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.
Clicking on the name will show details about the grant. Clicking on the plat will show an image.
Red - A grant of dubious legality (typically because it was surveyed on Indian land)
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 |
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
|