I would like to strongly encourage everyone with a query or information such as an obituary, pension, deed, bible record or will that you would like to share with genealogists everywhere (as long as this belongs to the Autry family), to go to http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/a/u/AUTRY/ . These are the boards for the Autry family. Boards for the Autrey family are on the way, and I'll let you know when they're ready. I am the moderator of these boards, and if you ever need to have anything deleted from them, all you'll have to do is ask me. I feel this surname board resource has given us will really help further our research efforts. Miss Andrea A. Autrey Owner: Autrey Genealogical Society Publisher and Editor: Autrey Genealogical Quarterly Owner: Autrey Genealogy Services http://members.aol.com/autreygen/

A family member contacted me this morning and gave me corrected information for the services Wednesday of Rosa Lea Autrey Walker, of Texarkana, Bowie County, Tx. "Texarkana Funeral Home and the service is at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow in the Chapelwood Memorial Gardens Mausoleum." The information I was given and passed on was graveside services at another cemetery in the area, which was incorrect. Rosa died yesterday, Jan. 24, 2000, not 1999. Sorry folks, still not used to 2000.:)

Rosa Lea Autrey died today in a Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, nursing facility at the age of 90. She was born Oct. 16, 1910 in Bowie County, and was married to Clarence Walker in 1933. They had two children, Carl Dean and Patsy Ann Walker. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1999 at Springhill Cemetery. Rosa Lea is the daughter of Elbert Eugene Autrey, who was the son of Robert Martin Autrey, an early Bowie County pioneer settler who brought his family to Bowie County in the late 1800's. Rosa is preceded in death by her parents, Elbert Eugene Autrey and Alma Endsley, brothers Charles Ellis, Morris Eugene, Robert Elvin, Willie E., James E., and sisters, Minnie Elizabeth Autrey Rogers, Georgia Ellen Autrey, Walker Angly, and other family members. She is survived by sisters, Christine Autrey Springer, Bertha Autrey McCarthy, and one brother David Autrey, all of Bowie County, plus many friends and family members in Bowie, Dallas, Henderson, Kaufman, Collin counties in Texas, just to name a few. Rosa Lea Autrey Walker will be greatly missed, she was an inspiration to everyone who knew her and was loved by all.

Please visit this site for more information on Migrations Across Texas. You have the options of searching their beginning data base or submitting your information. We have a lot of Autrey/Autry families in Texas, perhaps if we list our information here, we can find our lost families as they traveled across the country, in and out of Texas. http://www.usgennet.org/~ahtxtarr/mig_submit.html Jo Autrey jmautrey@email.msn.com Jo's Front Porch and Genealogy http://members.tripod.com/~JoMAutrey

http://www.pollette.com/12thbat/companies/c.htm 12th Georgia Battalion Georgia Light Artillery - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Roster of Company C 12th Georgia Battalion Capt. George W. Johnson Awtrey William E., Pvt., Enlisted 2/1/64, Lagrange, Wounded 3/25/65 Fort Stedman, near Petersburg, Captured 4/3/65 in hospital, Died 6/9/65, age 19, Buried Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, VA. Stewart John L., Pvt., Enlisted 7/17/63, Harrack's Place near Savannah, With detachment at Read Bluff, SC 2/64, 11/1/64 listed as missing Ceder Creek 10/19/64. Stewart J.A., Pvt., Enlisted 2/29/64, Savannah, Present 12/13/64, last entry. (Don't know that the STEWARTs were related, but someone wrote to me asking about the STEWART - AWTREY family and what I knew - which is nothing. They both showed up on a search to Lamar Co., AL with those 2 surnames in Google search.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://cdsearch.mercer.edu/mainlib/special_collections/Holdings/other_materi als.htm#a OTHER MATERIALS, UNCATALOGUED (Printed, Typed, Photocopied, Microform) Located in the Georgia Baptist History Depository, Special Collections, Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia Updated December 1, 1999 (Supersedes All Previous Editions) Robert G. Gardner, Senior Researcher in Baptist History Adapted for the World Wide Web by David Greenebaum, Electronic Resources Librarian ************** Awtrey, Hugh Rainey Microfiche: "Chateaubriand." M.A. thesis, Mercer University, 1926 [MU] (T) (Stewart turned up in this search also. I don't have time to look right now so I'll send this.) Elaine Blackman

For those of you interested in historical information of Autrey les Gray, France, please visit the site listed below to see postcards from there. Since I don't read French, the rest of the site is difficult to understand, going to buy a French/English dictionary.:) Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. These pictures had been sent to me by my French family, but here they are already on the Internet for us to enjoy.:) http://artic.ac-besancon.fr/Ecole_autrey_les_gray/autrey.htm To visit the home page, visit: http://artic.ac-besancon.fr/ To visit my section on The Autrey's French Connection, please visit: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jmautrey/french/frenchconn.htm Jo Autrey jmautrey@email.msn.com Jo's Front Porch and Genealogy http://members.tripod.com/~JoMAutrey

Martha Ann "Mattie" AUTREY, da. of Absalom and Elizabeth (NORRIS) Autrey, was b. 1843 in Perry Co., Ala. She married Abraham R. REED in 1873 in Lincoln Parish, La. He was born 1842 in Kentucky, the son of Jonas and Susan (DYKES) REED. Abraham REED and his first wife, Celia, were living in Texas in 1869 when their son, Albert N. REED, was born. No other information on this family. Abraham and Martha had six children: Sarah E., Susan Adealia, Spencer R., Ida, Abraham and Mitchell B. I have very little information on this branch of the Autrey family and would like to hear from anyone with information which you can share with me. The only information I have on this family is from the "ABSALOM AND ELIZABETH AUTREY AND THEIR DESCENDANTS With a Section on Thomas Norris" by Jeanne McDuff Murphy and myself. I am referring to Absalom AUTREY, b. 1802 NC, who moved to Ala. with his father, Cornelius Autrey, and married Elizabeth NORRIS in 1826 in Ala. They started their huge family of 15 children in Ala., their last son, Charley Henry, was born in the new home they built when they moved to La. in 1847. Thanks, Jo Autrey jmautrey@email.msn.com Jo's Front Porch and Genealogy Be sure to visit the Autrey French Connection http://members.tripod.com/~JoMAutrey Bowie County Texas and Genealogy http://www.usroots.com/~jmautrey/bowie/bowie.htm Listowner for Roots ENDSLEY Surname Mailing List Manager of Roots GenConnect ENDSLEY Boards Listowner of Onelist mailing lists: AutreyChat TexasChat BowieCoTex

Subject: American WWI Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930 Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 17:24:14 EST American WWI Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4224.htm In the late 1920s the War Department of the United States compiled a list of mothers and widows of deceased soldiers killed in World War I and offered to send them to their loved one's final resting place in Europe. This database contains the names those women who were entitled to make the pilgrimage, as shown by department records on 15 November 1929. Each record provides the name of widow or mother, city and state of residence, and relationship to the deceased. Additionally, information regarding the decedent's name, rank, unit, and cemetery is provided. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

TENNESSEE CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATIONS : SOLDIERS AND WIDOWS http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pension.htm#index NAME: Autrey, William H. PENSION #: S95 COUNTY: Putnam UNIT: l6th Inf. NAME: Autry, S.J. PENSION #: S1692 COUNTY: Benton UNIT: 52nd Inf. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EBlackman

I wasn't thinking this morning . . . thankfully someone reminded me that there's a need for living persons privacy. Instead of writing about your living relatives, write about your ancestors if you'd like it put into the millennium Autry sheet. The information will still be worth having in a hundred years, or a thousand years! Miss Andrea A. Autrey Owner: Autrey Genealogical Society Publisher and Editor: Autrey Genealogical Quarterly Owner: Autrey Genealogy Services http://members.aol.com/autreygen/

I was thinking as I woke up this morning . . . If anyone would like to write a paragraph about their Autry family, and make a direct ancestor outline tree and send it to me, I'd be happy to compile these and either put them online where they can be printed out by those who wish to print them and put them with their millennium time capsules, or I can print them out myself and mail them to people. Here's my example: My name is Andrea Autrey, and on this day - Dec. 31, 1999 - I am 22 years old. My father was Billy Gene Autrey, who is a plumber in Dexter, Missouri. He is married to Mildred Jewel (Ross) Autrey, and my siblings are Linda, Dani, Mary, Patrick Alan, and Patrick Ross Autrey. My grandfather was named Willie Andrew Autrey, and he was a farmer in Essex, Stoddard County, Missouri. He was married to Janie (Laughlin) Autrey. My great grandfather . . . (etc.) Our Autrey family traditions include . . . (etc.) Our Autrey family wishes and predictions for the future include . . . (etc.) Andrea Autrey Seattle, WA, United States of America Miss Andrea A. Autrey Owner: Autrey Genealogical Society Publisher and Editor: Autrey Genealogical Quarterly Owner: Autrey Genealogy Services http://members.aol.com/autreygen/

There are several Absalom Autrey/Awtreys around. I hope we get them all sorted out in the coming year <grin>. If you haven't had the opportunity to do so, check out WORLDCONNECT (a GEDCOM project) at RootsWeb.com -- I've found some connections to our various Autrey/Awtrey/ and Hill lines there. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi You also can upload your own GEDCOMs there. It's all free. Merry Millennium Cousins! Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG Co-editor RootsWeb Review/Missing Links myravg@rootsweb.com

John AUTREY, b. 23 May 1780 in Greene Co., GA, d. bef. 1840, married (prob. 2nd) Elizabeth HILL, b. 03 Feb 1795, d/o Annie Naomi CAMP and John HILL, rev. war vet and son of Abel HILL and Elizabeth WAGGONER of Pendleton Co., SC. Elizabeth HILL was the sister of Nancy HILL, b. 03 Jan 1793 in Jackson Co., GA who married Jacob AWTREY, b/o John. Jacob AWTREY/ AUTREY married Eliza HILL, b. 1802 in Franklin Co., GA (and another sister) after Nancy died in 1852. No children that I know of by Eliza. William HILL, b. abt. 1791 in Rutherford Co., NC and b/o the other 3 HILL siblings, married Elizabeth AWTREY, b. 1793 in GA, d. 26 Jan 1851 in Calhoun Co., AL and s/o John and Jacob. They died leaving 3 minor children who were in Murray Co., GA with their Uncle Isaac AWTREY/ AUTREY. The 3 children were made wards of their uncle Isaac AUTREY/ AWTREY until 1842 when Isaac was sick and just before he died. The 3 minor children were Sarah AWTREY, b. 04 Apr 1824 and married Drewry Alvin EUBANKS in abt. 1846 when they went to CA for the gold rush; Isaac AWTREY, b. 19 Apr 1826 and living with Drewry Alvin EUBANKS and his sister Sarah in the 1850 Murray Co., GA census and with Alvin's brother William Pinkney EUBANKS in the 1860 Greene Co., AR census (listed as age 40 in error); and George Washington AWTREY, who was made a ward under the guardianship of Drewry Alvin EUBANKS in 1849 since Alvin was his brother-in-law. George Washington AWTREY was in Greene Co., AR later also and died there. He married 3 times and had several children. Sarah died sometime after 1900 in Polk Co., AR. She had gone to Comanche Co., TX in 1900 to live with one of her twin sons named Jackson Nebraska EUBANKS, but returned to Polk Co., AR probably about the same time as one of her grandsons, Jerome Pennelton EUBANKS returned there from Comanche Co., TX and another of her sons Chaste C. EUBANKS and his wife Rachel ___. I don't know what happened to Isaac AWTREY after 1860. Elaine Blackman (gggg granddau. of John AWTREY/ AUTREY and Elizabeth HILL) ----- Original Message ----- From: <AutreyGen@aol.com> To: <leblackm@bellsouth.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [AUTRY-L] Descendants of Absalom Autrey > I have a John Autrey who was the son of Absalom Autrey (b. 1740), who was > born in 1782 in NC. However, I do not have anything on a spouse for him. I > also have a John Mabe Autrey, son of Absalom Autrey (b. 1802), who was b. > August 12, 1828 and married Diancy Wallace. > > Andrea >

Earlier this year, there were I was in contact with an individualalso researching Matilda Rochelle AUTREY m Jackson Henley. I looked through my records and here is her email addresses: Carol Murphy <jmurph30@cybertrails.com Hope this helps...I am sure Carol wouldn't mind if you contacted her. Judy > From: "Jettie" <jparrish@mev.net> > Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 12:22:16 -0600 > To: AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUTRY] Autry/Autrey > Resent-From: AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 10:16:15 -0800 (PST) > > Maybe there is someone new on the list that might recognise the name Matilda > Rochelle Autrey, born 1811, as a member of their Autrey family. Think she > was born in either GA or AL, but have nothing more. Married Jackson HENLEY > in 1830, was in AR by early 1840's. Died in Dec 1896. I sure would like a > nice Christmas present of her parents and siblings names. > > Merry Christmas, > Jettie Henley Parrish > > > ==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== > If you have photographs or stories about Autry family members that you would > like to contribute to the web page, contact the listowner (autreygen@aol.com) >

Maybe there is someone new on the list that might recognise the name Matilda Rochelle Autrey, born 1811, as a member of their Autrey family. Think she was born in either GA or AL, but have nothing more. Married Jackson HENLEY in 1830, was in AR by early 1840's. Died in Dec 1896. I sure would like a nice Christmas present of her parents and siblings names. Merry Christmas, Jettie Henley Parrish

FROM THE AUTREYS IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA. A PLEASANT 65 DEGREES. Greetings and a Very Happy Christmas. Tom and Donna http://www.c-zone.net/autrey/

The ornaments arrived on Thursday, and have been mailed out to those who ordered them. I have 24 ornaments left that I need to sell. They are $15, and that includes your shipping. They include most of the variations of the Autry surname. If you need more information on the ornaments, you can go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~autry/orn/ , or you can contact me at autreygen@aol.com . I will NOT guarantee that those shipped out will get there by Christmas. Miss Andrea A. Autrey Owner: Autrey Genealogical Society Publisher and Editor: Autrey Genealogical Quarterly Owner: Autrey Genealogy Services http://members.aol.com/autreygen/

Census Chronicles America's Changes Census Chronicles America's Changes By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID= Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) _ The nation had one-fourth the people and none of them had ever flown the last time the calendar rolled over to double zeros. Highway accidents were rare. Married women stayed home. Television and computers were the stuff of fiction. With the 20th century nearing an end, the Census Bureau has chronicled just how much America has changed during these 100 years. To begin, there are a lot more of us: more than 270 million Americans today compared with 76 million in 1900. But divorces have skyrocketed more dramatically than the population, up almost hundredfold, from 200,000 to 19.4 million. And the women who stay married aren't staying home. In 1900 there were 800,000 wives in the work force. Now it's around 34 million. These and hundreds of other changes are detailed in the Census Bureau's 1999 Statistical Abstract of the United States, being released Monday. ``Some of the numbers are truly amazing,'' Census Director Kenneth Prewitt said. Thanks to improvements in medical care, life expectancy of Americans has shot up. In 1900, a typical man could expect to die at age 46; a typical women, 48. By 1997, life expectancy had reached 74 years for men and 79 for women in 1997. The number of Americans aged 65 and up grew from 3 million to 34 million. Death rates were cut in half, from 17.2 deaths per 1,000 people in 1900 to 8.6 in 1997. Influenza and pneumonia, for example, killed 202 out of every 100,000 people in 1900. By 1997, the rate had fallen to 33. Transportation took off, too. In was Dec. 17, 1903, when the first sustained powered airplane took to the sky at Kitty Hawk, N.C., traveling 120 feet in 12 seconds with a single passenger. In 1998, commercial airlines carried 614 million passengers over thousands of miles. On the downside, there were just 36 highway traffic fatalities in 1900 compared with 41,967 in 1997. Talking about communications, the 1920 census was the first to count telephones, and found them in 55 percent of households. This reached 94 percent in 1997. It was not until 1930 that the census asked about radios, and 4 in 10 households had a one. The government stopped asking in 1970 because nearly all households had at least one radio. Television did not become widespread until the 1950s and computers only in the past few decades. Just 9 percent of households had a TV in 1950; today it tops 98 percent. In 1900, high-speed mass communications meant daily newspapers, of which there were 2,042 in the United States. By 1998 that had fallen to 1,489. Americans remained a restless lot this century _ as in the one before. In 1900, 60 percent of the people lived in rural areas and 40 percent lived in urban areas. By 1990, 25 percent lived in rural areas and 75 percent were in urban areas. Other ups and downs: _Immigration up: Between 1901 and 1910, 2 million immigrants came from Italy and 50,000 from Mexico. Between 1991 and 1997, 1.8 million came from Mexico and 54,000 from Italy. _Household size down: The average American household in 1900 included 4.8 people; in 1998 it was 2.6 people. _Education up: In 1900, 11 percent of all 14-to-17-year-olds were enrolled in high school; in 1997, more than 93 percent were in grades 9-12. _Government collections up: The U.S. government had $567 million in receipts in 1900. In 1999, the government took in $1.7 trillion. The largest budget deficit of the century was $290.4 billion in fiscal 1992; the $9.5 billion surplus of 1999 was second only to the $11.8 billion surplus in 1948. _Stock market way up: Standard and Poor's 500 composite stock index for 1900 was 6.2, rose to 26.0 for 1929, fell to 9.0 for 1933, and was at 1,085.5 for 1998. ___ The 1999 Statistical Abstract is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, $39 for the softbound, stock No. 003-024-08841-0, by calling 202-512-1800 or the National Technical Information Service for $34, stock No. PB99-965801, by calling 1-800-553-6847. ==== ROSS Mailing List ==== Also post your Ross queries on the Ross Genconnect board at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

> >Final-Recipient: RFC822; AUTRY-L-@rootsweb.com >Action: failed >Status: 5.1.1 >Remote-MTA: DNS; bl-3.rootsweb.com >Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 <AUTRY-L-@rootsweb.com>... User unknown >Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:51:54 -0600 (CST) >Return-Path: <jejoyce@texas.net> >Received: from Pjejoyce (tcnet21-028.sat.texas.net [209.99.127.28]) > by mw1.texas.net (2.4/2.4) with SMTP > id UAA25775 for <AUTRY-L-@rootsweb.com>; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:51:52 -0600 (CST) >Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19991212210102.007cad50@texas.net> >X-Sender: jejoyce@texas.net >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) >Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:01:02 -0600 >To: AUTRY-L-@rootsweb.com >From: jejoyce@texas.net >Subject: Bartlett E. AUTREY >In-Reply-To: <199912130204.SAA16003@bl-11.rootsweb.com> >Who were the parents of Bartlett E.(Eaves?) Autrey?? > >The first record I have for Bartlett E. Autrey was when he obtained a >marriage bond on 11 May 1833 to wed Nancy Buttler in Marengo County, Ala. >Bondsman was Bartlett Eaves, which makes me believe he was the son of >Cornelius and Nancy/Nany Eaves. > >Nancy/Nany Eaves, who married Cornelius Autrey in 1801 in Rutherford >County, N.C., was the daughter of Bartlett Eaves. It seems likely to me >that Bartlett Eaves was Bartlett E. Autrey's grandfather and that the "E" >middle initial stands for "Eaves.". > >But Bartlett E. Autrey does not appear on the list of Cornelius & Autrey's >children in "The Descendants of Cornelius Autry, Immigrant, of >Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Neil Culbreth of Sampson County, North >Carolina and Allied Families, 2nd Edition, (Charlotte, N.C., Herb Eaton >Historical Publications, 1996) 28-31 > >The Bartlett E. Autrey family was recorded in the 1840 Kemper County, MS, >census (page 16): > > Bartlett E. Autrey: > 1 male 30-39 (Bartlett, about 35) > 1 female 20-29 (wife Nancy, about 33) > 1 male 10-14 (unknown, could this be the E.B. Autrey >recorded near Bartlett in the 1850 census, who would have been 12 and >possibly Bartlett's son by an earlier marriage?) > 1 male 5-9 (son C.W., about 5) > 1 male under 5 (son J.A.., about 4) > 1 female under 5 (daughter A.E. about 2) > > The Bartlett E. Autrey family was recorded on 28 Jan. 1851 in the Benton County, AL, census (page 325, dwelling 836, family 840) [His age was hard to read and may be 43 instead of 45]: > > B.E. Autrey 45 m farmer $800 Born in North Carolina > Nancy " 43 f Georgia > C.W. " 15 m Alabama > J.A. " 14 m attended school Alabama > A.E. " 12 f attended school Alabama > E.T. " 10 m Alabama > Salaney " 7 f Alabama > J.F. " 4 m Alabama > Lewis " 2 m Alabama > Lucinda Price 17 f Alabama > >I would be grateful for any information about this man and his family. > >Janey E. Joyce > > > >

Today in USA today, there was an article stating that Alan Autry from "In the heat of the Night" and Gene Autry were related through an ancestor at the Alamo. I've never heard this before -- does anyone know if it's true? Miss Andrea A. Autrey Owner: Autrey Genealogical Society Publisher and Editor: Autrey Genealogical Quarterly Owner: Autrey Genealogy Services http://members.aol.com/autreygen/