Carol, If you lookup the Land Grant for Stephen Murray dated 7-11-1790 the Chain bearers were Rubin Thompson and James Hillbourn. The Murray family and the Nicodemus Thompson family inter married for several generations. William Thompson b. 3-5-1748/40 married Charity Murray b. 6-10-1752 Duplin Co, N.C. Their son Daniel Thompson b. 1778 married Sarah Murray b. 1787 and another son Anthony Murray Thompson married Mary Murray. The Great Great Grandson of Daniel Thompson and Sarah Murray was Hershel Van Buren Thompson that married Katie Thompson the Great granddaughter of Feroby Thompson. This Thompson family lived in The Mt Vernon,Ailey section of Montgomery Co, Ga. I have always been convinced that the Reubin Thompson family of Burke co and the Nicodemus Thompson family were of the same line. I know of two researchers that have a lot of information on Nic Thompson. It may be of help to contact them. Bo Mosley of Macon, Georgia

Bo, I think this is coming together. I think they were connected too. Do you want to contact your researchers? I'm not sure who the main researchers of the Nicodemus line are. I do remember researching his line a bit, and someone mentioned a Kempe connection to a Nicodemus Thompson way back in England. That struck me because of the Kemp connection to Reubin - he supposedly named the Kemp community after a friend. But who knows if this was his line. I also have a new favorite site for researching my families in Maryland. There is a search engine at the Maryland Archives. I learned that there was a family in Maryland with the surname Nicodemus, sometimes spelled Nichodemus. From checking Worldconnect, I found a connection to Frederick Co Md. Just food for thought. It would not be a huge surprise if this family also hails from Maryland! Carol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bo Mosley Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [GAEMANUE] Reubin Thompson Carol, If you lookup the Land Grant for Stephen Murray dated 7-11-1790 the Chain bearers were Rubin Thompson and James Hillbourn. The Murray family and the Nicodemus Thompson family inter married for several generations. William Thompson b. 3-5-1748/40 married Charity Murray b. 6-10-1752 Duplin Co, N.C. Their son Daniel Thompson b. 1778 married Sarah Murray b. 1787 and another son Anthony Murray Thompson married Mary Murray. The Great Great Grandson of Daniel Thompson and Sarah Murray was Hershel Van Buren Thompson that married Katie Thompson the Great granddaughter of Feroby Thompson. This Thompson family lived in The Mt Vernon,Ailey section of Montgomery Co, Ga. I have always been convinced that the Reubin Thompson family of Burke co and the Nicodemus Thompson family were of the same line. I know of two researchers that have a lot of information on Nic Thompson. It may be of help to contact them. Bo Mosley of Macon, Georgia Emanuel County GaGenWeb http://www.thegagenweb.com/gaemanuel/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bo Mosely wrote: "..the Chain bearers were Rubin Thompson and James Hillbourn." I wonder if anyone else wondered why a deed would specifically name chain bearers, since today the licensed surveyor is ultimately legally responsible for the accuracy of the survey and his assistants work namelessly under his direction. I found this explanation in the NC Roots archives... "Chain bearers were hired by surveyors or worked in conjunction with them to measure land. Each chain bearer owned his own chain (much like some tradesmen today bring their own tools onto the job.) A good chain bearer was a highly respected and in demand person." Apparently naming specific and respected chain bearers helped authenticate the survey and left less room for challenge. Delores