Coutchman was a town in northern Freestone County, Texas

Freestone County, Texas

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, United States

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, some 5 miles west of Streetman

Streetman, Texas

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 on farm road 489.

Coutchman was settled around 1850 and named after local landowner William Coutchman. It had a peak population of about 300 people. Coutchman had a post office

Post office

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 from January 1894 to February 1905, at which time post was directed to the post office in Wortham

Wortham, Texas

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. In the 1910 census Coutchman was listed as having a population of 100 people. By 1930 there was no listing. The area ceased to have an identity as a separate community later in the 20th century.

Coutchman is best known as the birthplace of blues great Blind Lemon Jefferson

Blind Lemon Jefferson

"Blind" Lemon Jefferson was an American blues singer and guitarist from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, and has been titled "Father of the Texas Blues"....

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