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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
Grady, Grigsby  1815 Jackson 20 Walnut Fork Bennett [YY-219?], Christian [XX-176?], Collins [XX-358?], Winn [YY-235?] XX-363
Lowry, Levi  1815 Jackson 1000 Walnut Fork Mullins, Stewart XX-75
McEver, Brice  1815 Jackson 300 Walnut Fork Garison, Ross (x2) XX-180
Montgomery, Robert  1816 Jackson 250 Walnut Fork C Gormon, George Lumpkin, Wm Spruce YY-229
Terondit, Daniel  1789 Franklin 575 Walnut Fork Zach? Cox, Strothers, Daniel Terondit Y-374
Terondit, Daniel  1789 Franklin 575 Walnut Fork Cox, Long [R-423?], Strother Y-374
Whitmore, Stephen  1815 Jackson 375 Walnut Fork Christian [XX-176?], Collins [XX-358?], Montgomery XX-61
Bennett, William  1815 Jackson 618 Walnut Fork head Dividing Ridge, Garner, Glaze, York YY-219
Dowdy, Robert  1815 Jackson 225 Walnut Fork head Dividing Ridge, Bennett, Garner YY-223
Diamond, John  1787 Franklin 287.5 Walnut Fork Oconee River R-184
Gardner, Samuel  1787 Franklin 600 Walnut Fork Oconee River Robert King R-223
King, James  1786 Franklin 400 Walnut Fork Oconee River Jos McCutchen R-400
McCutchin, James M.  1787 Franklin 200 Walnut Fork Oconee River R-436
McCutchin, William  1786 Franklin 300 Walnut Fork Oconee River Rob King R-437
Mires, Jacob  1791 Franklin 600 Walnut Fork Oconee River DD-518
Bacon, William H.  1824 Jackson 148 Walnut Fork of Oconee Boyd, Rogers, Neblack, Davis HHHH-20
Kennedy/Kennelly, Reuben  1786 Franklin 500 Walnut Fork of Oconee John Diamond R-402
Beall, Walter  1802 Jackson 266 Walnut Fork of Oconee River Hainey, Hargroves, McGee, Wendon? II-170
Cox, Zachariah  1787 Franklin 1150 Walnut Fork of Oconee River Zach Cox, Wm Stark? K-65
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  1787 Franklin 460 Walnut Fork of Oconee River Zac Cox [K-79?], Wm Stark(x2) [N-101?] K-78
Cox, Zachariah & Strawder,   1787 Franklin 1000 Walnut fork of Oconee River Zac Cox(x2) I-263
Diamond, William  1786 Franklin 287.5 Walnut Fork of Oconee River Barnett R-183
Montgomery, Hugh  1803 Jackson 68 Walnut Fork of Oconee River Telfair, Harisasable?, Hargrove II-182
Townsend, Eli  1804 Jackson 400 Walnut Fork of Oconee River Shoal Creek, Moore, Sallad [G-7] II-190
Cox, Zachariah & Strawder,   1787 Franklin 2500 Walnut fork of Oconee River, Hurricane creek Zachariah Cox I-263
Beall, James  1804 Jackson 264 Walnut Fork wtrs Barnett, Glenn, McCree II-171
Bennett, Stephen  1807 Jackson 379 Walnut Fork wtrs Little, McConnell, McWherters?, Townsend, Whitmire WW-151
Davis, Joseph  1819 Jackson 476 Walnut Fork wtrs Bell, Cruce, Horton, Raney YY-224
Dowdy, Aaron  1817 Jackson 100 Walnut Fork wtrs Bennett?, Little, Maddox, Sommerlin ZZ-295
Dowdy, Benjamin  1817 Jackson 264 Walnut Fork wtrs Dividing Ridge, Collins, McEver, Rose, Smithwick, Thurmon YY-224
Dowdy, Robert  1805 Jackson 115 Walnut Fork wtrs Gore, Davis WW-323
Epperson, John  1821 Jackson 160 Walnut Fork wtrs Appleby, Kelly, Telfair, Thompson YY-306
Green, Lewis  1801 Jackson 387 Walnut Fork wtrs Hillhouse, Salled? XX-57
Hamrick, Nimrod  1809 Jackson 361 Walnut Fork wtrs Horton, Motes [WW-157?], Rainey [XX-376?] XX-367
Lindsey, John  1808 Jackson 200 Walnut Fork wtrs Green, Pursell, Stark YY-228
Majors, Richard  1815 Jackson 350 Walnut Fork wtrs Barker, Strickland YY-230
Ogg, George  1793 Franklin 1000 Walnut Fork wtrs John Garrett, Ogg [Y-190-2] Y-190
Ogg, George  1793 Franklin 1000 Walnut Fork wtrs John Garrett, Ogg [Y-190-3] Y-190
Winn, Lemuel  1815 Jackson 250 Walnut Fork wtrs Blackstock, Bennett? (x3) [YY-219?] YY-235
Wilson, Benjamin  1787 Franklin 460 Walnut fork, Hurricane creek? [34.144, -83.679] ?, Persimmon Branch? Wm Stark [N-101?] Y-389
McConnell, John Junr. 1802 Jackson 80 Walnut Fork, Mountain Branch [34.145, -83.685] ?, McConnel [DD-519?], Cox II-181
Ogg, George  1791 Franklin 1000 Walton Creek N fork Unnamed trail, George Ogg [Y-188-4] Y-188
Ogg, George  1785 Franklin 100 Walton Creek S fork Y-59
England, William  1785 Franklin 100 Waltons Creek K-130
Ward, Bryant  1785 Franklin 100 Waltons Creek N-140
Ward, Bryant  1785 Franklin 100 Waltons Creek N-141
Ward, Samuel  1785 Franklin 287.5 Waltons Creek N-142
Ward, Samuel  1785 Franklin 287.5 Waltons Creek N-142
Ogg, George  1791 Franklin 1000 Walton's Creek Unnamed trail, Isaac Briggs [R-18?], Saml Ward [N-142], Wm Hay, Ogg [Y-188-4] Y-189
Hare, Henry  1791 Franklin 100 Wards Mill Creek Bryan Ward R-317
Hay, William  1787 Franklin 100 Wards Mill Creek R-301
Hening, George  1792 Franklin 200 Ward's Mill Creek Trading road, Hays, Big survey R-313
Fergus, John  1788 Franklin 250 Webbs Creek II-128
Hollingsworth, Samuel  1796 Franklin 200 Webbs Creek II-130
Branden, Josiah  1792 Franklin 600 Well Creek BB-171
Taylor, George  1797 Jackson 180 Wildcat Branch Academy Land, Appling, Count D'Estang, D W Easley II-191
Hughey, John T.  1857 Gwinnett 208 Williams Creek wtrs J. T. Hughey, Peter Kilgore, Solomon Kilgore, Ridgeway AH-465
Hicks, John  1832 Hall 386 Wolf Branch David D____, Kelton, Todd AD-158
Meriwether, Thomas  1785 Franklin 400 Woods Creek N-40
Hay, Hugh  1789 Franklin 500 Yonawatte Creek Gilbert Hay [R-302], James Hay R-302
Harrington, Thomas  1786 Franklin 387.5 Yonawatte Creek (Unawattee) Patrick Vance [N-121?] R-307
Harrington, John  1787 Franklin 200 Yonawatte Creek wtrs Academy Land, Geo Walton, Tatum, J Harrington R-303

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