Died
at about age 80
in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA
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Biography
Elizabeth Willis was born in 1797 in Wayne County, Kentucky. She died October 20, 1877, in Morgan County, Tennessee.
Elizabeth Willis Guffey stated in her application for pension of William Guffey that they were married April 18, 1809, at home by the JP. John L. Scott. Clerk of Morgan County, Tennessee, certify that the marriage records of Morgan co. TN. were destroyed during the late war. John L. Scott signed paper on Sept. 25, 1873.
Elizabeth Willis Guffey is buried in an unmarked grave in Union Grove, Morgan County, Tennessee.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDT-RWS : accessed 24 June 2015), Elizabeth Guffer in household of William Guffer, Morgan county, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; citing family 297, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TK-RLT : accessed 26 July 2015), Elizabeth Guffee in household of William Guffee, The 6th District, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 68, household ID 446, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,266.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZT-C14 : accessed 26 July 2015), Elizabeth Guffy in household of Emerson Guffy, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 1, family 7, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,051.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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Wife: Elizabeth Guffey born Willis