This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: couch and bates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBB.2ACI/1024.1 Message Board Post: I am related to Martin Bates also, he was my ggg uncle...my great grandfather was Robert Bates, son of John Wallis Bates. George W. Bates was my grandfather, and he married Myrtle Newberry, daughter of Benjamin Newberry and Martha Couch from Perry Co Ky. I have more info on the Couch family, and would like to see your info, too...thank you! Please email me. Lorene Mcghee