I am trying to spread the word....NEW information has been found about the
Couch/Campbell Dec 1783 marriage in Orange Co. NC records.Widow Mary Couch marries widow
John Patterson age 60 in Orange co 1777. John Patterson dies 1787. Mary Couch
Patterson's will in 1796 states: All her estate to be divided amoung the surviving
children of John Couch & Besty, his wife deceased. The children named are:Mary,
Letitia, July, Eleanor & Elizabeth Couch. All under 18 years of age. Oct 1799 widow
John Couch marries Susannah Smith (d/o John Smith & Martha)July 1823 Mecklenburg Co
Va. John Couch will's mentions wife Susannah & children John
S.,Polly,Letty,Julia,Ealinor & Elizabeth, the same children named in Mary Couch
Patterson's will. John Couch & his children are the son & grandchildren to
Mary Couch Patterson. So this is NOT the John Couch & Elizabeth Campbell of Perry
Co Ky. !!!!!!!The Couchs & Campbells of Orange & Perry are 2 different families.
Perry Co
Ky John (Mary Couch) & William (Nancy Couch)Campbell's mother Elizabeth DID NOT,
I re-peat DID NOT married her sons father-in-law John Couch of Ashe Co NC. ALL DOCUMENTED
IN Orange Co NC Wills 1752-1800 by Ruth Herndon Shields book C page 79.