Guthrie Family Group 3A
JAMES GUTHRIE c1774MD/VA – 1850VA and ELIZABETH CASDORPH
of Maryland and Virginia/WestVirginia

JAMES GUTHRIE
Parents: John Guthrie 1730-50 – 1819VA and Unidentified (MNU)
Birth: Abt. 1774
Location: Maryland or Virginia
1st Marriage: Elizabeth Casdorph, Abt. 1800 in Kanawha, Virginia, USA
2nd Marriage: Judah Henderson on 11 July 1826 in Kanawha, Virginia, USA
Occupation: Unknown
Death: 18 June 1850
Location: Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Kanawha County, Virginia, USA, presumably

ELIZABETH CASDORPH
Parents: Jacob Casdorph c1738PA-c1827VA and Sophy Bore
Birth: Abt. 1780
Location: Plumstead, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Sons: Henson (1801), Elijah (1805), John (1817), James (1817)
Daughters: Mary (1808), Nancy (1810), Martha (1812), Sarah (1814), Julia Ann E (1821)
Death: 1821-1826
Location: Kanawha County, Virginia, USA, presumably
Burial: Kanawha County, Virginia, USA, presumably

JUDITH HENSLEY HENDERSON
Parents: William Hensley and Elizabeth Appleberry (unverified trees)
Birth: 1781-1790
Location: Unknown, probably Virginia
1st Marriage: John Henderson on 18 Feb 1805 in Amherst, Virginia, USA
Sons: None Known
Daughters: None Known
Death: 1840-1850, probably
Location: Kanawha County, Virginia, USA, presumably
Burial: Kanawha County, Virginia, USA, presumably

NOTES:
The discovery of John Guthrie as a ‘Forgotten Son‘ of Francis Guthrie Sr of Coleraine Twp., Lancaster, PA, opens up a trail of connected Guthrie family lineages as he forges a pioneering trail from Pennsylvania to Maryland to Virginia and what is now West Virginia. James Guthrie’s origins had previously been connected to a different origin story for which no supporting evidence has been found. Y-DNA matches to the GFG3A genetic profile do currently support the documentation trail for the Francis Guthrie Sr line of descent.

Guthrie Children: 9
Y-DNA Project Participants: YES
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

CHILD 1: HENSON GUTHRIE
1801VA-1873WV
Spouse: Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Cavender

Henson Guthrie was born about 1801 likely depending on the actual year of James Guthrie’s marriage to Elizabeth Casdorph, which could have been between 1801-1803. Henson lived in Kanawha County for his whole life where he worked as a farmer. He married Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Cavender in 1825. They were parents to Charles Wesley (1825), James Lewis (1828), Elizabeth (1830), Christopher Columbus (1833), John (1836), Mason Calvin (1837), and Lethe Ann (1843). After Betsy’s death in 1868, Henson lived with his son John and family. He died 28 May 1872 (alt date 24 May 1872) in Union, Kanawha, WV.

Guthrie Children: 7
YDNA Project Participants: Yes
Family Finder Participants: Yes

CHILD 2: ELIJAH GUTHRIE
1805VA-1880WV
Spouse: Jane B. Thomas

Elijah Guthrie was born about 1805 in Kanawha County, Virginia. He married Jane B Thomas. Children: Mary A E (1833), Elmira (1835), James R H (1837), Malvina Jane (1841), and Amacetta E (1842). Their family were farmers in Charleston, VA/WV. Elijah and his wife Jane both died about 1880 sometime after the census.

Thomas Children: 5
YDNA Project Participants: No
Family Finder Participants: No

CHILD 3: MARY ‘POLLY’ GUTHRIE
1808VA-Bet.1841-50VA
Spouse: John Selman

Polly married John Selman on 15 Feb 1827 in Kanawha County, Virginia. They were parents to Thomas Selman (1827), James Preston Selman (1832), Roxanne Selman (1835), Julia Selman (1838) and Jarrett Selman (1840). It is presumed that Polly died between 1840 and 1850. She is not listed with the family in the 1850 or 1860 census.

Selman Children: 5
Family Finder Participants: No

CHILD 4: NANCY GUTHRIE
Abt. 1810VA – Aft. 1850
Marital status: Unknown

Daughter Nancy Guthrie was born about 1810-1812. She is listed on the 1850 census. No further data found.

Children: None Known
Family Finder Participants: No

CHILD 5: MARTHA ‘PATSY’ GUTHRIE
1812VA – Aft. 1850
Spouse: Thomas Fauber

Patsy married Thomas Fauber on 20 January 1834 in Kanawha County, Virginia. The family is listed in the 1850 census of District 29 in Kanawha Children: Catharine (1834), Julia A (1836), Elizabeth (1838), Judy (1839), Monroe (1841), George (1843), Dryden (1845), Nancy (1847). They are listed next door to Elijah Guthrie & family.

Fauber Children: 8 known
Family Finder Participants: No

CHILD 6: SARAH GUTHRIE
1814VA – Aft. 1850
Spouse: William Hensley

Sarah Guthrie’s marriage to William Hensley took place in Kanawha County, Virginia on 26 May 1831. Their children were Drusilla (1838), Mordacai (1840), Harriett Aseneth (1841), Sarah (1845), and Mary A (1848). They were living in Putnam County, Virginia during the 1850 census.

Hensley Children: 5 known
Family Finder Participants: No

CHILD 7: JAMES GUTHRIE
1816VA – Aft.1880WV
Spouse 1: Paulina Melton
Spouse 2: Elizabeth Ann Dawson

James Guthrie was born about 1816 in Kanawha County, Virginia. He appears to have married twice. First to Paulina Melton in July 1851 by whom he had 1 daughter: Margaretta (1855). Secondly to Elizabeth Ann Dawson in 1857 by whom he had 3 children: Laurida (1858), William McClellan (1862), and Emma Stacia (1867). James was a farmer. He died sometime after the 1880 census.

Guthrie Children: 4 known
YDNA Project Participants: No
Family Finder Participants: No

CHILD 8: JOHN GUTHRIE
1817VA – 1910WV
Spouse: Mary Wallace

John Guthrie was born on 25 Dec 1817 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia. John was a farmer who married Mary Wallace there on 15 Jan 1841. They were parents to 6 sons and 5 daughters: Alexander (1841), Harriet (1843), Nancy (1845), Louisa (1847), Nathan (1848), Pauline Virginia (1851), Ellen Pauline (1853), Flavious Josephus (1856), John Ishmeal (1858), Stephen Amos (1861), and William Grant (1868). Mary died in 1907 and John died on 14 Feb 1910 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV.

Guthrie Children: 11
YDNA Project Participants: No
Family Finder Participants: No

CHILD 9: JULIA ANN E GUTHRIE
1821VA – 1877AR
Spouse: Simeon Peter Tate

Julia was born about 1821 in Kanawha County, Virginia. She married Simeon Peter Tate in Kanawha County on 23 July 1839. They moved to Bauou Meto in Pulaski County, Arkansas. Children: Margaret (1839), James (1841), William B (1843), John (1846), Mary W (1850), Albert F (1858), Isabella (1862).

Tate Children: 7
Family Finder Participants: No

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS

1775: BIRTH of JAMES GUTHRIE
It is important to understand that the information on James Guthrie’s birth origins comes from 3 different sources with conflicting data. Census records tell us that James Guthrie was born 1766-1784 narrowed to about 1775. The 1850 census lists his birth location as Maryland.

Hardesty’s History of West Virginia states that 3 Guthrie brothers came from Ireland. Note that it does not indicate their birth was in Ireland, just the they arrived in America from that location. There is no original source data to prove that immigration came from Ireland/Northern Ireland.

A brief sketch of the Guthrie family in a book on Sissonville history, James’ parents are revealed as Andrew Guthrie and Mary Robinson (actually Robertson), but the book does not list its sources. If accurate, this couple had their son James Guthrie baptized on 9 July 1775 in Arbirlot, Angus, Scotland.

If James is instead the son of John Guthrie, per the other origin theory, the family may have lived in Maryland prior to moving to Virginia. There are 2 potential men within the known GFG3A families who might be identified as John Guthrie. One is John, son of Robert Guthrie & Esther Giles. The other is John Guthrie, son of William Guthrie & Ann Hunter. Research required.

1789: FORMATION of KANAWHA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Virginia, USA on 5 October 1789
The county began taking formation on 14 Nov 1788 under authority of the Virginia General Assembly, and was officially founded on 5 Oct 1789.

1790: US CENSUS of VIRGINIA
Lost/Destroyed
The closest available records would be the 1790 Tax Records. Other GFG3A families lived in the Rockbridge County area. Tax Records include a John Guthrie and John Guthrie Sr.

1798: SETTLMENT in KANAWHA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
According to ‘Sissonville: A Time to Remember‘, p86, James Guthrie settled in the Union District of Kanawha County in 1798 obtaining a large tract of land that came to be known as the town of Guthrie.

1798: GREENBRIER COUNTY COURT
James Guthrie was paid for an old wolf head.
Source: LDS Film #007617374, img 149/953 (left side of the image is barely legible)

1799: GREENBRIER PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES
James Guttery – 1 male over 16
Source: LDS film #007849126, image 391/891

ABOUT 1800: MARRIAGE of JAMES GUTHRIE & ELIZABETH CASDORPH

The marriage document for James & Elizabeth is the source of information and/or disinformation. The marriage year is incomplete, but the entry is grouped with the minister’s entries for the years 1801-1803.

James’ full name is in question. The name James G Guthrie and/or James Gullery Guthrie is frequently found in trees across the internet. I submit that the original includes a mistake with a correction. He appears to be listed as James Gullory (Guthrie), with the Guthrie surname squeezed in in parentheses, therefore he is actually James Guthrie. Also, note that ‘Gullory’ is actually ‘Guttory’. The cross for the two Ts is just above.

His wife Elizabeth also appears to be a potential source of an original error. Her name is listed as Elizabeth Castor instead of Casdorph, which seems to be a phonetic mispelling.

1800: US CENSUS of VIRGINIA
Lost/Destroyed.

1800: COURT CASE – JOHN GUTHRIE v. NICHOLAS CHENWORTH
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
John Guthrie issued a lawsuit against Nicholas Chenworth for the destruction of timber and trespassing.

1801: TAX RECORDS
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
Categories: White Males over 16/Slaves over 12/Slaves over 16/Horses
Guthrie, John 2 0 0 1
Guthrie, Robert 1 0 0 0
Guthrie, James 1 0 0 0
LDS Film #007849142, image 40 of 773

ABT. 1801: BIRTH of SON – HENSON GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
His DOB may have been between 1801-1803 based on the group of marriages recorded near James & Elizabeth’s.

1802: TAX RECORDS
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA

Source: Early Court Records Kanawha County (W.) VA 1789-1803, p.161
“Ordered that John Guthrie be exempted from county & parish levies in this county on account of his age & infirmities.”

1803: JURY DUTY
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
John, James and Robert Guthery all had jury duty
Source: LDS film #008218841, images 274, 275, 277 of 291.

1806: BIRTH of SON – ELIJAH GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA

1806: TAX RECORDS
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
James Guthrie
Robert Guthrie
John Guthrie
LDS Film #007849142, image 360 of 773
Note: A man named John Guthrie once again appears in the tax records for Kanawha County, but the elderly John Guthrie has already been exempted. Possibly a son of the elder John Guthrie, also named as a soldier of the War of 1812 serving from Kanawha.

ABT. 1808: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – MARY ‘POLLY’ GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA

1809: PROPERTY RECORDS
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
James Guthrie enters a Treasury Warrant for 50 acres (the first of three times he enters the same warrant) 2850 #1551
Source: Entry Book, 1783-1861, p.117, LDS Film #008218840 (image 97/537)

ABT. 1810: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – NANCY GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA

1810: US CENSUS of VIRGINIA
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
JAMES GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD: 1M & 1F 26-44 (1766-1784), 2M & 3F under 10 (1801-1810). Also listed for Kanawha is the household of a Robert Guthrey 1M & 1F 26-44, 1M & 3F under 10.

1811: PROPERTY RECORDS
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
James Guthrie enters a Treasury Warrant for 50 acres (the second of three times he enters the same warrant) 2850 #1551
Source: Entry Book, 1783-1861, p.133, LDS Film #008218840 (image105/537)

1812: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – MARTHA ‘PATSY’ GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA

1813: PROPERTY RECORDS
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
James Guthrie enters a Treasury Warrant for 50 acres (the first of three times he enters the same warrant) 2850 #1551
Source: Entry Book, 1783-1861, p.151, LDS Film #008218840 (image 114/537)

1814: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – SARAH GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA

1816: BIRTH of SON – JAMES GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
The Casdorph Family from Hamburg to Kanawa Valley lists James’ DOB as 1806, the same year as his brother Elijah. This appears to be incorrect since all census records concur that James was born about 1816.

1817: TAX LIST
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 11 March 1817
James Guthrie 1M over 16, no slaves; 11 Feb 1817 John Guthrie 1M over 16, no slaves

1817: BIRTH of SON – JOHN GUTHRIE
Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 25 December 1817

1819: LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION of the ESTATE of JOHN GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA – November Term 1819, 1st Day
“On the motion of James Guthrie who made oath as administrator and together with David Cartmell his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $140 conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted the said James Guthrie for obtaining letters of administration of the estate of John Guthrie dec’d in due form of law.”
Source: Kanawha Co WV County Court Record Book 1819-1825, page 50 – LDS microfilm #008613718 image 32 of 525

1820: US CENSUS of VIRGINIA
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
JAMES GUTERY HOUSEHOLD: 1M & 1F 26-44 (1776-1794); 1M 16-25 (1795-1804), 1M & 1F 10-15 (1805-1810), 2M & 2F under 10 (1811-1820). 3 in Agriculture. This is the only Guthrie household listed for Kanawha.

1821: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – JULIA ANN E GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA

1821: PROPERTY PURCHASE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
Jacob Casdorph Sr. sold 75 acres for $1.00 to James Guthrie, part of the said track of land sold to Jacob Casdorph by Edward Price.
Source: LDS Film #008218959, image 209 of 266. Deed book E, p 401.
Note: DG Speculates that Jacob did this only a few years before Elizabeth’s death and while he probably did not know when Elizabeth would die, she might have been ill and therefore he suspected it might be sooner than later.

1821-1826: DEATH of WIFE – ELIZABETH (CASDORPH) GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA, presumably

1822: PROPERTY SALE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
James Guthrie Sr sold 25 acres to Solomon Casdorph
Source: Deed book E- LDS Film #008218959, images 249/250 of 266
DG’s Note: This is important because these 25 acres were a part of the 75 acres Jacob Casdorph sold to James and recorded on 2nd of Feb 1822.

1825: MARRIAGE of SON – HENSON GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
Henson Guthrie married Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Cavender. They were parents to Charles Wesley (1825), James Lewis (1828), Elizabeth (1830), Christopher Columbus (1833), John (1836), Mason Calvin (1837), and Lethe Ann (1843). They lived in Union, Kanawha County.

1825: PROPERTY SALE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
For the sum of $200, James sold to son Henson Guthrie a mare, 7 cattle, 27 hogs, 4 beds, a trunk, all of his farming equipment, along with many household and other items.
Source: Recorded in deed book F, p 124. Film 008211431, image 70 of 593
Note: Since this is the year his son Henson married, it could be that Henson was purchasing items from his father at a cheaper cost, or as a way to ensure his inheritance of same.

1826: MARRIAGE of JAMES GUTHRIE & JUDITH HENSLEY HENDERSON
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 11 July 1826
Judith Hensley was first married to John Henderson in Amherst County, Virginia on 18 Feb 1805. Census records list her as either 16-25 (born 1785-1794) or 26-44 (born 1766-1784) in 1810, 1820 as 26-44 (1776-1794), 1830 40-49 (1781-1790). This narrows her birth range to 1785-1790. No children have been positively identified for the couple.

John Henderson apparently died between 1820-1826. His widow remarried to James Guthrie in Kanawha County, Virginia on 11 July 1826.

1827: MARRIAGE of DAUGHTER – MARY ‘POLLY’ GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 15 February 1827
Polly married John Selman. They were parents to Thomas Selman (1827), James Preston Selman (1832), Roxanne Selman (1835), Julia Selman (1838) and Jarrett Selman (1840). It is presumed that Polly died between 1840 and 1850. She is not listed with the family in the 1850 or 1860 census.

1830: US CENSUS of VIRGINIA
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
There are 2 entries in the 1830 census that might fit the households of James Guthrie and Henson Guthrie. However, the names listed are Jane Gurtris and Henry Gurthur.

JANE GUTRIS (PROBABLY JAMES GUTHRIE):
Free White Persons – Males – 10 thru 14: 2 (one could be John)
Free White Persons – Males – 20 thru 29: 1 (could be James Jr.)
Free White Persons – Males – 50 thru 59: 1 (could be James)
Free White Persons – Females – 5 thru 9: 1 (could be Julia)
Free White Persons – Females – 15 thru 19: 1 (could be Sarah)
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons – Females – 40 thru 49: 1 (Could be Judy)
Slaves – Females – 10 thru 23: 1

1831: MARRIAGE of DAUGHTER – SARAH GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 26 May 1831
Sarah Guthrie’s husband was William Hensley. Children born before the 1850 census were Drusilla (1838), Mordacai (1840), Harriett Aseneth (1841), Sarah (1845), and Mary A (1848).

ABT. 1832: MARRIAGE of SON – ELIJAH GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, presumably
Elijah Guthrie married Jane B Thomas about 1832. Their children were Mary A E (1833), Elmira (1835), James R H (1837), Malvina Jane (1841), and Amacetta E (1842). They were farmers in Charleston, VA/WV.

1834: MARRIAGE of DAUGHTER – MARTHA ‘PATSY’ GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 20 January 1834
Patsy Guthrie married Thomas Fauber. Children born before 1850 are: Catharine (1834), Julia A (1836), Elizabeth (1838), Judy (1839), Monroe (1841), George (1843), Dryden (1845), Nancy (1847).

1839: MARRIAGE of DAUGHTER – JULIA ANN E GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 23 July 1839
Julia Ann E Guthrie married Simeon Peter Tate. They had 7 children: Margaret (1839), James (1841), William B (1843), John (1846), Mary W (1850), Albert F (1858), Isabella (1862).

1840: US CENSUS of VIRGINIA
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
JAS GUTHERIE HOUSEHOLD:
Free White Persons – Males – 30 thru 39: 2
Free White Persons – Males – 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons – Females – 50 thru 59: 1
Slaves – Females – Under 10: 1
Slaves – Females – 10 thru 23: 1 (Lucinda?)

1841: MARRIAGE of SON – JOHN GUTHRIE
Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 15 January 1841.
John Guthrie married Mary Wallace. They were parents to Alexander (1841), Harriet (1843), Nancy (1845), Louisa (1847), Nathan (1848), Pauline Virginia (1851), Ellen Pauline (1853), Flavious Josephus (1856), John Ishmeal (1858), Stephen Amos (1861), and William Grant (1868).

ABOUT 1846: DEATH of WIFE – JUDITH (HENSLEY) GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
Judith apparently died about 1846 when James Guthrie drafted an Article of Agreement with William Hensley about the disposition of a slave named Lucinda. Her death was definitely prior to the 1850 census.

1846: ARTICLE of AGREEMENT – JAMES GUTHRIE & WILLIAM HENSLEY
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 7 December 1846
Whereas Judy Guthrie in her life owned a negro girl named Lucinda and was in possession of said girl before her marriage to James Guthrie and before her death she gave said girl to William Hansley. James acknowledges the validity of William’s title to the girl and is with this agreement borrowing said girl until said James Guthrie’s death. Signed by William Hensley and James Guthrie, and witnessed by James Guthrie Jr. Dated 7 December 1846.
Deed Book P, p.56.
LDS Film 008211431 image 35 of 715.
Looking at this article of agreement through from our modern perspective can be disconcerting as two men settle the disposition of a young slave girl. William Hensley was James Guthrie’s daughter Sarah’s husband. This may be a situation where Judy inherited Lucinda, a slave, or the mother of the slave Lucinda, from her Hensley relatives, likely her father. The ownership of the slave may have been documented to be hers during the course of her lifetime, with continued ownership reverting to the original family heirs. William Hensley may have been the designated heir. The agreement does include an acknowledgement that William has a right to the girl, but only to the right of borrowing her until the time of James Guthrie’s death.

1849: PROPERTY SALE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
James Guthrie sold land to John Guthrie and Robert Young
Deed Book Q, p.111
Film #008292550, image 428 of 715

1850: US CENSUS of VIRGINIA
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD:
James Guthrie 76 (born 1774) no occupation, born in MD
James Guthrie 34 (born 1816) stone mason, born in VA
Nancy Guthrie 38 (born 1812), born in VA.

1850: US FEDERAL CENSUS – SLAVE SCHEDULES
District 29, Kanawha County, Virginia, USA
Slave Owner: James Guthrie
Slave: Female – Black – Age 25
Slave: Female – Black – Age 6
Slave Owner: Elijah Guthrie
Slave: Male – Black – Age 6
There are no Slave Owners by the Guthrie surname listed in the 1860 Slave Schedule. Samuel Hensley is the only one of that surname in either 1850 or 1860.

1850: DEATH of JAMES GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA on 18 June 1850

James Guthrie does not appear to leave an estate upon his death, nor is an administrator assigned to any estate upon his death. A review of various property records shows that James sold his possessions and property to his children and their spouses in amounts ranging from $1 to $200. The distribution of the 8 slaves he owned in 1849 is uncertain as no definitive method of selling, bequeathing, or freeing them has been found. See LDS film #008151976 image 57 of 215. 

1851: MARRIAGE of SON – JAMES GUTHRIE
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA in July of 1851
James Guthrie married Paulina Melton with whom he had 1 daughter, Margaretta M Guthrie (1855). Paulina probably died 1855-1857 because James has a 2nd marriage by 1857.

1857: 2ND MARRIAGE of SON – JAMES GUTHRIE
Putnam County, Virginia, USA
James Guthrie married Elizabeth Ann Dawson in 1857. They were parents to 3 children: Laurida (1858), William McClellan (1862), and Emma Stacia (1867)

READING and RESOURCES

FALSE ORIGINS:
According to ‘Sissonville: A Time to Remember‘ which includes into on the Guthrie family, James Guthrie‘s parents are Andrew Guthrie & Mary Robinson of Arbilot, Angus, Scotland. There is no source data attached to the bio. Others list his wife’s maiden name as Robertson. A search of the Old Parish Records of Scotland reveals Andrew Guthrie b.1740 Carmyllie, Angus, Scotland married to Mary Robertson on 12 Jan 1765 in Arbirlot, Angus, Scotland. They had 2 sons: Alexander (1772) and James (1775) and several daughters: Jean (1765), Margaret (1770), Mary Polly (1779) and Elizabeth (1783) documented in the OPR. Note that there is no evidence of Andrew Guthrie’s presence in America, nor any known documentation linking this James Guthrie to their son.

BOOK: Atkinson, Rayma Casdorph (c1996). The Casdorphs, from Hamburg to the Kanawa Valley, West Virginia, 1625-1995, a documentary. Digital Repository: Family Search.

DOCUMENTS: Greenbrier County Court Records – LDS Film #007617374, img 149/953. Left side of the image is barely legible. Use brightness/contrast tools.

DOCUMENTS: GREENBRIER PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES – 1799. LDS film #007849126, image 391/891
1799: James Guttery – 1 male over 16 

DOCUMENTS: KANAWHA COUNTY, VIRGINIA TAX RECORDS – 1801. FHL Film #007849142 IMG 40 of 773.
Categories: White Males over 16/Slaves over 12/Slaves over 16/Horses
Guthrie, John 2 0 0 1
Guthrie, Robert 1 0 0 0
Guthrie, James 1 0 0 0

See Other Kanawha Property Tax Lists, 1792-1850

BOOK: Wintz, Julia.(1975). Kanawha County Marriages January 1, 1792 to December 31, 1869. McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia
p.5
1801
Alex Guthrie and Elinor Amis or Anne
James Guthrie and Elizabeth Castor
p.38
Fauber, Thomas, and Martha Guthrie, Jan. 20, 1834
p.41
Guthrie, James, and Judith Henderson, Jul. 1, 1826
Guthrie, John, and Mary Wallace, Jan 15, 1841
p.44
Hensley, William, and Sarah Guthrie, May 26, 1831
p.45
Holmes, Marshall F., and Elizabeth Guthrie, Dec 7, 1848
p.65
Shepherd, James, and Eliza Guthrie, Jun. 5, 1842
p.66
Silman, John, and Margaret Guthrie, Feb. 15, 1827
p.70
Tate, Samuel, and Julia Guthrie, Jul. 23, 1839
p.91
Guthrie, Chas. W., and Catherine B. Jenkins, Aug. 3, 1855
Guthrie, Christopher C., and Parthenia Counts, May 24, 1855
Guthrie, James, and Paulina Melton, July 19, 1851
Guthrie, James Lewis, and Henrietta Casdorph, Apr. 9, 1852
p.118
Bonham, Jasper, and Harriet Guthrie, Jun. 16, 1867
p.131
Guthrie, John and Drucilla Hensley, Sep. 15, 1866
Guthrie, Mason C, and Eliza C Asbury, Oct. 21, 1863
Guthrie, Nathan, and Rachel S Lewis, Jul 26, 1868
p.134
Holmes, Guilford Campbell, and Alethia Ann Guthrie, Apr. 29, 1860
p.158
Thomas, Geo. W., and M.J. Guthrie, Jan. 9, 1865

DOCUMENTS: Property Records – Kanawha County, Virginia – Entry Book, 1783-1861, FHL Film # 008218840
James Guthrie enters a Treasury Warrant for 50 acres (same warrant three times) 2850 # 1551
p. 117 (image 97/537)
p.133 (image 105/537)
p.151 (image 114/537)

DOCUMENTS: LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION of the ESTATE of JOHN GUTHRIE. Kanawha Co WV County Court Record Book 1819-1825, page 50. FHL Film #008613718, IMG 32 of 525.
Kanawha County, Virginia, USA – November Term 1819, 1st Day
“On the motion of James Guthrie who made oath as administrator and together with David Cartmell his security entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $140 conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted the said James Guthrie for obtaining letters of administration of the estate of John Guthrie dec’d in due form of law.”

DOCUMENTS: Index Cards to Court Records: Kanawha County, West Virginia: 1754-1933 (Locked to Online Viewing – Must be Viewed from FHL or Affiliated Library/Branch)

DOCUMENTS: Entry Book (Property Records), 1783-1861, FHL Film #008218840
“Letter G” Index Page – IMG 13 of 537
Guthrie, James p.117
Guthrie, James p.133
Guthrie, James p.151

DOCUMENTS: Land Book, 1791-1900
Land Book 1791-1838 – No Guthrie entries – “Letter G” Index Page – FHL Film #008218975, IMG 14 of 665
Land Book 1839-1853 – No Guthrie entries – “Letter G” Index Page – FHL Film #008613614, IMG 10 of 543

DOCUMENTS: Chancery Record, v. 1 1831-1845
“Letter G” Index Page – FHL Film 008613937, IMG 39 of 396
Guthrie, James vs. Andrew Donnally etals 324, 454, 529, 552, 574
Guthrie & Young vs Sol. Casdorph 421, 428, 486, 488, 509, 550, 567, 595, 629

DOCUMENTS: Chancery Record, v. 2 1845-1854
“Letter G” Index Page – FHL Film 008613722, IMG 14 of 380
Guthrie & Young vs Solomon Casdorph 2, 19, 34
Guthrie, James vs Andrew Donnally, etals, 146, 218, 244, 326, 360, 529, 652

DOCUMENTS: Chancery Record, v. 3 1854-1859
“Letter G” Index Page – FHL Film 008613723, IMG 13 of 452
Guthrie, James vs. Heirs of Andrew Donnally et als 15, 44, 63, 403, 405, 498
Guthrie, James vs Admr of Andrew Donnally, et all 261
Guthrie, John vs Simeon Tate et als 658, 744

DOCUMENTS: Chancery Record v. 4 1859-1865
“Letter G” Index Page – FHL Film 008613724, IMG 11 of 362
Guthrie, James et als vs Admr A. Donnally, et als 287, 353

Other Films: Chancery Records, 1831-1930.

DOCUMENTS: Kanawha County Court Record Book, 1803-1880 (Volumes 3 thru 6)

DOCUMENTS: Kanawha Court Records, 1773-1875

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