Adam Guthrie, of Kentucky

Guthrie DNA Project Designation: GFG7
Haplogroup: R-M512 / R-M198
Geni Y-DNA Link: No
Name Alert! Not the same as Adam Guthrie, or Adam Guthrie, or Adam Guthrie
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Refer to Floyd Guthrie's database on Adam Guthrie and Mary Anderson "Pioneer Family of East Tennessee" for additional history, documents, and photos.

According to his origin story, Adam Guthrie, the “immigrant ancestor of the Guthrie family in East Tennessee came to America from Ireland in the latter half of the 18th century and found his way to Kentucky.” Another version told by descendants is that Adam, who had been born in Ireland, went to Scotland prior to his journey across the Atlantic. His exact port of arrival is unknown, but Adam likely lived in Augusta County, VA for a time as that was the residence of his future wife’s family, the Andersons. He settled in a few places that no longer exist. During the 1770s he was a resident of Fincastle County, Virginia. It was formed from Botetourt County in 1772, but abolished in 1776. By the 1780s, Adam was living in the Western Territories of North Carolina, in what is now present day Sullivan County, Tennessee. He was one of many resident of the short-lived State of Franklin petitioning for release of obligations, taxation, and duties to the North Carolina government. In 1793, Adam Guthrie received a land grant for 123 acres along the north bank of the French Broad River in Greene County, NC (now Sevier, TN). When two of his sons, James and George, moved to Cumberland County, Kentucky, the family followed settling along Illwill Creek in the region of the Upper Cumberland River in present day Clinton County, Kentucky.

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Not the same as Adam Guthrie, or Adam Guthrie, or Adam Guthrie

This family is included in the same genetic group and therefore shares a common Guthrie ancestor with:
Daniel Guthrie and Jane Flinn (Pennsylvania/Indiana)
John Guthrie and Jean/Jane Dunlop (A line from 1700s Scotland leading to Australia)
William Guthery and Elizabeth Copeland (Virginia/Arkansas)
John Guthrie and Betty Logan (Scotland)
Refer to the Guthrie DNA Project and Guthrie Genealogy: Guthrie Ancestry and Genetic Genealogy
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