Dale, who let Randy out of his box again LOL? Speaking of chain carriers was this an actual county position or just a job anyone was a loud to do? What can you tell me I wondered because there are so many mentioned as doing this job. Also speaking of chains don't let Randy jerk to hard we love the knowledge you share with us researchers!!! Dale E. Reddick wrote: > Hey Randy, > > I am rather certain that some of my ancestors actually resemble that > comment... ...as frequent Chain Carriers for themselves and their > neighbors & kin. My gg-grandfather Nicholas Reddick certainly carried > and stretched out chains for the parcel survey of his neighbor and > possible cousin Henry A. Paris. > > Dale > ___________________________________ > > Randy Scott wrote: > >> Could it be correctly stated that one of your ancestors served on a ' chain >> gang ' ??!! Randy >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dale E. Reddick" <dereddi@hargray.com> >> To: <gascreve@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:53 PM >> Subject: [GASCREVE] Another William Taylor - north of Brier Creek on plat >> from 1796 >> >> >> >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> The following webpage URL leads to a plat prepared for Solomon Kemp of >>> Screven County. An adjacent land owner and chain carrier for the survey >>> of the land parcel was a William Taylor. >>> >>> Dale E. Reddick >>> >>> ----------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/looseplats&CISOPTR=1646&REC=9 >> >> >>> >>> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GASCREVE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hi Nan, Chain Carriers were just whoever was available. They might also be interested, as in neighbors of the land parcel being surveyed or even the individual receiving the land being surveyed. Brothers, sons, neighbors, cousins, in-laws - whoever was available could and did serve. It appears that there were officially two CCs per each survey. I always check for the CCs. One starts looking at possible in-laws, cousins, or simply neighbors when you keep seeing the same pair of families helping each other with surveys over the course of years and decades. In a 1780s survey both Peter Reddick and Francis Paris served as CCs for the land parcel assigned to John Michael Burkhalter on Brier Creek. Then, in Burke Co. during the 1830s Nicholas Reddick was a CC for a survey of a land parcel assigned to Henry A. Paris. That Nicholas was the grandson of the earlier Peter's brother and I believe that Henry A. Paris was the grandson of the earlier Francis Paris. There are patterns to be found if you just look for them in the margins of plats. Dale ___________________________________ Nan Ready wrote: > Dale, who let Randy out of his box again LOL? > Speaking of chain carriers was this an actual county position or just a > job anyone > was a loud to do? What can you tell me I wondered because there are so many > mentioned as doing this job. Also speaking of chains don't let Randy > jerk to hard > we love the knowledge you share with us researchers!!! > > Dale E. Reddick wrote: > >> Hey Randy, >> >> I am rather certain that some of my ancestors actually resemble that >> comment... ...as frequent Chain Carriers for themselves and their >> neighbors & kin. My gg-grandfather Nicholas Reddick certainly carried >> and stretched out chains for the parcel survey of his neighbor and >> possible cousin Henry A. Paris. >> >> Dale >> ___________________________________ >> >> Randy Scott wrote: >> >> >>> Could it be correctly stated that one of your ancestors served on a ' chain >>> gang ' ??!! Randy >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Dale E. Reddick" <dereddi@hargray.com> >>> To: <gascreve@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:53 PM >>> Subject: [GASCREVE] Another William Taylor - north of Brier Creek on plat >>> from 1796 >>> >>> >>>> Hi Folks, >>>> >>>> The following webpage URL leads to a plat prepared for Solomon Kemp of >>>> Screven County. An adjacent land owner and chain carrier for the survey >>>> of the land parcel was a William Taylor. >>>> >>>> Dale E. Reddick >>>> >>>> ----------------- >>>> >>>> >>> http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/looseplats&CISOPTR=1646&REC=9 >>> >>>