Dyanne, Greetings from Alabama. I have considerable information about your ancestors John Couch Sr and Mary Prather of Pendleton District, Pickens County. There are a number of other relatives who occasionally post on thi CouchGenWeb. You may want to go to the archieves and post John & Mary Prather Couch and see what they have. Kenneth Ramsey Couch is also a descendent of John and Mary Prather Couch and he has taken the COUCH DNA test. He belongs to group 5 which numbers some 14 individuals including myself. Thus, your Couch family and mine have a common ancestor. Your John Couch Sr was born in Orange County, SC and moved later to Pickens County, SC. A rather large number of Couches moved to northwest South Carolina and were in Spartanburg and Greenville Counties near Pickens County, SC. What would you like to know about your family? Do you have any idea who was the father of John Couch Sr? Please to know of you and your line. Please let me hear from you and tell me how I might be of help. Robert H. Couch, a cousin ---------- >From: Busbyleedy@aol.com >To: COUCH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [COUCH] Pickens-Prater-Couch >Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2003, 3:47 PM > >My name is Dyanne Couch Busby from Rome Ga. My parents are Jack and Mildred >Roghelia Couch. My Grandparents are James C. and Martha Agnes Couch. My Great >Grandparents are John Quincy Adams Couch and Mary Jane Ellison / William Couch >and Eliza Orr. My Grandfather James was born in Pickens Co. SC in 1849 and >died in Rome Ga. in 1954. I am searching for the name of the father of John >Couch Sr. (The John Couch Sr. who was born in 1775 and married Mary Ann Prater, >Daughter of John Hunt Prater and Eleanor Pickens.) > > >============================== >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 >