William
Guffey
Born about in Amhurst, Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Ephraim Guffey Jr.
and Nancy (UNKNOWN) Guffey
Brother of
Unknown Guffey [half], Anne (Guffey) Peyton, Alexander Guffey, Ephraim Guffey, Mourning (Guffey) Davis, John Guffey, Henry Guffey, Phoebe (Guffey) Choate, Richard Guffey and Constantine Guffey
Husband of
Elizabeth (Willis) Guffey
— married
18 Apr 1819 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Martha A. (Guffey) Howard,
Elizabeth (Guffey) Davis,
Mahala (Guffey) Davis,
Smith Guffey,
Lakey (Guffey) Brown,
William Harrison Guffey,
Carroll Guffey,
Mary Ann (Guffey) Jones,
Nancy Hulda (Guffey) Innis,
Emerson Guffey and
John Isaac Guffey
Died
at about age 80
in Fentress County, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jul 2009
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Biography
William Guffey was born in 1786 in Amhurst, Virginia.[1] He was the son of Ephraim Guffey and Nancy Unknown.
William Guffey was a pioneer in Morgan County, Tennessee, in 1809. William Guffey served in the War of 1812 as a private under Captain John Kennedy 1st. Regt. Tenn. Volunteers commanded by Colonel Bradley for six months Dec. 10, 1812 to April 20, 1813. He was first to register in the old Montgomery (The first Capital) in 1818. Elizabeth Willis Guffey received $8.00 a month widow's pension.
He married April 18, 1819, in Tennessee.[1] He died October 6, 1866, in Fentress County, Tennessee, USA.[1] He was buried in Union Grove in Morgan County, Tennessee.
Sources
- 1850 Morgan County, Tennessee, Census
- "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TK-RLR : accessed 26 July 2015), 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.
- William Guffey Pension Records.
- Will book U Page 218 Will book 1867 Page 67
- Deed book T Page 479 Morgan Co.,TN.
- Cemetery records Shadeland and Union Grove Morgan Co., TN.
- Find A Grave Memorial# 21244320
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~6.25%
Opal (Davis) Probasco
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MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
Cathy Probasco :
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~3.12%
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Frank Walling :
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
Bonnie Mikel :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Rick (Moorefield) Le Blanc :
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+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DX1061967 [compare]
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~1.56%
Chris Guffey :
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~1.56%
Dan McDougle :
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~1.56%
Dave McDougle :
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Patricia (Gray) Pickering :
23andMe
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Pete Caldwell :
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~0.78%
Doug Shearer :
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~0.78%
Kay (Dunham) Meers :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Johna Johnson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jojann87
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~0.78%
Jeff Walling :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A028852 [compare], Ancestry member jwwalling
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~0.78%
Beth (Arms) Heise :
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Elaine (Walling) Goodner :
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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