Display Patriot - P-334154 - John GUTHERY/GUTHERIE/GUTHRIE
John GUTHERY/GUTHERIE/GUTHRIE
SAR Patriot #:
P-334154
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Author: Thomas Lee Francis
John Guthery (Guthrie) was born February 12, 1755 of Scotch-Irish parents. He was a prominent pioneer settler on the Monongahela, near the mouth of the Big Whiteley Creek in the portion of Virginia, which became a part of Greene County, Pennsylvania.
In May 1776, he enlisted in Captain May's company of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental line, under the command of Colonel Aeneas McCay, and recruited at Fort Pitt. They joined Washington's army at Quibbletown, New Jersey. He took part in battle at Brandywine, Germantown, and Mount Brook, NJ. He was made an ensign at Fort Macintosh and elected captain of a militia company upon his return to the Monongahela. Upon further service, he became a Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Regiment Pennsylvania Militia of Washington County. His sons William and Archibald fought under him there.
He married Lydia Baldwin on March 13, 1771 and had twelve children, who were William, Archibald, John, Francis, George, Elizabeth, Priscilla, Aaron, Rebecca, Moses, Joseph and Lydia. In 1798, he and his family migrated to the dense forest of Ohio, where he became a prominent citizen and was known as Colonel Guthery. His granddaughter was famed Mother Stuart, a famous Civil War nurse and temperance Reformer.
John Guthery died June 1, 1823 and is buried in Indian Mound Cemetery in Piketon, Ohio. His tombstone is decorated as a patriot of the American Revolutionary War.
SUBMITTED BY Thomas Lee Francis, SAR Member 189433, San Diego (CA) Chapter Scott Thomas Francis, SAR Member 189699, San Diego (CA) Chapter Kevin Lee Francis, SAR Member 189434, San Diego (CA) Chapter Cole Thomas Francis, SAR Member 189700, San Diego (CA) Chapter
Born April 14, 1744 at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was a Militia Captain at Washington County, Pennsylvania from 1780 to 1790. He married Lydia Baldwin (1755-1816) March 13, 1771; children: twelve, including Joseph, John, Moses and Rebecca. He received a Revolutionary War Pension for his services at *S41594. John died June 1, 1823, at his farm at Pike County, Ohio, and was buried at Mound Cemetery, Piketon, Pike County, Ohio. GM: Bricks and stones around the grave. References: SAR Ancestor # P-334154. DAR# A048604. He has an old style Veterans Administration tombstone, a Revolutionary War marker.
Cemetery number #- 1978861. Find-a-Grave Memorial #- 39647074.
Author: David E. Thompson
John Guthery was born on April 4, 1744, and died on June 1, 1823, in Piketon, Ohio. On March 13, 1771, he married Lydia Baldwin. He is buried in Mound Cemetery, Piketon, Ohio. He was one of the prominent pioneer settlers on the Monongahela River of Pennsylvania, settling near the mouth of Big Whiteley Creek in Greene County.
He enlisted as a private in Western Pennsylvania in May 1776, at 32 years of age. He served in Captain John Wilson’s Company, Colonel Asneas Mackey’s Pennsylvania Regiment, in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Quibbletown, and a battle with the Indians at Conshocton, on the Muskingum River. He was discharged in May 1779, at Fort McIntosh, Pennsylvania. His Pension Number is S 41594.
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