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.
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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  |
Thompson, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
B-198
|
Scott, Cornelius
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
B-202
|
Winter, Frederick
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
B-202
|
Allen, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
B-203
|
Matthews, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanola Creek |
|
B-203
|
Black, Harry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Blacks Creek |
Chas Beddingfield |
B-22
|
Lowe, John Tolson
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
|
B-250
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River fork |
|
B-250
|
Marbury, Leonard
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
|
Leo'd Marbury |
B-251
|
Marbury, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River N Fork |
Pater Paine |
B-251
|
Matthews, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
Hudson, ___ |
B-251
|
Lauderdeal, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
B-252
|
Meriwether, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
650 |
Apalachee River |
|
B-252
|
Lane, Jesse
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-253
|
Lane, Jesse
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River |
|
B-253
|
Hawkins, James heirs
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-254
|
Kell, Archibald
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River |
|
B-254
|
Middleton, Smallwood
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Flat Creek |
|
B-254
|
Langston, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
B-255
|
McCain, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Allen's Creek |
|
B-255
|
Morgan, Daniel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
350 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-255
|
Matthews, Isham
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek, branch of |
John Bendas?, Livingston, William Matthews |
B-256
|
Moore, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N Fork wtrs |
|
B-256
|
Murphy, Mills
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River |
Indian Gut Creek |
B-256
|
McCardell, Cornelius
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Turkey Creek |
John Gorham, John Clark, Thomas Cannon [E-371?], James Cartlege [E-370?] |
B-257
|
Anderson, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Ezekiel Offutt, Jno Shannon [G-19] |
B-28
|
Appling, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River, Sandy Creek |
|
B-321
|
Appling, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
750 |
Trail Creek |
Count D'Estang |
B-321
|
Baker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Big Creek |
Jones, Marbury, H Marbury |
B-322
|
Baker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Dove Creek wtrs |
Baker, Hendley, H Marbury |
B-322
|
Baker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Dove Creek wtrs |
Baker, H Marbury (x2) |
B-322
|
Baker, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Big Creek |
H Marbury (x2) |
B-323
|
Bosworth, Obediah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River wtrs |
John Kimbrough |
B-323
|
Banks, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
500 |
Broad River S fork |
Thomas Banks |
B-324
|
Bosworth, Obediah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River wtrs |
John Gorham |
B-324
|
Barton, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Barton's Creek |
John Barton |
B-325
|
Barton, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugaloo River |
|
B-325
|
Barton, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugaloo River |
|
B-325
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Stephens Creek |
Bailey's line |
B-326
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Hudson's fork (of Oconee?), Drowning Creek |
|
B-326
|
Barton, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Bartons Creek |
Benjamin Barton [B-325?], John Barton |
B-326
|
Banks, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Broad River |
|
B-327
|
Blackwell, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Leatherwood Creek |
|
B-327
|
Blackwell, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Leatherwood Creek |
|
B-327
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
|
|
B-328
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Leatherwood Creek |
|
B-328
|
Banks, Ralph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Leatherwood Creek |
|
B-328
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
|
|
B-329
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
Wm Sloan |
B-329
|
Connell, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Cedar Creek |
|
B-329
|
Bonner, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Saml Wilson |
B-33
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Little Shoal Creek |
Elijah Clarke |
B-330
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
450 |
Tugalo River |
Benjamin Cleveland |
B-330
|
Culpepper, Malachi
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
B-330
|
Clarke, Christopher Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Nails Creek branches |
Westbrook, Nail, [34.414, -83.516, 34.244, -83.211] |
B-331
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
4600 |
Oconee River, Jack's Creek |
Charles Lane, John Clarke, John Freeman [K-138 or 145?], Robert _eaves |
B-331
|
Clarke, Christopher Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
550 |
|
|
B-332
|
Clarke, Christopher Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
800 |
Littles Creek |
|
B-332
|
Clarke, Christopher Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Clarkes Fork |
|
B-333
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
2300 |
Sandy Creek |
|
B-333
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River |
John H Foster |
B-334
|
Clarke, George
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
Large Reedy Creek |
John Clarke |
B-334
|
Clarke, John Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Jacks Creek |
|
B-335
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
770 |
Tuccoa Creek |
|
B-335
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1725 |
Hard Labor Creek |
|
B-336
|
Collier, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
550 |
Broad River |
|
B-336
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1725 |
Oconee River |
Chickesaw creek, Elijah Clarke, Jno H Foster |
B-337
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1100 |
Riggs Creek |
Jno Cleveland [K-92 or 109?], Bethwell Riggs [I-210?] |
B-337
|
Carnes, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
460 |
Oconee River N fork |
Major Cobb, Wm Walton, eirs of Jesse Walton [A-413?] |
B-338
|
Clarke, John Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
Leonard Marbury |
B-338
|
Clarke, Moses
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
John Clark |
B-338
|
Collier, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Diamond Fork of Oconee River |
Jno Diamond, George Dooley |
B-339
|
Craddock, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Chogy Creek |
|
B-339
|
Dawson, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
300 |
Big Shoal Creek Fork of |
Wilkes County Line, John Stuart |
B-339
|
Barnard, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
B-34
|