Notes:
Was the brother of William and James Guthery.
Descendant Lem Guthery adds: David Guthery Jr was killed 25 Apr 1864.
In 1864, Cynthia Jane (Milligan) Guthery, wrote a letter to Washington, D.C. from Newburgh, Indiana (Warrick Co.), requesting a Pension from David's service in the Civil War. The letter is filed with David's Pension record. She stated that she was the wife of David Guthery when he was killed in the war and gave their date of marriage and the birth and death of their only child. In 1870 she wrote another letter from Gibson County, Indiana. Also in this file are sworn statements by James Milligan, F.M.
Halbrooks, Nancy Milligan and Dorcas Ann Halbrook, each one stating that this person, Cynthia Jane Guthery was who she claimed to be and that they were present when she married David in Winston Co. Alabama.
Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit
can be found in her book, First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism.