John Franklin Guthrie 1802AL-1858TX & Mary Swoap
of Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas, USA

CONTENTS:
Origin Theories
The Family of John Franklin Guthrie & Mary Swoap
Historical Highlights
The Guthrie DNA Project

ORIGIN THEORIES for GFG11 – BRANCH C

Just like the other branches of Guthrie Family Group 11, descendants of John Franklin Guthrie & Mary Swoap match the same genetic profile that appears to originate with the Ballew/Ballou surname. It is likely that John is a descendant of Branch A’s George Guthrie & Mary Young or a collateral line that is closely related.

A clue to John Franklin Guthrie’s origins may come from his wife’s family. John and Mary married in Tennessee. Her father, George Swoap, appears to be enumerated in the 1820 Census of Franklin County, TN. Typically, the groom is living in or near the same location as the bride, so it is possible that John and his family were living in the area about 1822 when the marriage occurred.

There are 2 Guthrie families living in Franklin County, TN during 1820.

Family #1: James Guthrie Household
1 – Male – 45 and over (Before 1776)
1 – Female – 26-44 (1776-1794)
1 – Male – 16-25 fits subset of 1 – Male – 16-18 (1802-1804)
2 – Females – 16-25 (1795-1804)
2 – Males – 10-15 (1805-1810)
1 – Female – 10-15 (1805-1810)
4 – Males – under 10 (1811-1820)
3 – Females – under 10 (1811-1820)
Note: This family has a son who fits John’s age, and has no known GFG association. Potential to be John’s family.

Family #2: Dudley Guthrie Household
1 – Male – 26-44
1 – Female – 26-44
1 – Male 10-15 (1805-1810)
1 – Female 10-15 (1805-1810)
1 – Male under 10 (1811-1820)
2 Persons in Agriculture
Note: Dudley descends from GFG1A. This would not be John’s family.

The 1850 census does list his birth location as Tennessee, however, his tombstone lists Alabama. His family may have assumed his birth was in Alabama if he lived there when his children were still young.

THE FAMILY of JOHN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE & MARY SWOAP

JOHN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
Born: 15 September 1802
Location: Tennessee, USA (Census Data) or Alabama, USA (Gravestone)
Married: Mary Swoap about 1822 in Tennessee, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Died: 11 November 1858
Location: Burleson County, Texas, USA
Buried: (Old) Guthrie Cemetery in Lee County, Texas, USA

MARY SWOAP
Born: 19 December 1803
Location: Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Sons: George Washington Guthrie (1823), William Carpenter Guthrie (1827), Alexander Guthrie (1832), John Franklin Guthrie (1834), Samuel David Guthrie (1838), Ulysses Guthrie (1839), Thomas Blekely Paschal Guthrie (1843), Franklin Guthrie (1848)
Daughters: Elizabeth Guthrie (1825), Nancy Ellen Guthrie (1836), Minerva Guthrie (1837), Mary Elizabeth Guthrie (1838), Sarah Guthrie (1846)

CHILDREN:

GEORGE WASHINGTON GUTHRIE
1823TN-1902TX

The eldest son of the family was George Washington Guthrie born on 2 July 1823 in Tennessee. He married in Caldwell, Burleson, Texas at the age of 24 to Permelia Ann Fokes on 18 Jan 1848. They lived in Burleson County until after the 1870 census and them moved to Lee County. Children: Joseph Daniel Guthrie (1849), Charles Franklin Guthrie (1851), Frances A Guthrie (1854), Catherine Elizabeth Guthrie (1856), Thomas A Guthrie (1858), Permelia Ann ‘Amelia’ Guthrie (1861), and Laura Guthrie (1867). George died in Lexington, Lee, Texas on 10 April 1902, and Permelia on 24 July 1922. They are buried in the (Old) Guthrie Cemetery in Lee County.

Children: 7
Sons: Joseph Daniel Guthrie (1849), Charles Franklin Guthrie (1851), Thomas A Guthrie (1858)
Daughters: Frances A Guthrie (1854), Catherine Elizabeth Guthrie (1856), Permelia Ann ‘Amelia’ Guthrie (1861), and Laura Guthrie (1867)

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

ELIZABETH GUTHRIE
1825TN/AL-1870TX

Betty Guthrie was born on 23 October 1825 in Tennessee or Alabama, USA. Both locations are listed in Census Records. She married Ulysses Wilkerson Boswell on 20 July 1842. Note that John and Mary also named a son Ulysses in 1839, which suggests they probably knew Boswell a few years before his marriage to their eldest daughter. Betty and Ulysses lived in Burleson, TX. Children: George Washington Boswell (1844), Polina Jane Boswell (1846), Richard Thomas Boswell (1848), Martha Boswell (1850), Mary Ann Boswell (1851), Charles T Boswell (1854), John Ransom Boswell (1857), Ulysses W Boswell (1861), Perkins Boswell (1863). Ulysses Wilkerson Boswell died in Burleson County, Texas on 8 March 1863, and Betty on 25 May 1870. They are buried in the (Old) Guthrie Cemetery in Lee County, Texas.

Children: 9
Sons: George Washington Boswell (1844), Richard Thomas Boswell (1848), Charles T Boswell (1854), John Ransom Boswell (1857), Ulysses W Boswell (1861), Perkins Boswell (1863)
Daughters: Polina Jane Boswell (1846), Martha Boswell (1850), Mary Ann Boswell (1851)

Family Finder Participants: No

WILLIAM CARPENTER GUTHRIE
1827TN/AL-1877TX

William Carpenter Guthrie was born either in Tennessee or Alabama per the 1850 and 1860 census records. His DOB is 13 November 1827. He was twice married, first to Harriet Holcomb whom he married on 18 January 1848 in Burleson County, Texas. They had no children. Harriet died in 1860. William married again about 1867 to Elizabeth Carolina Snavely by whom he had two daughters Eula J Guthrie (1869) and Naomi Guthrie (1872), and one son, Robert Vernon Guthrie (1876). Elizabeth died 29 March 1877. William’s DOD occurred only 2 months later on 23 May 1877 in Lee County. He is buried at the (Old) Guthrie Cemetery in Lee County, TX.

Children: 4
Sons: Robert Vernon Guthrie (1876)
Daughters: Eula J Guthrie (1869), Naomi Guthrie (1872)

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

ALEXANDER GUTHRIE
1832AL – Unknown

Unlike his older siblings, the 1850 census indiates that Alexander Guthrie was born in Alabama. He was 18 years old, single, and living with his parents and siblings in Burleson County, TX at the time of that census. No further data.

JOHN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
1834AL-1901TX

John Franklin Guthrie was born in March of 1834 in Alabama. He married at the age of 18 to Mary Thompson in Burleson County, TX on 21 August 1852. They lived in that county and raised their children there. Mary died in 1895. John Franklin Guthrie appears to have remarried to an Agnes (MNU) after 1895 in Milam County, TX. He died about 1901 in Milam County, Texas.

Children: 10
Sons: James H Guthrie (1856), George W (1860), Joseph Allen Guthrie (1862), Thomas Franklin Guthrie (1872)
Daughters: Nancy Mary Guthrie (1855), Sarah A Guthrie (1858), Catherine Guthrie (1867), Dora Guthrie (1869), Hallie Guthrie (1875), Martha E Guthrie (1878).

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

NANCY ELLEN GUTHRIE
1836AL – Unknown

I am not 100% certain about this child, but the timeframe and locations seem to fit this family. Nancy Eleanor/Ellen Guthrie was born 1832-1836 in Alabama. She married Samuel A Chilson in Burleson County, Texas on 4 December 1850. They had 3 children and moved between Texas and California back to Texas and then to the Arizona Territory. Dates of death and locations unknown.

Children: 3
Sons: James Chilson (1852)
Daughters: Mary E Chilson (1854), Sarah Chilson (1856)

Family Finder Participants: No

MINERVA GUTHRIE
1837TX – After 1860

Both the 1850 and 1860 censuses list Minerva’s birth location as Texas. She was born about 1837. She married George B Hadon in Burleson County, TX on 30 August 1854. They had 3 known children listed in the 1860 census of Burleson, but I have lost track of the family after that date.

Children: 3
Sons: John F Hadon (1857), Thomas Haden (1860)
Daughters: Nancy Hadon (1858)

Family Finder Participants: No

MARY ELIZABETH GUTHRIE
1838 – After 1880

Mary Elizabeth Guthrie was born in Texas on 14 December 1838. She first married Jesse Daniel Locklin on 30 Dec 1858 in Burleson County, TX with whom she had 1 daughter, Harriet Emiline (1862), and 1 son, Samuel Lloyd (1862). Jesse died in 1863. About 5 years later, Mary remarried to George Jones. They had 3 children: George & Richard Lee (1869) and Dosha P (1873). George died before the 1880 census, and Mary sometime after that.

Children: 5
Locklin Sons: Samuel Lloyd Locklin (1862)
Locklin Daughters: Harriet Emiline Locklin (1862)
Jones Sons: George Jones (1869), Richard Lee Jones (1869)
Jones Daughters: Dosha P Jones (1873)

Family Finder Participants: No

SAMUEL DAVID GUTHRIE
1838TX-1916TX

Samuel David Guthrie was born in Burleson County, Texas on 14 December 1838, a twin to Mary Elizabeth Guthrie. He married Margaret Harris on 15 October 1857 in Burleson. Samuel was a Civil War Soldier enlisted in Company C, Texas 21st Cavalry Regiment as a private. They settled in Milam County by 1870 and were parents to 11 children. Margaret died in 1910 and Samuel in 1916. They are buried at the (Old) Guthrie Cemetery in Lee County, TX.

Children: 11
Sons: James Guthrie (1858), Thomas B Guthrie (1862), William C Guthrie (1864), Ulysses B Guthrie (1867), Samuel Guthrie (1878), Richard Leonard Guthrie (1885)
Daughters: Mary Elizabeth Guthrie (1860), Martha Guthrie (1869), Carrie Lee Guthrie (1873), Annie Jane Guthrie (1876), Cornelia Guthrie (1881)

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

ULYSSES GUTHRIE
1839TX-1875TX

Ulysses Guthrie was born 14 September 1839 in Texas, USA. He was a Civil War Confederate Soldier enlisted as a private in the 10th Regiment of Texas Infantry (Nelson’s). He appears to have remained single. He died on 20 May 1875 in Texas and is buried at (Old) Guthrie Cemetery in Lee County, TX.

THOMAS BLAKELY PASCHAL GUTHRIE
1843TX-1878TX

Thomas was born on 15 January 1843 in Burleson County, Texas. At 23, he married Martha Ann Locklin. They settled in Milam County to farm. Like his brother Ulysses, Thomas enlisted as a private in the 10th Regiment of Texas Infantry (Nelson’s) in the Confederate Army. He survived the war, but died young at the age of 35 on 23 September 1878 in Texas. He is buried at the (Old) Guthrie Cemetery in Lee County. His widow Martha lived until 1933.

Children: 6
Unidentified Gender: J.N. Guthrie (1866)
Sons: Altimon L Guthrie (1870), Thomas Paschal Guthrie (1878)
Daughters: Ozella A Guthrie (1866), Marciline E Guthrie (1872), Era Garter Guthrie (1876)

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

SARAH GUTHRIE
1846TX – After 1850

Little seems to be known about Sarah Guthrie. She was born about 1846 in Texas, and was listed on the 1850 census with her parents as a 4 year old. Her mother died in 1855 and father in 1858, so it is possible that she was living with relatives during the 1860 census. No further details found.

FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
1848TX-1915TX

Frank Guthrie was born about July of 1848 in Burelson County, Texas. He married Caroline Cornelia Large about 1870 and they settled in Milam County, Texas. Frank died in 1915, and his widow in 1941. Frank is buried at Locklin Cemetery in San Gabriel, Milam, Texas.

Children: 10
Sons: Hughlin F Guthrie (1872), James Nelson Guthrie (1874), Thomas Dono Guthrie (1878), William Ulysses Guthrie (1880), Elbert Joseph Guthrie (1886)
Daughters: Addie Minerva Guthrie (1876), Ethel Cinderella Guthrie (1885), Mattie Pearl Guthrie (1887), Ethel S Guthrie (1889), Cornelia Frances Guthrie (1894)

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

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS

1802: BIRTH of JOHN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
Tennessee, USA on 15 September 1802

1803: BIRTH of MARY SWOAP
Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA on 19 December 1803

Daughter of George Swoap (1754-1830) and Marty Caperton (1757-1837)

About 1822: MARRIAGE of JOHN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE & MARY SWOAP
Tennessee, USA

1823: BIRTH of SON – GEORGE WASHINGTON GUTHRIE
Tennessee, USA on 2 July 1823

1825: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – ELIZABETH ‘BETTY’ GUTHRIE
Alabama, USA on 23 October 1825

1827: BIRTH of SON – WILLIAM CARPENTER GUTHRIE
Alabama, USA on 13 November 1827

1830: US CENSUS of ALABAMA
Jackson County, Alabama, USA

JOHN F GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD:
2 – Males – 20-29 (1801-1810)
1 – Female – 20-29 (1801-1810)
1 – Male – 15-19 (1811-1815)
1 – Male – 5-9 (1821-1825)
1 – Male – Under 5 (1826-1830)
2 – Females – Under 4 (1826-1830)

About 1832: BIRTH of SON – ALEXANDER GUTHRIE
Alabama, USA, presumably in Jackson County

1834: BIRTH of SON – JOHN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
Alabama, USA, presumably in Jackson County, about March 1834

1835-1836: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – NANCY ELLEN GUTHRIE
Alabama, USA, presumably in Jackson County

Census records indicate that Nancy was born in Alabama about 1836. The year may have been 1835 as the family reportedly moved to Texas in April 1835.

1835: REMOVED to TEXAS

The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Vol 1 includes a short summary of the John Franklin Guthrie family, ancestors of DAR member Mrs Frankie Glaze, 7466. She indicates that the Guthrie family “arrived in Washington County, Texas in April 1835. John was listed as a soldier in the Washington Guards in 1838. On Nov. 13, 1845, he was issued on league and one labor of land situated in Milam County, TX on the waters of Brushy Creek.”

The obituary of son George Washington Guthrie indicates the year of their removal to Texas was 1837.

1836: BATTLE of the ALAMO
San Antonio, Texas – 23 Feb to 6 March 1836

Added here to provide some perspective in the timeline of Texas history. There is no known connection between this Guthrie line and the Alamo.

1836: FORMATION of the REPUBLIC of TEXAS

“The Republic of Texas (Spanish: República de Tejas) was a sovereign state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. It was bordered by Mexicoto the west and southwest, the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast, the two U.S. states of Louisiana and Arkansas to the east and northeast, and United States territoriesencompassing parts of the current U.S. states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico to the north and west. The citizens of the republic were known as Texians.”
(Wikipedia)

1836: WASHINGTON COUNTY GUARD
Washington County, Republic of Texas on 7 April 1836

Muster Roll: 7 April 1836
Guthrie, John F., Corporal
Commanding Officer: Chance, J.B., Captain
Organization: Washington County Guard

About 1837: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – MINERVA GUTHRIE
Republic of Texas

1838: BIRTH of TWINS – MARY ELIZABETH & SAMUEL DAVID GUTHRIE
Republic of Texas on 14 December 1838

1839: BIRTH of SON – ULYSSES GUTHRIE
Republic of Texas on 14 September 1839

1840: US CENSUS RECORDS – Not Present

The Guthrie family is not found in the 1840 census of Alabama. If the birth locations of Nancy, Minerva and Mary are correct, the family was already in Texas by this date. At the time, Texas was a sovereign republic and not part of the USA.

1842: MARRIAGE of DAUGHTER – ELIZABETH ‘BETTY’ GUTHRIE
Washington County, Republic of Texas on 20 July 1842

Betty Guthrie married Ulysses Wilkerson Boswell, a farmer born in Tennessee. They lived in Burleson County, TX with their children: George Washington Boswell (1844), Polina Jane Boswell (1846), Richard Thomas Boswell (1848), Martha Boswell (1850), Mary Boswell (1851), Charles T Boswell (1854), John Ransom Boswell (1857), Ulysses Wilkerson Boswell (1861), and Perkins Boswell (1863). Betty’s husband died on 8 March 1863 and she died 25 May 1870 at the age of 44.

1843: BIRTH of SON – THOMAS BLAKELY PASCHAL GUTHRIE
Republic of Texas on 15 January 1843

1846: FORMATION of BURLESON COUNTY, TEXAS

TSHA
“Burleson County, in east central Texas, lies approximately forty-five miles east of the state capital at Austin and is bordered by Milam County on the north, on the east by Robertson and Brazos counties, on the south by Washington County, and on the west by Lee County.” 

“Anglo-American settlement within the bounds of the future Burleson County began some time after the founding of Stephen F. Austin’s first colony in the early 1820s and proceeded very slowly. The Old San Antonio Road was specified as the northern boundary of the colony, yet before the mid-1830s only a handful of settlers had actually taken up residence in the territory south of the road and north of Yegua Creek.” 

Burleson County was formed from Milam and Washington Counties with Caldwell, Texas as the county seat.

1845: US ANNEXATION of the REPUBLIC of TEXAS

Texas joined the union as the 28th state.

1846: TEXAS TAX LISTS
Burleson County, Texas

John F. Guthrie, Burleson County, No Township Listed, 1846

About 1846: BIRTH of DAUGHTER – SARAH GUTHRIE
Burleson County Texas, USA

1846-1848: THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

(Wikipedia)
“The Mexican War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, not formally recognized by the Mexican government, disputing the Treaties of Velasco signed by Mexican caudillo President/General Antonio López de Santa Anna after the Texas Revolution a decade earlier. In 1845, newly elected U.S. President James K. Polk, who saw the annexation of Texas as the first step towards a further expansion of the United States, sent troops to the disputed area and a diplomatic mission to Mexico. After Mexican forces attacked U.S. forces, Polk cited this in his request that Congress declare war.”

“The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, forced onto the remnant Mexican government, ended the war and enforced the Mexican Cession of the northern territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México to the United States. The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million compensation for the physical damage of the war and assumed $3.25 million of debt already owed earlier by the Mexican government to U.S. citizens. Mexico acknowledged the loss of what became the State of Texas and accepted the Rio Grande as its northern border with the United States.”

1848: MARRIAGE of SON – GEORGE WASHINGTON GUTHRIE
Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA on 18 January 1848

George married Permelia Ann Fokes. They had 3 sons: Joseph Daniel Guthrie (1849), Charles Franklin Guthrie (1851), Thomas A Guthrie (1858), and 4 daughters: Frances A Guthrie (1854), Catherine Elizabeth Guthrie (1856), Permelia Ann Guthrie (1861), and Laura Guthrie (1867). George was a farmer. His obituary reveals that he was also a soldier. George “was with Houston when Santa Anna was captured; rode the borders to keep back invaders in the forties. He joined the Masonic Lodge in 1861 and the Royal Arch degree was conferred on him in 1867.” The obit also tells of a 7th unidentified son whose 34th birthday was the day of George’s death on 10 April 1902.

1848: BIRTH of SON – FRANKLIN ‘FRANK’ GUTHRIE
Burleson County, Texas, USA about July 1848

1848: MARRIAGE of SON – WILLIAM CARPENTER GUTHRIE
Burleson County, Texas, USA on 18 January 1848

This was the first of two marriages for William Carpenter Guthrie. He married Harriet Holcomb on 18 January 1848. They had no children. The 1860 census of Burleson County lists them with two teenage boys in the household, but these are William’s younger brothers, Thomas and Franklin, who apparently lived with him after their father’s death 2 years before. Harriet died in 1860 and William eventually remarried about 7 years later to Elizabeth Caroline Snavely. They had Eula J Guthrie (1869), Naomi Guthrie (1872), and Robert Vernon Guthrie (1876).

1850: US CENSUS of TEXAS
Burleson and Brazos, Burleson County, Texas, USA

THE JOHN GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD:
Dwelling 34
Family 34
John Guthrie 47 M Farming RE:1264 TN
Mary Guthrie 36 F TN
Alexander Guthrie 19 M Farming AL
John Guthrie 16 M Farming AL
Minerva Guthrie 14 F Texas
Mary Guthrie 11 F Texas
Samuel Guthrie 11 M Texas
Ulysses Guthrie 8 M Texas
Thomas Guthrie 6 M Texas
Sarah Guthrie 4 F Texas
Franklin Guthrie 1 M Texas

THE GEORGE GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD:
Dwelling: 36
Family: 36
George Guthrie 26 M Farming RE: 760 TN
Permelia 17 F FL
John 1 M TN

THE WILLIAM GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD:
Dwelling: 38
Family: 38
William Guthrie 21 M Farming RE: 250 TN
Harriet Guthrie 24 F SC
Margaret 21 F SC (Margaret Holcomb)
Cinthia 19 F SC (Cinthia Holcomb)
Mahala 7 F Texas (Mahala Holcomb)

1850: MARRIAGE of DAUGHTER – NANCY ELLEN GUTHRIE
Burleson County Texas, USA on 4 December 1850

Nancy married Samuel A Chilson with who she had 3 children: James Chilson (1852), Mary E Chilson (1854), and Sarah Chilson (1856). This couple moved to California, returned to Texas, and then moved again to the Arizona Territory where I have lost track of them.

1852: MARRIAGE of SON – JOHN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE (JR)
Burleson County, Texas, USA on 21 August 1852

John married Mary Thompson. They lived in Burleson and Milam Counties with their children: Nancy Mary Guthrie (1855), James H Guthrie (1856), Sarah A Guthrie (1858), George W Guthrie (1860), Joseph Allen Guthrie (1862), Catherine Guthrie (1867), Dora Guthrie (1869), Thomas Franklin Guthrie (1872), Hallie Guthrie (1875), Martha E Guthrie (1878). Mary died in 1895. John remarried toward the end of his life to Agnes (MNU). He died in 1901.

1854: MARRIAGE of DAUGHTER – MINERVA GUTHRIE
Burleson County, Texas, USA on 30 August 1854

Minerva Guthrie married George B Hadon with whom she had 3 children: John F Hadon (1857), Nancy Hadon (1858), and Thomas Hadon (1860). She died at the young age of 23 in Burleson County, TX.

1857: MARRIAGE of SON – SAMUEL DAVID GUTHRIE
Burleson County, Texas, USA on 15 October 1857

Samuel married Margaret Harris and they settled in Milam County, TX. They had 11 children: James Guthrie (1858), Mary Elizabeth Guthrie (1860), Thomas B Guthrie (1862), William C Guthrie (1864), Ulysses B Guthrie (1867), Martha Guthrie (1869), Carrie Lee Guthrie (1873), Annie Jane Guthrie (1876), Samuel Guthrie (1878), Cornelia Guthrie (1881), and Richard Leonard Guthrie (1885). Margaret died in 1910 and Samuel in 1918.

1858: MARRIAGE (2nd) of JOHN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE (SR)
Burleson County, Texas, USA on 14 October 1858

John Franklin Guthrie married Lucinda Boswell nee Gammell less than a month before his death.

1858: DEATH of JOHN FRANKLIN GUTHRIE (SR)
Burleson County, Texas, USA on 11 November 1858

John is buried at the (Old) Guthrie Cemetery in Lee County, TX. Parts of Lee County were originally in Burleson County, TX.

1858: MARRIAGE of MARY ELIZABETH GUTHRIE
Burleson County, Texas, USA on 30 December 1858

A little over a month after her father’s death, Mary Elizabeth Guthrie married her first husband, Jesse Daniel Locklin. They had 2 children: Harriet Emiline Locklin (1862) and Samuel Lloyd Locklin (1862). About 5 years after Jesse’s 1863 death Mary remarried to George Jones with whom she had George Jones (1869), Richard Lee Jones (1869), and Dosha P Jones (1873). These couples lived in Milam County, TX.

1860: US CENSUS of TEXAS
Burleson County, Texas, USA

THE GEORGE GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD
No Township Stated
G W Guthrie 36 M Farmer RE: 1200 PE: 5000 TN
Permelia Guthrie 28 F Florida
John D Guthrie 11 M TX attended school
Charles F Guthrie 9 M TX attended school
Frances A Guthrie 6 F TX attended school
Catherine E Guthrie 4 F TX
Thomas A Guthrie 2 M TX

THE JOHN GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD
No Township Stated
John W Guthrie 26 Farmer PE: 1050 AL
Mary Guthrie 24 MO
William J Guthrie 7 M TX
Nancy Guthrie 5 F TX
James H Guthrie 4 M TX
Sarah Guthrie 2 F TX
George W Guthrie 1/12 M TX

THE WILLIAM GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD
No Township Stated
W C Guthrie 32 M Farmer RE:5782 PE:8525 AL
H Guthrie 35 F SC
Thomas Guthrie 16 M Farm Laborer PE:240 TX attended school [Brother]
Franklin Guthrie 12 M TX attended school
M Holcum 29 F SC
Cynthia Solcum 27 F SC
Mahala Solcum 16 F TX

1861: TEXAS SECESSION from the USA / JOINS CONFEDERATE STATES

The U.S. state of Texas declared its secession from the United States of America on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States on March 2, 1861.

1866: MARRIAGE of SON – THOMAS BLAKELY PASCHAL GUTHRIE
Milam County, Texas, USA on 15 August 1866

Thomas Guthrie married Martha Ann Locklin. They had 6 children: J.N. Guthrie (1866), Ozella A Guthrie (1866), Altimon L Guthrie (1870), Marciline E Guthrie (1872), Era Garter Guthrie (1876), and Thomas Paschal Guthrie (1878). Thomas died at the age of 35 on 23 Sep 1878. His wife Martha lived until 1933.

About 1870: MARRIAGE of SON – FRANKLIN GUTHRIE
Texas, USA, presumably in Burleson or Milam County

Franklin Guthrie married Caroline Cornelia Large. They settled in Milam County, TX. Their children were: Hughlin F Guthrie (1872), James Nelson Guthrie (1874), Addie Minerva Guthrie (1876), Thomas Dono Guthrie (1878), William Ulysses Guthrie (1880), Ethel Cinderilla Guthrie (1885), Elbert Joseph Guthrie (1886), Mattie Pearl Guthrie (1887), Ethel S Guthrie (1889), and Cornelia Frances Guthrie (1894). Franklin died in 1915 at the age of 67. His widow died in 1941.

1876: DEATH of 2nd WIFE – LUCINDA (GAMMEL) GUTHRIE
Hearne, Robertson County, Texas, USA on 19 October 1876

THE GUTHRIE DNA PROJECT

Guthrie Family Group: GFG11
Group Designation: Branch C – (The Guthries of Burleson, TX)

Haplogroup: R-M269
Confirmed Haplogroup: R-A10673

YDNA Matches:
Kit 152669 (+FF)
John Franklin Guthrie/Mary Swoap > No Further Lineage Info Provided

Family Finder / Autosomal DNA Kits:

Kit 377590
John Franklin Guthrie/MarySwoap > Franklin Guthrie/Caroline Cornelia Large > Hughlin F Guthrie/Emma Bingham (GGP) +more

Kit B486143 (Guthrie Male with FF Only)
John Franklin Guthrie/Mary Swoap > Franklin Guthrie/Caroline Cornelia Large > Hughlin F Guthrie/Emma Bingham > Fred Dee Guthrie/Grace Lee Ruff (GGP) +more

Findings:

Kit 152669 has a Y37 marker kit matching Group Mode DNA 37/37. This is a small genetic group with very few mutations between them, suggesting a closer relationship between the various branches.