Guthrie Family Group 5 – Branch G
HENRY GUTHRIE 1812GA-1855GA and MINERVA LYON
of Newton & Cobb Counties, Georgia, USA

CONTENTS:
Origin Theories
The Family of Henry Guthrie & Manerva Lyon
Historical Highlights
The Guthrie DNA Project

ORIGIN THEORIES for GFG5 BRANCH G

Census records reveal that Henry Guthrie was born in Georgia and appears to have spent his entire life in that state. No known parents. I also find no specific origin theory for Henry Guthrie. By estimated DOB, he was born about 13 years after James C Guthrie of GFG5 Branch D, who was also born in Georgia. Possible that these two men could share a father, or be closely linked through a common grandparents.

THE FAMILY of HENRY GUTHRIE & MANERVA LYON

HENRY GUTHRIE
Born: 1815
Location: Georgia
Married: Minerva Lyon on 25 February 1834 in Newton County, Georgia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: 1855
Location: Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Buried: Unknown, presumably in Georgia, USA

MANERVA LYON
Born: 1 February 1813
Location: Georgia
Sons: George W Guthrie, Sanford Wilburn Guthrie, Josephus P Guthrie, Benjamin F Guthrie, William Franklin Guthrie, Zachariah Guthrie
Daughters: Mary Jane Guthrie, Frances Guthrie
Died: 3 May 1896
Location: Blount County, Alabama, USA
Buried: Antitoch Baptist Cemetery in Liberty, Blount County, Alabama, USA

CHILDREN:

GEORGE W GUTHRIE
1839GA – 1910GA

George W Guthrie was born about June of 1839 in Georgia. George was a shoemaker. He married Elizabeth Abner in 1870. They lived in Carroll County, Georgia and later moved to Atlanta in Fulton County. While in Atlanta, George worked as a grocer. Both he and Elizabeth died in 1910.

Children: 5
Sons: John C Guthrie, Jesse E Guthrie, George Holland Guthrie Sr
Daughters: Effie E Guthrie, Exa Guthrie

Y-DNA Project Particiapants: No
Family Finder Participants: No

SANFORD WILBURN GUTHRIE
1842GA – 1927AL

There is a discrepancy regarding Sanford Wilburn Guthrie’s exact DOB. He listed his birthdate as 8 May 1843. A letter read by Clara Ellis Kelton at the United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting Dec 1925 indicates that he was born in Covington, Newton, Georgia on 18 May 1842.

As a boy, Sanford lived in Roswell, Cobb County, Georgia. In May 1861, he enlisted in the 7th Georgia Regiment as a private in Company H under Captain King. He continued to serve until he was captured in Virginia in the aftermath of the Battle of the Wilderness aka the Seven Days Battle, and carried to Point Lookout Prison in Maryland, where he remained for 4 months. Next transferred to Elmyra NY where he became sick and was given 60 days leave. The war ended while he was at home.

Note that census records list him as Sanford and Samuel or Sam Guthrie. “His numerous friends called him Uncle Sam. Mr Guthrie once ran all kinds of country machinery, including an old time carder on a branch of the Warrior River near Rosa.”

Sanford married Mary E (Albritton) Paden about 1873. They lived in Blount County, Alabama. Mary’s first marriage produced 2 sons, listed with her in the 1870 and 1880 censuses: William, 14, and John, 11. After Mary’s death, Sam remarried to Nellie J (Brown) Barnes. He lists his children as Ida, Eddie, and Ellis. The latter presumably died young as he is not in any of the census records, and not listed as a living child in the pension application records. During his latter years, Sanford was a hotel proprietor in Oneonta, Blount, Alabama.

Children: 3
Sons: Samuel Edward ‘Eddie’ Guthrie, Ellis Guthrie
Daughters: Ida Guthrie

Y-DNA Project Participants: No
Family Finder Participants: No

MARY JANE GUTHRIE
1844GA – 1902AL

Mary Jane Guthrie was born on 24 Aug 1845 in Georgia. She was 10 when her father, Henry Guthrie, died. Enumerated with her mother and siblings in Cobb County, Georgia in 1860. I do not have definitive proof that she is the Mary Jane Guthrie who married Marion Nation in Blount County, AL in 1869, but some of her family had moved there by that date, so it is a logical choice. Marion Nation was a farmer. Mary Jane died on 1 April 1902 and is buried at Antioch Baptist Cemetery.

Marion, being 4-5 years younger than Mary Jane, survived her by 15 years. He remarried to Pauline Elizabeth ‘Lena’ Martin. Marion died on 9 February 1927 and is also buried at Antioch Baptist Cemetery.

Children: 5
Nation Sons: Edward Lecil Nation, Lecil M Nation
Nation Daughters: Celia Nation, Myrtle Nation, Ella Madora Nation

Family Finder Participants: No

JOSEPHUS P GUTHRIE
1846GA – 1923AL

This man’s name appears in multiple forms online. His gravestone lists him as J P Guthrie, and the name Josephus P Guthrie is frequently used. I have also seen him listed as Josephus C Guthrie. One tree lists him as Josephus Cleatius Guthrie, that middle name does not appear to be documented with a source. The name Josephus is frequently found shortened to Cephus, which might explain the use of the initial C. Census records do seem to indicate that this was one individual rather than an amalgamation of data on two different men.

Josephus Guthrie was born about 1846 in Roswell, Georgia.

On 3 July 1861, he enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company G of the 11th Regiment of Georgia infantry. He was promoted on 15 September to acting brigade quartermaster at Centerville, Virginia. Josephus received a gunshot wound in the left leg on 8 Jun 1864 and was hospitalized at Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, and returned to duty 8 days later. He was mustered out at Appomattox on 9 April 1865.

Josephus Guthrie married Mary Clarissa ‘Clara’ Russell in Marshall County, Alabama on 17 December 1871. He worked as a Boot and Shoemaker, a trade that seems to be consistent with this family. They were parents to 3 children: Betty Leona Guthrie, Annie Laura Guthrie, and Algie Guthrie.

Algie is the child that connects Josephus to his two families. Algie’s death records indicate that his parents were Josephus Guthrie and Mary Russell. Algie is also found living with Josephus and Josephine during the 1900 census in Friendship, Marshall, Alabama.

Josephus Guthrie married Josephine ‘Josie’ P Street on 22 Mar 1888 in Dade County, Georgia. Their children were: Donnie/Johnnie Guthrie, Pauline Guthrie, Mary E Guthrie, Hubert Guthrie, Julius Herman Guthrie, and Thyra Guthrie. The family moved to Tennessee for a time. Josie died in Chattanooga on 7 Sep 1920, and was buried in Alabama. Josephus moved back to Alabama. He died there on 25 April 1923 in Oneonta, Blount, Alabama and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Confirmation of the familial connections could be made through genetic tests, preferably the Y-DNA of descendants of Algie, Hubert, and Julius Herman.

Children: 9
Sons: Algie Guthrie, Hubert Guthrie, Julius Herman Guthrie
Daughters: Betty Leona Guthrie, Annie Laura Guthrie, Donnie/Johnnie Guthrie, Pauline Guthrie, Mary E Guthrie, Thyra Guthrie

Y-DNA Project Participants: No
Family Finder Participants: No

BENJAMIN F GUTHRIE
1848 – Before 1860

Benjamin F Guthrie was born in Georgia about 1848. He is listed as a 2 year old on the 1850 census of Roswell, Cobb County, Georgia. He is not listed with his widowed mother, Manerva (Lyon) Guthrie and siblings in the 1860 census, so it is presumed that he died during childhood.

WILLIAM FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
1849GA – 1910AL

William Franklin Guthrie was born in May of 1849 in Georgia. He was only 1 at the time of the 1850 census when the family was listed in District 31 of Forsyth County, Georgia. His father died when William was just a boy. He moved along with most of the family to Blount County, Alabama. It was there that he married Caroline Julia Bailey on 22 February 1874 when he was about 24 years of age. They moved to Cullman County, Alabama by 1880 where he worked as a farmer.

Children: 7
Sons: John Robert Guthrie, Walter Lee Guthrie, James H Guthrie, Sanford Wilbur Guthrie
Daughters: Josephine Guthrie, Georgia A Guthrie, Emma Belle Guthrie

Y-DNA Project Participants: Yes
Family Finder Participants: No

ZACHARIAH GUTHRIE
1851GA – 1912GA

Many trees do not list Zachariah or his sister Frances as children of Henry Guthrie & Manerva Lyon, but both are found in the 1860 census with the widow and her other children.

There is a Zachariah T Guthrie in the records born about 1854 in Georgia who married Susan L Alexander. He was living in Heard County, Georgia in 1880 and working as a shoemaker, an occupation frequently found in this particular family. I believe that this man is Henry & Manerva’s son. Check out the original census record rather than the transcript as there is an obvious error in the transcription, which lists Z T Guthrie as a son of M D Akins. In actuality, the original record is a listing of the Alexander household. M D Akins it the 71 year old mother of the Head of Household. Z T Guthrie is listed as a hired laborer, a shoemaker. His future wife, Susan is a daughter of the household.

Y-DNA from a descendant of son Albert Walton Guthrie can confirm a GFG5 match.

Children: 3
Sons: Albert Walton Guthrie
Daughters: Annie Lee Guthrie, Mary M Guthrie

Y-DNA Project Participants: No
Family Finder Participants: No

FRANCES GUTHRIE
1854GA – Unknown

Frances Guthrie is listed as a daughter of the widowed Manerva Guthrie in the 1860 census of Cobb County, Georgia, and is presumably the last child of Henry Guthrie who died in 1855. I cannot find Manerva or Frances listed in the 1870 census. Unknown if Frances died during childhood, or if she grew to adulthood and married.

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS

1812: BIRTH of HENRY GUTHRIE
Georgia, USA

Henry Guthrie was born about 1812 in Georgia, USA. His parents remain unidentified.

1813: BIRTH of MANERVA LYON
Georgia, USA on 1 February 1813

Manerva Lyon (frequently listed as Minerva Lyon) was born 1 February 1813 in Georgia to Jesse Lyon and his wife Mary ‘Polly’ Lewis. Census records indicate that her parents were from England.

1830: US CENSUS of GEORGIA
Georgia, USA

Henry Guthrie would be about 18 in 1830, presumably single and living with his parents somewhere in Georgia. He would fit in the Males 15-19 category. There are 42 households in GA resulting from a search for various spellings: Guthrie, Gutherie, Guthery, Guthrey, Guttery, Guttrey, and Guttry.

The following listed Males 15-19:
Perry Guthery of Hall County, GA
Benjamin Guthrie of Capt Morrises District, Troup, GA
David Guthrey of Gwinnett, GA
William Guthry of Capt Dackings District, Oglethorpe, GA
John B Gaudry of Savannah Old Franklin Ward, Chatham, GA
Jeremiah Zaddey of Habersham, GA
Eli Gaither of Walton, GA

1834: MARRIAGE of HENRY GUTHRIE & MANERVA LYON
Newton County, Georgia, USA on 25 February 1834

1839: BIRTH of SON – GEORGE W GUTHRIE
Newton County, Georgia, USA in June of 1839

1840: US CENSUS of GEORGIA
Newton County, Georgia, USA

District 462, Newton County, GA: Henry Gritton (Guttery)
1F 50-59
1M & 1F 20-29
1M 15-19
1M under 5
Total = 5
1 Person in Agriculture
No Slaves Listed.

The female of age 50-59 (1781-1790) is potentially Henry’s mother or mother-in-law. The male of 15-19 is potentially a younger brother age 15-19 (1821-1825). Otherwise, the record fits the family profile for 1M & 1F 20-29 (1811-1820) and 1M under 5 (1835-1840).

1842: BIRTH of SON – SANFORD WILBURN GUTHRIE
Georgia, USA on 8 May 1842

1845: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – MARY JANE GUTHRIE
Georgia, USA on 24 August 1845

1846: BIRTH of SON – JOSEPHUS P GUTHRIE
Roswell, Cobb, Georgia, USA

1848: BIRTH of SON – BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
Georgia, USA

1849: BIRTH of SON – WILLIAM FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
Georgia, USA in May 1849

1850: US CENSUS of GEORGIA
Roswell, Cobb, Georgia, USA

The Guthrey Household:
Henry Guthrey 38 M W Shoemaker RE: 150 Georgia
Minerva Guthrey 33 F W Georgia person > 21 cannot read & write
George W Guthrey 10 M W Georgia
Sanford W Guthrey 8 M W Georgia
Mary Jane Guthrey 6 F W Georgia
Josephus Guthrey 4 M W Georgia
Benjamin F Guthrey 2 M W Georgia

1851: BIRTH of SON – ZACHARIAH T GUTHRIE
Georgia, USA

Zachariah T Guthrie was born about 1851. Census data also lists 1854.

1854: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – FRANCES GUTHRIE
Georgia, USA

1855: DEATH of HENRY GUTHRIE
Cobb County, Georgia, USA

1860: CENTRAL REGISTER of CONVICTS
Georgia, USA

George Guthrie, Crime: Larceny from home, Term of Years: 3, When Received: 27 April 1860, Sentence Expires: 27 March 1863, County Where Convicted: Fulton, Occupation: None, Birth Place: Georgia, No. of Sentences: 1, Age: 21, Height: 6’0, Complexion: Fair, Hair: Light, Eyes: Dark.

1860: US CENSUS of GEORGIA
District 1, Cobb, Georgia, USA

The Guthrie Household:
Manerva Guthrie 47 F Farming RE: 300 PE: 75 Georgia, cannot read & write
Geo. Guthrie 20 M Georgia, Convict
Sanford Guthrie 18 M Day Laborer Georgia
Mary J Guthrie 15 F Georgia
Josephus Guthrie 13 M Georgia
William F Guthrie 10 M Georgia
Zachariah Guthrie 9 M Georgia
Frances Guthrie 6 F Georgia

1869: MARRIAGE of SON – GEORGE W GUTHRIE
Georgia, USA

George W Guthrie married Elizabeth Abner about 1869. George was a shoemaker and later became a grocer when they moved to Atlanta.

1869: MARRIAGE of DAUGHTER – MARY JANE GUTHRIE
Blount County, Alabama, USA on 21/26 January 1869

Mary Jane Guthrie married Marion A Nation. They raised their 5 children in Blount County, Alabama: Celia Nation, Lecil M Nation, Edward Lecil Nation, Myrtle Nation, and Ella Madora Nation.

1870: US CENSUS

I can’t locate the family during the 1870 census. Anyone know where Manerva was living in 1870?

1871: MARRIAGE of SON – JOSEPHUS P GUTHRIE
Marshall County, Alabama, USA

Josephus P Guthrie married Mary Clarissa Russell on 17 Dec 1871. They had 3 children: Bettie Leona Guthrie, Annie Laura Guthrie, and Algie Guthrie. Clara died between 1882 and 1888. Josephus remarried in 1888 to Josephine Street with whom he had daughters Johnnie Guthrie, Pauline Guthrie, Mary E Guthrie, and Thyra Guthrie, and sons Hubert Guthrie and Julius Herman Guthrie.

1873: MARRIAGE of SON – SANFORD WILBURN GUTHRIE
Marshall County, Alabama, USA

Sanford Wilburn Guthrie married Mary E (Albritton) Pedon on 23 February 1873. She was the widow of Samuel Peden and mother of 2 sons: William and John J Peden. They lived in Blount County, Alabama and had 1 daughter and 2 sons: Ida Guthrie, Samuel Edward Guthrie, and Ellis Guthrie. Mary died before 1910 and Sanford remarried to Nellie J Barnes (or Brown).

1874: MARRIAGE of SON – WILLIAM FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
Blount County, Alabama, USA on 22 February 1874

William Franklin Guthrie married Caroline Julia Bailey

1880: US CENSUS of GEORGIA
District 714, Carroll County, Georgia, USA

The Guthrie Household:
George W Guthrie W M 40 married Shoe Maker GA GA GA
Elizabeth Guthrie W F 33 wife married Keeping House GA GA GA
John C Guthrie W M 11 son single at school GA GA GA
Jesse E Guthrie W M 6 son single GA GA GA
George H Guthrie W M 1 son single GA GA GA
Minerva Guthrie W F 65 mother widowed GA ENG ENG

1881: MARRIAGE of SON – ZACHARIAH T GUTHRIE
Heard County, Georgia, USA

Zachariah T Guthrie married Susan L Alexander. They lived in Carroll County, Georgia with their 3 children: Annie Lee Guthrie, Albert Walton Guthrie, and Mary M Guthrie.

1896: DEATH of MANERVA (LYON) GUTHRIE
Blount County, Alabama, USA on 3 May 1896

Manerva was 83 at her death on 3 May 1896. She was buried in Antioch Baptist Cemetery in Liberty, Blount, Alabama, USA.

THE GUTHRIE DNA PROJECT

Guthrie Family Group: GFG5
Group Designation: Branch G – (The Guthries of Newton & Cobb County, Georgia)

Haplogroup: R-M269
Confirmed Haplogroup: R-M269

YDNA Matches:  1
Kit 20261
Henry Guthrie/Manerva Lyon > William Franklin Guthrie/Caroline Julia Bailey (GGP)

Family Finder / Autosomal DNA Kits:
None

Findings: 

Participant 20261 matches the Y-DNA profile of GFG5. This is a Y37 marker kit. He has 1 unique genetic mutation compared to group mode results, so is 36/37 with the most common values found at any given genetic marker. It is found on a ‘fast moving marker’ which probably indicates recent and/or a random change rather than a sign of an inherited genetic change in the DNA. The volume of tests for the group as a whole does not currently help establish an assessment of pattern markers.