> Ginny: > I have always felt (but never been able to prove) that my Guthrie > family > was related to the Graves family. My Guthrie family (Robert Guthrie, Sr. > and wife Martha Jane Norwood Guthrie) were in Giles Co., Tn. as early as > 1812 (per tax list). One of the sons of Robert, Sr. and Martha Jane > Norwood > Guthrie was Robert Guthrie, Jr. who married Ann Beal. The oldest child of > Robert, Jr. and Ann Beal Guthrie was named Granderson GRAVES Guthrie. Do > you have any Guthrie's in your Graves family? > Thanks. > Betty Guthrie McCollum Betty, were any of your Guthries related to the Guthries over in Lincoln co? I'm wondering if my John Guthrie born @1771 in VA married to a Jane born @ 1780-1790 might be a brother to your Robert? According to Goodspeed's History of TN John & family settled at the site of Dance & Waggoners mill about 1820. His oldest daughter Elizabeth was born 1800 in NC and married a BAxter. His oldest son James C Guthrie had to have been in TN prior to 1818 as he enlisted in the 20th R Mounted Gunmen against the SEminole Indians. So it's possible that that John was also in TN at that time but perhaps in a different area. Tyring to figure out who John's parents were has been a needle in a haystack ;-) mary