I doubt this has any relevance to your family,but you never know. Sometime in the l890s, there was an Autry family living in Sheffield. They had a little boy who was playing with a playmate named Raymond Brooks. Raymond was somewhere between 4 and 7 years old. They found a gun, and started playing with it. Unfortunately, the gun was loaded and Raymond shot and killed the Autry boy. Raymond was so terrified that he hid under his house for something like 12 hours. I know this story because Raymond Brooks was my uncle. If you ever find a connection, I'd be curious to know more about the Autry boy. I don't even know the boy's name. Howard Brooks ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <ALCOLBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:38 AM Subject: [ALCOLBER] Vest or Autry in Colbert Co. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: JHWinston2629 > Surnames: Vest, Autry, Vess > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.colbert/837/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am searching for any Vest families in Mississippi or Alabama in the > 1800s. My ancestor George Washington Autry and wife Lucretia lived in > Tippah Co. Mississippi in the 1840s. Some researchers give her maiden name > as Vest, with a 1833 marriage in Tippah Co., but I have not been able to > verify that. Their son William Thomas Autry married as his second wife a > Sarah Vest or Vess in Colbert Co., Alabama in 1880, and now I am wondering > if they were cousins. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCOLBER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message