Fay, Your last sentence is so true for many of our families without a lot of paper documentation. Thank you for stating your position on this debate. Hopefully definitive answers will come in the future. While we're talking about this family, I have another question for you: Juder Lewis (s/o Isaac Lewis & Phoebe Couch) married Abby Couch. The annotation for the 1870 Perry County census (at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyperry3/1870perrycensusmaggardprct.html) states Abby is the d/o Martin & Sarah Hall Couch, but I'd say she's considerably too young to be their daughter (Abby was b abt 1846, Martin & Sarah in 1784 & 1785, respectively). Do you have her as d/o someone else, perhaps as Martin & Sarah's granddaughter? Thanks, Dona Ritchie In a message dated 6/18/08 11:01:18 AM, [email protected] writes: > I know you didn't ask me, but Martin (my ancestor) was a son of John > Couch and Elizabeth James... geeze my grandmother Lewis b. 1868 knew > that.  Another of my Lewis ancestors is known to have gone to NC to > visit his Boone kinfolk... that was William the son of James T Lewis, > and Sarah 'Sallie' Couch, who was a daughter John Couch b. 1750 and > Mary Polly Boone. If this isn't a connection I don't know what would > be. > > Like I said before I don't have actual paper proof of what I'm saying > but I believe the proof is out there somewhere .. it's just in hiding. ************** Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)