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Headright Index

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.

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Name Year County Acres Watercourse Neighbors Plat  plat
Barnett, John  1784 Franklin 288 N Oconee wtrs OOO-78? K-43
Holton, Framcis  1784 Franklin 287.5 N Oconee River wtrs E-428
Pierce, Abraham  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork Glascock(x2) G-3
Moore, William  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N Fork wtrs B-256
Cartledge, Edmond  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork Glascock(x2) E-367
Stuart, Clement  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs G-4
Stuart, James  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs G-1
Walker, William  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River Glascock A-410
Fuller, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River fork of swamp Joseph McCutchens?, Glascock [F-8?] E-396
Culpepper, Malachi  1784 Franklin 288 Oconee River N fork wtrs B-330
Snelson, James  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River N fork wtrs Count D'Estang G-3
Cruddy, William  1784 Franklin 287.5 CC-9
Waller, Joseph  1784 Franklin 230 Apalachee River N-151
Fuller, Stephen  1784 Franklin 287.5 Oconee River Middle E-397
Peare, Nathaniel  1784 Franklin 500 Bear Creek Richard Call, Will Glascock, Geo Walton, Trading Path A-330
McCardell, Cornelius  1784 Franklin 287.5 Turkey Creek John Gorham, John Clark, Thomas Cannon [E-371?], James Cartlege [E-370?] B-257
Roseborough, William  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River wtrs Roxborough?, Clark's Creek, Daniel McCoy, John Shows [G-17] G-16
Shows, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Clarks Creek (Broad River wtrs) Wm Roseborough/Roxborough[G-16], John W___ G-17
Tweedle, John  1784 Franklin 287.5 Clarks Creek fork of Richard Call, Wm Pulliam A-401
Collins, Stephen  1784 Franklin 230 N Fork Oconee River wtrs Wm Sessums [A-344] A-344
Douglass, George  1784 Franklin 287.5 Clarke's Creek fork Jno Ware [A-319?], Jos Jeter [A-319?] E-395
Sessums, William Senr. 1784 Franklin 230 N Fork Oconee River wtrs William Dean [E-388?] A-344
McClendon, Dennis  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River wtrs G-36
Thompson, Robert  1784 Franklin 287.5 Estanalee Creek N-108
Morrison, John  1784 Franklin 575 Tugalo River wtrs Thos Glascock, Doct Creswell G-35
Wynne, Joshua  1784 Franklin 575 Richard Runnell [G-21?] A-410
Anderson, Henry  1784 Franklin 287.5 Chowestowe Creek G-29
Dean, William  1784 Franklin 230 Oconee River wtrs E-388
McKain, Thomas  1784 Franklin 287.5 Tugalo River G-34
Kell, Archibald  1784 Franklin 287.5 Tugalo River B-254
Harris, Sampson  1784 Franklin 287.5 Estanaula Creek wtrs A Burns, Col Lamar R-309
Stone, Mathew  1785 Franklin 400 N-96
Shelton, Lewis  1785 Franklin 262.5 Choster Creek N-96
Rice, Leonard  1785 Franklin 100 Tugalo River G-23
Rice, Leonard  1785 Franklin 100 Tugalo River G-23
Shelton, Lewis  1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River N-95
Starr, John  1785 Franklin 200 Broad River N-100
Cleveland, Larkin  1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River E-336
Shelton, Lewis  1785 Franklin 272 Longnoses Creek N-95
Hay, William  1785 Franklin 300 Kiowee River K-216
Price, Cellum  1785 Franklin 150 Tugalo River N-73
Humphries, Joseph  1785 Franklin 350 Estanaula Creek K-223
Huntsman, William  1785 Franklin 575 Littles Creek K-230
Cleveland, Larkin  1785 Franklin 350 Eastanolee Creek E-337
Guest, Moses  1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River K-203
Curray, Peter  1785 Franklin 287.5 Gravelly Creek E-349
Scott, Thomas  1785 Franklin 1150 Turkey Creek N-97
Hill, Abraham  1785 Franklin 1000 Sandy Creek K-227
Collier, Edward  1785 Franklin 400 E-348
Seawright, James  1785 Franklin 400 N-98
Sapp, William  1785 Franklin 287.5 Hudsons Fork N-98
Henson, William  1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River K-231
Humphries, Sarah  1785 Franklin 200 Estanaula Creek K-224
Clarke, John  1785 Franklin 100 Tugalo River E-343
Sloan, William  1785 Franklin 200 Broad River N-86
Carter, John  1785 Franklin 200 Tugalo River E-345
Mullen, John Senr. 1785 Franklin 100 Tugalo River N-26
Carter, John  1785 Franklin 300 Tugalo River E-344
Currins, James  1785 Franklin 200 E-351
Stewart, John  1785 Franklin 518 Shoal Creek N-91
Gregg & Moss,   1785 Franklin 1328 Hunters Creek K-209
Smith, John  1785 Franklin 227 Eastanolee River N-88
Goldsby, Richard  1785 Franklin 450 Broad River K-214
Graves, Thomas  1785 Franklin 862.5 Brush Creek K-213
Gregg, Thomas  1785 Franklin 1000 Greggs Creek K-212
Clarke, Christopher  1785 Franklin 345 Broad River E-341
Sloan, William  1785 Franklin 200 Kiokee River N-84
Gregg & Doss,   1785 Franklin 1200 Broad River K-210
Sloan, William  1785 Franklin 420 Eastanolee Creek N-85
Stewart, James  1785 Franklin 202 Shoal Creek N-91
Pope, John  1785 Franklin 1285 Hardlabor Creek N-76
Sandidge, John  1785 Franklin 900 Broad River N-94
Gilbert, Charles  1785 Franklin 250 Shoal Creek K-204
Clarke, David  1785 Franklin 650 Nails Creek E-340
Payne, Thomas  1785 Franklin 300 Beaver Creek N-77

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