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  |
Cook, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Broad River |
|
K-107
|
Cook, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River wtrs |
sd Cook(x2) |
K-108
|
Cook, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Oconee River |
sd Cook(x2) |
K-110
|
Cook, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
920 |
Oconee River (a creek of) |
sd Cook(x2) |
K-110
|
Cook, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Oconee River branch |
sd Cook(x3) |
K-111
|
Cook, Joseph
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Oconee River wtrs |
sd Cook(x3) |
K-111
|
Cook, Shem Heirs of
|
1785 |
Franklin |
690 |
Walnut Creek ( of the Oconee) |
|
DD-73
|
Cooks, Newsom
|
1837 |
Hall |
496 |
|
Floyd, Hughis, Griffith, Cook, Martin |
AC-250
|
Corban, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
Oconee River |
A-275-3, Porter's Creek 33.848, -83.321 |
A-275
|
Cornelison, Conrod
|
1790 |
Franklin |
450 |
Broad River |
|
DD-55
|
Cornillison, Conrod
|
1790 |
Franklin |
370 |
|
|
VV-223
|
Cosby, James
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River S fork wtrs |
|
CC-8
|
Cosby, Sydor
|
1785 |
Franklin |
450 |
Broad River wtrs |
John Rauden [N-82?] |
K-91
|
Cotham, Thomas
|
1786 |
Franklin |
360 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-7
|
Cotham, Thomas
|
1787 |
Franklin |
98 |
Tugaloo River |
Thos Payne(x2) |
R-132
|
Cotham, Thomas
|
1789 |
Franklin |
100 |
|
|
DD-56
|
Cotton, Abner Senr.
|
1796 |
Franklin |
206 |
|
|
WW-131
|
Coulter, John
|
1786 |
Franklin |
288 |
Beaverdam Creek |
|
K-86
|
Coulter, Richard Junr.
|
1787 |
Franklin |
200 |
Nelsons Creek |
|
K-74
|
Coursay, David
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Walnut Creek of Oconee |
|
E-350
|
Cowan, Isaac
|
1815 |
Jackson |
372 |
|
Camp, Doss, White, [Williamson's Creek] |
XX-176
|
Cowen, James
|
1805 |
Jackson |
348 |
Sandy Creek wtrs |
Gardner, ___ |
II-172
|
Cowens, William
|
1845 |
Jackson |
6 |
|
|
AE-210
|
Cox, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
350 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-101
|
Cox, Thomas
|
1789 |
Franklin |
40 |
Eastanolee River |
Thos Cox |
R-135
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
575 |
Trail Creek |
|
K-71
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork |
Z Cox |
N-6
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1786 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River N fork |
Cox [N-6-1] |
N-6
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1150 |
Walnut Fork of Oconee River |
Zach Cox, Wm Stark? |
K-65
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1787 |
Franklin |
460 |
Walnut Fork of Oconee River |
Zac Cox [K-79?], Wm Stark(x2) [N-101?] |
K-78
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1787 |
Franklin |
690 |
Walnut Fork of Oconee River |
Zac Cox(x2), Cox&Strawder [I-263?] |
K-79
|
Cox, Zachariah
|
1787 |
Franklin |
920 |
Walnut Fork of Oconee River |
Zach Cox & John Strother |
K-80
|
Cox, Zachariah & Strawder,
|
1787 |
Franklin |
2500 |
Walnut fork of Oconee River, Hurricane creek |
Zachariah Cox |
I-263
|
Cox, Zachariah & Strawder,
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Walnut fork of Oconee River |
Zac Cox(x2) |
I-263
|
Craddock, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Chogy Creek |
|
B-339
|
Crane, Lewis
|
1798 |
Jackson |
33 |
Oconee River wtrs |
John Talbot [I-204?], Thurmond |
II-174
|
Crane, William
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
Chas Bond |
I-65
|
Crawford, Alexander
|
1821 |
Hall |
450 |
N Oconee wtrs |
Crawford, Reed |
YY-354
|
Crawford, Arthur
|
1815 |
Jackson |
159.5 |
Middle River |
Guthrey, Watkins |
XX-71
|
Crawford, Peter
|
1787 |
Franklin |
439 |
Shoal Creek |
|
R-136
|
Creswell, Dr Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
450 |
Eastanolee Creek |
Cherokee trading path to Augusta, Capt __ Glascock, John Morrison |
K-72
|
Creswell, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Tugalo River |
Toogaloo |
K-65
|
Creswell, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Hatcher |
K-73
|
Creswell, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Oconee River wtrs |
Wm Hatcher |
K-73
|
Criswell, Samuel
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
Zacha Cox, |
R-133
|
Crockett, Samuel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Crocketts Creek |
|
K-109
|
Crookshanks, Patrick
|
1794 |
Franklin |
19000 |
Broad River |
|
Y-50
|
Crookshanks, Patrick
|
1795 |
Franklin |
17000 |
Toccoa branch |
[Y-3~6] 17,000 illegal acres |
Y-3
|
Crow, Reuben
|
1849 |
Hall |
45.5 |
|
Hook/Cook, Cagle |
AG-584
|
Cruddy, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
CC-9
|
Cruse, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River creek of |
|
CC-9
|
Culbertson, David
|
1789 |
Franklin |
400 |
Stephens Creek |
|
R-136
|
Culbreath, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River Franklin fork |
Ig Few |
E-352
|
Culpepper, Malachi
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
B-330
|
Culpepper, Joseph & Hogan, John,
|
1803 |
Jackson |
117 |
|
Hogan, Culpepper, Abner, Burton |
II-174
|
Cunningham, Ansel
|
1817 |
Jackson |
20 |
N Oconee River |
Cunningham |
XX-359
|
Cunningham, Elizabeth
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Cunninghams Creek |
|
K-67
|
Cunningham, J. H.
|
1853 |
Jackson |
8 |
|
|
AG-577
|
Cunningham, James
|
1797 |
Jackson |
245 |
Oconee River N fork |
Cunningham [K-67 or 69?] |
II-174
|
Cunningham, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
878 |
Oconee River N fork |
Lain(Lane) |
K-69
|
Cunningham, John
|
1794 |
Franklin |
102000 |
Mill Shoal Creek |
[Y-25~50] 102,000 illegal acres |
Y-25
|
Cunningham, Johnson
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Sugar Creek |
|
K-66
|
Cunningham, Joseph
|
1808 |
Jackson |
151.25 |
|
Cunningham, Doss, Knox, Pegrin |
WW-5
|
Cunningham, Joseph
|
1811 |
Jackson |
350 |
Apalachee River |
Rowlins Creek |
WW-151
|
Cupp, John
|
1823 |
Gwinnett |
1000 |
|
Cobb, Moore, Nesbit |
YY-352
|
Cupp, Michael
|
1785 |
Franklin |
288 |
Shoal Creek |
|
AA-343
|
Curle, Henry
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Barbers Creek wtrs |
Edward Upton [A-406?] |
K-103
|
Curray, Peter
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Gravelly Creek |
|
E-349
|
Currins, James
|
1785 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
|
E-351
|
Dabbs, Joseph
|
1789 |
Franklin |
500 |
|
Cook [K-107?], Caldwell [R-134?], Payne, Bobo, Web, Harbour [CC-13?] |
R-181
|
Dabbs, Joseph
|
1790 |
Franklin |
200 |
|
Robt Shepley? [Y-263?] |
R-181
|
Dabbs, Joseph
|
1790 |
Franklin |
302 |
|
Thompson [A-405?], Harrington, Gdn Davis [N-8?], Lindsey [K-310?] |
R-181
|
Dalton, Mathias
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
N Fork Oconee River |
Frank |
K-118
|
Dalton, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-123
|
Daniel, Allen
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Broad River |
|
DD-513
|