What could the letters ALS stand for?

Question

In the 1850 census, my gg grandfather is listed as Farmer and A L S or A T S.  This is in Gibson County, TN, Line 36, Jas S Heath.  Any ideas?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-415

Comments

Not yet, but I found this fascinating link:  http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/agricult

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To me, the letters appear to be A T L

But I have no idea what they stand for.

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Thanks Sandi, that was a great article.

Thanks Peter, for taking a look.  Sometimes just another viewpoint is all it takes.

Answer 1

farmer & ATL Attorney at Law?  I'm pretty sure it's ATL. Compare the last letter to the L in Labourer a few lines above and the T to Tenn.

Comments

Definitely best guess, Anne!

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Great guesstimate, Anne and that opens up another avenue to research.  I appreciate everyone taking a moment to look at this for me.