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  |
Bledsoe, George
|
1791 |
Franklin |
460 |
Oconee River N fork |
Thos Porter [Y-195/384/385/386, DD-520?] |
CC-3
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
CC-3
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
500 |
Oconee River M fork creek |
|
CC-3
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
CC-3
|
Eubanks, Richard
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Barbers Creek wtrs |
Marbury (x2), Stenson [N-93?] |
CC-30
|
Stubbs, Isaac
|
1793 |
Franklin |
960 |
Oconee River wtrs |
A Flewellen [R-193?] |
CC-30
|
Walker, Philip
|
1791 |
Franklin |
150 |
Riggs Creek |
Obediah Wright [AA-346?], Tho Carter [K-74?] |
CC-30
|
Walter, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
Oconee River (N fork middle Oconee) |
|
CC-30
|
Wagoner, John M.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Oconee River N fork (a creek?) |
E Offutt [G-10?], David Creswell |
CC-31
|
Waldon, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
CC-31
|
White, Peter
|
1796 |
Franklin |
97.5 |
|
for 120ac: Smith, Morgan(x2), Rice? |
CC-31
|
Walker, Randolph
|
1794 |
Franklin |
174 |
Shoal Creek wtrs |
Philip Walker [CC-30?], Obediah Wright [AA-346?], Carter? |
CC-32
|
Walker, Randolph
|
1794 |
Franklin |
47 |
|
sd Walker [CC-32?], Hugh McDonell/McDonald, Shoal creek? |
CC-32
|
Williamson, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
100 |
Oconee River M fork |
Anthony Powell [Y-191/192?], Wm Spruce [Y-261?] |
CC-32
|
Wagnon, John
|
1793 |
Franklin |
175 |
Lightwood Log Creek |
|
CC-33
|
Walton, Robert
|
1792 |
Franklin |
375 |
Tugalo River |
sd Walton, Larkin Cleveland, Aaron Campbell, Robert Waters |
CC-33
|
Walton, Walkeer
|
1791 |
Franklin |
117.5 |
|
sd Walton, Wm Cleveland, Bridges |
CC-33
|
Worsham, Richard
|
1787 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork |
Creswell [K-69?] & Cunningham [K-73?] |
CC-33
|
Ward, Samuel
|
1792 |
Franklin |
155 |
Tugalo River |
Big?, Sam Ward, Wm Hay |
CC-34
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Curry's Creek |
William Slatter(x3) [Y-264/265/266?] |
CC-34
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
William Slatter(x2), Jesse L__/Lee? |
CC-34
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Little Barber's Creek |
Geo Weatherby [CC-36-2?] |
CC-35
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork |
William Slatter(x2), Geo Weatherby |
CC-35
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs, Little Barber's Creek |
[CC-35-1?] |
CC-36
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
William Slatter(x4) |
CC-36
|
Bender, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
Isham Mathews [B-256?] |
CC-4
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Edwd Taylor |
CC-4
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Apalachee River |
Grant Taylor [Y-376/377?], Johnathan Embree(x2) [R-189/190?] |
CC-4
|
Barnett, John
|
1795 |
Franklin |
14 |
Oconee River |
William Stakes/Stokes [Y-330?], Wm Strong [Y-255?] |
CC-5
|
Barnett, John
|
1795 |
Franklin |
72 |
|
S Knox [R-400?], Jas Currens [E-351?], Carr(x2) |
CC-5
|
Bobo, Samson
|
1787 |
Franklin |
170 |
Savannah River |
Wm Crane?, Bobo |
CC-5
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
|
CC-5
|
Brown, John
|
1793 |
Franklin |
100 |
Shoal Creek wtrs |
|
CC-5
|
Baker, Christopher
|
1796 |
Franklin |
83 |
Broad River N fork wtrs |
John Clark(x3) |
CC-6
|
Ballard, Reuben
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M fork |
Heard [R-308/312?] |
CC-6
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
James Gresham |
CC-6
|
Boyle, Peter
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Peter Boyle |
CC-6
|
Bothe, Abram
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River N fork wtrs |
John Daniel [CC-10] |
CC-7
|
Bridges, David
|
1789 |
Franklin |
500 |
Flat Creek |
Wm Lawrence |
CC-7
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1795 |
Franklin |
500 |
Tugalo River |
Larkin Cleveland, Robt Walters |
CC-7
|
Carral, Peter
|
1794 |
Franklin |
422 |
Broad River wtrs |
Baker [CC-2/6?], Howard, Wm Patric? [CC-25?], Clementious Williams [Y-293?], Robert Anderson [DD-510?] |
CC-8
|
Cawthorn, John
|
1793 |
Franklin |
140 |
Lightwood Log Creek wtrs |
|
CC-8
|
Collins, John
|
1789 |
Franklin |
188 |
|
Burns |
CC-8
|
Cosby, James
|
1792 |
Franklin |
200 |
Oconee River S fork wtrs |
|
CC-8
|
Collins, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
50 |
|
James Coil [DD-55?] |
CC-9
|
Cruddy, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
CC-9
|
Cruse, Thomas
|
1785 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River creek of |
|
CC-9
|
Duncan, Jean Heirs of
|
1790 |
Franklin |
400 |
Taylor Creek (a branch of S fork Broad River) |
Bedford Brown, Peter Terrill, Danl Easley |
CC-9
|
Anderson, Robert
|
1789 |
Franklin |
200 |
Hunters Creek |
|
DD-510
|
Cleghorn, James
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River wtrs |
|
DD-512
|
Daniel, Allen
|
1792 |
Franklin |
500 |
Broad River |
|
DD-513
|
Garner, James
|
1793 |
Franklin |
200 |
Broad River |
|
DD-514
|
Green, Suttan
|
1795 |
Franklin |
146 |
Hudson River |
|
DD-515
|
Hancock, Isham
|
1794 |
Franklin |
160 |
|
|
DD-516
|
Harrington, Stephen
|
1794 |
Franklin |
22 |
Estanaula Creek |
|
DD-516
|
Henby, Dennis
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
Deep Creek |
|
DD-516
|
Hunt, James
|
1787 |
Franklin |
150 |
Estanaula Creek |
|
DD-516
|
Hunt, Nathaniel
|
1794 |
Franklin |
309 |
|
|
DD-516
|
McCree, William & Benjamin
|
1787 |
Franklin |
400 |
N Fork Oconee River |
|
DD-518
|
Mires, Jacob
|
1791 |
Franklin |
600 |
Walnut Fork Oconee River |
|
DD-518
|
McConnell, John
|
1791 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River |
|
DD-519
|
Porter, Thomas
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River (the High Shoals of the middle of) |
|
DD-520
|
Reeves, David
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
Tho Woodsworth [DD526] |
DD-520
|
Sparks, James
|
1791 |
Franklin |
200 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
DD-523
|
Taylor, Jeremiah
|
1794 |
Franklin |
293 |
|
|
DD-524
|
Templeton, John
|
1787 |
Franklin |
257 |
Hudsons Creek |
|
DD-524
|
Thompson, William
|
1786 |
Franklin |
250 |
|
|
DD-524
|
Vermilion, Benjamin
|
1785 |
Franklin |
150 |
Green Log Creek wtrs |
|
DD-525
|
Weatherby, George
|
1792 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M Fork |
|
DD-525
|
White, John
|
1785 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
|
DD-525
|
Woodsworth, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Oconee River wtrs |
David Reeves [DD-520], David Creswell |
DD-526
|
Williamson, Micajah
|
1785 |
Franklin |
960 |
Greenbrier Creek |
|
DD-527
|
Armstrong, Robert
|
1795 |
Franklin |
35 |
|
Jno Armstrong, Westbrook, Crockett [K-109?], Clarke |
DD-53
|
Booker, Gideon
|
1790 |
Franklin |
930 |
Oconee River (a fork of) |
Joseph Porter [Y-383?] |
DD-53
|
Barron, Thomas
|
1791 |
Franklin |
1000 |
Oconee River M Fork |
|
DD-54
|