Thanks Bill, My notes lists both dates and both brides. I do not know which is correct. My source is Bell, Landon (1928) The Ole Free State; A contribution to History of Lunenburg County an d Southside Virginia. Richmond: William Byrd Press (pages 407 for Dunn marriage and page 451 for Frances Dunn). Both in 1826 both to Dunns and all within a few days of each other. I must go back and check this record from Volume One of Bell's book. Thanks. Did you know that some of the Couches were still in Lunenburg County, VA that late in the day? Bob Couch ---------- >From: Bill Couch <bcouch@CouchGenweb.com> >To: COUCH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [COUCH] anyone there? >Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2003, 7:07 PM > >Robert the LDS has a marriage date for Thomas Couch and Elizabeth Dunn >as 14 Aug 1826 but does not have one for Thomas And Francis Dunn. > >Now the chart I have at >http://www.couchgenweb.com/couch2/john3.htm > >This is not that John and Elizabeth, I think this John was born 1793 and >a son of a Thomas and unknow. > >The Thomas and unknow also had son the abvove John 1793, Joshua 1805 >,Ellis 1810 and William T 1814 > >The Above John Couch descendants made it into Missouri. but I have not >been able to locate a Joshua, Ellis or William T. to match up with those >dates? > >Does anyone have a census that will match up with any of them ? > >We Don't have anyone from this line to take the DNA test yet either. > >Bill Couch > > Then went to Luneburg County, VA. What a >> surprise! It is so tiny. Only a courthouse, a few other county government >> buildings a little conviencde store. I was informed there was no library >> there but of one existing in anothe nearby town of Victoria. Spent several >> hours there and saw much of what you had already sent me earlier. I do not >> know if you have the record of Thomas Whitworth's will (father of Mary >> Whitworth who married your Edward) but I copied the information down anyway >> should you need it. Has Thomas Whitworth's wife, and all his childrens >> names plus the married names of his daughters. >> >> One interesting fact was that there was a Cinthy Couch m in 1817,Thomas and >> Elizabeth Dunn Couch (m 1826) in Luneburg County in the early 1800s >> (1817-1830). Marriage records show several Couches in this family >> including: Eleanor, Phobee, another Thomas who married Frances Dunn in 1826. >> >> Another source listed James Couch and Rawley Couch as REV War soldiers from >> VA not necessarily from Luneburg Co, VA. >> >> One J. W. Couch was later in the Luneburg Light Dragoons during the Civil >> War. >> >> So, we did not get any real new stuff but it was great to visit and see >> Hillsboro, NC, Lunenburg and Couches Creek. >> >> Also found a number of Couch neighbores who later show up near the Couches >> in NC/SC including: >> Michael Waldrop who married a Couch girl, David and William Stroud. A James >> Meredith whose daughter Ann may have married John Couch Sr (son of Ole >> Thomas) was admitted to practice law in Luneburg County in 1746 the year >> Lunenburg became a separate county from Brunswick. >> >> All in all a great trip although I did not find any useful information. I >> saw one reference saying the best place to study genealogy in U. S. was >> probably Raleigh, NC. I did not go there but perhaps that is where we >> should have our next COUCH REsearch Convention. >> >> Bob Couch >> >From: "Danny Couch" <dccouch@pinn.net> >> >To: COUCH-L@rootsweb.com >> >Subject: Re: [COUCH] anyone there? >> >Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2003, 9:38 AM >> > >> >> >Hey Joyce, >> >I couldn't make it to Raleigh NC to meet with Robert Hill Couch. He and I >> >corresponded offlist about this and he is there by himself, I think he will >> >be back in AL on Monday. Danny Couch >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Joyce H. Reeves" <JoyceHouseReeve@webtv.net> >> >To: <COUCH-L@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: August 23, 2003 10:43 AM >> >Subject: Re: [COUCH] anyone there? >> > >> > >> >> Are Robert and Danny both in NC and/or VA doing research? >> >> Joyce >> >> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> >> 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 >> > > > >============================== >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 >