Guthrie Family Group 5 – Branch A
HENRY GUTHRIE 1754 VA – 1837 TN and NANCY ANN SHACKLEFORD
of Hanover County, VA, Halifax County, NC, and Davidson County, TN

THE FAMILY of HENRY GUTHRIE & NANCY ANN SHACKLEFORD

HENRY GUTHRIE
Parents: William Guthrie 1722VA-1798KY and Eleanor Harris Abbott
Birth: 10 December 1754
Location: Hanover County, Virginia
Marriage: 24 November 1796 – Nancy Ann Shackelford
Military Service: Armorer / Revolutionary War Patriot Soldier – DAR Ancestor #: A048582
Occupation: Tin & Copper-smith and Farmer
Death: 14 January 1837
Location: Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Guthrie Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

NANCY ANN SHACKLEFORD
Parents: Roger Baker Shackelford 1744VA – 1825KY and Nancy Ann Carter c1748VA-1798TN
Birth: 8 October 1779
Location: Virginia, reportedly in Halifax County
Guthrie Children: 16
Death: 26 April 1870
Location: Unknown, possibly in Giles County, TN where she had been living with daughter Susan.
Burial: Unknown, possibly Giles, Davidson, or Williamson, Tennessee, USA

NOTES:
Born in Virginia, Henry Guthrie was the eldest of William and Eleanor Guthrie’s children. In 1766, the family moved across the southern Virginia border to Halifax County, North Carolina. He was in his 22nd year at the outbreak of war in the colonies. Henry served as a private at the armory in Halifax under command of General Long where he was tasked with the repair of guns and swords. A British officer brandishing a sword sliced his scalp, and severely wounded him. He was held for several days and later released. The Guthries remained in Halifax, NC for several years after the close of the war.

A letter from his son, Daniel Guthrie, to the Historical Society, written on 17 May 1880, outlined his father’s involvement in the early history of Nashville. “My father settled here at a very early day and assisted in establishing some of its old land marks.” . . .”He was appointed one of the Surveyors and in that capacity assisted in locating the line between what is now Kentucky and Tennessee. His first visit to Nashville (or rather to the place where the City is at present located) was made in the year 1780. Not long thereafter, he settled in Lexington, Ky, where he learned the tin and cooper-smith trade.”

The name Henry Guthrie appears as one of 256 men who signed the Cumberland Compact near French Lick, a Longhunter and native American trading post and camps also known as the Big Salt Springs on the Cumberland River on 13 May 1780. These settlers were led by James Robertson and John Donelson, and build Fort Nashborough, which would later become Nashville, Tennessee. “The Cumberland Compact called for a representative form of civil government by which the basis for courts, governance, and taxation were established. Each of the seven stations, or forts, of the Cumberland settlement was allowed a certain number of elected representatives to form a “Tribunal of Notables,” which included a total of twelve men. No voting qualifications were specified, but the Compact was open to all free white men who were willing to sign. This tribunal settled land claims and regulated the land office, in addition to receiving and dispersing funds and acting as a judicial body.”

Despite being credited as a signee of the Cumberland Compact, Henry Guthrie reportedly lived chiefly in Lexington, KY until 1799 when he moved his family to Nashville in Davidson County, TN. About 15 miles to the southwest, Williamson County, TN was carved out of Davidson County on 26 Oct 1799. Henry bought property that overlapped the county line. Many records for the next generation are found in Nolensville, Williamson, TN.

“Early in the year 1798, he started with his family to move from Ky, to this place in a flat boat via the Kentucky, Ohio and Cumberland Rivers, and made a safe landing here in the month of May of the same year. Shortly after his arrival he built the old cedar log house on the lot where it now stands, on the west side of College Street, about two or three hundred feet South of Church or Spring Street. Frederick Binkley (the grandfather of B. F. Binkley) was the carpenter who built the north half or end of the present building for my father; this was done sometime between the years 1798 and 1804. My father opened a Tin and Copper-Smith shop soon after he landed here, which I understand to have been the first established in this place. He was the Surveyor who, under the direction of the Commissioners appointed for that purpose, designated the lots in the Town of Nashville by fixing a stone or some other lasting monument at the corner of each, under an Act of Tennessee passed Nov. 10th, 1801.”

Henry Guthrie “moved to the country in October 1805, and settled on a farm about 15 miles from Nashville, and two miles north west of the S. E. corner of Davidson County. He remained on his farm up to the time of his death, which occurred January 4th, 1837. He sold the lot of ground on College Street, whereon the old Cedar log house now stands, to Mrs. Sarah Robertson, widow of Elijah Robertson, deceased. The deed bears date May 13th, 1806, and it is recorded in Deed Book “G”, page 64, R.O.D.C.”

Henry’s marriage to Nancy Ann Shackleford took place a few years prior on 24 Nov 1796 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky. The majority of their children were born in Tennessee. Most trees credit Henry and Nancy with 16 children, but their youngest daughter wrote that she was the last of 14 children. This may indicate that two of the 16 children found in online trees are incorrect.

Note the potential for mistaken identity issues. Watch out for trees and documents listing Henry Guthrie, and/or Henry C Guthrie in Davidson and Williamson Counties, TN. This Henry Guthrie had a son named Henry Clay Guthrie (1803-1875), but there is also a Henry Cook Guthrie (1821-1849) who lived and died in Williamson County, TN, a son of David Houston Guthrie and Sarah Venable Carter. Their family line traces back to GFG2A-Branch B and is unrelated to this GFG5 family. See the Williamson County, TN documents in Reading and Resources, below.

The 1830 Census lists the Henry Guthery household in Davidson County, Tennessee:
1M 70-79, 1F 50-59, 1M and 1F 15-19, 1M and 1F 10-14, 1M and 2F 5 – 9. Total Free White Persons: 9

After Henry’s death in 1837, the 1840 census lists Nancy Guthrie as the Head of Household in Davidson County, Tennessee:
1F 80-89, 1F 60-69, 1M and 1F 15-19. Total Free White Persons 4. Persons Employed in Commerce: 1, Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3.

The 1850 Census lists the Nancy A Guthrie household in District 6, Davidson, Tennessee:
Nancy A Guthrie 70, Susan D Guthrie 28, Martha J Guthrie 13.
In 1860, Nancy A Guthrie, 81, is listed as living in the home of her daughter Susan D and son-in-law James Walden in Giles, TN.

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: 14 – 16
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

CHILD 1: MARY HARRIS GUTHRIE aka “POLLY”
1797 TN – 1843 TN
Spouse: Andrew M Johnson

The eldest child of Henry and Nancy Ann (Shackleford) Guthrie was Mary Harris Guthrie. Her middle name comes from her paternal grandmother’s family line. Born on 26 November 1797 in Tennessee, she was familiarly known as Polly Guthrie. Her marriage took place on 19 July 1816 when she was 18 years of age. Not to be confused with 17th POTUS, Andrew Johnson, Polly’s husband was of a similar name and had also moved to Tennessee. Andrew M Johnson was born 25 April 1794 in Brunswick, VA, the son of Moses Johnson and his wife Diannah Shumate.

Polly and Andrew lived in Franklin, Williamson County, TN during the 1820 and 1830 censuses, and then moved to Hardeman County, TN. Goodspeed’s Biographical Sketch of son William M Johnson mentions the family had seven sons and four daughters. Andrew was a farmer and slave owner. Polly died on 10 November 1843 at only 45 years of age. Andrew’s death came on 7 May 1851. He was 57. They are buried at Farley Cemetery in Whiteville, Hardeman, TN.

Johnson Children: 11
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) Nancy Charity Johnson 1817TN-1846TN (m.1839TN) John Henry Coates +children
2.) William M Johnson 1819TN-1897TN tin smith/farmer (m.1862TN) Margaret Jane Lacy +children
3.) Martha C. Johnson 1820TN-1888TN (m.1845TN) Hiram Boswell Brown farmer +children
4.) Unidentified Son – unverified birth order
5.) Unidentified Son – unverified birth order
6.) Unidentified Son – unverified birth order
7.) Mary Johnson 1830TN-Aft. 1850TN – no further data
8.) John Hartwell Johnson 1832TN-1913TN tin smith/farmer (m.1860) Charity Moore +children
9.) Joseph ‘Joel’ G. Johnson 1834TN-1913 dry goods merchant (m.1871TN) Kate Hudson +children
10.) James A Johnson 1838TN-Aft. 1860 – No further data
11.) Susanna Adline Johnson 1840TN-1884TN (m.1858TN) James Freeman Williams farmer +children

CHILD 2: WILLIAM FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
1799 TN – Abt. 1850MO
Spouse: Sarah ‘Sally’ Meadow

William Franklin Guthrie was born on 18 August 1799 in Tennessee. His marriage to Sarah ‘Sally’ Meadow took place on 15 July 1820, so this was a brand new couple around the time of the 1820 census. They are not the William F Guthrie Household listed in the Franklin, Williamson County, TN 1820 census. with 1M and 1F of 26-44 and 2M and 2F under 10.

There is a second William F Guthrie household in Williamson County, TN at the same time. One is the household of this man, William Franklin Guthrie, and the other is that of William Forguison Guthrie, a son of Robert and Mary (Taylor) Guthrie (GFG2A-Branch B descendants). The two men are of a similar age category. William Forguison Guthrie was born in 1785 and William Franklin Guthrie in 1799.

1830 – Household of William Guthrie: 1M40-49, 1F30-39, 1M and 1F 5-9, 1M and 2F under 5; No Slaves. Same census page as the Robert Guthrie household. This family moved to Henry County, TN by 1840.
1830 – Household of William F Guthrie: 1M40-49, 1F20-29, 1M and 1F 15-19, 1M and 1F 10-14, 1M 5-9, 1M under 5; Slaves: 5. This is the household of William Franklin Guthrie. They also moved away by 1840, but to what location?

Find-a-Grave links William Franklin Guthrie to the memorial page of William Guthrie who died 30 May 1849 in Summertown, Lawrence, Tennessee. His gravestone at Summertown Cemetery identifies him as a soldier of Company D, 1st Tennessee Infantry in the Spanish American War. There are no DOB/DOD on the marker itself.
Fold3 lists a Pvt. William G. Guthrie for Co. D, 1 TN Infantry, which suggests this is not the correct memorial for William Franklin Guthrie.

There are a number of other Guthries buried at this location who descend from Seaborn Solomon Guthrie of GFG2E. Their line was still in Alabama during the 1840s and 1850s, so it is possible that William Guthrie’s grave is not associated with their family, and does indeed belong to William Franklin Guthrie. There are no Guthrie households in Lawrence, TN during the 1840 census. There is only one during the 1850 census: Reuben Frank Guthrie, a son of John Guthrie of Lincoln County, TN.

This family appears to have resided in Greene County, Missouri prior to moving to Marion Township, Bourbon County, Kansas Territory. There is a Wm Guttry household in Greene County, MO during the 1840 census listing 1M40-49 (1791-1800), 1F30-39 (1801-1810), 1M15-19 (1821-1825), 2F 10-14 (1825-1830), 2M5-9 (1831-1825) and 1M under 5 (1836-1840). Several of William and Sally’s children married in Greene County, MO. The family is not listed there during the 1850 census.

Missouri Probate Records, 1833-1856, Volume B: William Guttery, p.37. (IMG471-771) March Term Probate Court
March 9th 1850
“This day was exhibited the inventory of the estate of William Guttery decd. which is approved by the Court and inasmuch as it appears that there is not as much as the widow of said decd. is allowed by law and that there are no debts due said estate, it is therefore ordered by the court that the same be delivered up to the widow of said decd and that all further administration of said estate be dispensed with.”

Sarah died in Bourbon County, Kansas on 7 September 1858. Her grave marker indicates she was the widow of “William Guttry”. Her estate was probated there and divided between her 4 sons and two sons-in-law.

Guthrie Children: 8
Y-DNA Project Participants:  NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Joseph Porter Guthrie 1821TN-1873 farmer (m.1848TX) Sarah Pike +children
2.) Mary Ann ‘Polly’ Guthrie 1823TN-1857KS (m.1840MO) David Thompson Ralston farmer +children
3.) Charlotte Guthrie 1825TN-1851MO (m.1844MO) Andrew ‘Sterling’ McCarty +child
4.) Martha Beard Guthrie 1827TN-1856 (m1.1842MO/ann?/div?) Russel Stokes, (m2.1852MO) Andrew ‘Sterling’ McCarty – unk children
5.) David A Guthrie 1831TN-1900TX (m.1850TX) Mary E Bracken +children
6.) John L Smith Guthrie 1834TN-1911OR farmer (m1.1856MO) Minerva Jane Kirby +children, (m2.1875OR) Amanda Conner +children
7.) James Ray Guthrie 1837TN-1909KS (m.1855KS) Caroline Elizabeth Fly +children
8.) Nancy Jane Guthrie 1841MO-1843MO – died young

CHILD 3: ELEANOR THURSTON GUTHRIE
1801 TN – 1878 KS
Spouse: Thomas Mason

Eleanor’s name has been documented in multiple variations including Ellen for short. She was born 5 January 1801 in Tennessee. Her marriage to Thomas Mason took place in Nashville, Davidson, TN on 26 Feb 1818.

Thomas Mason, born 25 Feb 1792, was a stone mason, cooper, and farmer. He was a son of Isaac and Parthena (Hall) Mason, and one of ten children.

1820 – Thomas Mason Household – Franklin, Williamson, TN: 1M and 1F 26-44, 1M and 1F 16-25
1830 – Thomas Mason Household – Williamson, TN: 1M and 1F 30-39, 2F 5-9, 2M under 5.
1840 – Thomas Mayson Household – Precinct 5, Scuyler, IL: 1M 40-49, 1F 30-39, 1F 15-19, 3M 10-14, 1F 5-9, Persons in Agriculture: 2

Thomas Mason died in Schuyler County, Illinois on 31 December 1847. The 1850 census shows “Ellen” back in Davidson County, TN with her three youngest children: William E, Geo. H., and Jeffr. M., with her household sandwiched between that of her 70-year old mother’s household, and that of her brother Henry on the census page.

During the 1870 census, Eleanor Mason, 69, is found living in Miami, Miami, Kansas with her sons Abraham, 41, and Jefferson M, 24. She died in New Lancaster, Miami, Kansas on 22 February 1878.

Mason Children: 13
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

1.) Sally Parthena Mason 1819TN – 1819/20TN – died young
2.) Nancy Caroline Mason 1821 – (Possible m. 1837 Schuyler IL to William Bolmin)
3.) Mary Delany Mason 1823TN – Bef. 1830TN – died young
4.) Harriet Melinda Mason 1825TN – 1900IL (m.1843IL) James Anderson Thompson +children
5.) John Lane Mason 1827TN – 1894OR cooper/farmer (m.1849IL) Sarah Ann Deel +children
6.) Abraham Thomas Mason 1829 TN – 1918 CO (m.1901CO) Mary (Root) Murray -no children
7.) Asenath Almira Mason 1831 TN – Bef.1840 TN – died young
8.) Eleanor Elizabeth Mason 1834 TN – 1903 KS (m.1850IL) James Thompson +children
9.) Daniel Rynear Mason 1836 TN – 1840-50IL – died young
10.) James Alexander Mason 1838 TN – Aft. 1840 – probably died young
11.) William Edward Mason 1840 TN – 1922 IL (m.1864IL) Ann Eliza Root +children
12.) George Hall Mason 1843 IL – Aft. 1863 – No further data – Civil War Soldier
13.) Jefferson Monroe Mason 1844 IL – Aft. 1930OK (m.1877KS) Florence Fleharty

CHILD 4: JOHN NATHANIEL GUTHRIE
1803 TN – abt. 1881 TN
Spouse: Elizabeth ‘Jane’ Wolfe

John Nathaniel Guthrie was born 11 January 1803 in Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Jane Wolfe when he was 31 years old, on 18 Feb 1834 in Williamson, TN. He worked as a farmer. The 1880 census lists him as a ‘collector’. He outlived Jane who died in 1875. HIs death came about 1881 in Brentwood, Williamson, TN.

Guthrie Children: 11
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

1.) Nancy Shackelford Guthrie 1835TN – 1916TN – unmarried
2.) Martha Jane Guthrie 1836TN – 1910TN (m.abt. 1868) James Snodgrass +children
3.) William ‘Bud’ Wolfe Guthrie 1839TN – 1915TN (m1.1868TN) Annie Elizabeth Brown +children; (m2.1889TN) Nannie Eliza Guthrie +children
4.) Adeline P Guthrie 1841TN – Aft.1880TN (m.1860TN) Richard W Shaffer +children
5.) Mary Ann Guthrie 1844TN – 1899TN (m.1866TN) William Hannah Lovell +children
6.) John Henry Guthrie 1848TN – 1907TN (m.abt.1875TN) Mary Elizabeth McDowell +children
7.) Elizabeth Henderson Guthrie 1851TN – 1917TN (m.1887TN) Nerr Rothrock +children
8.) Daniel Webster Guthrie 1864TN – Aft.1860 – Reportedly died in New Orleans, Louisiana
9.) Robert Johnson Guthrie 1855TN – 1937TN (m.1888TN) Lillian Douglas Lacy +children
10.) Louisa Franklin Guthrie 1858TN – 1936TN (m.1881TN) George Washington Guinn +children
11.) Susan Nichol Guthrie 1860TN – 1929TN (m.1890TN) Bell Porter Robinson +children

CHILD 5: HENRY CLAY GUTHRIE
1803 TN – abt. 1851 TN
Spouse: Henley Sims Nevins

Henry Clay Guthrie was born 11 January 1803 in Tennessee. He does not appear to be enumerated in his father’s household during the 1830 census of Davidson County, TN. When he married Henley Sims Nevins on 16 Feb 1832 it was in Rutherford County, TN. Henry’s father, Henry Guthrie, died in 1837 and by 1840, Henry had returned to Davidson County where his family was listed on the census:
1M and 1F 30-39, 1M 5-9, 1M and 1F under 5, with Slaves: 1F. Persons employed in manufacture and trade: 1, Personal employed in agriculture: 5

The 1850 census lists Henry and Henry’s family in District 6, Davidson County, TN. Occupation: Farmer, Real Estate: 2000. The 1850 Slave Schedule shows Henry Guthrie as the owner of 4 enslaved people: 1M and 1F, aged 21, and 2M ages 2 and 1. By 1860, the family owned 9 slaves: 1M40, 1F30, 1M22, 1M16, 1F14, 1M10, 1F 8, 1F4, 1F1.

Henry Clay Guthrie wrote his last will and testament on 29 November 1851 in Davidson County, TN, (Recorded Book 15, pp.394-395). He names his wife Henley Guthrie leaving her all perishable property and the use of his farm and negro ‘boy’ Bill and ‘girl’ Sindy and her children. She is to hold, but not dispose of or sell the land or slaves. The valuation of the land is to be divided between sons John F, Henry C, and James C until they turn 25. The two daughters, Nancy A and Mary Jane to have the same valuation in the slaves if that is an equal amount, otherwise to receive money from the sons to ensure their equal share of the estate. Property in Nolensville to be rented during wife’s life and proceeds to be used for her support and for the education of the children.

Henry died about December 1851 and is buried at Guthrie Cemetery in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee. The exact location of his grave site is unknown as there is no headstone, but his father and his wife are buried there.

The widow, Henley Guthrie, lived until 6 August 1886. She was 79 at her death in Davidson County, TN. She shares a double headstone with her twin sister, Jane G. Blair who died in 1884.

Henly Guthrie – Will - 21 Aug 1885 – (widow of Henry Clay Guthrie, s/o Henry Guthrie and Nancy Ann Shackleford) – Recorded Will Book 29 Page 171 – IMG 54 of 2959

Obituary – The Tennessean – Monday, 18 August 1924, Page 12.
Henry C Guthrie, 86, of Nolensville, Dies – Retired Farmer was Deacon in Concord Baptist Church.

Guthrie Children: 5
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

1.) John F Guthrie 1834TN – 1864GA farmer (m.1860TN) Bettie Orgain + children
2.) Nancy Ann Guthrie 1836TN – 1910TN (m.1859TN) William S Turner farmer +children
3.) Henry Clay Guthrie 1838TN – 1924TN farmer (m.1860TN) Mary Ann Hamlett +children
4.) Mary Jane Guthrie 1841TN – 1889TN (m.1860TN) William J Gambill RR conductor +children
5.) James C Guthrie 1844TN – 1923TN farmer (m.1891TN) Ann Eliza Guy +children

CHILD 6: NANCY B GUTHRIE
1807 TN – 1893 KY
Spouse: Shadrach Boaz

Daughter, Nancy B. Guthrie, was born 20 November 1807 in Davidson County, Tennessee. She was 18 at her marriage to Shadrach Boaz. A son of Thomas and Lucinda ‘Lucy’ (Davis) Boaz, Shadrach was born in Virginia on 9 Nov 1804. His father was licensed to preach for the Strawberry (Primitive) Baptist Church in Pittsylvania County. Shadrach Boaz was a farmer. They lived their early years of marriage in Davidson County, TN where Shadrack was on the Early Tax List Records.

The following extract is from The Thomas Boaz Family in America, collected and prepared by Bishop Hiram A Boaz and includes data on the family Line of Shadrach Boaz, 1751-1817.

“In the fall of 1833, Shadrach and his wife journeyed by wagon train from Middle Tennessee to western Kentucky and settled in what was known as “Jackson’s Purchase.” They had with them four of their first five children, one child having died in Tennessee. They were on the road when the great meteor shower took place in November of 1833, and many people thought the end of the world had come.” On reaching Kentucky Shadrach, known to his friends as “Shade,” laid out his farm near where Fulton now stands. He was energetic and filled with vigor. He is supposed to have said on one occasion that he had never known a day when it was too cold to work outdoors except one, and that was when the trees could be heard cracking with the cold. At forty years of age he was elected the first sheriff of Fulton County.”

“Shadrach Boaz was not only a suggessful farmer but also a good trader. In 1860 he left his family on the farm and journeyed to the west in search of land grants in Indian Territory. Near Pierce City, Missouri, he fell ill and died on September 4, 1860, with what is now believed to be pneumonia. On hearing of his death his wife traveled a distance of over one hundred fifty miles by a mule-drawn wagon to attend his funeral. He was buried either in Newton or Lawrence County, Missouri. His widow returned to kentucky and lived near Fulton until the time of her death on November 8, 1893. She was buried in Boaz Chapel Cemetery.”

Prior to 1840, the Boaz family left Tennessee to settle in Kentucky. They were enumerated in the Hickman County, KY census as the Shadrick Boaz Household: 1M and 1F 30-39, 1M and 1F 10-14,1F 5-9, 2M under 5. Total Free White Persons: 7. Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2.

On 18 Nov 1843, “Shadrick & Nancy Boaz of the County of Hickman, State of Kentucky” sold a 23 and 3/4 acre tract or parcel of land originally part of Lot No. 5 belonging to the heirs of Henry Guthrie, dec’d to Nancy’s brother, Henry Clay Guthrie for $500. (Book 6 – 476 – Davidson Co.)

The 1850 census shows Shadrack and Nancy Boaz living in Fulton County, Kentucky with their children. Real Estate: 800, Occupation: Farmer, Industry: Agriculture. By 1860, they had moved to Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas. Personal Estate Value 1000.

One discussion mentions that Shadrack Boaz was probably staying at the Hutchison Homestead when he took ill. A headstone was reportedly purchased by one of his brothers.

Boaz Children: 14
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

1.) Thomas Henry Boaz 1826TN-1827TN – died young
2.) Susan Caroline Boaz 1828TN-1889 (m1.1844) George Meachem +children, (m2.) Sim Neal Ward +child
3.) William Rutherford Boaz 1829TN-1904KY – unmarried
4.) John D Boaz 1831TN-1835KY
5.) Nancy Adeline Boaz 1833TN-1902 (m.1853KY) James Bodine Snow farmer +children
6.) Shadrach Boaz 1834KY-1836KY – died young
7.) Daniel David Boaz 1837KY-1864MS – died during Civil War skirmish near West Point, MS
8.) Samuel C Boaz 1839KY-1841KY
9.) Joshua Fleming Boaz 1841KY-1862 – died during Civil War – contracted measles
10.) Joseph Smith Boaz 1843KY-1895 (m.) Mary Champion +children
11.) Richard Harris Boaz 1845KY-1915KY minister (m.) Tennessee Olivia Slayden +children
12.) Thomas Henry Boaz 1847KY-1933KY – unmarried
13.) Ebenezer A Boaz 1850KY-1859KY – died young
14.) Lucy Ann Eliza Boaz 1853KY-1935KY (m.) John Silas Murchison +children

CHILD 7: SARAH B GUTHRIE
1809 TN – 1823 TN
Died Young

CHILD 8: ASENITH GUTHRIE
1812 TN – 1860 TN
Spouse: James Buchanan Shane (m. 9 Feb 1833)

The name Asenith (in a variety of spellings) was very popular at the time and can be found across several different Guthrie Family Groups. Henry’s daughter Asenith was born about 1812 in Davidson County, TN and married there on 9 February 1833 to James Buchanan Shane. He was a farmer. They lived in Davidson County through the 1850 census after which they moved to Bodenham, Giles County, TN. During the 1870 census, James, Asenith, and two of their children were living in Concord, Adams, Illinois. James died on 24 March 1872 and is buried in Schuyler County, Illinois at Howell Cemetery. Asenith was living in Locust Creek, Linn, Missouri in 1880 with her unmarried son William R and daughter Lucinda. Her DOD and the location are unknown, but after 1880.

Shane Children: 10
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Ellen C Shane 1834TN – Aft. 1870 (m.1859TN) Jesse Morris stone mason +children
2.) Nancy Adaline Shane 1837TN-Aft. 1880 (m.1855TN) Joseph Engles attorney +children
3.) Margaret or Mary E Shane 1842TN – Aft. 1860 – no further data
4.) Asenath Annah ‘Annie’ Shane 1844TN – 1885IL (m.1866TN) John Hale shoemaker +children
5.) Lucinda D Shane 1846TN – Abt. 1830KS (m.1892MO) James William Burnett +stepchildren
6.) Joseph Shane 1847TN – 1902MO farmer/shoemaker (m.) Anna M. +children
7.) Martha E Shane 1849TN – Aft.1880IA (m.1874) Thomas Oliver +children
8.) Almira Jane Shane 1850TN-1902MO (m.1865IL) Joseph Brown Ausmus apiarist +children
9.) Francis ‘Fannie’ J Shane 1852TN-1932MO (m1.1871IL) Austin D Howell +children; (m2.1893MO) Benjamin Franklin Jones +children
10.) William Robert Shane 1855TN-1930MO minister (m1.1874) Sara Ellen Keith +children; (m2.1892/div.) Lea Dot Kline +child; (m3.1907AR) Louisa ‘Lou’ (Williams) Spence +child

CHILD 9: DANIEL GUTHRIE
1813 TN – abt. 1901 TN
Spouse 1: Unidentified
Spouse 2: Nancy Jane Stribling (m.16 Sep 1850TN)
Spouse 3: Mary Pittam (m.3 Aug 1876TN)

Daniel was a tinner. Married three times, but never had children.

On 17 May 1880, Daniel Guthrie wrote a letter to Mr Anson Nelson, secretary of the Historical Society regarding his father, Henry Guthrie, and the early settlement of the City of Nashville.

Daniel was elected as president of the Lawrenceburg Bank & Trust company. He died in Lawrence County, TN in 1901 leaving a will in which he bequeathed his entire estate to his siblings and their heirs. He is buried at Mount Ararat Cemetery in Lawrence County, TN.

Guthrie Children: NONE
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Descendants

CHILD 10: ELIZABETH GUTHRIE
1815 TN – 1868 TN
Spouse: Alexander Ewing Sneed Sr (m. 30 Dec 1834)

Elizabeth Guthrie was born on 17 August 1815 in Tennessee. Her marriage to Alexander Ewing Sneed came on 30 December 1834 when she was 19. Alexander was born 31 January 1812 and became a prosperous farmer in Williamson County. Their home Foxview was built in 1835 in Brentwood. Twelve children were born to the family most of whom grew to adulthood. Alexander was only 40 at the time of his death on 31 September 1852. Elizabeth lived until 28 August 1868. She was 53. They are buried at Sneed Cemetery in Brentwood, Williamson, TN.

History through Homes: Foxview

Sneed Children: 12
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) James Pleasant Sneed 1835TN-1908TN farmer (m.1864TN) Cornelia Matilda Sneed +children
2.) Henry Guthrie Sneed 1835TN-1906TN printer (m.1867) Annie E Sneed +children
3.) Daniel W Sneed 1837TN-1891 – No further data
4.) Bethenia Ann Sneed 1839TN-1866TN (m.1860TN) Joshua Smith Beadle +children
5.) Elizabeth M. Sneed 1840TN-Bef.1860TN – not mentioned in mother’s estate papers 1868
6.) Nancy S Sneed 1841TN-1862TN – died @ 20yrs of age – unmarried
7.) Alexander Ewing Sneed 1843TN-1902 cigar dealer – unmarried
8.) Macaah P Sneed 1845TN-1864TN – died yuoung
9.) Peter Pleasant Sneed 1848TN-1865TN – died young
10.) Martha Jane Sneed 1849TN-Aft.1860 – no further details (not MJ (Sneed) Sharp from TX)
11.) Charles Robert Sneed 1849TN-1888CA (m.1882IL) Lavena ‘Vena’ Anna Lee +child
12.) John Shannon Sneed 1852TN-1900MO merchant (m.abt.1890) Elizabeth M (MNU) +children

CHILD 11: ADELINE GUTHRIE
1819 TN – 1851 TN
Spouse: Anderson McFarlin (m. 19 Dec 1838)

Adeline Guthrie was born about 1819 in Tennessee marrying Anderson McFarlin when she was 19 years of age. Their marriage took place in Davidson, TN on 19 December 1838. They had 2 sons and 4 daughters. The family is listed in District 6 of Davidson County, TN during the 1850 census. Anderson was a farmer with real estate valuing $750. Both died in their early 30s. Adeline died on 11 July 1851 at only 32, while Anderson’s death came only two years later in October of 1854. The remains of both Adeline and Anderson McFarlin are buried at Guthrie Cemetery in Nashville, TN. Their oldest child was only 14 at his death and their youngest about 5.

Children: 6
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Thomas H McFarlin 1839TN-Aft.1930FL (m.1869KY) Sirena S Collier +child
2.) Susan W McFarlin 1842TN-1929TN (m.1858KY) Chrispan D Thacker +children
3.) Harriett Matilda McFarlin 1844TN-1866TN – died at 22 years of age – buried in Guthrie Cemetery
4.) Charles McFarlin 1847TN-Bef.1900TN (m.abt.1882) Mary Etta Smith +children
5.) Martha A McFarlin 1850TN-1870TN – died at 20 years of age
6.) Nancy J McFarlin 1852TN-1870TN – died at 17 years of age – buried at Guthrie Cemetery

CHILD 12: SAMUEL GUTHRIE
1820 TN – 1835 TN
Died Young

The inscription on Samuel’s tombstone at Guthrie cemetery in Nashville, Davidson County, TN reads:
SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF SAMUEL GUTHRIE/ WHO DEPARTED THIS/ LIFE IN THE YEAR 1835/ AGED 15 YEARS

QUESTIONABLE CHILD 13: DUDLEY GUTHRIE
Twin? – 1822 TN – Bef. 1850
Marital Status: Unknown

Note that Dudley has the potential to be misidentified. There was a Dudley Guthrie born about 1784 NC who died in Tennessee on 11 Apr 1863 who married Delilah (Owen) Keele in Davidson, TN in 1826, a time when Henry’s son was supposed to be 4 years old. Dudley was previously enumerated in Laurens, SC in 1810, Franklin, TN in 1820 with a family, so it appears that Delilah was a second spouse. He was listed in the Nashville, Davidson, TN census of 1830. In 1838 Dudley and his wife Delila contested the validity of probate on the will of Samuel Owen, submitted by her brother, James C Owen in a Williamson County, TN court entry. This couple continued to live in Nashville during subsequent census years of 1840 thru 1860. Dudley died on 11 Apr 1864 and is buried in Nashville City Cemetery, age 84.

Since there is some question as to whether Henry Guthrie and his wife Nancy Ann Shackleford had 14 or 16 children, it must be asked whether or not they actually had a child named Dudley Guthrie who was a twin to Susan born on 21 April 1822. Every census record listing the name Dudley Guthrie associated with Davidson County, TN is actually for the other Dudley Guthrie. A son born in 1822 would be about 8 years of age during the 1830 census and most likely be enumerated Henry’s household in the 5 thru 9 category. There is 1 male and 2 females in that category. Son Samuel, above, would have been 9-10, so could be in either the 5 thru 9 or 10 thru 14 category, where there is 1 male listed. The next eldest son is Daniel, who was born in 1813 putting him in the 15 thru 19 category, where there is 1 male listed. So, it appears that there is a son of the right age category documented that could be a son, Dudley Guthrie. By 1840, after Henry’s death, widow Nancy is listed with only two remaining children in the household, presumably her youngest, 1M and 1F of 15 thru 19 years of age. Son Samuel died in 1835 and son Daniel would be about 27. There is also no guarantee that the 1M is not another relation, boarder, or employee. The 1850 census shows Nancy with daughters Susan and Martha.

Assuming that Dudley Guthrie was indeed the twin of Susan D Guthrie, his birth would have occurred on 21 April 1822. Probably born before Susan as she described herself as the youngest of the Guthrie children. Note that there is no one by the name Dudley Guthrie listed in the legal notice to Henry Guthrie’s heirs in 1838. (See Reading and Resources below for image.) If there was a Dudley Guthrie in this family, he probably died prior to his father.

Children: None Known
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

CHILD 14: SUSANNAH DELIA GUTHRIE
Twin? – 1822 TN – 1908 TN
Spouse: James Washington Waldron (m. 8 Jan 1857)

Born 21 April 1822, Susannah Delia Guthrie, more commonly known as Susan, was reportedly a twin to Dudley Guthrie. No source data found other than online trees.

The youngest child in the family, Susan was still at home with her mother in 1837 when her father died and during the 1840 and 1850 censuses. She married in 1857 to widower James W Waldron, a farmer with four children. His first wife was Rachel Jane Tate, whom he married in Wilson County, TN on 28 Feb 1839. They were living in Williamson County, TN during the 1850 census. Rachel’s DOD is unknown, but before 1854.

James married for a second time while living in Williamson County on 22 Nov 1854. His wife was Amanda Dillon. She died on 7 June 1855.

Susannah and James were married in Rutherford County, TN on 5 July 1857. The 1860 census shows them living in Bodenham, Giles County, TN. Susan’s mother Nancy, 81, was living with them as was one of her orphaned McFarlin nieces, Nancy J, 7. James died sometime between 1860 and 1870.

The 1870 census shows Susan working as a school teacher in Nashville, Davidson, TN and living in the home of A.J and Eliza Wheeler. Susan died on 10 August 1908 in Nashville.

Waldron Children: None
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

READING and RESOURCES

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT: The Tennessee Gazette – Tuesday, 25 Feb 1800 – Page 4 – (Also published 11 Mar 1800, 18 Mar 1800, and 1 Apr 1800). Digital Repository: Newspapers.com

NEWSPAPER NOTICE: The Tennessee Gazette and Metro-District Advertiser – Wednesday, 17 April 1805 – Digital Repository: Newspapers.com
A list of letters remaining in the post-office at Nashville on the first of April 1805.
G – (includes) Henry Guthrie

NEWSPAPER NOTICE: The Clarion – Tuesday, 1 March 1808 – Page 5 – Digital Repository: Newspapers.com
Statement of Receipts and Expenditures, by the Corporation of Nashville, to the first day of March 1808.
Amount of Appropriations and Disbursements–Viz
To Henry Guthrie for a balance due him by the late Commissioners 5 (dollars)

NEWSPAPER NOTICE: The Clarion and Tennessee State Gazette – Tuesday, 7 Oct 1817 – Page 3 – Digital Repository: Newspapers.com
A List of Letters remaining at the post-office in Nashville on the first of October 1817.
G – (includes) Henry Guthrie

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: National Banner and Nashville Whig – Saturday, 25 April 1818 – Page 3 – Digital Repository: Newspapers.com

NEWSPAPER NOTICE: The Tennessean – Friday, 2 February 1838 – Digital Repository: Newspapers.com

NEWSPAPER NOTICE: The Tennessean – Tuesday, 26 June 1838 – Page 2 – Digital Repository: Newspapers.com

WEBSITE: TNGenWEB – The Goodspeed Publishing Co., History of Tennessee, 1886, Biographical Sketches Hardeman County
Includes: William M. Johnson

DOCUMENTS: REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION and BOUNTY LAND APPLICATIONS
Digital Repository: Fold3
W.4975 – NC – Henry Guthrie (Widow: Nancy)
S.10.776 – NC – John Guthrie

Also See the Transcriptions….

DOCUMENTS: Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of Henry Guthrie W4975 (Widow: Nancy) – Transcribed by Will Graves 9/9/2008
Pension application of John Guthrie S10776 – Transcribed by Will Graves 9/9/08 rev’d 11/30/15

BOOK: FOOTPRINTS of BOURBON COUNTY FAMILIES, Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon County, Fort Scott, Kansas, c1991. Family History Library – 3rd Floor Book Collection 978.197 D2f
p.79-80
William, Sarah, John L. and James R. Guttry
“William and Sarah Guttry’s sons, John L. and James R. were the earliest settlers of Marion Township in 1854. They were soon followed by brothers-in-law David T Ralston and Andrew S McCarty, and Fly, Mitchell, and Coyle families in 1855. William was born about 1795 in South Carolina and Sarah was born 10 January 1801 in Virginia. She died in Bourbon County, Territory of Kansas, on 7 September 1858. William’s place and date of death are unknown, but Sarah was listed as a “widow” of William on her headstone. Her estate administrator was son John L. and records include a sale bill for many household items and several head of livestock. The list of buyers named many residents of the area in December of 1858. Sarah’s estate went to her four sons and sons-in-law Andrew McCarty and David T. Ralston. Her final bills were $4.00 for medical services to James B. Smith, and $7.00 for burial expenses paid to H.T. Wilson.
Children of William and Sarah Guttry:
Martha married 17 March 1842 Greene County, MO to Russell Stokes, Andrew McCarty married Martha B Stokes on 17 Feb 1852.
Mary Ann (Polly) 1823-1857), married 18 March 1840 Greene County, MO to David T. Ralston. She died before her mother and is buried in Hatch Cemetery.
Joseph and David in Texas in 1858.
Charlotte S. born 1826 and died prior to 1852, married 26 March 1844 in Greene County, MO to Andrew S McCarty.
John L and wife Minerva Jane, this couple sold 20 acres of land to the Town Company of Uniontown in 1868 for a town site.
James R was born 17 July 1837, died 9 Nov 1909 and is buried in Hatch Cemetery. James was married twice, he and 2nd wife Nancy Hammer also sold property in Kansas in 1866. His son, Andrew J married a daughter of J.M. and Margaret (Ralston) Nichols.
Many descendants of Polly Guttry reside in Bourbon County today.
p.80 David Thompson Ralston Family.
David Thompson Talston was born 10 June 1818 in Lincoln County Tennessee and reared in Fayette County. At the age of 18yrs he went to Greene County, Missouri and was employed at farming and carpenter work near Springfield. He married Mary Ann (Polly) Guttry on 18 March 1840. Polly was born 3 Nov, 1823 in TN, one of seven children of William and Sarah Guttry of SC and VA.
The Ralston family went to Kansas territory in a covered wagon drawn by an ox team, arriving January 12, 1855. They were preceded by Polly’s brothers, John and James Guttry, the first settlers in Marion Township of Bourbon County. David staked his claim to 320 acres six miles southwest of present-day Uniontown, where he resided until his death. Polly died 15 Nov 1857, and she was one of the first settlers buried in Hatch Cemetery. David remarried in 1859 to Malinda Rhonton, daughter of Elisha and Caroline M. Rhoton.
(Ralston family article continues.)

READING on the CUMBERLAND COMPACT:
Wikipedia: Cumberland Compact
Tennessee Encyclopedia: Cumberland Compact
Tennessee Virtual Archive: Images of the Cumberland Compact
TSLA: Cumberland Compact
Cumberland Pioneers: Original Signers Page 1 (Includes Henry Guthrie Signature)

DOCUMENTS: Fayette County, Kentucky – Deeds, 1794-1954
District Court Deed Book A, 1794-1798 – FHL 0008141011 – Letter G Index – IMG 12 of 309
Reuben Guthrie from Thomas Daniel – 27 Aug 1796 – Book D Page 117
Reuben Guthrie from Lott Wood – 7 Aug 1797 – Book D Page 333
District Court Deed Book B, 1798-1799 – FHL 008336980 – Letter G Index – IMG 11 of 604
No Guthrie Entries
District Court Deed Book C, 1799-1802 – FHL 008336982 – Letter G Index – IMG 11 of 354
No Guthrie Entries
Note: The early County Court and Circuit Court Deed Books are not indexed

DOCUMENTS: Williamson County, Tennessee – Deeds
Index to Deeds v 1-3 1799-1883 – FHL 007842263 – Status Online: Locked
Deeds v. A-1B Nov 1799 – Nov 1811 – FHL 008150674
Deed Book v. A No. 1 – Letter G Index IMG 12 of 1072 – No Guthrie Entries Grantee/Grantor
Deed Book v. A No. 2 – Letter G Index IMG (No Image)
Deed Book v. B – Letter G Index IMG 709 of 1072
Grantors: Samuel Gutry to Francis Nunn – page 144 – 6 July 1808 – IMG 797 of 1072
Grantees: Francis Gutry Gunter – page 222 4 Oct 1809 – IMG 836 of 1072
Deeds v. C-D Nov 1811 – Feb 1817 – FHL 008150675
Deed Book v. C – Letter G Index IMG 13 of 621 – No Guthrie Entries
Deed Book v. D – Not indexed

DOCUMENTS: Williamson County, Tennessee – Probate Records, 1838-1965
Letters of Administration – FHL 004091031 –
Volume 1 – Letter G Index IMG 11 of 536
Robert Guthrie – page 4 – IMG 18 of 536
Sally V Guthrie – page 147 – IMG 90 of 536
Volume 2 – Letter G Index IMG 284 of 536 – No Guthrie Entries

BOOK: Lynch, Louise Gillespie (1985). Survey and Entry Book, Williamson County, Tennessee 1824-1902. Digital Repository: Family Search.
p.77 – James Adams – Entry 682, 17 Oct 1828 – 32-1/2 acres of land on the waters of Leapers Fork of the West Harpeth, bounded by Samuel Kirkpatrick’s 50 acre entry – William Guthrie – John Gray – Jacob Carl.
p.87 – James Adams – Entry 844, 5 Nov. 1831 – 25 acres of land on the waters of Leapers Fork of the West Harpeth, bounded by Guthrie – Meadows – to include the vacant land between Adams, John Gray, Meadows, and Guthrey.
p.157 – David H Guthrie – Entry 443, 21 July 1826 – 100 acres of land on the waters of Big Harpeth River and bounded by the tract of land formerly owned by Joseph Braden now McConnico’s.
p.181 – James Adams – Entry 844 (duplicate of p.87)

DOCUMENTS: Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795-1955 – Williamson
County Court, Probate, divorce & family records, 1800-1899, name range: Green, M.G. to Haley, Wyatt. – 2311 images
David H Guthrie – 1834 – 98 Folder Images 1323 – 1421 (Son of Robert Guthrie.Mary Taylor – GFG2)
Note that David Houston Guthrie and wife Sarah Venable Carter have a son named Henry Cook Guthrie, who is sometimes referenced in the records as Henry C Guthrie. Not to be mistaken for Henry Guthrie, son of William and Eleanor (Harris Abbott) Guthrie.
Elizabeth J (Wolf) Guthrie – 1877 – 20 Folder Images 1422 – 1442 – (Wife of John Guthrie)
Includes many documents including a survey dated 10 & 11 Sep 1877 of the division of property (IMG1436):

Jonathan W Guthrie (Wife Cynthia R) – 1870 – Folder Images 1443 – 1512
Inventory – 1870, Admr. Report – 1871, Settlement – 1871, County Court Documents
Robert Guthrie (wife Mary) – 1838 – Folder Images 1512 – 1539
Will – 1838, Inventory & Sale – 1838, Settlement – 1840, Guardian Bond – 1847, Receipts – 1848
Sarah V (Carter) Guthrie – 1843-47 – Folder Images 1540 – 1547
Will – 1843, Settlement – 1847 (2)

DOCUMENTS: Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795-1955 – Davidson
Probate Court, Will Records – 1784 – 1920 – Files: Guerin, S.M – James, Canes, A. 2959 Images.
Henly Guthrie – Will - 21 Aug 1885 – (widow of Henry Clay Guthrie, s/o Henry Guthrie and Nancy Ann Shackleford) – Recorded Will Book 29 Page 171 – IMG 54 of 2959
Henry Clay Guthrie – Will – 29 Nov 1851 (husband of Henley, s/o Henry and Nancy) – IMG 57 of 2959
Recorded Book 15 pp 394 -395
James Guthrie of Louisville, KY – Will – 25 Dec 1865 – plus additional codicils (This is James Guthrie, US Sec of Treasury/KY State Senator and s/o GFG7’s Adam Guthrie and Hannah Polke)
Recorded Book 22 page 152 of Wills & Inventories; Will Book 7 page 72

DOCUMENTS: Land and Property Records, 1784 – 1946 – Davidson County, Tennessee
Grantee Index A – K 1784 – 1871 – FHL 0007842228
IMG 402 of 602
Guthrie, Henry from Marshall, George – 7 Oct 1796 – Book D – 75 – 280 Ac-Mill Creek
Guthrie, Henry from Ward, Frederick – 8 Jul 1799 – Book E – 105 – Lot Public Square
Guthrey, Henry from Sheriff – 30 Jul 1804 – Book F – 184 – Several Town of Nasby.
Guthrie, Henry from Marshall, George – 6 Oct 1814 – Book K – 437 – 140 Ac – Davidson Co/Williamson Co
Guthrie, Daniel from McFarlin, etal, Anderson 30 Jul 1839 – Book 2 – 149 – 36 Act – Davidson Co
Guthrie, Henry from Boaz, et ux, Shadrick – 18 Nov 1843 – Book 6 – 476 – Lot Davidson Co.
Guthrie, Jacob F from Orton, Ray S – 27 Feb 1847 – Book 9 – 454 – Lot – Sumner St.
Guthrie, Henry from Winfrey, Samuel – 17 Nov 1846 – Book 11 – 16 – Ld – Davidson Co
Guthrie, Henry from Guthrie, David – 1 Jan 1841 – Book 13 – 246 – Ld – Davidson & Williamson Co
Guthrie, John from Hyde, C.W. – 21 Jan 1854 – 21 Jan 1854 – Book 18 – 78 – Ld 21st Dist.
Guthrie, Susanna D from Mason, Eleanor T. – 17 Mar 1851 – Book 27 – 161 – Lot – Davidson Co.
Guthrie, John from Waldron, et al, J.W. – 1857 – Book 27 – 162 – Ld Davidson Co
Guthrie, Exeony from Harman, Wm J – 16 Feb 1858 – Book 27 – 419 – Lot Water St
Guthrie, John F from Shane, et ux, John B – Rec. 16 Feb 1859 – Book 29 – 79
IMG 403 of 602
Guthrie, Tr. Abram from Whitley, Trus., et ux, et al, Robt. H, 29 Nov 1859 – Book 30 – 164 – Lot Gallatin Pike
Guthrie, John from Richards, George – 16 Aug 1866 – Book 37 – 23 – Ld – 3rd List
Guthrie, John from Richards, George – 16 Aug 1866 – Book 37 – 23 – LD Murfreesboro Pk
Guthrie, Daniel from Craft, et als, W.H. – 28 Dec 1867 – Book 38 – 731 – Lots College St
Guthrie, John from Calendar, John H – Rec. 6 Sep 1870 – Book 41 – 385 – Power of Atty.

Grantor Index A – K 1784 – 1871 – FHL 0007901044
IMG 394 of 579
Guthrie, Henry to George Marshall – 17 Jan 1797 – Book D – 222 – 140 Ac, E Fork Mill Cr
Guthrie, Henry to Sarah Robertson – 13 May 1806 – Book G – 64 – Lot 43 Nash.
Guthrie, Henry to Joseph T. Elliston – 8 Aug 1807 – Book G – 233 – Lot 42 Nash.
Guthrie, Henry to George Marshall – 17 Jan 1797 – Book G – 525 – 140 Ac. Mill Cr
Guthrie, Henry to James W Settler – 27 Jul 1814 - Book K – 551 – Lt 42 College St
Guthrie, Henry to John Lay – 25 Mar 1848 – Book 11 – 16 – Ld Davidson Co
Guthrie David to Henry Guthrie – 1 Jan 1841 – Book 13 – 246 – Davidson & Williamson Co.
Guthrie, Henry to Anderson McFarland – 11 Sep 1846 – Book 16 – 579 – Ld—
Guthrie, Susanna D. to Eleanor T MAson – 17 Mar 1827 – Book 27 – 163 – Ld Davidson Co
Guthery, et ux, Dudley to Wm. L Ewing – 16 Aug 1860 – Book 31 – 152 – Ld 8th Dist.
Guthrie, John to James T Rutherford Tr. – 13 Sep 1859 – Book 38 – 153 – Lots Capitol St.
Guthrie, Daniel to Wm M Johnson – 23 Nov 1868 – Book 39 – 715 – Lot College St
Guthrie, et ux, Alexander C. to Wiley Duke – 13 Jun 1870 – Book 43 – 289 – Lot 18 College Lots
Guthrie, Mrs. Henly S to Nelson Baldridge – Rec. 12 Sep 1870 – Book 43 – 574 – Ld 6th Dist.

BOOK: Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Tennessee genealogical records, Davidson County pioneers : Revolutionary and War of 1812 soldiers
p.14
Twenty-Two Hundred and Thirty Five Free Male Inhabitants in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1812
Davidson County, Minute Book 1809-1812, page 826 etc. Records of Davidson County Court of July Session 1812. Enumeration of the Free Male Inhabitants of Davidson County, Taken in the year 1812 a total of 2232 (2235).
In Captain Kincade’s Company
No. 21. Henry Guthrie

MAGAZINE: Shackelford Clan Magazine – Genealogy of the Shackelfords and Shacklefords, Volume 10, No. 10, February 1955. Editor: T K Jones
The posted query mentions the original source of the list of Henry and Nancy (Shackleford) Guthrie’s children came from the late Mrs Ann Carver-Graves of Nashville, TN, who listed 16 children for the couple. However, it mentions conflicting data from Susan Guthrie-Waldron, Henry and Nancy’s youngest daughter, in her book titled “Silent Musings” states that she, Susan Delia, was the 14th and last child.
Are two of the above 16 misidentified as Henry and Nancy’s children?

WEBSITE: Shaker Shaklefords
Includes data from the History of the South Union Shaker Colony, transcribed by Harvey L Eades in 1870 from original journals and diaries pertaining to South Union.

DOCUMENTS: Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claims which have been presented to the House of Representatives from the First to the Thirty-Frist Congress, exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with references to the journals, reports, bills, &c., elucidating its progress ; compiled by order of the House of Representatives, vol. I from A-G inclusive. Large PDF. Digital Repository: Govinfo
Private Claims submitted to Congress
Henry Guthrie, Nature of Claim: Pension, Congress: 24th, Session: 1, Manner Brought: Petition, Journal Page: 506, Referred to Committee: Rev. Pensions.

DOCUMENTS: H. Rept. 24-474 – Henry Guthrie. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table
Congressional Committee Materials, House Report (No. H. Rest. 24-474) Congress, Military Pensions, US, Guthrie, Henry. PDF. Digital Repository: GovInfo

DOCUMENT: Henry Guthrie and John Lane Mason, Their Ancestors, Descendants, and Collateral Kin, compiled by Mildred Murphy.

DOCUMENTS: County Technical Assistance Service – Williamson County
RE: Change of Boundary Lines

Private Acts of 1931 Chapter 793
SECTION 1. That the territory of Williamson County lying in the extreme northerly portion of the 17th Civil District thereof, and described by metes and bounds, as follows: “Beginning at the present intersection of the line between Davidson and Williamson Counties and the right of way line of the Battle Road which is at the dividing line between Battle tract and the Henry Guthrie tract, the plan of which is of record in Minute Book C-C, Page 106, Circuit Court of Davidson County, Tennessee; thence along the northerly right of way line of the Battle or Kidd Road, north 88 3/4 degrees west 55.76 poles to the dividing line between lots No. 1 and 2 of the said Henry Guthrie tract, thence along said dividing line due north to a point in the old Davidson and Williamson County line, thence in a southeasterly direction with the old Davidson and Williamson County line to a point in the line between the Battle and Guthrie tracts, thence due south with said line to the beginning and containing approximately 12 acres of land,” shall be and the same is hereby attached to and constitutes a part of Davidson County, Tennessee.
SECTION 2. That the territory of Davidson County, lying in the extreme southerly portion of the 6th Civil District thereof and described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a point in the old Davidson and Williamson County line the northwest corner of the tract of land added to Davidson County by the preceding Section of this Act, thence due north with the property line between Mrs. Nammie E. Guthrie and T. W. Fly to the property line of Mrs. Mattie H. Sneed, thence along the southerly boundary of the Mrs. Mattie H. Sneed property and the northerly boundary of the T.W. Fly tract, north 88 3/4 degrees, west, 87.44 poles to the intersection of the present line between Davidson and Williamson Counties, thence in a southeasterly direction with the present county line to the beginning, containing 28 acres, shall be and the same is hereby attached to and constitutes a part of Williamson County, Tennessee.
SECTION 3. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed: June 25, 1931.

BOOK: Boaz, Hiram. (1949). The Thomas Boaz family in America: with related families / this information has been collected and prepared by Bishop Hiram A Boaz. Digital Repository: Internet Archive.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Marshall, P. (1916). THE TOPOGRAPHICAL BEGINNINGS OF NASHVILLE. Tennessee Historical Magazine, 2(1), 31–39.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: ‘Nashville’s Infancy. Original Organization of the Town Government‘ Nashville Union and American, Friday, 14 August 1874. Digital Repository: Newspapers.com
In pursuance of an act for the regulation of the town of Nashville, which passed the General Assembly Dec. 10, 1801, an election was held April 3, 1802 (naming) Commissioners for the Town. The next day the Board of Commissioners met and elected officers. Those officers included “Henry Guthrie was appointed “Town Surveyor,” and authorized to employ chain carriers at $1 per day, in order to set about laying off the town.”

DOCUMENT: A Letter to the Tennessee Historical Society dated 17 May 1880 from Daniel Guthrie (10th Child of Henry Guthrie). Record maintained by the Tennessee Historical Society. Transcription donated to us by an Ancestry member.

Nashville, Tenn., May 17th, 1880

Mr. Anson Nelson
Secty. Of the Historical Society
Dear Sir: 
I understand you are collecting all the information you can get relating to the first Settlement of the City of Nashville.
My father, Henry Guthrie, Settled here at a very early day and assisted in establishing some of its old land marks. Now, as I do not know what part of his history would be most interesting to you and others, I will five you the leading points in his life and leave it with you to select such portion, if any, as you think worth preserving.
He was born in Hanover County, Virginia, December the 10th, 1754. He served two years in the Revolutionary war at Five Dollars per month payable in Continental Currency. After he volunteered into the Service, he was detailed to work in the armory shop to repair guns, swords, &c., under Col. Long. He was appointed one of the Surveyors and in that capacity assisted in locating the line between what is now Kentucky and Tennessee. His first visit to Nashville (or, rather to the place where the City is at present located) was made in the year 1780. Not long thereafter, he settled in Lexington, Ky., where he learned the tin and Copper-Smith trade. Early in the year 1798, he started with his family to move from Ky, to this place in a flat boat via the Kentucky, Ohio and Cumberland Rivers, and made a safe landing here in the month of May of the same year.
Shortly after his arrival he built the old cedar log house on the lot where it now stands, on the west side of College Street, about two or three hundred feet South of Church or Spring Street. Frederick Binkley (the grandfather of B. F. Binkley) was the carpenter who built the north half or end of the present building for my father; this was done sometime between the years 1798 and 1804. My father opened a d Tin and Copper-Smith shop soon after he landed here, which I understand to have been the first established in this place. He was the Surveyor who, under the direction of the Commissioners appointed for that purpose, designated the lots in the Town of Nashville by fixing a stone or some other lasting monument at the corner of each, under an Act of Tennessee passed Nov. 10th, 1801. 
From the time when Moses led the children of Israel through the wilderness and smote the rock ? in fact, ever since Lot’s wife was turned into a pillow of Salt, Salt water is supposed to have run out of the ground at what it now known as the Sulphur Spring. I have often heard as old man by the name of Timothy Twigg (who settled in Rutherford County neat the S. E. corner of Davidson on his second trip to this country) narrate of the pleasures, hardships, &c, &c, of a trip to this place, made by him in company with some Frenchmen from New Orleans, long before any settlements were made here; and how they manufactured all the Salt they used by boiling down the water found at the “French Lick” (now the Sulphur Spring), and many other things too tedious to mention in this communication.
When my father lived in Nashville, from May 1798 to October 1805, the present Sulphur Spring property belonged to Judge John McNairy. The Judge and my father concluded that by boring down in the rock they could find a Salt stream worth working; and they entered into the following agreement: My father was to bore the hole, and if successful, they were to be equal partners in the well. In consideration of said agreement, my father provided himself with a set of iron rods about ? of an inch in diameter; the ends of the rods were swelled out, by driving them up, large enough to admit screws to be cut in them, so they could be joined together in the same way that gas-fitters join their pipes. He fastened the upper end of his rod, to what he called a sweep. The sweep was made by taking a long pole, fastening the large end to the ground, laying the same in a fork or securing it between two posts set up for that purpose, so that he could regulate the hight of the little end to suit the length of his rods. With the above described machinery, he commenced work, and at about fifty one (51) feet below the top of the rock he struck a stream of sulphur water which boiled up and ran over the top, mixing itself with the salt water. The Salt and Sulphur are separate and distinct veins; they mix neat the top of the ground. 
My father moved to the country in October 1805, and settled on a farm about 15 miles from Nashville, and two miles north west of the S. E. corner of Davidson County. He remained on his farm up to the time of his death, which occurred January 4th, 1837. He sold the lot of ground on College Street, whereon the old Cedar log house now stands, to Mrs. Sarah Robertson, widow of Elijah Robertson, deceased. The deed bears date May 13th, 1806, and it is recorded in Deed Book “G”, page 64, R.O.D.C. I was between 23 and 24 years old when my father died, and am quite sure the above statements are correct, for I have heard him and my mother repeat them over and over again many times. 
If you find anything in the above worth preserving please place it where it will be taken care of; otherwise, consign the whole to the waste basket.

Yours very Respectfully
/s/ Daniel Guthrie

BOOK: Bowman, V. M. (1971). Historic Williamson County: Old Homes and Sites. United States: Mrs. Bowman.

BOOKS: Tennessee, 1891. Session Laws. Acts of the State of Tennessee passed by the Forty-Seventh General Assembly, 1891. Nashville, Tennessee, 1891. Digital Repository: Google Books.
p.430-431
An ACT to create a new school district out of parts of Williamson and Davidson Counties.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that a new school district be established out of parts of Williamson and Davidson Counties, consisting of the following territory, viz: Beginning on the Nolensville Turnpike at the mouth of the Taylor lane; thence with the pike to the bridge that crosses East Fork of Mill at Kidds; thence with the meandering of the creek east to R.A. Goodrum’s farm; thence north to the East Fork of Mill Creek; thence east to the corder of Davidson and Williamson Counties in the Rutherford line; thence north with the Rutherford County line to Mrs. Patti T Johnson’s northeast corner in Davidson County; thence west to the county road in the lands of W.H. Burkitts and B. Gray; thence west to the county road to the west boundary of HENRY GUTHRIE’S FARM; thence south to the beginning 45^o west.

BOOK: Murphy, Mildred (1953). Henry Guthrie and John Lane Mason: Their Ancestors, Descendants and Collateral Kin. United States: M. Murphy. Digital Repository: seekingmyroots.com

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