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Alex:
Here is some additional information for your write up. The chart has James Couch (b: 1760) as dying in 1802. This should be changed because his wife, Elizabeth Couch, is listed on the 1790 Abbeville District, SC census as "head of household," so it is likely that James Couch (b: 1760) died just prior to the taking of the 1790 census, the very first census of the United States, ordered by President George Washington.
Thanks,
David Couch
James COUCH (b: 1760 –), was a Revolutionary War Soldier. On 7 May 1787, he received a 200 acre Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grant for his Revolutionary War Service. The land is situated in the Ninety-Sixth District, South Carolina, “on the branches of the Little Buffalo, the waters of Little River, bounded on lines running SW & SE by land laid out NW by Martin Fridey, and SW by James Collier, the other sides by vacant land.” This grant was close to the land of Henry Wideman, the father of James Couch’s wife, Elizabeth Wideman.
Early charts show that James Couch died about 1802; however, researcher Calvin Dorris believes that James Couch died prior to the taking of the 1790 census because James Couch’s wife, Elizabeth Couch, is listed as “head of household” in the 1790 Abbeville District, South Carolina, census.
In 1802, Elizabeth Wideman Couch remarried to Elijah Benton. They moved to the Louisiana Territory (later Missouri) between 1802-1809. Elizabeth Wideman Couch Benton had two sons, James and Leonard, and three daughters (all by James Couch). James and Leonard Couch signed a petition to provide mail service to the territory in 1809. This area was around present-day Jefferson County, Missouri. James & Elizabeth Wideman Couch’s son, Leonard, is listed in the 1850 census of Jefferson County, Missouri.
Revolutionary War Soldier, James Couch, was the great-great-great Grandfather of Thomas M. Couch (Born: Dec 28 1918 Died: Jun 26 1977).
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