Sam, Thomas Couch received a land grant in South Carolina about 1768. James also got a land grant about that same time along the Enoree river. Dr. Richard Couch of Oklahoma is another group 5 DNA member and his family came from Buckingham County Virginia which is not too far away from Ashe County, NC. So, I agree the first Couches must have been around Southern or Western Virginia. But Where? Robert H. Couch ---------- >From: Windwalker <windwalker@fastmail.fm> >To: COUCH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [COUCH] atten robert >Date: Sun, Aug 31, 2003, 5:22 PM > >On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 14:38, Couch, Robert H. wrote: > > Sam, > > I got your listing of Tim Couch's line. 3,700 pages! No wonder my computer > refused to accept your work. I overwhelmed it. But, with the careful > documentation and sources you must have surely you can fathom a hypothesis > about the common ancestor that Ron Couch and I have. > > > I have documented evidence that Thomas Couch recieved land in Brunswick > County, VA in 1720 (This Brunswick County area became Lunenburg Co, VA in > 1746. There is a Couches creek just west of Lunenburg community and my > sources say that is the area where Thomas Couched lived. There is evidence > that Thomas Couch married an Elizabeth and had a son named Matthew in 1725. > There are also land records that show a Thomas Couch giving/selling some of > his land to Thomas Couch Jr. My projection that the Thomas Couch Jr that was > born in 1720 was also the son of Thomas and Elizabeth. > > Other Brunswick County records show a William Couch and a James Couch there > as well. Thus we have documented proof that the Couch family of Brunswick > Co, VA had citizens there named Thomas Sr, Thomas Jr, Matthew, James and > William. HOtten's list also names Thomas, William and James in VA in 1830. > Orange County NC land records (I have an official map) shows that William > and Thomas have land grants there near Hillsborough, NC and James Couch is > nearby. > > Next we find Thomas Jr in Spartanburg SC along the banks of the Enoree river > there. With him is a Matthew Couch, William Couch, James Couch, John Couch, > Middleton Couch, Joseph Couch, Z. A. Couch, Benjamin Couch, Drury Couch. WE > know that the son of Thomas Jr was a John Couch b. Orange County, NC in > 1745. > > Now I have had to fill in the dots to make the kind of conservation > hypothesis that this is my line. > The DNA test shows that Danny Couch of NC is from the line of Thomas Couch > Sr's brother William Couch. > > Ron Couch of KY, Dr Richard Couch of Oklahoma, Robert Murphy Couch of AR and > Al, Bob Couch of TN, and others all know we have a common ancestor > somewhere. I think that ancestor is the Thomas and Elizabeth Couch of > Lunenburg, VA or the father of Thomas Couch Sr of Brunswick/Lunenburg Co, > VA. > > What do you think? Perhaps Thomas Couch SR came down from Pennsylvinia or > Conneticut. I just do not knonw and have just about exausted my search. > > > Robert H. Couch > > >Thomas Jr/James John.Joseph have been found in western Va also. Joyce >has found them all in one area >along with Daniel Boone... all prior 1778. > >"If" Thomas shares a common bond I believe it will be from PA or >nor'easternern states. > >The evidence will be turned up later in western VA. >Sam > > >============================== >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 >

On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 13:59, Couch, Robert H. wrote: Sam, Thomas Couch received a land grant in South Carolina about 1768. James also got a land grant about that same time along the Enoree river. Dr. Richard Couch of Oklahoma is another group 5 DNA member and his family came from Buckingham County Virginia which is not too far away from Ashe County, NC. So, I agree the first Couches must have been around Southern or Western Virginia. But Where? Robert H. Couch check western Va early counties. There was two migration paths into ole VA west of the mountain range form PA and east into easten VA Libarary of Va is full of info. "Couch/Crouch" Also Current Russel Co va