Guthrie Family Group 5 – Branch B
DEMPSEY GUTHRIE 1774 NC – 1860 IL and ELIZABETH ELLEN (MNU)
and KEZIAH FOXWELL
of North Carolina, Kentucky, and Illinois, USA

THE FAMILY of DEMPSEY GUTHRIE & ELIZABETH ELLEN (MNU)

DEMPSEY GUTHRIE
Parents: Levi Guthrie 1744VA – Aft.1816KY and Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Yamons c1745 – 1825IL
Birth: 1774 (Census based estimates: Before 1776 or Between 1771-1780)
Location: North Carolina
Marriage 1st: About 1797 to Elizabeth Ellen (MNU) (documented bef. 1809)
Marriage 2nd: 13 Aug 1844 to Mrs Keziah (Foxwell) Lay in Montgomery, Illinois, USA
Military Service: War of 1812 – Rangers US Volunteers – Private Soldier
Occupation: Blacksmith, Farmer (Agriculture); Operated a horse-mill
Death: 1 February 1860
Location: Montgomery County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Unknown, presumably in Montgomery County, Illinois, USA

ELIZABETH ELLEN (MNU)
Parents: Unidentified – Maiden Name Unknown
Birth: 1780-1781
Location: Unknown
Guthrie Children: 8
Death: Between 1840-1843
Location: Unknown, Madison or Montgomery County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Unknown, presumably in Madison or Montgomery County, Illinois, USA

KEZIAH (FOXWELL) LAY
Parents: Unidentified – Maiden Name is Foxwell
Birth: Abt. 1794
Location: Maryland, USA
Marriage 1st: William K Lay (1785-1831) on 5 Dec 1811 in Rockingham, North Carolina, USA
Lay Children: 7
Guthrie Children: No
Death: 1850-1860
Location: Unknown, presumably in Montgomery or Madison County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Unknown, presumably in Montgomery or Madison County, Illinois, USA

NOTES:

The paper trail linking Dempsey Guthrie to his parents and siblings is thin. There may be family documents that provide more evidence. His mother Elizabeth (Yamons) Guthrie died in Montgomery County, Illinois where Dempsey was residing. Y-DNA evidence proves that Dempsey and his presumed brother Stephen do share a common paternal ancestor. The name Dempsey is also used in Stephen’s family for one of his sons, and in Priscilla’s family for one of hers.

Dempsey is also listed in some trees with the middle name ‘Lee’, but without an original source. If you have information/evidence, please share it, otherwise this man will officially be listed as Dempsey Guthrie.

Many have also been incorrectly documenting the name of Dempsey’s first wife. Property records reveal that the name of his wife was “Elizabeth Ellen”. Most trees currently list a Margaret Dikis (Dice, Dikes) as his wife, but woman married Dempsey Milton Guthrie (1849-1920), the grandson of this Dempsey Guthrie.

No marriage record has yet been discovered, but Dempsey presumably married Elizabeth Ellen (MNU) about 1797. Census records reveal she was most likely born about 1780-1781 as she seems to be on the cusp of two age brackets. Dempsey Guthrie appears on the Green County, Kentucky Tax Lists for the year 1800. They moved from Kentucky to Illinois and lived primarily in Madison County. Both Dempsey and his brother Beverly Guthrie are listed in the Madison, IL census of 1818.

The 1820 Census of Ridge Prairie, Madison, IL – The Demcey Guthrie Household
1M 45 and over (bef.1776); 3M and 2F 26-44 (1776-1794); 2M and 3F 10-15 (1805-1810); 1M and 2F under 10 (1811-1820); 3 Foreigners not Naturalized; 2 Engaged in Agriculture. Total Free White Persons / Household Members = 18.

The oldest of Dempsey and Elizabeth’s children, William Guthrie, was born in 1799 according to later census years. He was already married in 1819, and is listed in his own household in Ridge Prairie in 1820. So he is not enumerated in the above census. Brother Beverly Guthrie and brother-in-law John Hadley also had their own households in Goshen, Madison, IL in 1820. Dempsey Guthrie was known to have a “horse-mill” in Illinois by 1818, so the “foreigners” living in the household could potentially be workers.

The 1830 Census of Madison, IL – Dempse Guthrie Household
1M 50-59 (1771-1780), 1F 40-49 (1781-1790), 2F 30-39 (1791-1800), 1M 20-29 (1801-1810), 2F 15-19 (1811-1815), 1M and 3F 10-14 (1816-1820). Total Free White Persons / Household Members = 11.

The 1840 Census of Ridge Prairie, Madison, IL – Dempsey Guther Household
1M and 1F 60-69 (1771-1780). 1F 20-29 (1811-1820), 1M 15-19 (1821-1825), 1F 10-14 (1825-1830). Total Free White Persons / Household Members = 5.

The 8 Guthrie children should be credited to Elizabeth, who died between 1840-1843. Dempsey remarried on 13 August 1844 to widow Keziah (Foxwell) Lay in Montgomery County, Illinois where the couple settled. He was 70 and she was 50 at the time of their marriage.

The 1850 Census of Southwest, Montgomery, Illinois, USA – The Dempsey Guthry Household
Demsey Guthry, 76, m, Farmer, Real Estate Value 500 – born NC
Cisire Guthry 56, f – born MD
William Guthry 22, m – born Ill
Harriett Guthry 13, f – born Ill, attended school
Note: William and Harriett are Kesiah’s children by her first marriage to William Lay.

Kesiah is not listed on the 1860 census with Dempsey, so is presumed to have died between 1850-1860. Dempsey, age 86, is found living with his son Henry Guthrie and family near Walshville, Montgomery, IL during the 1860 census.

Dempsey died in Montgomery, IL on 1 February 1860.

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: 8
Y-DNA Project Participants: YES
Autosomal DNA Participants: NO

CHILD 1: WILLIAM GUTHRIE
Abt. 1799KY – 1876IA
Spouse 1: Lucy Vincent (m. 10 Oct 1819 IL)
Spouse 2: Agnes H Ballard (m. 15 Oct 1848 IL)

William Guthrie was born about 1799 in Kentucky, most likely in Green County where his father shows up on the tax list for 1800. They moved to Madison County, Illinois where his father operated a horse mill by 1818. William’s marriage to Lucy Vincent is recorded the following year on 10 Oct 1819. They were listed in Ridge Prairie, Madison, Illinois during the 1820 census with William Guthrie as the Head of Household:
3M 16-25, 1F 16-25, and 1M under 10, with 1 Engaged in Agriculture. William’s name is listed next to that of his father’s for the same township.

William and Lucy were parents to 8 known children born between 1827 and 1844. There may have been a couple of other children enumerated in the 1820 and 1830 censuses whose identities are unknown. The 1820 census lists 1 male under 10, likely an infant born in 1820. The 1830 census lists no male in the 5-9 or 10-15 range, suggesting the first son had died young. It does list 1 female of 5-9, born 1821-1825, and 3 males under 5, born 1826-1830. Son Dempsey was born about 1827, and daughter Lucy not until 1830, so the female of 5-9 remains unidentified, and only 1 of the 3 sons.

The 1840 Census of Ridge Prairie, Madison, IL – Wm Guthrie household
1M 40-49 (1791-1800), 1F 30-39 (1801-1830), 1F 15-19 (1821-1825), 2M 10-14 (1826-1830), 1M and 1F 5-9 (1831-1835), 1M and 1F under 5 (1836-1840). 3 persons in Agriculture.

Lucy (Vincent Guthrie died between 1844 and 1848. William Guthrie married Mrs. Agnes H. (Ballard) Brooks, the widow of Stephen M Brooks. She had 3 children with her first husband and six Guthrie children.

Always check original images when copying data into your trees. The 1850 Census on Ancestry contains a transcription error translating Lucy’s middle name Jane into a surname James, which results in several of the Guthrie children being listed with the James surname.
William Guthrie, 51, m, Farmer, real estate value: $5000, born Kentucky
Agness (Guthrie), 33, f, born Tennessee
Lucy Jane (Guthrie), 18, f, born Illinois, attended school
James W (Guthrie), 15, m, born Illinois
John C (Guthrie), 13, m, born Illinois
Martha 11 (Guthrie), f, born Illinois, attended school
Frances 8 (Guthrie), f, born Illinois, attended school (wrong gender – see 1860)
Newton (Guthrie), 6, m, born Illinois, attended school
Ellen Agness (Guthrie), 1, f, born Illinois
Mary E Brooks, 12, f, born Tennessee, attended school
George W (Brooks), 11, m, born Illinois
Sarah Jane (Brooks), 8, f, born Illinois, attended school

Between 1850 and 1860, the family moved to Scotland County, Missouri.
The 1860 Census of Green, Scotland, Missouri:
William Guthrie 61 m Farmer, real estate: 4400, personal estate: 800, born Kentucky
Agnes H (Guthrie) 44 f Domestic, born Tennessee
Martha (Guthrie) 19 f Domestic, born Illinois, attended school
F H (Guthrie) 18 m Farm Laborer born Illinois attended school
Jasper N (Guthrie) 16 m Farm Laborer born Illinois attended school
Ethelinda (Guthrie) 6 f born Illinois attended school
Ballard (Guthrie) 3 m born Missouri
Charles (Guthrie) 2 m born Missouri
Vincent (Guthrie) 7/12 m born Missouri
John T Gillihao 17 m Farm Laborer born Tennessee attended school
James H (Gillihao) 9 m born Tennessee attended school

Their home in 1870 was in Union, Scotland, Missouri.
W. Gutherie 71 m Farmer real estate 8500 personal estate 1400 born K.
A H. Gutherie 52 f Keeping House born Tenn
C. Gutherie. 16 F at school born Ill
B. Gutherie 13 F at school born Mo (wrong gender listed)
Chas. Gutherie 11 m at school born Mo
M. Gutherie m at school born Mo

Wife Agnes died sometime after 1870, presumably in Union, Scotland, Missouri. William died on 27 March 1876 in Milton, Van Buren County, Iowa where his will was probated.

Guthrie Children: 18 (12 by Lucy and 6 by Agnes)
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) (Unidentified Son) Guthrie: born about 1820 – died before 1830
2.) (Unidentified Daughter) Guthrie: born 1821-1825 – alive during the 1840 census – no details
3.) (Unidentified Son) Guthrie: born 1826-1830
4.) (Unidentified Son) Guthrie: born 1826-1830
5.) Dempsey Guthrie: born abt. 1827IL – died aft. 1880 CA or IL (m.1848) Emily Grissom – no children
6.) Lucy Jane Guthrie: born 2 May 1830IL – died 1859 (m.1856MO) Robert Thomas Hamilton +children
7.) James W Guthrie: born abt. 1835 – died after 1850 – no further details
8.) John C Guthrie: born 1837IL – 1880WI (m.1862WI) Mary Regina Voison +children
9.) Martha Guthrie: born 26 Feb 1839IL – died 10 Sep 1916NV (1865MO) William H H Rathburn +children
10.) Francis ‘Frank’ Guthrie: born 1842IL – died aft. 1880, possibly in CA – Unmarried?
11.) Eckland Guthrie: born abt. 1843IL – died bef. 1850IL
12.) Jasper Newton Guthrie: born 8 Jun 1844IL – died 10 Dec 1882MO (m.1871MO) Aseneth Frances Randle +children
13.) Ellen Agness Guthrie: born about 1849 – died before 1860
14.) Ethelinda ‘Etha’ P Guthrie: born Aug 1853IL – died 12 Feb 1929CA (m.1875MO) William E Hays +children
15.) John Henry Guthrie: born Jan 1857MO – died 1932 – no further details
16.) Ballard H Guthrie: born 1857MO – died aft. 1880MO (m.1878MO) Eliza J Wilson) +child
17.) Charles Allen Guthrie: born 9 Jul 1858MO – died 17 Mar 1933NE (m.1800IL) Grace Ann Simpson Roberts +children
18.) Vincent Benjamin Guthrie: born 1 Jan 1860MO – died 3 Jun 1896IA (m.1883WI) Ella McDougall +children

CHILD 2: THEODOSHA “DOSHA” GUTHRIE
1803KY – 1838IL
Spouse 1: William Scanland (m. 4 Nov 1821 IL)
Spouse 2: William Billings (m. 12 Mar 1829 IL)

Dosha Guthrie was born about 1802 in Kentucky. The family settled in Madison County, Illinois where she married on 4 November 1821 to William Scanland. Tragically, William died on the 19th of November, only 15 days after their marriage. The marriage and death were reported in the Edwardsville Spectator the following month in the same announcement section.

It wasn’t until 1829 that Dosha married again. The marriage to William Billings took place on 12 March 1829 in Madison County, Illinois. Three sons were born between 1831 and 1838. Dosha died on 26 Nov 1838 and laid to rest at Old Manchester Cemetery. According to the notes at Find-a-Grave, Dosha has a stone of her own listing her age as 35y 8m and 17 days, while an inscription on her husband William Billings’ memorial lists 35y, 8m and 26 days. This would make her birthdate either 28 Feb or 9 Mar 1803 since 1803 was not a leap year

Dosha was probably back in her parents’ household during the 1820 census. The Wm Billings household in Morgan, Illinois in 1830 may be the only census record to capture Dosha as a married woman. They are enumerated as 1M and 1F 20-29. Their three sons were: Dempsey Milton (1831), Henry C (1834), and William Armenius (1838).

After Dosha’s death, William Billings remarried to Sarah Chapman on 5 Aug 1839 in Greene County, IL. They settled in Manchester, Scott, IL by 1850 and remained there. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters: John F (1841), Marion Arding (1842), Martha E (1846), Sarah A (1849), Joseph P (1856), Isabell (1859), and Laurabelle (1859).

Scanland Children: NONE
Billings Children (by Dosha): 3
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Dempsey Milton Billings: 10 Jul 1831 – 13 Feb 1906 IL (m1.1855MO) Sarah J Brooks +children, (m2.1868IL) Melinda Jane Billings +children
2.) Henry C Billings: 5 Jul 1834 IL – 13 Mar 1918 (m1.1861 IL) Manerva Wallace +children; (m2.1872 IL) Harriet Louisa Wallace +children
3.) William Armenius Billings: 15 Feb 1838IL – 9 Jan 1908 (m1.abt.1858) Nancy Jane Burgess +children; (m2.1865 IL) Eliza Curtis +children

CHILD 3: MARY GUTHRIE aka ‘POLLY’
1806KY – 1839IL
Spouse 1: John Robinson (m. 6 Sep 1821 IL)
Spouse 2: Anderson Batterton (m. 2 Jul 1829 IL)

Polly Guthrie was born about 1804, probably in Green County, Kentucky. She was still young when her parents moved to Madison County, Illinois. She married there to John Robinson on 6 September 1821. They had 1 known son, Dempsey Robinson, born in 1824. John Robinson died in 1827, and so Polly remarried on 2 July 1829 to Anderson Batterton, a son of Amor and Ida Nancy (Guthrie) Batterton adding to the Guthrie-Batterton connections from previous generations.

Anderson and Polly had three children: Dosha A (1830), John Arthur (1833), and Hannah Louisa (1839), and they were born in Madison County, Illinois. Ten years into their marriage, Polly died on 13 January 1839. Another decade passed before Anderson remarried. On 4 Feb 1839, in either Madison or Sangamon County, Illinois, Anderson Batterton married Isabell Ensminger. They went on to have 12 Batterton children, who are all Guthrie descendants since his mother was a Guthrie, so technically they all qualify for the Guthrie Autosomal DNA Project. Being associated with the Battertons makes it highly likely that Ida Nancy (Guthrie) Batterton was probably associated with GFG5, but her placement within the Guthrie tree remains unknown, therefore her status remains officially ‘ungrouped’.

Robinson Children: 2 – 3
Batterton Children: 3 – 4
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Joseph Robinson abt. 1822 IL – died aft. 1860 (m.1849) Nancy Jane Guthrie +children
2.) Dempsey Robinson: born abt. 1824IL – died 1854 IL (m.1850IL) Mary J Cochran – no known children
3.) Sarah E Robinson or Batterton (m.) (FNU) Hix
2.) Dosha A Batterton: born abt. 1830 IL – died aft 1854 – no further details
3.) John Arthur Batterton: born 6 ar 1833 IL – died 7 Feb 1914 AR (m.abt. 1858 AR) Narcissa Melrose Batterton +children
4.) Hannah Louisa Batterton: born 11 Dec 1839 IL – died 5 Sep 1845 AR

CHILD 4: HENRY ANDREW GUTHRIE
1807KY – 1871IL
Spouse 1: Cynthia L Lawrence (and/or Marks) (m. 11 Mar 1828 IL)
Spouse 2: Mrs. Frances ‘Fanny’ (MNU) Tuthill / Tuttle (m. 29 Oct 1846 IL)

Henry Andrew Guthrie was born about 1807 in Kentucky and was still a boy when his family settled in Madison County, Illinois. He was about 21 at the time of his marriage to Cynthia L Lawrence. The 1830 census of Madison County, IL lists the couple and their daughter: 1M 20-29, 1F 15-19, and 1F under 5. Cynthia either died or the couple divorced by 1848. Their only known child was Harriett Ann Guthrie whose 1912 death certificate lists her mother’s surname as Marks. The family is not found in the 1840 census.

Henry served as a private soldier during the Black Hawk War in Barnsback’s Company, Regiment 1, Whiteside brigade having entered the service at Edwardsville, Illinois.

He married for a second time on 22 Nov 1848 to Mrs Frances ‘Fanny’ Tuttle or Tuthill. She was a widow with three young daughters: Mary J (1835), Fanny E (1837), and Sarah B (1842). Henry and Fanny had one son, Chester Solomon Guthrie, born in 1848.

The 1850 Census of Collinsville, Madison, Illinois – Henry Guthrie Household:
Henry Guthrie 43 m Farmer born Kentucky
Fanny Guthrie 40 f born New York
Chester S Guthrie 1 m born Illinois
Mary J Tuttle 15 f born New York attended school
Fanny E Tuttle 13 f born New York attended school
Sarah B Tuttle 8 f born New York attended school
Benjamin Rowe 35 m (no occupation listed) born Maryland

The 1860 Census of Twp 7 N Range 4 W (North 2/3), Montgomery, Illinois-Henry Guthrie Household
Henry Guthrie 53 m Farmer real estate 1340, personal estate 800 born KY
Fanny Guthrie 50 f born NY
Cheyster Guthrie 11 m born Ill attended school
John Formey 17 m Farm Laborer born Ill attended school
Sarah Tuttle 18 f born NY
Dempsey Guthrie 86 m Retired Farmer born NC
NOTE: Dempsey Guthrie is a widower. This is the last census for him as he died in 1860.

The 1870 Census of Walshville, Montgomery, Illinois – Henry Guthrie Household
Henry Guthrie 64 m w Farmer real estate 1000 personal estate 2000 born KY
Fanny Guthrie 60 f w Keeping House born Ill
Chester Guthrie 21 m w Farmer born Ill
Laura Robson 16 f w born Ill

Henry Andrew Guthrie died on 7 Jun 1871 in Montgomery County, Illinois. His wife Fanny died sometime after the 1870 census. The burial location is unknown.

Guthrie Children: 2
Y-DNA Project Participants: YES
Autosomal DNA Participants: NO

1.) Harriett Ann Guthrie: 17 Dec 1828 IL – 15 Jan 1912 MO (m.1860 IL) James S Clark +children
2.) Chester Solomon Guthrie: Aug 1848 IL – 24 Oct 1914 IL (m.1881 IL) Clarissa Belle Goodson +children

CHILD 5: MILTON DEMPSEY GUTHRIE
1808KY – 1877IL
Spouse: Catharine W Fisher (m. 14 Jan 1834 IL)

Milton Dempsey Guthrie was born in Kentucky in 1808 and moved with his parents as a child to Madison County, Illinois. As a young adult he served in the Black Hawk War in Captain Whiteside’s Company. He was 26 at his marriage to Catharine W Fisher on 14 January 1834. They married in Gluffdale, Green, Illinois and settled in that county to start their family. Milton was a farmer. They had 5 sons and 3 daughters.

The 1850 Census North of Apple Creek, Greene, Illinois – The Milton Guthrie Household
Milton Guthrie 42 m Farmer real estate value $1500 born KY
Catharine Guthrie 47 f born KY
Children:
Julia E Guthrie 15 f born IL; James Guthrie 13 m born IL; John Guthrie 11 m born IL; William Guthrie 9 m born IL; Joshua Guthrie 7 m born IL; Mary Guthrie 4 f born IL; Milton Guthrie 1 m born IL

The 1860 Census of White Hall, Greene, Illinois – The Milton Guthrie Household (transcribed as Gathrie)
Milton Guthrie 51 m Farmer real estate value $3000, personal estate value $300, born KY
Catharine Guthrie 57 f born KY
William Guthrie 19 m Farmer born (blank) attended school
Joshua Guthrie 16 m Farmer born ( ” ) attended school
Mary A Guthrie 14 f born ( ” ) attended school
Dempsey Guthrie 10 m born ( ” ) attended school

The 1870 Census of Township 12 Range 11, Greene, Illinois – The Milton Guthrie Household
Milton Guthrie 62 m w Farmer real estate value $10,000, personal estate $1,500, born KY
Catharine Guthrie 62 f w Keeping House, born KY
Mary Guthrie 22 f w Doing housework, born IL
Demister Guthrie 19 m w Works on Farm, born IL attended school
Newton Wilson 13 w m Works on Farm, born IL attended school
Laura James 12 w f at Home attended school

Milton Dempsey Guthrie died on 24 October 1877 in Roodhouse, Greene, Illinois. He is buried at Martin’s Prairie Cemetery.

The 1880 Census of Roodhouse, Greene Illinois – The Joshua Guthrie Household
Catherine Guthrie, 70, widowed, is found living with her son Joshua and family. Her parents’ birth location is listed as Virginia.

Catherine lived until 19 January 1896.

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

1.) Julia Ellen Guthrie: 1835IL – 1888IL (m.1855IL) Reuben Walker Gunn +children
2.) James N Guthrie: 1836IL – 1877IL (m.1858IL) Mary Ann Smith +children
3.) John W Guthrie: 1838IL – 1914TX (m1.1862IL) Frances A Babbit +children, (m2.1868) Martha Williams +children
4.) William H Guthrie: 3 Oct 1840 IL – 26 Jul 1914 IL (m.1865IL) Elizabeth Martin +children
5.) Joshua R Guthrie: 18 Mar 1843IL – 6 Mar 1928 (m.1867IL) Louisa Martin +children
6.) Mary Ann Guthrie: 1846IL – 3 Nov 1905IL (m.1874IL) John K Moore +children
7.) Dempsey Milton Guthrie: 23 Sep 1849 IL – 16 Apr 1920IA (m.1870IL) Margaret Ursula Dikis +children
8.) Martha K. Guthrie: 16 Jun 1854IL – 20 Dec 1857IL – died in early childhood

CHILD 6: JAMES GUTHRIE
1809KY – 1871IL
Marital Status: Unknown

This son is listed with the family as being born about 1809 and living until he was about 62 years old, but he is not attached to any of the census records with names on them. Dempsey’s household in 1840 did not have a son living there in the right age range. The 1830 census still had 2 sons living at home, ages 20-29 and 10-14. Son Henry was already in his own household by 1830. Son Milton was not married until 1834, so he is presumably the male of 20-29. Either James was already out of the household by 1830 or his birth year of 1809 is wrong making him the younger male listed in the enumerations.

Need some info on this son.

Guthrie Children: Unknown
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE – no known descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE – no known descendants

CHILD 7: ELIZABETH GUTHRIE
1809 – 1876 (KY or IL)
Spouse: Ezekiel Pea (m. 6 Apr 1835 IL)

Elizabeth Guthrie was born on 22 July 1809 in Illinois. She married Ezekiel Pea on 6 April 1835 in Madison, IL at the age of 25. He was a blacksmith. They lived in Ridge Prairie during the 1840s and moved to Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois by 1850, then to Lincoln, Logan, IL and Sinclair, Morgan, Illinois. Ezekiel died on 8 Sep 1868 at the age of 59. Elizabeth survived him. She died on 31 Dec 1876. They had 2 sons and 4 daughters.

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

1.) Margaret Elizabeth Pea: 13 Sep 1836 IL – 10 Mar 1909 MO (m.1854IL) John T Prunk +children
2.) (Unidentified Son) Pea: 1838-1838 – died in childbirth or early infancy
3.) Nancy Jane Pea: 28 Sep 1839 IL – 23 May 1862 IL (m.1859IL) James Boggs
4.) Mary Mulvina Pea: 31 Dec 1841 IL – 25 Jan 1917 IL (m.1861IL) John G. Beck +children
5.) Thomas Levi Pea: 4 Jun 1846 IL – 20 Dec 1935 KS (m.1877IL) Elizabeth Gier +children
6.) Laura Delight Pea: 15 Mar 1850 IL – 21 Jun 1916 IL (m.1872) Adam Chapman +children

CHILD 8: NANCY GUTHRIE
1810KY – 1839 (KY or IL)
Spouse: John D Scanland

Nancy Guthrie was born about 1810 in Kentucky or Illinois. She married John Daugherty Scanland in Madison, IL on 11 Dec 1827. He was a shoemaker. According to at least one family tree, they had five children: Mary Margaret (1832), John G (1837), Dotia (1840), Laura (1842), and “Levia” (1846). The 1840 census of Ridge Prairie, Madison, IL lists them as: 3M and 1F 20-29, 1 M 15-19, 2F 10-14, 1F 5-9, 2M under 5. Since there are 2 young males listed and only 3 daughters, is “Levia” actually a son, “Levi”? Son John died in 1849 of cholera. Nancy (Guthrie) Scanland died fore 24 Oct 1848 when husband John remarried to Martha Wheeler. Suspect that the other younger children might also have died young as they are not on the 1850 census.

The 1850 census of Collinsville, Madison, IL includes:
John D Scanland 43 m shoe maker born Virginia
Martha Scanland 29 f born Pennsylvania
Mary M Scanland 18 f born Illinois
Laura E Scanland 9 f born Illinois attended school
Mary Poor 19 f born IL

Scanland Children: 5 – 6
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Mary Margaret Scanland: born 1828-1830 IL – 25 Dec 1899 TX (m.1851 IL) Martin T Kurtz +children
2.) John G Scanland: born abt. 1838 IL – died July 1849 IL – cholera
3.) Dotia Scanland: born 1828-1830 IL – presumably married or died bef. 1850
4.) Laura Scanland: born 11 Dec “1843” IL – 29 Mar 1939 IL (m.1870IL) Richard J Gage +children
5.) “Levia” or “Levi” Scanland: 1836-1840 – presumably died bef. 1850.

READING and RESOURCES

Key Locations for Family Research:
Henrico County, VA – 1728 – Goochland County was formed from Henrico, VA
Goochland County, VA – 1764 – parents Levi & Betty residents of St James Northam Parish at marriage.
North Carolina – Revolutionary War Period – Halifax, NC
Green County, KY – bef. 1801 – Adair County was formed from Green, KY in 1801
Adair County, KY – by 1803
Madison and Montgomery, IL – widow Elizabeth, sons Dempsey and Beverly, daughter Priscilla

DOCUMENTS: Green County, Kentucky, Deeds – FHL 007896965
Letter G Index Begins IMG 91 of 675
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1793 to 1798 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantee Index and Grantee Index – 1798 to 1802 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantee Index and Grantee Index- 1802 to 1803 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index 1803 to 1806 No Guthrie Entries
Grantee Index 1803 to 1806
Dempsey Guthrie from Thos. Dudley – 21 Jan 1805 – Book 4 – Page 237 – IMG136 – 75A Pittmans Crk
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1806 to 1810 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index – 1810 to 1814
Dempsey Guthrie and wf Elizabeth Ellen to Moses Miers – 25 Aug 1809 – Book 6 – Page 99 – IMG 490 – 75A Pittmans Crk
Grantee Index – 1810 to 1814 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1814 to 1817 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1817 to 1819 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1819 to 1821 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1821 to 1823 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1823 to 1825 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1825 to 1829 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1829 to 1830 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1830 to 1832 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index – 1832 to 1835
Jas. Guthrie of Louisville, KY (Atty) to S A Spencer – Book 15 – Page 20 – IMG 38
Jas. Guthrie and Eliza wf to Richd. Steele – Book 15 – Page 319 – IMG 188
Grantee Index – 1832 to 1835
Jas. Guthrie of Louisville from McCalla Marshal of State – Book 15 – Page 200 – IMG 128
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1835 to 1837 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1837 to 1840 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1840 to 1843 – No Guthrie Entries
Grantor Index and Grantee Index – 1843 to 1845 – No Guthrie Entries

DOCUMENTS: Adair County, Kentucky – Deeds, 1802-1905, indexes, 1802-1941
INDEX, GRANTOR 1802-1938; GRANTEE, A-H 1802-1938: FHL 007856524
GRANTORS – Guthrie Index on IMG 254
A – 369: 1806 – Adam Guthrie of Sevier TN to John and William Anderson – Power of Atty 
[This man is probably the Adam Guthrie of GFG7 who was m. to Mary Anderson]
C – 301: 1813 – Beverly Guthrie to Stephen Guthrie – Deed – 17A Crocus Crk
C – 366: 1814 – Levi Guthrie to Stephen Guthrie – Deed – 73A Crocus Crk – IMG 208
G – 322-3: 1829 – Beverly (Est) (Nancy, Mary, Sally, Patience, Susan) to Joseph Turner – Com. Deed – 57A Owens Cr – IMG182-83
39 – 612: 1920 – Alfona and Lora Guthrie to Clarence Strange – Deed – 252A Harrods Fork Crk
48 – 150: 1927 – S A Guthrie to L S Guthrie – Deed – 187A Glensford Cr
50 – 240: 1931 – S A Guthrie to J T and Netty Bryson – Deed – 2 Tracts Harrods Fork Cr
55 – 189: 1937 – Lora and S A Guthrie to Bell Willen al – Deed – 2 Tracts Glensfork Cr
GRANTEES – Guthrie Index on IMG 1026 (Blurry) and 1027
C – 301: 1813 – Stephen Guthrie from Beverly Guthrie – Deed – 17A Crocus Creek
C – 366: 1813 – Stephen Guthrie from Levi Guthrie – Deed – 73A Crocus Creek – IMG 208
20 – 271: 1905 – Phonzo Guthrie from (Multiple) Morgan al – Deed – 388A Harrods Fork Creek
22 – 188: 1906 – Phonzo Guthrie from Morgan Estate – Deed – 388A Harrods Fork Creek
38 – 506: 1920 – LS and SA Guthrie from Lizzy, Kelly, and WH Jones – Deed – 4 Tracts Glensfork Crk
41 – 11: 1921 – Alfonso Guthrie from Clarence & Viola (Blurry) – Deed – 252A Harrods Fork Creek
41 – 320: 1921 – SA Guthrie from (Multiple) Samuell al – Deed – 2 Tracts Glensfork Cr
48 – 150: 1927 – LS Guthrie from SA Guthrie – 187 Acres Glensfork Creek
48 – 556: 1928 – SA Guthrie from JB and Ida Burke – Deed – Lot Fortune Street
50 – 10 (or 16): 1930 – S A Guthrie from E G and Mable Hill – 3 Lots Rose Addition
50 – 430: 1931 – LS Guthrie from AC & Eleanor Nelson – Deed – 48A Glensfork Creek
52 – 150: 1933 S A Guthrie from JN and Edna Murrell – Lot #30 Fortune Street
55 – 503: 1938 – L S Guthrie from Helm estate – Deed – 28A Glensfork Creek

BOOK: Laird, Marilyn Poe. ‘Adair County, Kentucky Court Orders, 1802-1808.’ Digital Repository: Family Search.
(p.7) p.23 – Dempsey Guthrie 100 acres waters Crocus and Cabin fork 
(p.7) p.24 – Stephen Guthrie 200 same. (waters Crocus)
(p.15) p.51 – Monday, March 7, 1803 – Levi Guthrie made proof for 85a on Crocus
(p.36) p.125 – Monday, Oct 1, 1804 – Dempsey Guthrie for 62A Mudd Lick fork.
(p.36) p.126 – Monday, oct 1, 1804 – Jeremiah Burbadige, Andrew Kelsoe, William Vincent and Levi Guthrie or any three of them to view best way for a road from Court house in Columbia to intersect the road leading from Lincoln to Campbells ferry near James Watkinson’s so as to lead past Moores Mill.
(p.44) p.151 – Monday, April 1, 1805 – Levy Guthrie to relinquisheth 85A on Crocus Creek.
(p44) p.152 – Monday, April 1, 1805 – Beverly Guthrie made proof for 75A on Crocus Creek.

BOOK: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather. ‘Will Records of Adair County, Kentucky, 1805-1820‘ Chillicothe, MO. Digital Repository: Family Search. 
(Will Book A) – No Guthrie Entries.

DOCUMENTS: Adair County, Kentucky, WILLS, 1804-1930
FHL 004818715 – Letter G Index Begins IMG 33 of 101 – No Guthrie Entries

DOCUMENTS: Adair County, Kentucky, COURT ORDERS, 1802-1903
Order index – A-Z 1802-1940 – FHL 008151273
Plaintiffs – Letter G Index Begins IMG 223 of 604
Grider Index – IMG 233
No Guthrie Entries as Plaintiffs

BOOK: History of Madison County Illinois, 1882. Digital Repository: Google Books
p.143-144
Eight Board 1826-1727. Subdivision of County Into Election Districts
Collinsville District
The election is to be held at Collinsville with Dempsey Guthrie, John Hall, and Eli Mather as judges
p.221
Muster Roll of Capt Julius L Barnsbak’s company of Mounted Volunteers of the First Regiment of the Brigade under the command of Gen. Whiteside. This company was organized at Edwardsville. It was mustered out of the service at the mouth of Fox river, Illinois, May 28th, 1832. Distance 284 miles from the place of enlistment. (Roll Includes) Privates. Guthrie, Henry.
p.239
Muster Roll of the 13th Regiment – Company B
Drafted and Sub-Recruits
Guthrie, Louis, mustered out June 4, 1865
p.290
1844-45 – Henry Guthrie is identified as an ‘exhorter’ in a discussion about the church.
p.455
John Hadley was born in Maryland in 1776, of English parents, and when a young man went to Kentucky, where he married a lady by the name of Guthrie. This family came from Virginia and settled in Madison county at a very early date. In 1817 Mr Hadley removed with his family to Illinois, and settled on Pleasant Ridge, in this township, June 20th of that year. He was a volunteer in the ranging service of 1812. He reared a family of children, who grew up and settled around him. Of his sons, James, Dempsey, and William, only one, William, is now living. Dempsey died here, and James died in Missouri, whence he moved a few years ago. William Hadley was born in Kentucky in 1806, and is well known to many of the citizens of the county. He is a Methodist minister, and was among the early preachers in Madison. At present he is living at Carbondale in this State, while members of his family are still residents of this county.
p.456
Dempsey Guthrie ,who settled about two miles northeast of Collinsville, operated a horse-mill that was in existence in 1818.
Miscellaneous Information
Secretaries of the Treasury
(List includes) 21 James Guthrie – Appointed Mar. 7, 18(blurred)

NEWSPAPER ENTRIES: The Memphis Reveille (Memphis, Missouri) – Newspapers.com
1867 – Jan 26 (Sat) – Stray Notice: Taken up by DEMPSEY GUTHRIE, of Union Township, on the 20th day of December, 1866, one light red yearling heifer, with some red on the head, red ears, bush of the tail off, marked with an under slope in the left ear. Appraised at $11.00, before u16. Charles H Lowrey, JP
1880 – May 13 (Thu) – In the case of Ratherbun vs Guthrie, sale in partition approved; sheriff ordered to make distribution, and to loan the shares of Francis and Dempsey Guthrie on unimproved real estate until claimed by said parties
1886 – Dec 9 (Thu) – Dempsey Guthrie, who has been spending several weeks visiting friends in this county, left for his home in California, Tuesday evening.

DOCUMENTS: Madison County, Illinois – Real Estate – Deed Records 1817-1888
Real estate grantee index Books A-Q 1814-1867
Grantee Index “G” from 1814 to 1875
IMG378: Gutherie & Weathers – 1834 – from Levi Lawrence – Entry Book 5 – 69 – Record Book 10 – 381
IMG382: Dempsey Guthrie – 1839 – from A Batterton – Entry Book 6 – 326 – Record Book 15 – 578
IMG385: Dempsey Guthrie – 1845- from John D Scanland – Entry Book 7 – 324 – Record Book 27 – 218
IMG385: William Gutherie – 1845 – from John Robinson’s Heirs – Entry Bk 7 – 368 – Record Bk 27 – 432
IMG386: William Guthrie – 1846 – from J & D Robinson – Entry Book 8 – 64 – Record Book 28 – 303
IMG386: William Guthrie – 1847 – from Dempsey Guthrie – Entry Book 8 – 88 – Record Book 28 – 436
IMG388: William Guthri – 1850 – from Dempsey Robinson – Entry Bk 9 – 224 – Record Bk 34 – 211-212 
IMG394: William Guthrie by trustee – 1855 – from David C Tandy – Bk 11 – 466 – Record Bk 49 – 133
Index Reviewed through 1865
Real estate grantor index Books A-S 1814-1875
Grantor Index “G” from 1814 to 1875
Grantor 1814 – 1832
IMG276: Henry Gutherie 1834 to William Weathers – Entry Book 5 – 69 – Record Book 10 – 382
IMG279: Gutherie & Batterton 1838 to Alfred Riggin – Entry Book 6 – 222 – Record Book 17 – 604
IMG282: Dempsey Guthrie 1844 to John D Scanland – Entry Book 7 – 324 – Record Book 27 – 218
IMG282: William Gutherie 1845 to Derrick Willmann – Entry Book 7 – 365 – Record Book 27 – 417
IMG283: Henry Guthrie 1846 to David Marks – Entry Book 8 – 59 – Record Book 25 – 384
IMG283: Dempsey Gutherie 1847 to William Guthrie – Entry Book 8 – 88 – Record Book 28 – 436
IMG283: William Guthrie 1847 to Frederick Dannenberg – Entry Book 8 – 88 – Record Book 28 – 438
IMG284: William Guthrie 1847 to Conrad Lindenberger – Entry Book 8 – 139 – Record Book 30 – 20
IMG291: William Guthrie 1855 to David C Tandy – Book 11 – 345 – Record Book – 47 – 675
IMG292: William Guthrie 1855 to David C Tandy – Book 11 – 466 – Record Book 47 – 689
Index Reviewed Through 1865

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