Hi all, I'm looking for a COUCH family who may have lived in Jefferson County about 1835-1840. Moses COUCH left Madison County, Illinois, about 1835. We don't know where he went after leaving Illinois. Moses Couch had lived in Alabama earlier in his life (around Madison County about 1818-1821). He may have moved back to Alabama about 1835. My suspicion that Moses Couch moved back to Alabama is based on the following facts: Moses Couch had a son, Benjamin Couch, who served in the Creek War, or Florida War, about 1835 or 1836. Benjamin served as a Private in the company commanded by Captain James McAdory, in the 1st Battlion, 4th Regiment, Alabama Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Lt. Colonel McMillion (McMilan/McMillan). In her application for a widow's pension, Benjamin Couch's widow would later report that Benjamin enlisted at Eliton, in 1835, and was discharged at Montgomery, Alabama. I have not been able to find any references to a place called Eliton, but there was apparently an Alabama settlement named Elyton. Based on the research I've been able to do so far, it appears that Birmingham replaced Elyton as the Jefferson County seat in 1873, and that Elyton is now part of the western section of Birmingham. A Treasury Department record indicated that Benjamin enrolled on June 12, 1836 at Cowaga, Alabama, and was discharged at Montgomery with his Company on July 21, 1836. It went on to state that Benjamin was paid from June 12 to July 19, for one month and 19 days, including ten days travel--100 miles to place of rendezvous, and 100 miles from place of discharge home. A record returned to the Commissioner of Pensions by the War Department indicated that Benjamin was enrolled, and mustered in, on June 19, 1836, 18 miles from Ft. Mitchell, Alabama, and was mustered out with his Company on July 21, 1836 at Montgomery, Alabama. I haven't been able to determine where Cowega was, but Ft. Mitchell is apparently on the Alabama-Georgia border, about 70 miles due east of Montgomery, and about 140 miles southeast of the site of Elyton, Alabama. My suspicion is that Moses Couch, and possibly other members of this Couch family, lived in the Elyton area around 1835-1840. Can anyone on the list help me determine what records exist that might help determine what Couch families, if any, were in Jefferson County during this time period. Are Jefferson County land records available for this time period? Are there any tax lists for this period? Can anyone confirm where Elyton/Eliton was located? Does anyone know where Cowega was located? Does anyone know anything about Captain James McAdory's company in the Florida War? Any help would be sincerely appreciated. Holiday Greetings, Mike Landwehr