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 |
Arthur, Lewis
|
1832 |
Clarke |
6 |
|
Walton county line |
WWWW-110
|
Hendly, William
|
|
Franklin |
400 |
|
John Gorham, Peter Williamson |
-
|
Talbot, John
|
1783 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanaula Creek |
|
N-103
|
Cartledge, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
E-370
|
Brown, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Kiokee River |
|
E-373
|
Britt, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
E-374
|
Freeman, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
1200 |
Hard Labor Creek |
|
E-384
|
Easter, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Toms Creek |
|
E-390
|
Ford, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
E-391
|
Dyas, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek |
|
E-399
|
Duke, Taylor
|
1784 |
Franklin |
460 |
Broad River |
|
E-401
|
Gorham, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
E-414
|
Johnson, John H.
|
1784 |
Franklin |
277 |
|
|
E-425
|
Horn, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Flat Creek |
|
E-426
|
Gregg, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
|
|
F-8
|
Inlow, Sylvester
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
K-263
|
West, Samuel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
862.5 |
Broad River |
|
N-159
|
Kelly, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-288
|
Lazarus, Nicholas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
|
K-310
|
Simmons, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River wtrs |
|
G-14
|
Rose, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
G-14
|
Offutt, Ezekiel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Cobbs Creek, a fork of |
William Pulliam, Robert Walton [A-407?] |
G-10
|
Hill, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
F-13
|
Willis, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Choestoe Creek |
|
N-158
|
McGarry, Edward
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
F-13
|
Young, Isham
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
N-161
|
Slicker, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Currys Creek |
|
G-6
|
Darcy, Joel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Indian Creek |
|
N-8
|
Pulliam, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
G-2
|
Pulliam, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
G-2
|
Barnett, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Indian Creek |
|
E-366
|
Westbrook, Stephen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
690 |
Nails Creek |
|
N-158
|
Sessums, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
230 |
|
|
N-92
|
Jones, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Indian Creek |
|
N-12
|
Hill, Richard
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
A-347
|
Middleton, Robert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
A-345
|
Webb, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Shoal Creek |
|
B-133
|
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
|
Tureman, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Estanaula Creek |
|
N-119
|
Roe, James
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Sandy Creek |
|
CC-27
|
Thornton, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Big Pond Creek |
|
N-117
|
Barden, Gilbert
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
E-369
|
Stringer, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Camp Creek |
|
N-99
|
Bailey, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Big Shoal Creek |
|
E-368
|
Smith, Arthur
|
1784 |
Franklin |
278.5 |
Tugalo River |
|
N-90
|
Pope, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
600 |
Sandy Creek |
|
N-73
|
Brewer, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Rocky Creek |
|
E-353
|
Atkinson, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Marshalls Creek |
|
E-356
|
Barber, George
|
1784 |
Franklin |
690 |
Kiokee River |
|
E-357
|
Castleberry, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Currys Creek |
|
E-358
|
Butler, Daniel
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Shoal Creek |
|
E-359
|
Bellamy, Richard
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Nails Creek |
|
E-360
|
Middleton, Benedict
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
N-39
|
Carsey, Stephen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
E-363
|
Adcock, Thomas
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
E-364
|
Young, William
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
N-161
|
Trimble, Moses
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Savannah River |
|
N-116
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
300 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-272
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-271
|
Cleveland, Larkin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
250 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-271
|
Carsey, Stephen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
575 |
Broad River |
|
A-331
|
Walton, Jesse
|
1784 |
Franklin |
400 |
Tugalo River |
[34.609, -83.238] ? Traveller's Rest |
A-271
|
Ware, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Clarks Creek |
|
A-319
|
Jeter, Joseph
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
A-319
|
Welcher, John
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Bear Creek |
|
A-318
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-272
|
Neal, Henry
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
|
|
A-276
|
Beddingfield, Charles
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Gorhams Creek |
|
K-39
|
Cleveland, Benjamin
|
1784 |
Franklin |
200 |
Tugalo River |
|
A-271
|
Brown, Allen
|
1784 |
Franklin |
288 |
Eastanolee Creek |
|
K-38
|
Nail, Reuben
|
1784 |
Franklin |
287.5 |
Broad River |
|
A-276
|