Hello list, I could use some help. Two of Reubin Thompson's deeds can be found at the Virtual Vault website: http://content.sos.state.ga.us/. To find the deeds, click on Headrights and Bounty Grants, and when the page pops up with the search engine, type in the name Thompson. His deeds are on page 2 of Thompson. I would like anyone who is interested to look at the one dated 2-04-1796. Reubin is bordered on one side by a Thompson. It looks sort of like an S - "S Thompsons". However, it could be an L or some other initial. If you know anyone who is particularly good at figuring out old initials,please ask them to take a look at it. This could be, I think, Labon Thompson, but I'm not sure. There are also some deeds for Labon at the site, but I can't find one that borders Reubin. They are, however, near where his was located. Any help appreciated. Here is the body of the deed: Warrant dated February 4th 1796. Survey d June 10th 1796 for Reubin Thompson who lives in this State, one hundred acres of land bounded Southward and Southeastward by land of -- S? L?-- Thompson & Booth. Northward by land of Stephen Murray and Smith and Westward by land of ___ Irwin,which survey the above plat represents. Advertised & Certified July 4th 1796 by A Osborne C.Sur. Chain Carriers were Reubin Thompson and Joseph Kimbrel Carol B. Miller

Carol, my guess is that it's S. Thompson because the S looks like most of the other S's in the document. For instance the word Survey. There's a superscript after the S before Thompson. I'm not sure what it stands for, but I know it's a way to abbreviate a name. I noticed that there is something similar following the word Survey in "Survey d June 10th 1796." which you transcribed as a d. S with superscript d could stand for the word "said," as in Said Thompson, referring back to previous mention. S with superscript d could also stand for a name. S....?...d Thompson. That's my 2 cents worth; I'm no expert by any means at old handwriting. I'll be very interested to hear what others think. Yvonne Scott -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carol Miller Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:22 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [GAEMANUE] Reubin Thompson 2-04-1796 Deed Hello list, I could use some help. Two of Reubin Thompson's deeds can be found at the Virtual Vault website: http://content.sos.state.ga.us/. To find the deeds, click on Headrights and Bounty Grants, and when the page pops up with the search engine, type in the name Thompson. His deeds are on page 2 of Thompson. I would like anyone who is interested to look at the one dated 2-04-1796. Reubin is bordered on one side by a Thompson. It looks sort of like an S - "S Thompsons". However, it could be an L or some other initial. If you know anyone who is particularly good at figuring out old initials,please ask them to take a look at it. This could be, I think, Labon Thompson, but I'm not sure. There are also some deeds for Labon at the site, but I can't find one that borders Reubin. They are, however, near where his was located. Any help appreciated. Here is the body of the deed: Warrant dated February 4th 1796. Survey d June 10th 1796 for Reubin Thompson who lives in this State, one hundred acres of land bounded Southward and Southeastward by land of -- S? L?-- Thompson & Booth. Northward by land of Stephen Murray and Smith and Westward by land of ___ Irwin,which survey the above plat represents. Advertised & Certified July 4th 1796 by A Osborne C.Sur. Chain Carriers were Reubin Thompson and Joseph Kimbrel Carol B. Miller

When I took some genealogy classes the instructor taught us to compare similar letters within the document that were written by the SAME clerk. In the case of Reubin Thompson's deed, there are several capital S's to compare, but there is no word beginning with a capital L. We have to look at other deeds written by the same clerk to see how he wrote his L's. The only other Thompson deed at Virtual Vault recorded in 1796 is Laban Thompson's. It is dated 7 months after Reubin's, but it looks like the same clerk wrote it. The capital S's are formed the same way as in Reubin's deed. Example: Laban's deed - September; Reubin's deed - Survey. The capital L's in Laban's deed have an entirely different formation with a curl in the bottom. The name Laban *looks* like Saban, but we know it's not, because the clerk's capital S's don't have that curl in the bottom. If this were my family I'd feel comfortable transcribing this as "Said Thompson." I've seen other documents where the clerk used "said" after the first instance of writing out the person's name. Yvonne << It does look more like an S to me. But on some of the deeds I have seen some letters that look even more live "S_ that I know were "L's". So I guess right now it's a toss-up.>> <<<Two of Reubin Thompson's deeds can be found at the Virtual Vault website: http://content.sos.state.ga.us/. To find the deeds, click on Headrights and Bounty Grants, and when the page pops up with the search engine, type in the name Thompson. His deeds are on page 2 of Thompson. I would like anyone who is interested to look at the one dated 2-04-1796. Reubin is bordered on one side by a Thompson. It looks sort of like an S - "S Thompsons". However, it could be an L or some other initial.>>> Carol B. Miller