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  |
Churchill, Nathaniel H.
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
Williamson |
R-131
|
Clark, Charles
|
1786 |
Franklin |
450 |
Broad River |
|
K-106
|
Clark, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
800 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-100
|
Clark, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1100 |
Sandy Creek |
|
K-97
|
Clark, Elijah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
750 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-94
|
Clark, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-105
|
Clark, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River M Fork |
|
K-76
|
Clark, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-4
|
Clark, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
277 |
Broad River |
|
N-4
|
Clark, John Junr.
|
1786 |
Franklin |
230 |
Mad Horse Creek |
Jno Gorham |
R-132
|
Clark, John Junr.
|
1791 |
Franklin |
565 |
Little Eastanola |
William Hay |
R-132
|
Clark, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
50 |
Tugalo River |
|
Y-1
|
Clark, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-101
|
Clark, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Oconee River N fork |
|
K-103
|
Clark, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-104
|
Clark, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
260 |
Kiowee Creek |
|
K-105
|
Clark, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
150 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-106
|
Clarke, Christopher Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Nails Creek branches |
Westbrook, Nail, [34.414, -83.516, 34.244, -83.211] |
B-331
|
Clarke, Christopher Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
800 |
Littles Creek |
|
B-332
|
Clarke, Christopher Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
550 |
|
|
B-332
|
Clarke, Christopher Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Clarkes Fork |
|
B-333
|
Clarke, Christopher
|
1785 |
Franklin |
345 |
Broad River |
|
E-341
|
Clarke, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
650 |
Nails Creek |
|
E-340
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Little Shoal Creek |
Elijah Clarke |
B-330
|
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, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
2300 |
Sandy Creek |
|
B-333
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Oconee River |
John H Foster |
B-334
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1725 |
Hard Labor Creek |
|
B-336
|
Clarke, Elijah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1725 |
Oconee River |
Chickesaw creek, Elijah Clarke, Jno H Foster |
B-337
|
Clarke, Elijah Col.
|
1786 |
Franklin |
250 |
Bay Creek branch |
Trading path to Augusta old ___, sd Clarke(x2), Wm Glascock, Geo Walton |
K-93
|
Clarke, George
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
Large Reedy Creek |
John Clarke |
B-334
|
Clarke, John Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Jacks Creek |
|
B-335
|
Clarke, John Junr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
Leonard Marbury |
B-338
|
Clarke, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
E-343
|
Clarke, John Senr.
|
1785 |
Franklin |
50 |
Tugaloo wtrs southside |
|
K-89
|
Clarke, John Senr.
|
1787 |
Franklin |
62 |
Broad River wtrs |
John Clarke (x2) |
R-133
|
Clarke, Johnston
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Bigg Pond fork |
Wm Few |
E-342
|
Clarke, Moses
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
John Clark |
B-338
|
Clayton, Lemuel
|
1817 |
Jackson |
150 |
|
Hutchins, Liddle |
YY-326
|
Clayton, Richard
|
1816 |
Jackson |
55 |
Cedar Creek wtrs |
Bowan, Howell, Marberry |
XX-358
|
Clayton, Samuel
|
1815 |
Jackson |
79 |
|
Hambrick, Humphrey |
XX-358
|
Cleghorn, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Unnamed river |
XX-35
|
Cleghorn, James
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
DD-512
|
Clements, Benjamin
|
1809 |
Jackson |
404 |
Indian Boundary Line |
Reed, Windham (x2) |
WW-327
|
Clements, Charles
|
1815 |
Jackson |
300 |
|
Harper, Major (x2), McConnell |
XX-175
|
Clements, Charles
|
1817 |
Jackson |
119 |
Mulberry Fork |
Watts Creek |
XX-360
|
Clements, Culliver
|
1815 |
Jackson |
235 |
Mulberry Fork wtrs |
Boyd, Jones, Stewart, Young |
YY-221
|
Clements, James
|
1813 |
Jackson |
610 |
Apalachee River |
Moor/Morris?, ___, ___ |
YY-220
|
Clements, William
|
1812 |
Jackson |
503 |
Mulberry S fork wtrs |
Baskin, B Jones, Thompson |
YY-221
|
Clements, William
|
1821 |
Hall |
250 |
Mulberry Fork of Oconee |
Barnwell, Clighorn, Stell |
AD-156
|
Clendenning, Matthew
|
1786 |
Franklin |
400 |
Oconee River M Fork wtrs |
|
K-81
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-271
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
300 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-272
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-272
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-272
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
|
|
B-329
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
450 |
Tugalo River |
Benjamin Cleveland |
B-330
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
770 |
Tuccoa Creek |
|
B-335
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
1100 |
Riggs Creek |
Jno Cleveland [K-92 or 109?], Bethwell Riggs [I-210?] |
B-337
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
B-340
|
Cleveland, Benjamin Esq
|
1786 |
Franklin |
700 |
Beaverdam Creek S Fork wtrs |
Henry Osborne [N-49?], Col ___ledge, Jacob Holland [A-377?] |
K-91
|
Cleveland, Jeremiah
|
1789 |
Franklin |
250 |
Cranes Creek |
|
R-133
|
Cleveland, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
176 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-109
|
Cleveland, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
450 |
Tugalo River wtrs |
|
K-92
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
250 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-271
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-271
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
Wm Sloan |
B-329
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
E-331
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
450 |
Tugalo River |
|
E-332
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Tugalo River |
|
E-333
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
600 |
Tugalo River |
|
E-334
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
E-336
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
350 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
E-337
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1795 |
Franklin |
500 |
Tugalo River |
Larkin Cleveland, Robt Walters |
CC-7
|
Cleveland, Neil
|
1788 |
Franklin |
230 |
Tugalo River S branch |
John Smith, Public survey, Wid Langford |
R-135
|