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Martha Waldrop (Couch)

Also Known As: "Patty"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Province of South Carolina
Death: 1832 (67-68)
Spartanburg, Spartanburg District, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Couch and Mary Ann Couch
Wife of Shadrack Waldrop
Mother of William Waldrop; Shadrack Waldrop; Ira Willis Waldrop; Eli Waldrop and Mary Waldrop
Sister of John Couch; Gideon Couch; William Couch; Joseph Elijah Couch, Sr and Issac Couch
Half sister of Thomas Couch; Simon Couch; Sarah Banks; Elizabeth Hanford; Stephen Couch and 1 other

Managed by: Duane Harley Roen
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About Martha Waldrop

Martha "Patsy" COUCH was born ABT 1748, and died 1832 in Spartanburg Co., SC.

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From https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hwrdwl&i...

She was the daughter of Thomas COUCH and Mary STROUD.

She married Shadrack WALDROP ABT 1790 in Spartanburg Co., SC, son of Michael[IV] WALDROP and Elizabeth (WALDROP). He was born ABT 1755 in Orange Co., NC, and died 1801 in Spartanburg Co., SC.

Their children

  1. Shadrack WALDROP b: ABT 1776 in Spartanburg Co., SC
  2. Ira WALDROP b: ABT 1795 in Spartanburg Co., SC
  3. Eli WALDROP b: ABT 1797 in Spartanburg Co., SC

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  • 1773 --- Orange Co., NC?. No documentation has not been found for the marriage of Shadrack Waldrop to Patsy Couch. However, circumstantial evidence strongly indicates that it took place, possibly in Orange Co., NC. Patsy (Couch) Waldrop died after 1832, evidently in Spartanburg Co., SC.
  • Walter Freeman says Shadrack and Martha were married about 1790 in Spartanburg Co., SC.
  • It is likely that Martha Couch is his second wife.
  • Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 19 2018, 18:54:32 UTC
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Martha Waldrop's Timeline

1764
1764
Province of South Carolina
1774
1774
1780
1780
Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, United States
1795
1795
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States
1797
1797
1832
1832
Age 68
Spartanburg, Spartanburg District, South Carolina, United States
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