Guthrie Family Group 4 – Branch A
TRAVIS GUTHREY c1762VA – c1818VA and MARY ANNE HILL
of King William and Halifax Counties, Virginia, USA

TRAVIS GUTHREY
Parents: Thomas Guthrey abt. 1717VA – 1800VA and Sarah Oakes
Birth: Abt. 1742
Birth Location: King William County, Virginia
Occupation: Unknown
Marriage: Mary Anne Hill about 1759 in King William County, Virginia
Death: Abt. 1818
Death Location: Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Unknown

MARY ANNE HILL
Grandfather: (Unverified) Dennett Hill
Parents: (Unverified) Thomas Hill 1700VA-1773VA and Bathshua Abney
Birth: 25 July 1730 (Source?)
Birth Location: King William County, Virginia
Guthrey Children: 11
Death: Unknown, after 1791
Death Location: Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Unknown

NOTES: ‘American Guthrie and Allied Families’ author Lawrence R Guthrie conjectures that Travis Guthrey was a son of Thomas Guthrey, and the YDNA of a direct male descendant matches the rest of GFG4’s genetic profile. He lists Travis’ wife as being a Miss Hill. (AGAF, p.50). The names give to LRG by a descendant in their correspondence were: John, Samuel, James, Thomas, William, Elijah, and Dennett Hill Guthrey. Plus a note of ‘daughters, whose names are unknown.”

Travis Guthrey removed from Cumberland County, Virginia to Halifax County, Virginia prior to the American Revolution.

GUTHREY CHILDREN: 11
Y-DNA Project Participants: YES
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

CHILD 1: FRANCES GUTHREY aka ‘FANNY’
1765-75VA – Aft. 1790
Spouse: Thomas Milner

The marriage bond of Thomas Milner and Fanny Guthery is recorded in Circuit Court Halifax County, VA Book 1, page 19. Thomas Milner, with his bondsman Nipper Adams, signed the bond on 25 Oct 179_. The attached consent was signed by Travis Guthery on 25 Oct 1790. “Sir will you please to give Mr Thos. Milner license to be married to my Daughter Fanny Guthery for which I have no objections.”

Milner Children: Unknown
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

CHILD 2: POLLY GUTHREY – (Uncertain Relationship)
1770VA – Before 1830
Spouse: Absalom Lane

Virginia Select marriages transcription lists Polly’s father as “Thomas Guttrey” rather than Travis. Need to view original image. 20 Jan 1795 Halifax, VA. (Image Locked – FHC or affiliated libraries only)

Lane Children: Yes, but Unverified
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

CHILD 3: WILLIAM T GUTHREY
1771VA – Abt. 1819 VA
Spouse: Nancy S Davis

AGAF, p.52: “William, son of Travis Guthrey, married and had children. The following is thought to refer to him. Will of William Guthrey, “to my beloved wife nancy, my hole estate, and it is my desire that my beloved wife Nancy Guthrie, shall raise and provide for my children as she thinks best.” Wife Nancy executrix, Aug. 31, 1819. William (his x mark) Guthrey. Witnesses — William Jennings, Josiah Crews, Elijah Guthrey.

William Guthery married Nancy Davis on 5 January 1805 in Halifax County, Virginia (Halifax Book 1, p.59). The children are not named in William’s 1819 will. Nancy appears to have remained a widow. She is named as the head of household in the 1830, 1850, and 1860 censuses.

Guthrey / Guthrie Children: 5
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) John H Guthrie 1806VA – 1871VA m.1840 Halifax, VA Mourning Rebecca Crews +children
2.) Jane T Guthrie born 1806-1810VA – died aft. 1880VA – unmarried
3.) Elizabeth M Guthrie born 1806-1821VA – died 1887VA – unmarried
4.) Mary D Guthrie born 1812-1816VA – died 1887VA – unmarried
5.) William C Guthrie born abt. 1817VA – died 1880VA m. 1849 Halifax, VA Margaret P. Crews +children

CHILD 4: JOHN GUTHREY
1771VA – 1791VA
Marital Status: Unmarried

Died “when he was 21, from catching cold with measles.:

Guthrey Children: 0
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

CHILD 5: SAMUEL GUTHREY
1773VA –
Marital Status: Betsy Barrows

Guthrey / Guthrie Children: 1
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Beverly B. Guthrie (living in 1889) m1.(a cousin) Martha Guthrie, m2. Emaline Clay – no children

CHILD 6: SALLY GUTHREY – (Parents Unverified)
1776VA – ????
Spouse: Frederick Clay

Salley Guthrey and Frederick Clay married on 18 December 1801 in Halifax County, Virginia (FHL Film 31918, p.46)

Clay Children: Unknown
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

CHILD 7: THOMAS GUTHREY – (Parents Unverified)
1777VA – Before 1827VA
Spouse: Mary ‘Polly’ Baskerville

The name Baskerville first appears in ‘American Guthrie and Allied Families’ on p.37 (IMG60) with the first introduction of Thomas Guthrey, the likely grandfather of this man. The author claimed Guthrey’s first wife was a Patsy Baskerville. His will was also signed in the presence of several individuals, one of whom was a Richard Baskerville. Whether or not there was a Baskerville connection in that first generation, it seems there is one in the third. A marriage bond dated 4 Dec 1793 between Thomas Guthrey and William Guthrey, bondsmen, for the marriage of Thomas Guthrey to Mary Baskerville (daughter of Richard Baskerville) was signed in Cumberland County, Virginia. George Baskerville, witness. Virginia records the marriage as occurring on 6 December 1793.

There are currently no YDNA participants to verify Thomas Guthrie and Mary Baskerville’s descendants as belonging to GFG4. Placement within the group seems likely, but Thomas’ placement among Travis’ sons still in question. The William Guthrey who was his bondsman might be his older brother. He might be his uncle, William Guthrey, or that William Guthrey and his wife Rebecca Noel could actually be his parents.

Thomas Guthrey died about 1837 in Halifax County, Virginia. His widow survived him. The names of the Guthrey-Baskerville children are all documented in a Chancery Case. Their birth order is unknown as most of them remain unidentified in census records. As the couple married in December of 1793, the children were likely born over a twenty-year span between 1794 and 1814. The Baskerville family chart indicates the two daughters remained unmarried, but does not mention the sons.

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

1.) Travis C Guthrey born 1794-1814VA – No further details
2.) Mary K Guthrey born 1794-1814 – No further details
3) Richard B Guthrey born 1796VA – died 1860 m.(1829 Halifax VA) Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ W Hart +children
4.) Martha A Guthrey born 1794-1814VA – No further details
5.) Edwin H Guthrey born 1794-1814 – No further details
6.) John B Guthrey born 1794-1814 – No further details
7.) William H Guthrey born 1794-1814 – No further details
8.) Thomas I Guthrey born 1794-1814 – No further details

CHILD 8: ELIZABETH GUTHREY
1779VA – 1865 TN
Spouse: Barnett Brackets Owen

Burial Stone reads: Elizabeth Guthery wife of Brackett Owen born Feb. 6. 1779 died Jan 1865.

Betsey Gutrey and Travis Gutrey marriage bond. 26 Oct 1795. Bride’s father: Travis Gutrey. (Halifax VA, p.31)
“Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940” Family Search

Children Staples and Sallie are buried at the same cemetery as their mother. Their gravestone carvings include that they are the son or dau. of B and E Owen. Bracket Owen is also named as the father in the marrriage records of daughters Temperance (1826), Frances (1831), Nancy (1832), Mary Jane (1836), Caroline T (1837), and Permelia (1839).

Owen Children: 9
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrey
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) Armistead Lewis Owen 1796VA – 1882 m.(1818 Halifax VA) Elizabeth Bates +children
2.) Nancy Owen born 1796-1816VA m. (1832 Halifax VA) William H Tucker -children unk
3.) Temperance Owen 1799-1800VA – Aft. 1860VA m. (1826 Halifax VA) Jesse Haley +children
4.) Mary Jane Owen born 1796-1816VA m. (1836 Halifax VA) Thomas P Compton – children unk
5.) Rev. Staples Owen 1806VA – 1892TN m.(1833 Halifax VA) Mary Elizabeth Street +children
6.) Frances Owen 1809-10VA – Aft 1880TN m. (1831Halifax VA) John Bayliss +children
7.) Caroline T Owen 1813-20VA – Aft 1880TN m.1837 Halifax VA) Haley Shaw +children
8.) Sarah ‘Sallie’ Owen 1813VA – 1896TN – unmarried
9.) Permelia Owen 1821-24VA – 1878WV m. (1839 Halifax VA) John H Wyatt +children

CHILD 9: JAMES GUTHREY
1783VA – 1850VA
Spouse: Mary ‘Polly’ Hubbard

James Guthrey was born about 1783 in Halifax, Virginia and married Polly Hubbard on 4 June 1810. They resided in Halifax County, Virginia throughout their lives. James was a farmer. Polly died about 1835. James died in 1850 after the census.

Guthrie Children: 7
Y-DNA Project Participants: YES
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

1.) Wesley Hill Guthrie 1817VA-1890VA m. (1847 Halifax VA) Elizabeth ‘Bettie’ Sparrow +children
2.) David Hill Guthrie 1817VA-1896VA m. (1846 Halifax VA) Mary Catherine Brown +children
3.) Chastain Coleman Guthrie 1820VA-1882VA m. (1850 Halifax, VA) Ann Elizabeth Sparrow +children
4.) Joseph Holmes Guthrie 1823VA-1863VA m. (1853 Halifax VA) Mary Ann E West +children
5.) Mary Guthrie 1825VA-Aft. 1850 – No further data (Is she the one who m. John Glass 3 Dec 1853?)
6.) Susan Ann Guthrie 1827VA – 1879VA m. (1846 Halifax VA) John Henry Cardwell +children
7.) Elizabeth ‘Eliza’ A Guthrie 1829VA-1896VA m. (1850 Halifax VA) Abner Richard Elder +children

CHILD 10: DENNETT HILL GUTHREY
1785VA – 1861VA
Spouse: Sarah ‘Sally’ Smallman Hart

Dennett Hill Guthrey was born on 4 February 1785. He was a soldier of the War of 1812 serving as a private in Dickinson’s 3rd Regiment of Virginia Militia. His marriage to Sarah Smallman Hart occurred when he was 36 years old on 23 August 1821 in Halifax County, Virginia. They had 7 children and remained in Halifax County where he was a farmer. Dennett died on 13 April 1861. His widow lived until 1874.

Guthrie Children: 7
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: YES

1.) Elijah Thomas Guthrie 1822VA-1824VA – “burned to death at the age of 18 months”
2.) William Watson Guthrie 1825VA-1892MO m. (1851 Halifax VA) Martha Elizabeth Sparrow +children
3.) Christopher Connell Guthrie 1827VA – ???? – No further details.
4.) James Travis Guthrie 1829VA – 1888VA m1. (1873 Henry VA) Lula Handyman Hairston, m2. (1885 Henry VA) Mary Penn – no children
5.) Eppa Dennett Guthrie 1832VA – 1888VA m1. (1857 Halifax VA)Perlina Jennings +children, m2. (1863 VA) Nancy Katherine Franklin +children
6.) Catherine Elizabeth Guthrie 1835VA – aft 1910 VA m. abt 1898VA James H Brown Jr – step children
7.) Nancy Hill Guthrie 1842VA – 1895VA m.1868 Halifax VA) James H Brown Jr +children

CHILD 11: ELIJAH GUTHREY
1791VA – 1850-60VA
Spouse: Jartney Vaughan

A farmer, Elijah Guthrey was born about 1791 in Halifax County, Virginia. He married on 7 February 1822 to Gartney Vaughan by whom he had six sons. He died sometime between 1850 and 1860 after which Jartney was listed as the head of household in the 1860 census.

Guthrey Children: 6
Y-DNA Project Participants: NONE
Autosomal DNA Participants: NONE

1.) William Watson Guthrie 1825VA-1890MO m. (1851 Halifax VA) Martha Elizabeth Sparrow +children
2.) Nicholas Guthrie 1829VA – Aft. 1850 – No further details
3.) Elijah T Guthrie 1832VA – Aft. 1860 m. (1859 Halifax VA) Mary A F Walker – children unknown
4.) Robert H Guthrie 1834VA – Aft. 1850 – No further details
5.) Paul W Guthrie 1838VA – 1863PA – died at Gettysburg
6.) Ellis Guthrie 1843VA – Aft. 1850 – No further details

READING and RESOURCES

Halifax Co., VA Deed Book 9, pg. 39 dated 15 Apr. 1773. – Travise Gutrey is mentioned as an adjoining landowner

Halifax Co., VA Deed Book 9, pg. 172 – Sept. 15, 1773 Travis Guttery purchased for 18 pounds 200 acres (more or less) on Bates Branch from William Hill. Rec. 18 Nov. 1773

Halifax Co., VA Deed Book 10, pg. 295. 16 Jun 1777 Travis Guthery is mentioned as an adjoining landowner.

Halifax Co., VA Deed Book 10, pg. 398. 27 Sep. 1777 – Travis Guthrey is mentioned as an adjoining landowner.

Halifax Co., VA Deed Book 11, pg. 53. 18 June 1778 – Travis Guthrey sold to Joseph Mullins for 47 pounds about 200 acres on the branches of Bates Branch – Anne, wife of Travis relinquished her dower. Rec. 18 June 1778.

Halifax Co., VA Deed Book 11, pg. 72. 19 June 1778 – Travis Guthery purchased from John Chisum of Amelia Co., for 75 pounds about 130 acres on branches of Childres Cr. Rec. 16 July 1778.

Halifax Co., VA Deed Book 11, pg. 336. 8 Sept. 1779. Travis (Travise) Guttrey purchased from William Dean for 250 pounds about 100 acres on Spider Creek, a branch of Childrew Cr. Rec. 16 Sept. 1779

Halifax Co., VA Deed Book 12, pg. 213. 12 Nov. 1781. Travis Guthrey is mentioned as an adjoining landowner.

Halifax Co., VA Deed Book 15, pg. 318. 23 Apr. 1792. Travis Gutrey purchased from Joseph Collier of Edgefield SC for 150 pounds about 440 acres bounded by Spider Creek. Rec. 23 Apr. 1792

Halifax Co., VA Chancery Suit 1825-017 indicates that William Jennings was appointed administrator of Travis Guthrie’s estate in 1818

BOOK: Guthrie, Lawrence R. (1933). ‘Anerucan Guthrie and Allied Families.‘, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Kerr Printing Co. (Digital Repository: Ancestry.com – Searchable Database-Online)
Travis Guthrey and descendants begin on Book I, Page 50 (IMG 73 of 791)

COURT RECORDS: CHANCERY CASE – GUTHREY VS. GUTHREY (Library of Virginia)
Plaintiffs: Thomas I Guthrey, William H Guthrey, John B Guthrey, Edmund Guthrey, and John S Jennings
Defendants: Mary Guthrey (widow), William Jennings (admr of Thomas Guthrey, decd), Martha Guthrey, Richard B Guthrey, Mary K Guthrey, Frances C Guthrey, Travis Guthrey, and Edwin Guthrey
Slaves: Peggy

RESEARCH: You can search the Library of Virginia Chancery Records Index by Surname and County to find more Chancery Court Records.

RESEARCH: Library of Virginia
Donated Bible Records Collection! Does anyone have access to get copies?
Guthrie-Coleman Family. 5 leaves, photocopies.
Bible of William Guthrie (b. 1751). Area covered is Buckingham County,
Virginia. Record includes a typed transcript. Other surnames mentioned: Guthrey, Noel, Noell, and White. Part of Miscellaneous Bible Records Collection 99. Gift of the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution. (53597)

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