On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 13:00, Danny Couch wrote: Those Couches, "Cooch" in Delaware early are very likely some of the Couch Quakers who were in Guilford County NC (now Greensboro NC) before the onset of the Rev. War in late 1770's and tended the injured on both sides during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Guilford heavily German, i. e. Quaker, Moravian, Lutheran etc. They were pacifists and took neither side. The Couches in Orange NC 55 miles away were Patriot as were the Couches in Greenville/Spartanburgh Dists. SC. Hi ! Can you give any reference to any Couch,s that were Patriots in the Revolution war that served in NC? We have several, that were Torys/Loyalists that were offered either serve or hang. We have checked most units for NC and have not found any Couch in the NC area. Id highly be interested in finding the units served in. Some of the Campbells and Combs were also pacifists. But were forced to serve. In the Couch line of people served , Im interested in only the ones serving in NC Thanks

Edward Couch (1761-1831), my gggrandaddy, served in the Orange Co. militia twice, first as a volunteer and second as regular army, 1779 and again in 1781 as a private. I have his Rev. War pension record. He marched with his regiment from present day Chapel Hill NC to Salisbury and all the way to the Savannah River, border of GA & SC, and back, about 650 miles. An obscure record I saw (one of those internet things) listed my supposed ggggrandfather William Couch in an Orange NC regiment. He would have been in his 60's during the Rev. War. DAR says they have no record of this Wm. William, the son of Old Thomas of Enoree SC, also had a Rev. War pension record in Spartanburgh SC District. This William was born in Orange Co. NC in 1758. He was in the Battle of 96 in 1781 that was the big war scene in Mel Gibson's movie, "The Patriot." Those are the only NC two I know of, in addition to the William Coutch/Coutch/Crouch in PA & VA who family tried three times in the said surnames before his heirs were rejected. It is said this William family kept the Crouch surname, told to me by a Crouch who thought she came from his line but had no records back enough to prove it. Her ancestors were in nearby KY, Clay (?) Co. I think she said but will probably never see her again. It was a chance meeting, as it was. This William was in Sneedville/Hancock Co. TN at his death about 1834 and the pension was applied for in 1844, I believe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Windwalker" <windwalker@fastmail.fm> To: <COUCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: August 23, 2003 1:50 AM Subject: Re: [COUCH] State Historical Libraries > On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 13:00, Danny Couch wrote: > Those Couches, "Cooch" in Delaware early are very likely some of the Couch > Quakers who were in Guilford County NC (now Greensboro NC) before the onset > of the Rev. War in late 1770's and tended the injured on both sides during > the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Guilford heavily German, i. e. Quaker, > Moravian, Lutheran etc. They were pacifists and took neither side. The > Couches in Orange NC 55 miles away were Patriot as were the Couches in > Greenville/Spartanburgh Dists. SC. > > Hi ! > Can you give any reference to any Couch,s that were Patriots in the > Revolution war that served in NC? > We have several, that were Torys/Loyalists that were offered either > serve or hang. > > We have checked most units for NC and have not found any Couch in the NC > area. > Id highly be interested in finding the units served in. > > > Some of the Campbells and Combs were also pacifists. But were forced to > serve. > In the Couch line of people served , Im interested in only the ones > serving in NC > Thanks > > > ============================== > 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