This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SeB.2ACE/732.2 Message Board Post: Thanks to everyone who responded. I've received several responses saying it either means County Clerk or Chain Carrier. The latter might be more fitting in this instance given the context of where I'm seeing the "C.C." Chain carrier - An assistant to the surveyor, the chain carriers moved the surveying chain from one location to another under the direction of the surveyor. This was a position of some responsibility, and the chain carriers took an oath as "sworn chain carriers" that they would do their job properly.