This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Guthrie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IBh.2ACIB/1306 Message Board Post: The following comes from the Williams County chapter, page 846, Vol. II of "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~henryhowesbook/index.html "Among the first settlers in Williams county were James GUTHRIE, who settled in Springfield township in 1827; Samuel HOLTON, who came to St. Joseph township the same year; John ZEDIKER, John PERKINS, Josiah PACKARD, Rev. Thomas J. PRETTYMAN, Mrs. Mary LEONARD and her three sons-in-law, James OVERLEAS, Sebastian FRAME, John HECKMAN, John STUBBS."