What about the famed Joseph m. Mary Stidham...1850, 60 & 70 Perry co. census? Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce H. Reeves" <JoyceHouseReeve@webtv.net> To: <COUCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:28 AM Subject: Re: [COUCH] Martin Couch KY Line > There was a Joseph Couch on an 1816 Clay County KY Tax List, who never > showed on the census records in Clay or Perry Co KY. Martin's son, > Joseph would have been about 10 or 11 at the time, and too young to be > on a tax list. It is reasonable to think Joseph might possibly have > been John's father, and didn't live much longer after moving to KY with > the rest of the clan. Or he might have been an older brother. I do > know for sure, Joseph and John were in the same territories in both VA > and NC, before the move to KY. Preponderence of evidence leans heavily > on the two of them being closely related. Has anyone from Joseph's > family ever taken the DNA test? Some of them are residing here in > Oklahoma. They're from Joseph's son, Nathan, and his son Meshack. I'll > ask around -- see who's still around OKC that's from Meshack and his > sons. > 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 >