Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm AN INDEX TO THE GEORGIA HEADRIGHT GRANTS ISSUED IN HANCOCK COUNTY GEORGIA Source: The Index to the Headright Grants in Hancock County Georgia Georgia Department of Archives and History, Microfilm Collections Transcribed and reformatted by: Lee Nelson 18-Aug-2003 (email: lnelson30014@yahoo.com) Transcribers Note: This Index was originally compiled by the Office of the Secretary of State in Milledgeville, December 1867. There are a total of 278 grants herein, ranging in time from 1795 to 1855. This Index does not include grants for lands which would become part of Hancock Co. when it was formed in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. Grant Name: Book: Page: Year: Arces: Location: Abercrombie, Willie F.5 239 1808 280 Adams, David YYYY 487 1796 95 Allen, Charles K.5 853 1816 212 Allen, Phillip ZZZZ 736 1797 50 Allen, Phillip BBBBB 137 1799 45 Arche, Frederick O.5 192 1820 49 Buffalo Creek Archer, Chadwick EEEEE 862 1804 128 Arnold, Zachariah R.5 618 1836 33 Atkins, Abner O.5 344 1821 15 Fulsums Creek Atkinson, Agrippa BBBBB 136 1799 19 Fulsom Creek Atkinson, Thomas EEEEE 588 1803 28 Averett, Archiless M.5 854 1820 124 Ogeechee River Bagby, George BBBBB 186 1799 385 Ogeechee River Baldwin, Abraham DDDDD 113 1801 57 Bankston, Jacob AAAAA 313 1798 244.5 Fultons Creek Barbare, Grace ZZZZ 255 1797 300 Buffalo Creek Barefield, Soloman CCCCC 481 1800 200 Barksdale, Nathaniel G.5 259 1808 36 Bass, Edmund S. P.5 232 1824 9 Battle, Jesse DDDDD 228 1801 1000 Battle, William ZZZZ 253 1797 176 Sandy Run Battle, William DDDDD 307 1801 8 Battle, William F.5 356 1806 80 Biggins, William ZZZZ 551 1797 133.5 Biggins, William AAAAA 665 1798 330 Fort Creek Blackwood, Francis XXXX 255 1796 95 Bonner, Jeremiah EEEEE 145 1802 364 Town Creek Borland, Abraham DDDDD 113 1801 57 Island Creek Bradford, Thomas WWWW 118 1796 79 Log Dam Creek Brown, Elisha H.5 357 1811 300 Town Creek Brown, John G.5 492 1809 237.5 Buffalo Creek Bryan, Joseph AAAAA 588 1798 675 Powells Creek Bryan, Robert AAAAA 95 1797 170 Powells Creek Bryant, B. DDDDD 92 1801 137.5 Bryant, Benjamin ZZZZ 714 1797 350 Keg Creek Buoyer, Elias M.5 560 1819 26.25 Buffalo Creek Burch, Jared BBBBB 138 1799 194 Beaverdam Creek Burch, Jared BBBBB 139 1799 180 Beaverdam Creek Burton, Thomas W. P.5 165 1824 815 Cain, John EEEEE 366 1803 123.5 Cannon?, William EEEEE 793 1805 234.5 Buffalo Creek Carr, Robert N.5 279 1821 62 Oconee river Carr, Robert N.5 568 1820 389 Oconee river Carter, James G.5 429 1808 105.5 Carter, James I.5 198 1813 419.75 Carter, Jared M.5 714 1820 460 Ogeechee River Carter, Josiah AAAAA 510 1798 16 Castlebury, Elisha O.5 327 1821 55 Dry Creek Chambers, Hardin P.5 718 1827 96 Town Creek Colbert, John P.5 340 1825 78 Ogeechee River Colbert, John P.5 410 1825 356.9 Ogeechee River Cook, William I.5 101 1812 16 Fulsom Creek Cooper, Joseph G.5 454 1808 8.5 Cooper, Thomas CCCCC 278 1799 292 Beaverdam Creek Corvin, George EEEEE 442 1803 26 Cureton, Bolling P.5 74 1823 277 Dry Creek Dacey, Joel DDDDD 790 1802 201 Daniel, John I 5 178 1813 577 Daniel, John L 5 712 1818 423 Town Creek Daniel, Low DDDDD 671 1802 389 Shoulderbone Creek Deveraux, Samuel M. G 5 203 1808 13.5 Oconee River Deveraux, Samuel M. I 5 180 1813 150 Deveraux, Samuel M. L 5 134 1817 150 Town Creek Dewberry, James P.5 565 1826 63.75 Sandy Run Creek Dickson, David CCCCC 254 1799 200 Williams Creek Dickson, John CCCCC 64 1799 138 Ogeechee River Dickson, John S.5 72 1837 10 Dickson, Thomas CCCCC 68 1799 208 Williams Creek Drawn, James L 5 754 1818 62.5 Driskill, William F 5 455 1806 30 Duck, Jonathan P.5 335 1825 250 Dyche, Stephen G.5 233 1807 74.5 Earnest, George DDDDD 641 1802 217 Eiland, Enoch F 5 619 1807 350 Camp Branch Eilands, Absalom G 5 336 1808 178.75 Elands, Isaiah BBBBB 152 1799 198.5 Eubanks, John N 5 506 1823 40 Ogeechee River Evans, Abner F 5 178 1805 41 Evans, Stephen G 5 337 1808 50 Foster, William UUUU 733 1795 155 Foster, William ZZZZ 396 1797 8.75 Oconee River Fuller, Mary G 5 567 1809 85.75 Garner, Riddick L 5 59 1817 150 Gay, John EEEEE 96 1802 29 Ogeechee River Gilliland, William EEEEE 118 1802 100 Ogeechee River Gilliland, William EEEEE 326 1803 182 Sandy Run Gilliland, William F 5 494 1806 72 Gilliland, William K 5 917 1816 150 Gilliland, William N 5 415 1822 100 Rocky Creek Grantham, William L 5 204 1817 285.4 Buffalo Creek Gray, Thomas BBBBB 199 1799 147 Buffalo Creek Gray, Thomas DDDDD 723 1802 225 Buffalo Creek Graybill, Henry BBBBB 378 1799 1000 Powells Creek Grigg, William DDDDD 429 1801 29.5 Griggs, William K 5 599 1816 70 Hall, Boling EEEEE 665 1804 55 Hall, James M 5 543 1819 550.5 Buffalo Creek Hall, Samuel G 5 356 1808 9.75 Hamilton, John L 5 718 1818 250 Buffalo Creek Hardwick, William I 5 346 1813 21.5 Hardwick, William K 5 391 1815 909.5 Ogeechee River Hart, Samuel AAAAA 97 1797 200 Powells Creek Harvey, Evan DDDDD 544 1801 343 Long Creek Harvey, James AAAAA 204 1798 650 Ogeechee River Harvey, John F 5 373 1806 200 Harvey, John F 5 486 1806 200 Hawkins, Hardress K 5 301 1815 151 Ogeechee River Hay, Curtis I 5 379 1814 300 Keg Creek Haywood, Benjamin AAAAA 203 1798 225 Heming, Arthur F 5 555 1806 100 Heming, Peter P 5 656 1826 172.5 Island Creek Henry, Joseph AAAAA 202 1798 178 Ogeechee River Herbert, John CCCCC 353 1799 550 Town Creek Herndon, George EEEEE 120 1802 300 Oconee River Herndon, George EEEEE 122 1802 200 Herndon, William EEEEE 121 1802 500 Buffalo Creek Hill, William G 5 275 1808 164 Hitchcock, Allen W 5 824 1850 10 Buffalo Creek Holcom, John ZZZZ 703 1797 460.8 Beaverdam Creek Horten, James CCCCC 600 1800 400 Powells Creek Howell, Hezekiah AAAAA 585 1798 300 Fulsom Creek Howell, Joseph DDDDD 213 1801 27 Howell, Mills R 5 316 1836 60 Huckabee, Isam F 5 429 1806 480 Hudson, Daniel I 5 231 1813 14.5 Hudson, Hamplin Q 5 378 1831 166 Town Creek Jackson, Henry G 5 236 1808 800 Jackson, Isaac F 5 83 1805 1000 Shoulderbone Creek Johnston, Levi DDDDD 598 1802 100 Buffalo Creek Johnston, Martin BBBBB 3 1799 400 Dry Creek Johnston, Micajah M 5 158 1819 16.5 Jones, Hamsen L 5 77 1817 80 Buffalo Creek Jones, John W 5 271 1848 84.5 Jones, Nancy EEEEE 472 1803 62 Ogeechee River Jones, Reuben EEEEE 397 1803 148 Oconee River Justice, John BBBBB 224 1799 105 Kelly, Jesse DDDDD 716 1802 300 Island Creek Kennedy, James A. R. T 5 482 1839 200 Kennedy, Seth L 5 552 1817 200 Kilgore, William P 5 137 1824 303.3 King, Brady R. W 5 397 1849 156.75 Lamar, John EEEEE 363 1803 260 Beaverdam Creek Lewis, Francis AAAAA 546 1798 227 Ogeechee River Lewis, John W. V 5 720 1846 40 Lockhart, Jesse T 5 290 1838 48 Lockhart, Jesse T 5 607 1839 28.5 St.? Ogeechee Creek Loftin, James DDDDD 649 1802 294 White Oak Creek Long, Davis AAAAA 87 1797 198.5 Buffalo Creek Long, Davis DDDDD 758 1803 700 Beaverdam Creek Loyd, James AAAAA 508 1798 200 Beaverdam Creek Lunday, Henry V 5 670 1846 12.5 Lynch, John H 5 91 1810 272.4 Buffalo & Ogeechee Mackleton, William DDDDD 5 1800 100 Maddox, William M 5 144 1819 48.5 Madox, Michael DDDDD 34 1800 450 Mapp, Littleton AAAAA 548 1798 72 Powells Creek Marshall, Moses CCCCC 17 1799 37 Buffalo Creek Marshall, Moses EEEEE 154 1802 404 Town Creek Marshall, Moses I 5 229 1813 90 Mathews, Nathaniel H 5 11 1809 6.5 Mathews, Thomas O 5 104 1820 112.5 Buffalo Creek McCellan, John I 5 142 1812 18 Powells Creek McCook, Robert I 5 189 1813 200 Williams Creek McCook, Samuel M 5 150 1819 70 Williams Creek McCook, Samuel M 5 181 1819 200 Williams Creek McCoy, Henry DDDDD 9 1800 200 McCulloh, John F 5 372 1806 280 Island Creek McDaniel, George S 5 157 1837 28 McKinzie, John EEEEE 144 1802 668 Town Creek McSwain, Patrick M 5 592 1820 13 Miars, Jacob EEEEE 481 1803 600 Middlebrooks, Thomas YYYY 456 1796 366 Shoulderbone Creek Miller, James BBBBB 4 1799 300 Dry Creek Miller, James I 5 347 1813 367 Dry Creek Miller, Jonathan O 5 677 1833 26 Buffalo Creek Montgomery, Hugh ZZZZ 753 1797 33 Montgomery, Hugh G 5 377 1808 100 Buffalo Creek Montgomery, Hugh K 5 102 1815 57 Moore, Jeremiah F 5 148 1805 4.75 Moore, Jeremiah F 5 277 1806 50 Murfey, William G 5 248 1808 19 Murphy, William F 5 324 1806 894 Muse, Daniel Y 5 1624 1855 5 Newson, Isaac J 5 345 1813 76 Newson, Isaac J 5 161 1812 807.25 Beaverdam Creek Norsworthy, George CCCCC 308 1800 253 Northen, William BBBBB 212 179- 125 Ogeechee River Oates, Richard W. DDDDD 3 1800 308.5 ODaniel, William EEEEE 434 1803 156 Orrick, James EEEEE 128 1802 200 Buffalo Creek Palmer, Joseph G 5 465 1809 181 Rocky Creek Parsons, James CCCCC 708 1800 280 Peace, John F 5 513 1806 500 Sandy Run Pearson, Stephen U 5 306 1841 30 Drawhorn Creek Peavy, Abraham F 5 91 1805 38 Town Creek Perdue, George P 5 420 1825 125 Town Creek Perritt, Nathan DDDDD 789 1802 250 Perritt, William DDDDD 788 1802 333.5 Peterson, John L 5 693 1818 22 Oconee River Phillips, Hillary ZZZZ 733 1797 247.25 Buffalo Creek Phillips, Soloman F 5 615 1807 24.5 Pierce, Shotswood N 5 267 1821 100.5 Buffalo Creek Pinkston, Green B. N 5 443 1822 8 Turkey Creek Pinkston, John F 5 447 1806 31.25 Pinkston, John F 5 448 1807 62.5 Pound, Richard EEEEE 213 1803 13.5 Powell, Lewis AAAAA 509 1798 200 Ogeechee River Rabun, Matthew ZZZZ 514 1797 646 Town Creek Rabun, William K 5 300 1815 182 Fulsom Creek Rachaels, James T 5 62 1838 16 Ragan, John AAAAA 100 1797 67.75 Ragan, John DDDDD 2 1800 80 Town Creek Ragan, John DDDDD 4 1800 300 Town Creek Reaves, George M 5 678 1820 41 Sandy Run Reaves, William M 5 809 1820 216 Buffalo Creek Reaves, William M 5 810 1820 24.5 Reed, Samuel ZZZZ 704 1797 59 Shoulderbone Creek Reese, Littleton AAAAA 314 1798 83 Rhodes, William DDDDD 76 1801 600 Town Creek Roan, George AAAAA 500 1798 300 Ogeechee River Roberts, Benjamin V 5 210 1845 246 Town Creek Sanders, William F 5 80 1805 200 Buffalo Creek Sessems, Archolas DDDDD 590 1802 153 Buffalo Creek Sharp, William CCCCC 508 1800 49 Ship, Richard AAAAA 543 1798 184 Ogeechee River Ship, Richard AAAAA 544 1798 168 Ogeechee River Shivers, Jonas G 5 277 1808 20 Fulsom Creek Shivers, William N 5 487 1822 87 Ogeechee River Shockley, Jonathan AAAAA 403 1798 110 Shy, Samuel BBBBB 374 1799 142 Simpson, Stephen X 5 721 1851 85 Slatter, Reuben G 5 250 1808 61.75 Smith, Abraham AAAAA 101 1797 142 Island Creek Smith, Archibald CCCCC 507 1800 105.5 Smith, Thomas G 5 99 1807 300 Buffalo Creek Spights, Levi S 5 580 1838 65 Stembridge, William G 5 231 1807 50 Still, Robert F 5 82 1805 245.75 Still, Robert H 5 293 1810 187 Stradley, James CCCCC 42 1799 63 Spring Creek Strother, Francis DDDDD 753 1802 42.5 Oconee River Stroud, Matthew DDDDD 430 1801 250 Tarver, Jacob L 5 739 1818 500 Town Creek Thesford, William F 5 78 1808 200 Ogeechee River Thompson, Benjamin BBBBB 128 1799 152 Thompson, Benjamin BBBBB 180 1799 92 Ogeechee River Thompson, Benjamin CCCCC 444 1800 56 Tomlin, James G 5 391 1808 198 Traywick, Jesse DDDDD 10 1800 432 Buffalo Creek Tucker, Frederick BBBBB 178 1799 500 Turner, James DDDDD 30 1800 400 Ogeechee River Turner, Joseph F 5 137 1808 10.5 Turner, William AAAAA 661 1798 300 Ogeechee River Tyres, Lewis DDDDD 19 1800 46 Tyres, Lewis DDDDD 32 1800 950 Veazey, Nancy CCCCC 306 1801 376 Vincent, West I 5 206 1813 320 Vining, Thomas ZZZZ 690 1797 267.5 Oconee River Waller, Samuel D. Q 5 513 1832 165 Wallis, Loxla I 5 383 1814 154 Weeks, James BBBBB 183 1799 200 Shoulderbone Creek Weeks, John BBBBB 182 1799 200 Beaverdam Creek Whatley, Richard ZZZZ 207 1797 200 Spring Creek Whitehurst, Simon AAAAA 526 1798 150 Buffalo Creek Whitfield, Benjamin AAAAA 96 1797 300 Powells Creek Willcoxan, Thomas CCCCC 309 1800 73.25 Williams, Thomas I 5 52 1812 178.25 12 mi. Beaverdam Creek Williams, Thomas I 5 366 1813 62.75 Fulsom Creek Williams, Thomas I 5 232 1813 147.75 Fulsom Creek Williamson, Sally AAAAA 507 1798 500 Powells Creek Wilson, Benjamin P 5 130 1824 62 Ogeechee River Wilson, Benjamin T 5 444 1839 330 Dry Creek Wilson, Robert L. W 5 371 1849 11.25 Dry Creek Wooten, Hardy BBBBB 223 1799 160 Town Creek Wooten, Hardy CCCCC 90 1799 211 Town Creek Worthen, Elijah I 5 162 1812 242 Ogeechee River Worthen, Richard CCCCC 10 1799 161 Ogeechee River Wyche, George AAAAA 315 1798 89.5