Thanks Eva for putting this on here. I had found several families that were seemingly relationed but did not understand for sure why they were between N and S Carolina. This would have perhaps been around or up to the 1840-50 era? I had thought it may have been Indian trouble. Thanks Nancy --- [email protected] wrote: > Checking the Cherokee Indian Census in this area > found that the white men > that had married Indian women and had children then > goverment had declaired that > this marriage was not legal and several of the white > men had remarried and > some had not.( This was stated on the census) > West Virginia was cut off from Virginia when > Virginia decided to succeed from > the Union and Western part of Va did NOT and became > Wva about the time of the > Civil War. > Many of the SC people and their Family's left SC and > went back to NC when > there was an Indian uprising in SC so with them > moving back and foward across the > state line was for their safety. Later when they had > the Indians peaceful > again many moved back to their SC homes and some did > not. > This could be why your Couch Family moved back to > NC, or back to SC. > When They had pushed the Indians out of Ga . Land > grants were available then > for settlement and loads of people from both NC and > SC went to Ga.Need to > check for dates of this event. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com