ISAAC BROWN

Crossing the Line

Isaac Brown, Jr. lived in fear of Indians for most of his life. He had reason to be afraid. A group of unfriendly Indians killed his father. They tried to kill his mother. They even tried to kill Isaac, too. So, when Isaac got a chance to save another woman from the hands of barbaric captors, Isaac remembered the blood curdling terror in his mother's eyes, the day they crossed the line.

After the Treaty of Augusta was signed in 1783, the State of Georgia began to carve her pristine lands into new counties. The largest of these was Washington County, named in honor of the nation's greatest hero, General George Washington. Almost from the beginning, Indian leaders began to have second thoughts about the treaty. Alexander McGillivray, the half-Scottish chief of the Creeks, repudiated the treaty and opted instead to negotiate with Spain over the title to the lands along the Oconee River.

The treaty defined the line between the land of the Creeks and the land of the State of Georgia as the Oconee River with the east side belonging to Georgia and the west side to the Indian tribes. Despite the treaty, isolated groups of the Creeks ventured over the line into homesteads granted to former soldiers of the American Revolution. Some of these forays often resulted in violent attacks on the settlers or their unwelcome visitors.

Despite the fact that Chief McGillivray, upon the enticement of President Washington, reversed his position and signed the treaty of New York in 1790, violent encounters along the Oconee resumed and did not reach a climax until 1796. In order to prevent attacks upon her citizens, Georgia established a series of forts along the lower Oconee River. The main fort was established at Fort Fidius, southeast of present day Milledgeville. Next was a fortress at Long Bluff, west of present day Oconee, Georgia at the point where the Central of Georgia Railroad now crosses the Oconee. Some twenty miles to the south, Fort Telfair was established at Carr's Bluff, opposite today's Dublin Country Club. The last in a series of forts was built in 1793 on Berryhill's Bluff, west of current day Lothair in Treutlen County. These forts, placed at all too distant intervals, proved woefully ineffective in preventing the Creeks from crossing the line to the eastern banks of the Oconee.

Isaac Brown, Sr. decided that he would venture across the dividing line and build a home for his family on the west side of the river on lands still held by the Creeks. The home, located some two miles from Long Bluff, was a modest affair with no additional fortifications beyond the usual thick walls and iron locks. Brown hoped to capitalize on the virgin grasslands to raise cattle.

Brown, known as a man without fear, always maintained a stock of loaded guns just in case his family was attacked. As a means of maintaining an early warning system, Brown kept a pack of fine hunting dogs around to alert him of anyone approaching his home.

Although many thought the highly celebrated retaliation against Creeks led by Benjamin Harrison at Carr's Bluff some six months earlier would have prevented the Creeks from crossing the Oconee, river valley dwellers still lived in constant fear of the Creeks, who usually respected the treaty and remained on their side of the river.

On an early morning in May 1797, all of that changed. And, so did the life of Isaac Brown and his family forever. This time it was a white family who crossed the line. The senior Brown heard his dogs barking. When he opened his door to see what the matter was, he was immediately shot dead by an Indian hiding just outside the door.

The attackers, said a report in The Eastern Herald to number ten, began to yell and hoop. Mrs. Brown managed to drag her husband's corpse into the house. She then gathered all of the rifles she could and fired at anything that moved. Initially she succeeded, fending off the assault. But soon, the attackers returned.

All of sudden, Mrs. Brown noticed that her board shelter adjoining the home was on fire. Quickly and as calmly as she could, Mrs. Brown climbed the wall on the inside and extinguished the fire with a big bowl of milk. While she was pouring the milk onto the flames, her exposed arm was shot and broken by a rifle bullet.

The determined lady persevered. And, with the help of a young boy, a son of one James Harrison, she managed once again to ward off the attackers. Mrs. Brown, the Harrison boy and Isaac, Jr. were able to escape back across the river to safety in Washington County. A company of men were dispatched to the scene to investigate Mrs. Brown's claims. There they found Brown's body in the house. Not too far from the house were the bodies of two dead Creek braves, who had unsuccessfully attempted to treat their wounds.

Two decades later, Isaac Brown, Jr. was living with his mother in Twiggs County. Thomas Woodward, who had been appointed by General Andrew Jackson to collect as many Indians as he could and join him at Fort Scott, called upon Isaac to go with him to Florida to end the troubles in the newly acquired territory.

Before they left, Mrs. Brown pleaded to her son, "Isaac, my son, the Indians killed your father and may kill you, but I had rather hear of your being killed than to hear that my son was a coward," as she remembered the day she and a young boy beat back ten Indians by themselves in what Woodward described as "no sham fight."

Isaac had no horse, so both men set out on foot and made their way to Fort Early, where they obtained mounts. The men joined the army of Gen. William McIntosh, another half-Scottish Chief of the Creeks and a first cousin of U.S. Senator George M. Troup of Laurens County, to seek out and destroy Seminole strongholds.

Dressed like Indians, Brown and Woodward came upon a band of Seminoles, which included Billy Powell, the future and powerful Osceola, Chief of the Seminoles. There they found and rescued Mrs. Stuart, who had been captured a year or so before in an attack on Fort Scott. Brown remembered how his own mother had nearly been killed by Indians. Mrs. Stuart was much more fortunate, having been treated kindly by Yellow Hair, an old Indian in the camp. He rejoiced in that he was able to save yet another woman from harm.

Some thirty five years after the Treaty of Augusta established the Oconee River as the border between the Creeks and the whites, the people along the eastern Oconee River would finally rest with no fear of being attacked by those who would cross the line.

LAURENS COUNTY HEADRIGHTS

LAURENS COUNTY HEADRIGHTS


1784-1903





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Grants from 1784-1793 were all located in Washington County.

Grants from 1793-1811 were in Washington and Montgomery Counties.

Grants from 1811-1903 were in Laurens County.

Some of the granted lands were given to Johnson County in 1857.



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NAME BOOK PAGE ACRES YEAR REFERENCES

DEED BOOK -

NEARBY CREEK

OR RIVER.

ORIGINAL CO.







ANDERSON, ELIJAH 3-D 383 287.5 1784 C-121, CLARKS

and/or 3-H 155 287.5 1785 OR BIG CREEK

WASHINGTON

ANDERSON, JOHN G. S-5 159 600 1837

ANDREWS, WILLIAM S-5 539 400 1837

ARLINE, JETHRO V-5 181 96 1845

ARLINE, JETHRO V-5 152 400 1844 L-11,

DRY CREEK

ARLINE, JETHRO S-5 540 50 1837 L-12

BIG CREEK

AYCOCK, JOSEPH Z-5 724 372 1858

AYCOCK, JOSEPH Z-5 725 430 1858

AYCOCK, JOSEPH Z-5 726 563 1858

AYCOCK, JOSEPH Z-5 727 383 1858

AYCOCK, JOSEPH Z-5 728 245 1858

AYCOCK, JOSEPH Z-5 729 346 1858

AYCOCK, JOSEPH Z-5 730 239 1858

AYCOCK, JOSEPH Z-5 731 642 1858

AYCOCK, JOSEPH Z-5 732 278 1858



BAKER, WASHINGTON Y-5 275 200 1853

BALLARD, BENJAMIN F. A-D 79 256.68 1897

BALLARD, BENJAMIN F. Y-5 335 400 1853

BARRON, WILLIAM 3-I 475 350 1786 E-218, 225

513 WASHINGTON

823 BUCKEYE CR.

BARROW, REUBEN 287.5 1785 J-14, BIG

WASHINGTON

BEATTY, JAMES K-5 439 200 1816

BEATTY, JAMES K-5 440 120 1816

BELCHER, ALLEN L-5 58 100 1817

BLACKSHEAR, DAVID K-5 438 18 1816

BLACKSHEAR, EVERARD A-B 78 263 1860

BLACKSHEAR, EVERARD Z-5 568 400 1857

BLACKSHEAR, EDWARD J. A-B 301 59.9 1863

BLACKSHEAR, EDWARD J. A-B 798 100 1883

BLACKSHEAR, EDWARD J. Z-5 750 150 1859

BLACKSHEAR, EDWARD J. Z-5 567 802 1857

BLACKSHEAR, EDWARD J. A-B 153 100 1861

BLOUNT, WILLIAM 3-M 328 1000 1787 E-389,455,170

3-M 346 500 1787 BUCKEYE CRK.

WASHINGTON

E-455

BONNER, SHERWOOD 3-N 402 250 1787 H-221, OCONEE

WASHINGTON

BRACKEN, WILLIAM 4-B 553 388 1793 E-277 OHOOPEE

WASHINGTON

BRACKEN, WILLIAM 4-3 496 400 1794 H-195,

WASHINGTON

BRACKEN, WILLIAM 5-C 408 200 1800 F-88, FORT'S

WASHINGTON

C-103 BUCKEYE

BRANCH, CHARITY X-5 196 472.5 1850

BRANCH, ELIAS S-5 150 300 1837

BRASWELL, JOHN 3-G 276 287.5 1785 F-143, G-132

WASHINGTON

CLARK/BIG CRK

BREWTON, JOHN 3-H 520 287.5 1785

BREWTON, JOHN 3-V 383 300 1792

BREWTON, WILLIAM 600 1790 I-105, BIG

WASHINGTON

BRITT, HEZEKIAH Y-5 210 444 1852

BRYANT, DAVID 3-T 310 400 1790 F-168 BUCKEYE

WASHINGTON

BRYANT, DAVID 4-Z 154 200 1797 C-15, C-32

BUCKEYE

WASHINGTON

BUSH, ALCY X-5 533 300 1851

BUSH, JAMES A-B 112 23.7 1861

BUSH, JOHN 3-K 449 287.5 1786 E-353, OCONEE

WASHINGTON

BUSH, JOHN 5-E 710 125 1804 MONTGOMERY

E-352?

BUSH, WILLIAM 5-D 600 650 1800 MONTGOMERY

C-51, BRUTON?

BUSH, WILLIAM 5-E 779 630 18O4 MONTGOMERY



C-51, 250

BREWTON

BUSH, WILLIAM Q-5 556 200 1832

BUSH, WILLIAM Y-5 483 300 1853

BUSH, WILLIAM, JR. X-5 273 245 1850

BUTLER, DANIEL 3-F 376 287.5 1789 F-161

WASHINGTON

CARROLL, WILLIAM 3-D 303 287.5 1784 I-138

WASHINGTON

BUCKEYE CR.

CARTER, ELIJAH W-5 664 200 1849

CARTER, ELIJAH V-5 186 200 1845

CARTER, FREDERICK S-5 547 750 ----

CARTER, GEORGE W. A-C 25 226.5 1886

CARTER, GEORGE W. A-C 37 25.7 1886

CARTER, J.O. A-B 877 83.16 1884

CARTER, JAMES W. A-D 225 44.36 1908

CARTER, JAMES W. A-D 2 183.95 1885

CARTER, ROBERT P-5 629 250 1826

CARTER, THOMAS V-5 185 200 1845

CARTER, THOMAS Z-5 561 127 1857

CARTER, WILLIS V-5 920 300 1847

CARTER, WILLIS Z-5 878 600 1859



CLARKE, ELIJAH GEN. 3-Q 265 1050 1788 B-141,169

WASHINGTON

CLEMENTS, ELIAS X-5 723 449 1851

CLEMENTS, HOSEA 5-C 174 449 1799 G-26

WASHINGTON

CLEMENTS, JESSE Z-5 520 178 1857

CLEMENTS, JESSE Y-5 156 400 1852

CLEMENTS, JOSEPH C. Y-5 1613 200 1855

CLEMENTS, MORTIMER W-5 404 300 1849

CLEMENTS, MORTIMER V-5 184 85 1845

COLEMAN, J.A. A-B 922 998.1 1891

COOKSON, WILLIAM 98 1788 J-40, I-34

SEE 5-B/360, 5-A/211 WASHINGTON/

MONTGOMERY

CRESWELL, JAMES 3-N 23 1000 1787 E-312, OCONEE

EAST DUBLIN

WASHINGTON

CULPEPPER, JOHN 3-V 391 350 1792 E-40, BUCKEYE

WASHINGTON

CURRY, DANIEL 5-C 267 200 1799 MONTGOMERY

L-27

DANIEL, G.W. U-5 681 220 1842

DANIEL, GEORGE Q-5 371 205 1831

DARDEN, JACOB 3-N 284 300 1787 WASHINGTON

and/or 3-N 292 300 1787 K-186,

SAW PALMETTO

CRK. & PUGHES

CRK.

DAVIS, DAVID N. Y-5 582 328 1853

DEAN, EDMUND 5-C 324 200 1800 D-16,

MONTGOMERY

DENT, JOHN U-5 358 89 1841

DENT, JOHN Z-5 733 8.25 1858

DONALDSON, JAMES M. A-B 698 250 1880

DOWDY, RICHARD 237 I-27, BIG

WASHINGTON





EMANUEL, ASA 3-F 552 287.5 1785 F-24, OCONEE

or 3-G 21 287.5 1785

MERCERS CRK.

WASHINGTON

EVANS, BENJAMIN 5-A 276 200 1798 C-249-50

MONTGOMERY

EVANS, BENJAMIN I-5 467 250 1814



FAIRCLOTH, ALLEN P-5 205 445 1824

FAIRCLOTH, RICHARD K-5 520 600 1816

FENN, ELIJAH N-5 275 300 1821

FLANDERS, BARNABUS X-5 814 250 1851

FLANDERS, BARNABUS V-5 867 200 1846

FLANDERS, BARNABUS X-5 535 300 1851

FLANDERS, ELBERT X-5 406 400 1850

FLANDERS, FRANCIS E. Z-5 539 150 1856

FLANDERS, FRANCIS E. R-5 126 600 1834

FLANDERS, FRANCIS E. X-5 813 400 1851

FLANDERS, FREDERICK A-B 20 50 1860

FLANDERS, JOSEPH R. A-B 692 490 1880

FLANDERS, MARK U-5 359 300 1841

FLANDERS, WILLIAM Y-5 208 47 1852

FLOWERS, WRIGHT L-5 598 200 1818

FLOWERS, WRIGHT N-5 574 381 1823

FLOWERS, WRIGHT N-5 575 228 1823

FLOYD, ELI X-5 548 162 1851

FLOYD, SHADRACK U-5 83 300 1840

FOLSOM, JACOB 200 1791 I-111

WASHINGTON

FORT, THOMAS 3-I 124 200 1785 I-61, 117

BIG CREEK

WASHINGTON

FORT, THOMAS 4-E 739 372 1794 I-117, D-112

BUCKEYE CR.

WASHINGTON

FULFORD, VALENTIN X-5 542 185.5 1851

FUTCH, JAMES U-5 215 100 1840 N-164



GARNTO, NATHAN, SR. Y-5 314 200 1852

GARNTO, NATHAN, JR. Y-5 313 200 1852

GILBERT, THOMAS 5-C 245 200 1799 I-43,

ALLEN'S MILL

WASHINGTON

GLASS, JAMES U-5 679 300 1842

GLASS, LEVI P-5 131 150 1824

GLOVER, FOSTER Y-5 154 550 1882

GLOVER, JAMES Z-5 765 250 1859

GRAHAM, ALEXANDER Y-5 155 225 1852

GRAHAM, ANDREW J. A-C 371 140 1892

GRAHAM, DUNCAN Y-5 162 200 1852

GRAHAM, DUNCAN R-5 71 200 1833

GRAHAM, JOHN W-5 796 500 1850

GRAHAM, JOHN Y-5 1254 785 1854

GRAHAM, SARAH Y-5 158 300 1852

GRANT, PETER 3-H 47 575 1785 F-112,

WASHINGTON

GRAY, RUFUS G. A-C 331 35 1891

GREEN, LEONARD ? 3-M 263 200 1787 F-45

WASHINGTON

GUTHRIE, JOHN 4-Y 466 235 1796 E-194 BUCKEYE

WASHINGTON

GUYTON, CINNCINATUS A-B 798 84 1883

GUYTON, JOHN M-5 644 780 1820 H-114

INGRAM'S BR.

GUYTON, MOSES T-5 15 250 1838



GUYTON, MOSES T-5 16 250 1838

GUYTON, MOSES T-5 17 250 1838

GUYTON, MOSES T-5 18 250 1838



HALL, JOHN W-5 534 1849

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 4-T 754 706 1795 G-56, BIG

WASHINGTON

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 5-C 452 300 1799 MONTGOMERY

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 5-C 453 314 1800 MONTGOMERY

HARRISON, BENJAMIN F-5 96 1000 1805 MONTGOMERY

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 5-A 241 1000 1798 WASHINGTON

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 5-A 242 812 1798 WASHINGTON

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 5-A 243 92 1798 WASHINGTON

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 5-A 244 135 1798 WASHINGTON

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 5-A 245 500 1798 WASHINGTON

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 5-A 246 500 1798 WASHINGTON

HARRISON, BENJAMIN 4-T 754 706 1795 WASHINGTON



HARRISON, EDWARD ? 3-S 565 300 1789 J-41, BIG

WASHINGTON

HARRISON, EDWARD ? 3-T 867 400 1790 J-41, BIG

WASHINGTON

HART, ALLEN W-5 803 297 1850

HART, ALLEN X-5 718 200 1851

HART, THOMAS A-B 204 53.5 1862

HARVEY, BLASINGAME 5-C 73 287.5 1799 D-80 OCONEE

MONTGOMERY?

HARVEY, BLASINGAME 3-T 143 287.5 1790 C-120, BIG

MONTGOMERY

HARVEY, JAMES HILL 3-G 547 287.5 1784 WASHINGTON

OCONEE R.

E-285



HAYWOOD, HAYBUT V-5 76

HERENDON, GEORGE L-5 133 200 1817

HESTER, JEREMIAH Y-5 24 300 1852

HESTER, STEPHEN JR. Y-5 462 200 1853

HESTER, STEPHEN SR. U-5 234 400 1840

HESTER, ROBERT R. X-5 543 300 1851

HIGHTOWER, CHARNAL K-5 164 200 1814 H-235

HIGHTOWER CRK

HIGHTOWER, ECHOLS K-5 164 200 1815

HIGHTOWER, ECHOLS L-5 812 100 1818

HIGHTOWER, EPHRAIM V-5 906 650 1846

HIGHTOWER, JAMES V-5 902 150 1846

HIGHTOWER, JAMES V-5 903 36 1846

HIGHTOWER, JOSHUA V-5 982 387 1847

HIGHTOWER, JOSHUA V-5 838 297 1846

HIGHTOWER, JOSHUA E. V-5 183 197 1845

HIGHTOWER, WINFIELD Z-5 514 271 1857

HIGHTOWER, WINFIELD Z-5 510 500 1857

HILBURN, ANDREW J. A-B 21 90 1860

HILBURN, IRA A-C 59 41.5 1887

HILBURN, IRA H. A-C 60 0.57 1887

HILBURN, MADISON V. A-C 35 0.7 1886

HILBURN, VAUGHN A-C 36 218 1886

HILBURN, VAUGHN V-5 254 140 1845

HILLIARD, ABIGAIL 4-C 187 120 1799 C-195,



OHOOPEE R.

WASHINGTON

NOW JOHNSON

HOLMES, CHARLES X-5 192 497 1850

HOLMES, CHARLES L. X-5 194 393 1850

HOLMES, EDWARD V-5 255 500 1845

HOPKINS, WILLIAM R-5 155 200 1835

HUGHES, JAMES 5-E 646 400 1804 F-53

MERCER'S

MONTGOMERY

HUTCHINSON, JOHN V-5 921 250 1847



IRWIN, JOHN N-5 414 62.5 1821



JACK, SAMUEL 3-D 290 287.5 1784 WASHINGTON

E-187, OCONEE

JACKSON, JOHN A-B 545 108 1874

JACKSON, JOHN V-5 897 300 1846

JACKSON, JOHN V-5 876 408 1859

JACKSON, JOHN Z-5 569 300 1857

JACKSON, ROBERT 100 1790 E-306 PUGHES

WASHINGTON

JACKSON, WALTER* 4-C 55 1000 1793 G-176,

WASHINGTON

JOHNSON, ISRAEL X-5 578 250 1851

JOHNSON, ISRAEL X-5 714 300 1851

JOHNSON, ISRAEL A-D 22 303.66 1894

JOHNSON, WILLIAM 4-3 813 200 1794 E-4, BIG

WASHINGTON

JOHNSTON, JAMES 100 F-53,

MERCER'S

MONTGOMERY

JOHNSTON, JOHN 3-H 295 287.5 1785 WASHINGTON

M-374

JOINER, WILLIAM J. A-D 77 32 1897

JONES, ALFORD V-5 182 192.7 1845

JONES, JOHN W. A-C 100 92 1887

JONES, WILLIAM V-5 429 35 1845

JONES, WILLIAM F. Y-5 1677 148 1855

JONES, WILLIAM F. Y-5 1678 398.5 1855



KEEN, W.J. A-D 83 212.7 1897

KEEN, YOUNG 0-5 226 300 1821



KEEN, YOUNG Y-5 463 710 1853

KEMP, WILLIAM 134+ G-221,



SEE 4-C/345, 4-L/899 OHOOPEE R.

MONTGOMERY

NOW IN

JOHNSON CO.

LANCASTER, JOSEPH 5-C 47 200 1799 F-104,

MONTGOMERY

LANCASTER, WILLIAM 5-C 418 400 1800 F-256,

MESSER'S

MONTGOMERY

LASSITER, JESSE 5-E 647 932 1804 MONTGOMERY

MESSER'S CRK.

M-374

LAWSON, ANDREW 3-H 2 287.5 1785 B-177,

HEIRS OF 3-H 16 287.5 1785 BIG CREEK

See deeds in Lau. Co. Leg. Rec. V. 1, p. 451 WASHINGTON



LEONARD, JOHN 5-A 444 250 1797 D-93, BIG

WASHINGTON

LINDER, JACOB Y-5 869 415 1853

LINDER, JACOB V-5 871 404.15 1846

LINDER, JACOB V-5 869 310.5 1846

LINDER, JACOB X-5 215 277 1850

LINDER, JACOB Y-5 1426 246 1854

LINDER, LEWIS Q-5 184 300 1830

LINDER, LEWIS V-5 919 200 1847

LINDER, LEWIS Z-5 427 185.5 1857

LIVINGSTON, JOSEPH N-5 506 59 1823

LOCKHART, BENJAMIN 3-G 143 287.5 1785 E-43, OCONEE

WASHINGTON

CARR'S BLUFF

LOVE, DAVID 3-N 140 300 1787 F-42, BIG

WASHINGTON

LUKE, WILLIAM V-5 981 200 1847



MADDOX, DAVID R. Z-5 343 162 1856

MADDOX, DAVID R. T-5 33 300 1838

MADDOX, DAVID R. U-5 437 144 1841

MADDOX, DAVID R. V-5 988 400 1847

MADDOX, JACOB L. Y-5 159 200 1852

MADDOX, JAMES R. W-5 77 300 1847

MADDOX, JAMES R. X-5 550 120 1851

MADDOX, JOHN P. Y-5 160 220 1852

MADDOX, LEWIS G. Y-5 161 198 1852

MARTIN, JOHN G. M-5 860 10 1820 G-14,

BUCKEYE CR

MARTIN, ROBERT P-5 46 400 1823 M-359, BIG

CREEK

MARTIN, W.D. A-B 655 200 1872

MARTIN, W.D. A-C 389 100 1893

MASON, JAMES U-5 520 200 1842

MASON, JOHN W-5 455 300 1849

MASON, THOMAS X-5 250 200 1850

MASON, TURNER U-5 518 250 1842

MASON, TURNER U-5 519 250 1842

MASON, W.L. U-5 100 200 1840

MASON, DR. W.L. Z-5 751 21.4 1858

MAYO, GIDEON F-5 72 100 1805 F-136, OCONEE

MONTGOMERY

MAYO, GIDEON 5-D 575 300 1801 MONTGOMERY

MCCULLOUGH, HENRY 3-U 59 900 1790 H-88, BIG

WASHINGTON

MCCULLOUGH, HUGH 900 1790 E-334, BIG

WASHINGTON

I-61

MCGEHEE, WILLIAM 600 WASHINGTON

J-48

MCLENDON, BURRELL K-5 1000 200 1816

MCLENDON, BURREL Y-5 365 199 1853

MCLENDON, ELEKIEL M-5 820 98 1820

MCLENDON, ELIZABETH 0-5 214 105 1820

MCLENDON, NEEDHAM T-5 279 200 1838

MCLENDON, HENRY J. Y-5 364 192.6 1853

MCLENDON, JOHN I. Z-5 991 671.6 1860

MCLENDON, NEEDHAM Z-5 630 200 1858

MCLENDON, NEEDHAM V-5 121 250 1844

MCLENDON, NEEDHAM --- 448 200 1839

MCLENDON, WARREN Z-5 990 197 1860

MCLENDON, WILLIAM V-5 138 250 1844

MCLENDON, WILLIAM V-5 139 250 1844

MCLENDON, WILLIAM Z-5 988 70 1860

MCLENDON, WILLIAM Z-5 989 400 1860

MCLENDON, WILLIAM Z-5 992 200 1860

MCWILLIAMS, JOHN* 165+ F-67,

WASHINGTON

MESSER, PETER* 4-C 50 165 1793 H-138, OCONEE

WASHINGTON

LATER MONTG.

MILLER, JOHN J. A-C 191 60 1889

MIMBS, BENJAMIN M-5 388 450 1819

MIMBS, BENJAMIN M-5 389 250 1819

MIMBS, BENJAMIN M-5 390 200 1819

MIMBS, BENJAMIN Q-5 712 300 1833 L-269

MIMBS, BENJAMIN X-5 711 145 1851

MIMBS, BENJAMIN Y-5 1 300 1852

MIMBS, BENJAMIN Y-5 1584 300 1855

MIMBS, BENJAMIN B. X-5 536 192.5 1851

MIMBS, BENJAMIN B. V-5 164 450 1844

MIMBS, REBECCA Z-5 217 90 1856

MINARD, WILLIAM 5-E 233 200 1803 D-7

MONTGOMERY

MOORMAN, CHARLES Q-5 361 90 1821

MOORMAN, CHARLES Q-5 219 380 1830

MURPHY, EDWARD 3-G 135 287.5 1785 F-43, OCONEE

WASHINGTON

MUSSELWHITE, LEONARD R-5 125 200 1834

MUSSELWHITE, LENOARD U-5 403 50 1841



NEEL, WILLIAM K-5 521 40 1816

NELSON, WILLIAM 250 E-305, PUGHES

NELSON, WILLIAM 150 1797 WASHINGTON

BIG CREEK

H-200

NOBLES, LEWIS SANDERS H-5 38 250 1810 D-7,E-222

WASHINGTON

ODOM, AARON A-C 239 187 1890

ODOM, RICHARD A. A-B 330 54 1864

ODOM, RICHARD A. Y-5 1819 238 1855

ODOM, RICHARD A. A-C 238 28.2 1890

OLIVER, MCDANIEL I-5 465 27 1814

OLIVER, WILLIAM P-5 45 350 1823



PARKER, JONATHAN V-5 740 180 1846

PAULK, JACOB P-5 394 200 1825

PAULK, MICAJAH P-5 576 50 1826

PERRY, EDWARD Y-5 223 370 1852

PERRY, EDWARD Y-5 2224 380 1852

POPE, FREDERICK V-5 431 173.1 1845

POPE, HARRIET A-C 183 347 1889

POPE, JOHN X-5 544 499 1851

POPE, JOHNATHAN M-5 228 300 1819

POTTS, JOHN 3-H 32 287.5 1785 F-136, OCONEE

WASHINGTON

POWELL, JESSE J-42

PULLEN, THOMAS Q-5 123 200 1829



REES, JOEL 3-L 119 200 1786 C-197, BIG

WASHINGTON

REGISTER, DAVID V-5 892 300 1846 N-164

REGISTER, REDDING P-5 109 300 1824

REGISTER, THOMAS N-5 420 250 1822

REGISTER, THOMAS P-5 110 300 1824

RICKS, HAMPTON X-5 783 185 1851

RICKS, JOHN R-5 128 200 1835

ROACH, JOHN 5-E 781 10 1804 MONTGOMERY

N-94, BREWTON

CRK.

ROBERTS, WILLIAM 5-E 930 400 1804 F-21, OCONEE

MONTGOMERY

ROBERTS, WILLIAM ? 5-D 280 200 1801 E-396

MONTGOMERY

ROBERTSON, ROBERT U-5 196 300 1840

ROBERTSON, ROBERT U-5 197 350 1840

ROBINSON, JACOB K-5 245 300 1815

ROBINSON, WILLIAM N-5 436 200 1822

ROBINSON, WILLIAM N-5 435 68 1822

ROE, JAMES 4-B 400 187 1793 E-44,

WASHINGTON,

BIG CREEK

ROWELL, ROBERT 131+ 1802 F-89

WASHINGTON

ROWLAND, ALEX V-5 179 250 1845

ROWLAND, ALEX Z-5 509 181 1857

ROWLAND, ALEX Y-5 168 192.4 1852

ROYAL, GILLIS T-5 358 200 1838



SANDERS, LEWIS P-5 422 60 1825

SCARBOROUGH, DRURY V-5 951 745 1847

SCARBOROUGH, EPHRAIM 5-C 69 115 1799 H-74, OCONEE

WASHINGTON,

BUCKEYE CR.

SIZEMORE, DAVID V-5 798 249.1 1846

SIZEMORE, NAZARETH Q-5 188 200 1840

SLAUGHTER, NOAH X-5 193 360 1850

SMITH, ARCHIBALD V-5 839 136 1846

SMITH, CHARLTON B. X-5 538 225 1851

SMITH, GEORGE J-42

SMITH, HARDY JR. U-5 92 318 1840

SMITH, HARDY JR. V-5 128 400 1844

SMITH, HARDY JR. X-5 537 787 1851

SMITH, JAMES M. Y-5 461 100 1853

SMITH, JOHN 150 WASHINGTON

BIG CREEK

E-7

SMITH, JOHN G. X-5 717 40 1851

SMITH, LOFTON T-5 722 259 1839

SMITH, LOFTON V-5 129 250 1844

SMITH, LOFTON X-5 903 150 1851

SMITH, LOFTON Z-5 323 92 1856

SMITH, WARREN X-5 904 200 1851

SMITH, WILLIAM A. Y-5 1640 48 1855

SMITH, ZACHARIAH V-5 948 158 1847

SMITH, ZACHARIAH X-5 901 40 1851

SPANN, FRANCIS 3-T 916 400 1790 I-111,

WASHINGTON

SPIVEY, SOLOMON P-5 405 250 1825

SPIVEY, SOLOMON Q-5 452 200 1831

SPURLOCK, WILLIAM K-5 163 200 1815

SPURLOCK, WILLIAM K-5 165 250 1815

STEWART, ARCHIBALD W-5 456 600 1849

STEWART, C.W. A-C 140 16.5 1888

STEWART, DUGALD S-5 557 400 1837

STEWART, DUGALD V-5 886 124 1846

STEWART, DUGALD A-B 171 146 1861

STEWART, DUGALD A-B 172 160 1861

STEWART, DUGALD A-B 173 333 1861

STEWART, MARY A. Y-5 152 200 1852

STEWART, NATHAN Y-5 1641 68 1855

STEWART, WILLIAM L. Y-5 362 200 1853

STOKES, JOHN 3-P 266 300 1788 G-75, BIG

ALLEN'S MILL

WASHINGTON

STUART, JAMES Z-5 563 103 1857

STUART, JAMES Z-5 564 50 1857

STUART, JAMES Z-5 565 150 1857

STUART, WILLIAM J. Z-5 562 300 1857

SUMNER, ALEXANDER Y-5 1048 174 1853

SUMNER, JOSEPH M. V-5 251 300 1845

SUMNER, JOSEPH M. W-5 662 200 1849

SUMNER, JOSEPH M. Y-5 1010 50 1853

SWEARINGEN, JOHN 5-D 532 400 1801 MONTGOMERY



THIGPEN, HARDEE A-C 261 30 1890

THIGPEN, MALANCTON A-C 312 31.375 1891

THIGPEN, W.G. A-B 755 229.35 1882

THIGPEN, W.G. A-B 873 57 1884

THOMAS, FRANCIS V-5 153 200 1844

THWEATT, JAMES 209+ H-249,

OCONEE



MONTGOMERY

TOWNSEND, HENRY X-5 405 203.1 1850

TUCKER, NATHAN V-5 884 593 1846

TUCKER, NATHAN V-5 885 360 1846

TURNER, EPHRAIM U-5 538 300 1842

TURNER, GIBSON X-5 539 150 1851

TURNER, GREEN B.H. Y-5 587 160 1853

TYSON, BETSEY O-5 78 200 1820 H-30, OCONEE

TYSON, MOSES Q-5 476 347 1831



VANN, ELZY Z-5 752 300 1859

VICK, SIMON S-5 560 250 1837

VICKERS, ABRAHAM 3-I 482 200 1786 D-373,

WASHINGTON

VIVIAN, THACKER 3V 224 400 1791 E-373

OHOOPEE R.

NOW IN

JOHNSON CO.

HWY 15 S.

WALKER, NOAH L-5 800 50 1818

WARREN, ELI T-5 19 500 1838

WARREN, ELI T-5 20 250 1838

WARREN, ELI T-5 21 250 1838

WARREN, REUBEN G-5 220 225 1807 J-49, B-166

MONTGOMERY

WATSON, M.D.J. A-C 6 151 1886

WATTS, WILLIAM R-5 31 353.8 1829

WHITFIELD, SAMUEL V-5 830 250 1846

WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM 990 E-325, PUGHES

MONTGOMERY

WILKES, DAVID X-5 546 449.3 1851

WILKES, DAVID A-B 174 113 1861

WILKES, DAVID A-B 176 9.2 1861

WILKES, ELISHA A-D 136 27 1903

WILKES, JOHN Y-5 1719 223 1855

WILLIAMS, JOEL L-5 248 284 1817

WILLIAMS, JOSEPH P. X-5 540 200 1851

WILLIAMS, RANDALL X-5 541 331.1 1851

WINDHAM, NANCY R-5 592 150 1836

WOMMACK, JESSE 3-M 88 287.5 1787 I-100

or 3-N 193 287.5 1787 WASHINGTON

OCONEE R.

WOOD, DAVID Y-5 153 297.2 1852

WYNN, BURRELL G. X-5 579 139 1851

WYNNE, ROBERT W.W. N-5 383 300 1821





YOPP, JEREMIAH Z-5 768 200 1859

YOPP, JEREMIAH Z-5 766 292 1859

YOPP, JEREMIAH Z-5 294 294 1859





Unless otherwise indicated the lands were located in Laurens

County at the time of the grant, unless they are before 1811.



* Indicates there may be other grants to the person, which are

located in present day Laurens County.







SOURCES: INDEX TO THE HEADRIGHTS AND BOUNTY GRANTS OF GEORGIA,

1756-1909, Revised Edition, Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.,

Southern Historical Press, 1992.