Bo and Yvonne, I like your explanations, I think it must be "S. Thompsons" on the deed. I wonder who this person was, because most likely he was a relative of Reubin. If we could find the adjoining plats, if they still exist, we might be able to answer the question. I have always thought that Reubin probably arrived in the county with relatives, and Rachel also. Some of the other adjoining landowners, in some of the Thompson and Chambers deeds, were likely kin as well. As to the chain bearer, I think often he was a young strong man of legal age who was a relative or a neighbor. In some deeds it appears that the new property owner could be a chain carrier for his own land, such as Reubin Thompson and Joseph Kimbrel for this deed. Carol