Permilia ‘Milly’ Guttery 1787GA – 18?? & James Young
of Elbert County, Georgia, USA

PERMILIA ‘MILLY’ GUTTERY
Parents: Robert Guttery 1750-52SC – 1799GA and Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ (MNU) 1756-1825SC
Birth: Abt. 1787 (1781-1790)
Birth Location: Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
Marriage: 5 Feb 1821 in Hall County, Georgia to James Young
Children: Yes
Death: Aft. 1870
Death Location: Unknown, presumably in Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Burial Location: Unknown, presumably in Bartow County, Georgia, USA

JAMES YOUNG
Parents: Unknown
Birth: 1781-1790
Birth Location: North Carolina
Occupation: Coal Miner
Military Service: Unknown, possibly eligible for War of 1812
Death: 6 Dec 1850
Death Location: Georgia, USA
Burial Location: Unknown, presumably in Georgia, USA

NOTES:
Milly Guttery’s birth is listed as 1787 most likely making her the youngest child in the family. The 1830 census believed to identify her husband’s household lists both of them in the same age bracket indicating birth between 1781 and 1790.

During the 1820 census, Milly’s widowed mother, Elizabeth was living with son Thomas, but Milly herself does not appear to be living with them.

Milly Guttery married James Young on 5 Feb 1821, so her residence during the 1820 census is unknown. If the 1787 DOB is correct, she was 34 at the time of her marriage.

The 1830 census of Hall County, Georgia lists the James Young household:
1M and 1F 40-49
2M and 2F 20-29
1M 10-14
2F 5 – 9
1M under 5

There are 4 Young households in Hall County, GA during the 1840 census: Robert Young, Diana Young, William Young, and Robert Young. None of them have males or females in the right age bracket to be James or Molley.

The 1850 census of Cass County, Georgia is a possibility, but the locations don’t necessarily match up.
James Young 54 NC collier/coal mining
Milly Young 53 SC
Nancy Young 24 TN
David Young 17 GA

Milly and family are nowhere to be found in the 1860 census. James Young is presumed to have died by that date. Family trees list the following children: Zachariah Young (1825), Nancy Young (1827), Davis H Young (1828), Darius Young (1829), and David Young (1833).

The 1870 census lists Pemely Young, 76, born SC, living in District 22, Bartow, Georgia, with her daughter, Nancy Young, 43. They are living next door to the household of Zack Young and family.

Primary Sources

(original records created near the time of events by officials or participants, offering direct evidence of relationships, dates, locations, and identities despite spelling variations common in early 19th-century Georgia records—e.g., Guttery/Guthrie/Guthree, Milly/Molly/Molley/Pemelia/Permilia/Pemely/Willey, Cuttery as a likely transcription error).

1. Marriage Record Hall County, Georgia, First Marriage License Record, 1819–1840 (unpaged), entry for James Young and Milly Guttery (variants in the same compilation: Willey Cuttery and Molly Guttery), married 5 February 1821. This is the core document confirming the union. The record appears in a compiled transcription by J.A. LeConte (April 1926), sourced from the original Hall County courthouse volumes. Multiple entries for the exact same date and couple (with minor spelling inconsistencies) strengthen identification, as the couple resided in Hall County per subsequent censuses. No bonds, licenses, or minister returns with additional details (e.g., parents or ages) are noted in available transcriptions. This predates state vital registration and aligns precisely with the blog’s cited date.
2. Will and Probate of Father Robert Guttery/Guthree (naming Milly as daughter) Elbert County, Georgia, Ordinary’s Record, 1791–1803, Section B, Page 72 (cross-referenced as Will Book B, p. 92), will of Robert Guthree written 12 April 1797, recorded/probated 12 September 1799. Witnesses: Daniel Maddox and Betsy Maddox (son-in-law and daughter). Executors: wife Betty and James Ryley. Bequests: all lands, mill, enslaved man Mark, stock, and furniture to wife Betty for life; $1 each to named children including “Milly,” William, Thomas, Leroy, Betsy, John, and Nelly Reives. Accompanying inventory (Wills, Letters, Returns, Inventory, Appraisments & Sales Book B, pp. 58–59, valued at $1,015.29) recorded 17 April 1799 (or Ordinary’s Record references). Original images accessible via Georgia Archives or Ancestry’s “Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742–1992” collection (Elbert County). This directly proves Milly as daughter of Robert (b. ca. 1750–52 SC, d. 1799 Elbert/formerly Wilkes Co., GA) and Elizabeth “Betty/Betsy” (MNU, d. ca. 1825), linking her to the Guttery/Guthrie family group. Robert’s earlier land grants/tax records (Wilkes Co. 1785 tax digest: 334 acres; Elbert deeds) provide context for the family’s Georgia migration.
3. U.S. Federal Census Records (residence, household composition, ages, birthplaces, and occupation confirming the couple and partial children)
   • 1830 U.S. Census, Hall County, Georgia, population schedule, James Young household: 1 male and 1 female aged 40–49 (matching James b. 1781–1790 NC and Milly b. ca. 1781–1790 GA/SC per later records), plus younger males/females consistent with early children. (No exact page in summaries, but enumerated in Hall County where they married.)
   • 1850 U.S. Census, Cass County, Georgia (later Bartow County), population schedule, James Young household: James (54, b. NC, collier/coal miner), Milly (53, b. SC), Nancy (24, b. TN), David (17, b. GA). This is the last record for James (occupation uniquely distinguishes him from other James Youngs). Cass County formation and later renaming to Bartow (1860) explain location shifts.
   • 1870 U.S. Census, Bartow County, Georgia, District 22, population schedule, Pemely Young household: Pemely (76, b. SC, widowed), living with daughter Nancy Young (43, b. GA); adjacent to son Zachariah “Zack” Young and family. Milly absent from 1860 census, supporting James’s death ca. 1850–1855. These enumerations provide indirect birth year ranges, migration (GA → TN briefly for one child → GA), and family structure. Original images on FamilySearch or Ancestry; birthplace discrepancies (Milly listed SC in 1870 vs. GA birth in father’s records) are common in elderly reporting and do not undermine identity when cross-referenced with marriage and will.
4. Additional Contextual Primary Records (supporting family but not directly naming the couple post-marriage)
   • No probate, will, letters of administration, or estate packet located for James Young in Cass/Bartow County, Georgia, ca. 1850–1855 (searches of county indexes and Georgia Archives yielded no matches; death date 6 Dec 1850 appears in derivative trees without citation). Absence suggests intestate death or unindexed loose papers—common edge case pre-1850s.
   • No civil death, burial, or tombstone records (pre-state registration; Find A Grave and local cemetery surveys show none).
   • Potential deeds/land tax records in Hall, Cass/Bartow Counties (post-1821) or children’s later marriages could yield more, but none surfaced in public indexes tying directly to Milly/James beyond censuses.

Secondary Sources

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