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  |
Cleveland, Neil
|
1794 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Beaverdam and Shoal Creek wtrs |
Cleveland(x2) |
Y-2
|
Cleveland, Neil
|
1794 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Beaverdam Creek wtrs |
Cleveland(x2) |
Y-2
|
Cleveland, Neil
|
1794 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
Cleveland(x23) |
Y-2
|
Cleveland, Neil
|
1794 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Beaverdam Creek wtrs |
[Y-2~3] 6,000 illegal acres; Cleveland(x2) |
Y-2
|
Cleveland, Neil
|
1794 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Broad River wtrs |
Cleveland(x2) |
Y-3
|
Cleveland, Neil
|
1794 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Beaverdam Creek, Broad River wtrs |
Cleveland(x2) |
Y-3
|
Cleveland, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-102
|
Cleveland, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
100 |
Tugalo River |
|
K-87
|
Cleveland, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
200 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
I-75
|
Cleveland, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
200 |
Esatanola Creek wtrs |
John Milton? |
R-132
|
Cloud, Ezekiel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Indian Creek of the Mulberry |
|
B-88
|
Cloud, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Middle River |
Menoah Cloud [E-347] |
E-346
|
Cloud, Menoah
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Middle River |
John Cloud [E-346] |
E-347
|
Clowers, Daniel
|
1812 |
Jackson |
215 |
Mulberry Fork |
Cowen |
WW-326
|
Cobb, James Senr.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Bigg Pond fork |
Offutt |
E-365
|
Cobb, William
|
1815 |
Jackson |
550 |
|
Unnamed river, Blackstock, Strickland |
XX-175
|
Cobbs, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
2500 |
Oconee River S branch of the S fork |
Micajah Anthony, Thomas Collier, Basil Jones (x2) |
K-89
|
Cobbs, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
Elizabeth Evans, Basil Jones, Marbury |
K-93
|
Cobbs, John
|
1797 |
Jackson |
801 |
Middle River wtrs |
W Bell, Fall, I Few, Wm Few, ___ |
DD-82
|
Cochran, James
|
1805 |
Jackson |
276 |
Flat Branch |
Daugherty, Harris, Hearn [II-176?], Strickland |
II-173
|
Cochran, James
|
1811 |
Jackson |
14.5 |
|
Cochran, Winn |
WW-152
|
Cochran, James
|
1812 |
Jackson |
122.25 |
|
Cochran, McCrae?, Venable |
WW-152
|
Cocke, Nathaniel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
500 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
I-27
|
Cocke, Nathaniel
|
1786 |
Franklin |
450 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
I-28
|
Cofer, Simeon B.
|
1843 |
Jackson |
100 |
|
|
AE-214
|
Cogburn, James
|
1816 |
Jackson |
120 |
Middle Oconee wtrs |
Bell, Lyle, McClure, Randolph |
YY-223
|
Coile, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
|
DD-55
|
Coker, William H.
|
1852 |
Walton |
42 |
|
Zach Edwards, Willis Killgore, John Pepper |
AG-356
|
Cole, Jacob
|
1805 |
Jackson |
400 |
|
Langston (x2), Thelford, Daugherty |
WW-5
|
Cole, Josiah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
300 |
Broad River N fork |
Trail from Tugaloo to Cherokee Corner, John Sandidge, Newell Walton |
R-135
|
Cole, William
|
1788 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River (creek of) |
Long, Cole [R-131] |
R-131
|
Cole, William
|
1788 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River (creek of) |
Long, Burditt [N-2], Cole [R-131] |
R-131
|
Coleman, Elizabeth
|
1790 |
Franklin |
930 |
|
[creek of M fork Oconee]; Payton [BB-365], Wm Vardiman, Tho Porter |
R-130
|
Coleman, Hezekiah
|
1815 |
Jackson |
113.5 |
|
Cockrum, McCrea |
XX-179
|
Coleman, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
Clark? |
R-129
|
Coleman, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
|
|
R-129
|
Coleman, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
|
John Gresham, Williams, Wm Moore |
R-129
|
Coleman, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
460 |
Oconee River M fork |
|
R-130
|
Coleman, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
460 |
Oconee River M fork |
Jno Johns, J Ryan [N-80?] |
R-130
|
Coleman, John
|
1805 |
Jackson |
475 |
Oconee River M Fork |
|
II-173
|
Coleman, Susannah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
850 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-70
|
College Land,
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Athens? |
A-151
|
College Land,
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
N Fork of Oconee, Calls Creek |
Athens? |
A-244
|
College Land,
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
Beaverdam Creek N & S Forks |
|
A-244
|
College Land,
|
1784 |
Franklin |
5000 |
|
Estanolee? Eathen Nealy? |
A-245
|
Collier, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
550 |
Broad River |
|
B-336
|
Collier, Edward
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
|
|
E-348
|
Collier, Edward
|
1786 |
Franklin |
100 |
Broad River S Fork |
Collins, McEachins? |
K-81
|
Collier, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
400 |
Diamond Fork of Oconee River |
Jno Diamond, George Dooley |
B-339
|
Collier, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
350 |
Broad River |
|
B-340
|
Collier, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
250 |
Broad River |
|
B-340
|
Collier, James
|
1786 |
Franklin |
62 |
Broad River |
|
K-77
|
Collier, James
|
1786 |
Franklin |
338 |
Broad River |
Collier, Lamar, Taliaferro |
N-5
|
Collier, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
100000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
[R-136~161] 100,000 illegal acres |
R-136
|
Collier, John
|
1794 |
Franklin |
100000 |
Oconee River N fork |
[BB-315~348] 100,000 illegal acres numbered |
BB-315
|
Collier, John
|
1796 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
BB-348
|
Collier, Merideth
|
1812 |
Jackson |
270 |
Apalachee River |
Hill, Walker |
YY-222
|
Collier, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
2300 |
Oconee River |
Collier, Richard Call, Fishbourne, Basil Jones |
K-75
|
Collier, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
2370 |
Oconee River wtrs |
John Cobb, sd Collier, Geo Handley, B. Jones, Marbury |
K-77
|
Collins, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
50 |
|
James Coil [DD-55?] |
CC-9
|
Collins, James
|
1815 |
Jackson |
200 |
|
Christian, Grady, McConnell, Whitmore |
XX-358
|
Collins, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek S fork |
Hardman? |
I-76
|
Collins, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
200 |
Black Creek |
|
BB-350
|
Collins, John
|
1789 |
Franklin |
188 |
|
Burns |
CC-8
|
Collins, John
|
1815 |
Jackson |
200 |
Walnut Creek wtrs |
Heath, Hemphill, Thurman, Varner |
YY-221
|
Collins, Stephen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
N Fork Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Sessums [A-344] |
A-344
|
Connell, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Cedar Creek |
|
B-329
|
Connell, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Geo Whitsell [Y-276?] |
K-79
|
Connell, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
K-80
|
Conner, Danl
|
1796 |
Jackson |
149 |
Freemans Creek |
M Benge, Freeman, Stephen Noble |
DD-83
|
Conner, David
|
1797 |
Jackson |
116 |
|
H Freeman, Lemmon?, Nobles, M Williamson |
DD-81
|
Conner, John
|
1792 |
Franklin |
102 |
Lightwood Log Creek |
Elbert county line, Cain, Barrtees |
R-131
|
Cook, Burwell
|
1821 |
Hall |
188.5 |
Middle Fork Oconee River wtrs |
Bell, Lyle, McClare |
AD-155
|
Cook, John
|
1831 |
Jackson |
376 |
Buck Creek wtrs |
|
AC-11
|
Cook, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Broad River |
|
K-107
|