JeanRoseM@aol.com wrote: > Which Couch are you referring to= James or John? My line and I am curious. Thanks. Ellen > Hi Al: > Yes you are right on! I have a copy of Jane Thomas' book. Her mother was the > daughter of Thomas Ballow [you just have to soundex these names, as Ballowe > became Ballow in VA, Ballew in the Carolinas, Bellieu or Bilyeu or Balloo, > etc. in others]. Thomas was one of the original Justices when Albemarle Co. > was first formed. I am still not sure who the father of my Miss Ballou was, > but it wasn't this Thomas, altho it could have been his son or even grandson. > There really isn't a Thomas in her children, but one William Thomas in a > grandchild. I "think" her father was either Robert, John, or Leonard, > although there is Cherokee blood in this line and I don't know the wives of > the Thomases [except for Thomas I/Jane] or Robert. > So annoying to have all those records missing. So you don't know Linder > Metts? He is dsc. from the Couches & James Bartlett Nunnally and a really > nice guy. > >