About Andrew Guffin
ID: I4320
Name: Andrew GUFFIN
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1778 in Virginia
Note:
Dr. R. L. Guffin of Tuscaloosa, Alabama is a descendant and researcher of Andrew Guffin and Elizabeth S. Brownfield. It is his body of work that this Brownfield descendancy is based on.
Andrew Guffin was born about 1778 in Virginia (probably Berkeley County). He moved with parents & siblings to SC. Married Elizabeth S. Brownfield about 1808, probably in Abbeville, SC. Was a planter, a Presbyterian Elder and a founder of the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Newton County, GA in 1842. First moved to Jasper County, GA about 1810 and is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in the Bethany Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Died about 1853 in Newton County, GA.
Head of household age 40-49 in 1830 census living in Jasper County, GA with 1 female 30-39, 1 male 20-29, 1 male & 1 female 15-19, 1 male & 1 female 10-14, 2 females 5-9, 1 male under 5. [next door to Robert Brownfield].
Head of household age 50-59 in 1840 census living in Newton County, GA with 1 female 40-49, 2 females 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 5-9.
Age 72 in 1850 census living in Newton County, GA, property worth $700, as a farmer with his wife & 2 children.
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Marriage 1 Elizabeth S BROWNFIELD b: ABT 1790 in Mecklenburg, NC
Married: ABT 1808 in Old 96th District, South Carolina
Children
Thomas Newton GUFFIN b: 8 FEB 1809 in Abbeville, SC
Sarah Brownfield GUFFIN b: 18 NOV 1810 in Jasper Co, GA
Robert William GUFFIN b: ABT 1817 in Jasper Co, GA
Mary Teressa GUFFIN b: ABT 1819 in Jasper Co, GA
Elizabeth L GUFFIN b: APR 1825 in Georgia
John S GUFFIN b: 14 JAN 1827 in Jasper Co, GA
Martha Chamberlain GUFFIN b: 9 MAR 1832 in Jasper Co, GA
Sources:
1830 census for GA, Jasper Co, Regt 38 & 30, p 379
1840 census for GA, Newton Co, Dist 147, p 24
20 Sep 1850 census for GA, Newton Co, SubDivis 65, p 474B
birth from census
worldconnect.rootsweb.com, database "vhhawk"
http://www.scutfamilytree.com/guffin.htm#Thomas%20Guffin
