Rock Creek Jackson county line, Russau, Wordlaw AD-284
Blanton, John  1793 Franklin 81000 [R-108~128] 81,000 illegal acres R-108
Blanton, John  1793 Franklin 60000 [R-31~45] 60,000 illegal acres R-31
Blare, George  1825 Jackson 451 Hill, Duncan, Finch, Seg? HHHH-15
Bledsoe, George  1791 Franklin 460 Oconee River N fork Thos Porter [Y-195/384/385/386, DD-520?] CC-3
Blount, Stephen  1785 Franklin 575 Currys Creek wtrs Jeremiah Brantley [E-372?], Peyton Wyatt [Y-285?] E-355
Blount, William  1785 Franklin 690 Leod Marbury, Maj Washington R-24
Bobo, Lewis  1790 Franklin 265 G Taylor R-24
Bobo, Lewis  1790 Franklin 260 Stephens Creek Lewis Bobo R-9
Bobo, Samson  1786 Franklin 100 Beaverdam Creek I-25
Bobo, Samson  1787 Franklin 170 Savannah River Wm Crane?, Bobo CC-5
Boggs, Joseph  1785 Franklin 300 Buckeye Creek K-40
Boggs, William M.  1837 Jackson 6 AD-67
Bond, Beorge  1784 Franklin 288 Broad River I-79
Bonner, Allen  1825 Walton 82 Marberrys Creek Robert B Camp, Isaac Pace, John Pace AD-312
Bonner, Robert  1784 Franklin 287.5 Sandy Creek Saml Wilson B-33
Booker, Gideon  1790 Franklin 930 Oconee River (a fork of) Joseph Porter [Y-383?] DD-53
Boring, Isaac  1816 Jackson 303 Mulberry Fork Brooks, Mansfield?, Nelson XX-355
Bosworth, Obediah  1785 Franklin 500 Oconee River wtrs John Kimbrough B-323
Bosworth, Obediah  1785 Franklin 575 Oconee River wtrs John Gorham B-324
Bothe, Abram  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs John Daniel [CC-10] CC-7
Bowen, Joel  1784 Franklin 288 N Fork Oconee River waters R-26
Bowen, Joseph  1785 Franklin 1000 W Anderson(x2), A Thompson, sd Bowen R-29
Bowen, Joseph  1785 Franklin 1000 Bowen(x2), W Anderson [R-8] R-30
Bowen, Joseph  1785 Franklin 1000 Bowen(x2), James Ellison, Hay'd Evan [R-188?] R-30
Bowen, Joseph  1785 Franklin 1000 Bowen(x3) R-30
Bowen, Joseph  1785 Franklin 1000 A Thomson, Bowen(x3) R-30
Bowen, Owen  1791 Franklin 250 Shoal Creek BB-170
Bowen, Owen S.  1809 Jackson 48 Chandlers Creek wtrs Bowen, Culpepper, Gonnings?Jennings, Lane YY-306
Bowen, Thomas J.  1816 Jackson 169 Chandlers Creek wtrs Blackwell, Bowen, Flanigan, Martin, Thompson YY-306
Bowman, Thomas  1815 Jackson 550 Mulberry Fork wtrs Boyd, Dossett, Otwell, Sellers, Young XX-356
Boxley, George  1803 Jackson 500 Broad River wtrs John Garrett II-169
Boyce, Elsey  1815 Jackson 480 Dividing Ridge Garner, McEver, Garner XX-354
Boyd, Andrew  1815 Jackson 350 Bell, Driskel, Ezzel, Johnson, Kenn__y? XX-59
Boyd, James  1815 Jackson 537 Dividing Ridge Bowman, Clements, Jones, Lyle, Otwell AD-34
Boyd, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Washington County line, Douglass R-13
Boyle, John  1820 Jackson 21 Hide?, Witt ZZ-294
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs CC-1
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 9500 Oconee River CC-106
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs George Christian(X2) CC-2
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs CC-3
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs CC-3
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 500 Oconee River M fork creek CC-3
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Apalachee River Grant Taylor [Y-376/377?], Johnathan Embree(x2) [R-189/190?] CC-4
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Edwd Taylor CC-4
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River N fork wtrs CC-5
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River N fork wtrs James Gresham CC-6
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River wtrs Peter Boyle CC-6
Boyle, Peter  1791 Franklin 1000 Oconee River M fork John Gresham R-26
Bradford, Archibald  1809 Jackson 112.25 N Oconee wtrs Harris, Few, Carrigan, Harris HHHH-13
Bradford, Archibald  1824 Jackson 310 Park's Creek D'Estang, Ogg, Bradford, Palmer?, M Lester, Piron?, Hay HHHH-13
Bradford, Osiah  1784 Franklin 288 Sandy Creek Micajah Wallis R-26
Bradley, Abraham  1784 Franklin 288 A-317
Bradley, Davis T.  1850 Jackson 156 AG-114
Bradley, John C.  1850 Jackson 200 Pond Fork Brooks, Davis Bradley AG-3
Bradley, Joshua  1784 Franklin 288 Bear Creek A-317
Branden, Josiah  1792 Franklin 600 Well Creek BB-171
Brandon, William  1815 Jackson 451 Dividing Ridge Casselberry, Ragsdale XX-354
Brantly, Jeremiah  1785 Franklin 345 Currys Creek _ogatt? E-372
Braselton, Jacob  1824 Jackson 16 Cochran, Braselton, Horton, Parker HHHH-21
Brewer, Edmund  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River, a creek Wm Brewer, H Burns R-25
Brewer, Elisha  1789 Franklin 1000 Wm Brewer [R-20], Brewer R-25
Brewer, George  1784 Franklin 288 Rocky Creek E-353
Brewer, William  1788 Franklin 460 Buck Creek (Beech Creek?) Thos Trayler, Grant Taylor R-12
Brewer, William  1788 Franklin 700 Broad River M fork, a creek R-25
Brewer, William  1789 Franklin 1000 Elisha Brewer [R-25], Wm Brewer [R-25?] R-20
Brewster, Sheriff  1815 Jackson 450 Mulberry Fork wtrs Boyd, Castleberry, Hamilton, Kennedy, McConnell XX-357
Bridges, David  1789 Franklin 500 Flat Creek Wm Lawrence CC-7
Bridges, William  1791 Franklin 68 Tugalo River II-122
Briers, Lawrence  1792 Franklin 45 Danl Hafford, Benj Brewer, Jesse Webb R-27
Briggs, Isaac  1787 Franklin 20000 Tugalo & Broad Rivers [Toccoa area] R-14
Briggs, Isaac  1787 Franklin 650 Briggs(x3), Geo Clarke R-18
Brintle, Oliver  1829 Hall 200 N Oconee River Brinter, Brintley, Latte, Nelson HHHH-440

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