The 1910 census names Vara, while an earlier family summary used Vera. Lena’s reported birth is 1905, consistent with her age four in 1910. Her contemporary obituary supplies the exact death date of 30 November 1973.

Viola’s reported 1887 birth conflicts with her 1910 age. Until that difference is resolved, a birth before her parents’ wedding should not be treated as established. Evie’s reported Tennessee birth in 1913 also conflicts with later indexes giving Florida and about 1915.

The absence of a located marriage or death record does not establish that a child died young or never married. Vara and Belle remain part of the family while their later histories are investigated.

The research identifies kit B693849 with this paternal line. The legacy analysis discusses a Y111 comparison. A broad group match and a match to a particular family branch are different conclusions.

A reported single shared variance with two Branch G brothers also does not establish descent from Branch G, especially when other branch-associated variances are absent. A documented comparison of the full marker patterns, additional independently documented paternal lines and SNP results where available could refine the relationship.

These findings weigh against the asserted Branch A placement. They should not be restated as an absolute exclusion based on a new analysis of raw results, nor as proof of a particular named ancestor.

William’s death certificate names John Guthrie and Amanda Walker, with the information supplied by their reported grandson, W. T. Guthrie. The 1937 obituary also names John. These are valuable family statements, but neither gives enough detail to identify a particular John’s parents, age, occupation or residence history.

No reviewed marriage record establishes John and Amanda as a couple, and no secure early household has been connected to William. The obituary’s informant is unknown, so the two accounts may draw on the same family knowledge rather than independent testimony.

The disputed identification concerns John Guthrie, born about 1837–1838, a son of Joseph Guthrie and Mary McNeely and grandson of James Guthrie Jr and Jane Smith. The 1850 Wilson County index places John, aged twelve, with Joseph and Mary Guthry and their children, in District 5, dwelling/family 649.

John’s 13 April 1867 Franklin County, Illinois, will names sisters Lurana or Larana Haguewood, Susan Beaty and Martha Guthrie. Their names support his identification with this Branch A family. Amanda Walker and William Washington Guthrie are not named.

The will’s silence about a wife or child does not prove that John never married or fathered a child. His age would permit fatherhood in 1859. What is missing is evidence connecting this particular man to Amanda and William; the reported Y-DNA pattern also weighs against that placement.

The will date is not, by itself, an independently established death date or probate-admission date. The full estate file and admission order may clarify the chronology. See the Branch A family discussion.

The earlier survey found a John in Dudley and Delila Guthrie’s Davidson County household, associated with GFG1A, and Jno. F. Guthrie in Henry and Henly Guthrie’s household, associated with GFG5. Their documented paternal families do not provide the expected GFG2A connection.

Two Branch A candidates were Joseph and Mary’s son John and John Montgomery Guthrie, son of Andrew H. and Emily Guthrie. Shared geography and membership in the broader group do not overcome the missing documentary connection or the reported branch-marker distinction.

Another Wilson County family included John Guthrie, husband of Chloe Babb, and his grandson John Asa Guthrie, son of William Babb Guthrie and Mary Elizabeth Jackson. This family remains ungrouped. The elder John’s reported 1858 death does not automatically exclude a child born in March 1859; the younger man’s youth and later single status do not prove or disprove paternity.

These are research candidates, not an exhaustive list or a process of elimination that identifies the father. Earlier unsuccessful searches for Amanda and young William must be extended under variant names, other household heads and neighboring counties.

Savannah’s certificate records her mother as Debathia Clark, while the family reconstruction uses Tabitha Clark. A marriage entry for William Wheler and a bride appearing as Tabita Clark shows a license dated 9 March 1869 and a ceremony apparently dated 13 March 1869.

The register’s identity and year, and the connection of this couple to Savannah, still need verification. The viewer’s collection heading conflicts with the years visible in the entries. A marriage after Savannah’s reported January birth is a question to investigate, not by itself a reason to accept or reject the couple.

Sumner County was home to GFG2A Branch A descendants, this Branch N family, and Guthrie families associated with GFG5. The surname appears in the same regional records across separate paternal lineages.

Tree labels, calculated cousin relationships and DNA-match badges cannot substitute for the documentary steps connecting generations. Each proposed parent must be identified through records that distinguish that person from others of the same name.

• Marriage: William Guthrie and Savannah Wheeler, Sumner County, Tennessee, license 30 October and ceremony return 31 October 1888.
• Censuses: 1880 George Walker household, District 1, Robertson County, dwelling/family 58; 1910 William Guthrie household, Civil District 7, Robertson County; 1920 Will Guthrie household, Robertson County; 1930 William Taylor Guthrie household, Louisville and Nashville Pike.
• Death certificates: William Washington Guthrie, 1937; Savannah Guthrie, 1925; Viola Campbell, 1917; Earl Devan Guthrie, 1925, in Tennessee death records.
• Newspapers: William W. Guthrie, Nashville Banner, 29 September 1937; William Taylor Guthrie, The Tennessean, 24 March 1966; Lena Stewart, The Tennessean, 1 December 1973.
• Other family marriages: Viola Guthrie/John Young, Robertson County, Book 20, p. 56, ceremony 10 June 1906; Belle Guthrie/Swaney Summers, 7 October 1917; Chester Guthrie/Carrie Sparger, Walker County, Georgia, 18 August 1918; Martin Guthrie/Oca Jim Close, Sumner County, 26 February 1933. Original returns and indexes are distinguished in the individual family research.

• Branch A comparison: 1850 U.S. census, District 5, Wilson County, Tennessee, Joseph Guthry household, dwelling/family 649; John Guthrie will, 13 April 1867, Franklin County, Illinois, Will Records, Book A–B, page displayed as 129.
• Family reconstruction: profiles, linked records and source images in the Guthrie Research Tree, compared with the records and documentary obituary preserved in the earlier Branch N research.
• DNA: Guthrie DNA Project’s reported Branch N Y111 comparison and recorded participation through Chester’s line. Broader group membership is distinguished from the unproved placement within Branch A.

1. A record connecting William to an identifiable John and Amanda: an early household, marriage return, guardianship, estate, church register or family Bible. Include Sumner, Robertson, Wilson and Davidson Counties and relevant Kentucky connections.
2. The full Walker household history: establish George’s family, Amanda’s maiden identity, the children’s relationships and Willie Guthrie’s later life before merging this 1880 candidate with William.
3. John’s complete Franklin County estate file: admission orders and estate papers may test spouse or heir claims. His 1867 will is already known and reviewed.
4. The missing early record sequence: locate William and Savannah in 1900 and review the reported 1891 Robertson County voter entry, tracing neighbors and district changes.
5. Wheeler–Clark records: verify the candidate 1869 marriage register and connect Savannah through households, siblings or other parent-naming evidence.
6. Child-line gaps: Viola’s Campbell marriage; Vara’s later life; Belle’s death and her son’s differing names; Chester’s second marriage and Florida death locality; Earl’s burial; Lena’s original marriage return; and Evie’s original census entries and full obituary.
7. Military and genetic documentation: original service and award records for specific claims, and a documented comparison of Branch N with other GFG2A paternal lines.