5-A: Anna Guthrie
Guthrie Family Group 5 · Branch A · Child Page
Anna Guthrie & Henry Batterton
Halifax County, North Carolina · Madison County, Kentucky · Monroe County, Indiana
View in Guthrie Research Tree →The most complete record of Anna’s children was made after she died. In September 1813 a Madison County deed identified her as Henry Batterton’s deceased wife and named all five of their sons. That sentence separates Anna’s family from Henry’s later household.
The Family at a Glance
Anna Guthrie
- Birth
- 7 April 1773, reported. Her parents William Guthrie and Eleanor Harris were living in Halifax County, North Carolina.
- Marriage
- 23 January 1794 to Henry Batterton in Madison County, Kentucky. Two index entries agree.
- Death
- Deceased by 6 September 1813. Henry’s wife in an 1812 conveyance was named Susannah. Anna’s precise death date and burial remain unknown.
Henry Batterton
- Birth
- About 1770, reported in Virginia. The family identifies his parents as Amor Batterton and Sarah Harris. His brother Benjamin married Anna’s sister Susannah Guthrie.
- Kentucky and Indiana
- Worked as a merchant. Represented his five minor sons in the Guthrie heirs’ Kentucky deeds. Later lived in Monroe County, Indiana.
- Death
- February 1832. Rose Hill and Mount Salem sources differ on the day and burial listing.
The five sons named as Anna’s children
The family dates below come from later accounts. The relationship of each boy to Henry and Anna is expressly stated in the McBride deed. George is the fifth son in that record.
| Child | Birth | Marriage & Later Life |
|---|---|---|
| William Batterton | About 1795, Kentucky | Married Sarah W. Archer in 1824. Later records trace him in Indiana. |
| Peter Batterton | About 1796, Kentucky | Married Matilda Maxwell on 21 December 1820 in Indiana. |
| Thomas Batterton | About 1799, Kentucky | The family study reports him unmarried and deceased in Indiana in 1833. He appears by name in his father’s 1813 guardianship. |
| David Guthrie Batterton | 1802, Kentucky | Married Elizabeth Reid Maxwell in 1828 and Amanda Malvina Tilford in 1835. The latter couple represents Anna’s line in the DNA project. |
| George W. Batterton | About 1804, Kentucky | Named as George in the 1813 deed. Married Sarah Bagwell in Indiana in 1831. |
Historical Highlights
Two Batterton men appear in the Guthrie estate papers. Henry represented Anna’s sons. Benjamin, husband of Anna’s sister Susannah, participated in his own household’s right. Keeping those roles separate resolves several shortened heir lists.
Family Timeline
- 1794Anna Guthrie and Henry Batterton married in Madison County on 23 January.
- About 1795–1804The family reconstruction places the births of William, Peter, Thomas, David, and George in Kentucky.
- 1812A Kentucky conveyance names Henry with wife Susannah. Her birth surname is unresolved.
- 1813The 6 September McBride deed names the five minors as children of Henry and his deceased wife Anna, formerly Guthrie. The 8 September power of attorney repeats all five under Henry’s guardianship.
- 1817Henry administered Eleanor Guthrie’s estate. The sale record states that he purchased George, an enslaved man, while Benjamin Batterton purchased Hannah.
- 1832Henry’s death is reported in February in Monroe County, Indiana. His estate and local cemetery records offer different routes for tracing the family there.
Henry’s later household
After Anna, Henry was married to Susannah, whose birth surname remains unverified. The later family study includes Sarah “Sally” Williams, James, Eliza Hardesty Talbott, Henry, John, Nancy DuBois, Granville, and Mary Jane Jones. They belong in the investigation of Henry’s later household. The 1813 recital is the source for Anna’s five. The 1848 Henry Batterton–Susan Anderson marriage belongs to a later identification problem.
Two burial listings
A Rose Hill compilation gives 1 February 1832 with the day marked uncertain. A Mount Salem transcription gives 18 February. Both give age 62. An original inscription, sexton’s register, or contemporary death notice would help identify the day and cemetery.
Three generations at the McBride conveyance
The five boys’ grandmother Elenor Guthrie acknowledged the deed on 25 October. Their father Henry acted as guardian, while their uncle Benjamin appears with his wife Susannah. George Marshall represented the two minor daughters of his deceased wife Mary Guthrie. The surname shared by the two Batterton couples can otherwise obscure the girls’ and boys’ separate descent.
Explore the Research
DNA participation by descendant line
The 1813 deed names five sons of Anna Guthrie. Their paternal Y-DNA follows Henry Batterton. Their Guthrie descent through Anna can be represented through autosomal DNA, as it is in the line of David Guthrie Batterton.
| Descendant line | Y-DNA | Big-Y | Autosomal DNA |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Batterton | N/A | N/A | No |
| Peter Batterton | N/A | N/A | No |
| Thomas Batterton | N/A | N/A | No |
| David Guthrie Batterton | N/A | N/A | Yes |
| George W. Batterton | N/A | N/A | No |
Represented kits and descendant lines
David Guthrie Batterton & Amanda Malvina Tilford. Autosomal kit 396024 descends through their daughter Mary Amelia Batterton and her husband David Hurt.
Reading & Sources
- McBride deed naming Anna’s five sons and their guardian, Madison I:358–360.
- Heirs of Reuben and Peter appoint Jesse, Madison I:356–358.
- Sale of Eleanor’s estate, Bourbon Will Book F, p. 40.
- Monroe County History Center, Rose Hill compilation, and Mount Salem cemetery transcription.
Books, family records, and local history
Compare the Henry Batterton memorials at Mount Salem and Rose Hill. Maxwell History and Genealogy, p. 155. Early board minutes and Sketches of Early Bloomington.
Agriculture in Big Shasta Valley Township. Putnam County sources include Weik’s History, the Indiana sesquicentennial history, and the county atlas.
American Guthrie and Allied Families. Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties. Indiana Batterton land patents.
Kentucky deeds and guardianship research
Madison County deeds and additional Kentucky catalog entry. Batterton indexes at image 77 and images 78–79. Entries B:465, L:357, E:955, E:956, I:356, I:358, M:526, and N:23.
Bourbon County deeds, Batterton index, and I:193. Further entries by book and page:
F:150 · K:58 · K:299 · K:300 · N:286 · N:327 · O:54 · O:93 · P:479 · R:18 · R:444 · S:516 · V:99 · V:119 · X:550 · Y:58 · 32:18 · 34:18 · 35:301 · 37:22 · 48:74 · 48:76.
Monroe County, Indiana, and military records
Most Wanted Documents
A record of Anna’s death, the marriage of Henry and his later wife Susannah, and dated burial evidence for Henry in Monroe County. Guardianship settlements may show when each of Anna’s five sons received his share.
Continue the family’s story
A receipt signed when one of Anna’s sons came of age could follow him from the Kentucky guardianship to his Indiana household. The 1813 deed gives five names against which such a paper can be checked.
Researched & Curated by Ann Guthrie.