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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
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

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