>Resent-Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 14:12:34 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: jejoyce@texas.net Sun May 20 14:12:33 2001 >X-Sender: jejoyce@texas.net (Unverified) >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) >Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 15:15:00 -0500 >Old-To: AUTREY-L@rootsweb.com >From: jejoyce@texas.net >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by lists7.rootsweb.com id f4KKCW910315 >Subject: [AUTREY] Cornelius Autrey's children >To: AUTREY-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: AUTREY-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <AUTREY-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/277 >X-Loop: AUTREY-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: AUTREY-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Hi all, > >I am back from Salt Lake City, where I made a little progress in >identifying the children of Cornelius Autrey and, maybe, Nancy Eaves. > >A letter written 1 July 1939 at Waco, Texas, by Cornelius' great-grandson, >James Henry Autrey to M. Blair Autrey, identifies 12 sons and four >daughters for Cornelius: Abaslom, "went to Caddo Parish, La.;" Alexander, >"went to Alabama:" Elijah, "went to Alabama;" John, "went to Mississippi," >Enoch, "do not know;" William, "went to Georgia;" George, "went to Texas;" >Jacob, "went to Georgia or Mississippi;" Thomas, "went to Louisiana or >Texas," Mike or Micajah, "went to Texas;" James, "went to Alabama;" and >another son whose name he could not recall; Mrs. Downing, Calhoun County, >Ala.; Mrs. Meharg, Calhoun County, Ala.; Mrs Yeager, Perry County, Ala.; >and Mrs. Griffin. > >Bundy and Brooks identify 12 sons and three daughters: Absolom, born 1802; >Polly, born 1804; George W., born 1805; Alsira (Elvira), born 1807; >Alexander, born 1808; (---), born 1811; Elijah, born 1813; John Henry >Autrey, born 1814; Enoch Autrey, born 1815; Charity M. Autrey, b. 1816; >William Autrey, born 1816; Jacob William Autrey, born 1817; Micajah, born >1818; Thomas, born 1819; James Henry, born 1819. > >I have added Bartlett E.(Eaves?) Autrey, born about 1805 in North Carolina. > I also think a good case can be made also for the addition of Alsista >Autry, born about 1803/04 in North Carolina; Elizabeth Autrey, born about >1809/10 in Georgia; and Commodore/Cornelius Autrey, born about 1819/20 in >Alabama. I also think a case can be made for E.(Elijah?) B. Autrey, born >about 1828 in Alabama, although I have speculated that he was possibly >Cornelius' grandchild, son of Bartlett E. Autrey and a possible unknown >first wife. Census records also suggest other children. > >I doubt that Cornelius really had 25 children who survived to adulthool >between 1802 and 1835. I am going to recapitulate the information given >about the possible children of Cornelius Autrey and the conclusions I have >reached so far. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has seen >records that can shed some additional light on this mystery. > >Janey E. Joyce in San Antonio, Texas > >a. Absalom - Born about 1802, North Carolina. Went to Caddo Parish, La., >according to James Henry Autrey's letter. I think there is excellent >evidence to support the conclusion that Absalom was the first son of >Cornelius Autrey, including the fact that he was evidently named after >Cornelius' father, although he went to Union Parish, La., not Caddo Parish > >b. Alsista - Born about 1803/04, North Carolina. She married Starling >Ruffin Price 1 Feb. 1823 in Bibb County, Ala , a period when church record >reveal that Cornelius Autrey could have been in Bibb County. Starling and >Alsista had moved to Perry County, Ala., by 1830 when they were recorded in >the census there as was Cornelius Autrey and his family. The Price family >moved to Benton (later Calhoun) County, Ala., by December 1833. Cornelius >Autrey moved to Benton County later. > >c. Polly - Born ? A Mrs. Meharg, daughter of Cornelius, lived in Calhoun >County, Ala., according to James Henry Autrey's letter. A Polly Autrey >married James Maheage(?) (probably Meharg) 23 Dec. 1821, in St. Clair >County, Ala., a time when Cornelius Autrey appears to have been living in >Bibb or Perry County, Ala. The 1820 St. Clair County, Ala., census records >only A. Autrey, with 2 females over age 21 and 1 female under the age of 21 >in his household; and H. Autrey, with 1 female over age 21, probably his >wife, and 3 females under 21 in his household. It seems more likely to me >that she was one of their children. Mrs. Meharg lived in Calhoun County, >Ala., according to James Henry Autrey's letter. I have found a James >Meharg in several Calhoun County census records: >· 1860 - James Meharg, age 59, born in South Carolina, is married to an >Elizabeth, who is listed as age 55, born in Tennessee. >· 1870 - James Meharg, age 69, born in South Carolina, is married to an >Elizabeth, age 67, born in Kentucky. >· 1880 - Elizabeth Meharg, a widow age 76, born in Kentucky, is listed in >the household of her daughter and son-in-law. > >d. Bartlett E.(Eaves) - Born about 1805, North Carolina. Bartlett Eaves >was bondsman when Bartlett E. Autrey got a marriage bond to wed Nancy >Buttler 11 May 1833 in Marengo County, Ala. It seems reasonable to me that >Cornelius would name his second son after his father-in-law, whom he >followed from North Carolina to Georgia to Alaama. > >e. George W. - Born about 1805. Went to Texas, according to the James >Autrey letter. A George Autrey, age 30-39, was recorded in the 1840 Perry >County, Ala., census. And a George W. Autry, age 45, born in Georgia, was >recorded in the 1850 Rusk County, Texas, census. He could have been >Cornelius' son but he also could have been his nephew because Cornelius >apparently had a brother named George. It seems to me, that if the ages >and places of birth reported on censuses are correct, both Bartlett and >George could not have been Cornelius' sons. On 25 Aug. 1805, Cornelius >Autery purchased from Absalom Autery, possibly his father or his brother, a >155-acre tract of land in Rutherford County, N.C., on 25 Aug. 1805. So, if >George was really born in Georgia as the 1850 census suggestes, he was >probably not one of Cornelius' children. > >f. Alsira (Griffin) - Born about 1805/06, North Carolina. Although I have >not personally seen the record, Bundy & Brooks says that Cornelius Autrey >gave his permission for her to marry Bird Griffin, whom she apparently wed >in February 1824 in Perry County, Ala.. So she appears definitely to have >been one of Cornelius' children. > >g. Alexander - Born 1808? Haven't found an Alexander who could have been >Cornelius child. > >h. Elisabeth - Born about 1809/10, Georgia (1850 Perry County, Ala., >census) Married Brian/Briant Smith ca 1827. James Henry Awtrey, >Cornelius' son called Brian/Briant Smith brother in a letter to >brother-in-law Bird Griffin. So she appears to definitely be one of >Cornelius' children. > >i. Unknown child - Born 1811. > >j. Elijah - Born 1813? Went to Alabama > >k. John Henry - Born 1814? > >l. Charity M. - Born about 1814/1815, Georgia; (1850 Calhoun County, Ala., >census) Married Thomas J. Downing 18 Nov. 1832, St. Clair County, Ala. >Lived in Benton/Calhoun County, Ala., until she moved to Texas about 1868. >She was probably the female, age 16-19, listed on the 1830 census of >Cornelius household. > >m. Enoch - Born 1815? > >n. Female - Born 1816-1820, according to the 1830 census > >o. William - Born 1816? Went to Georgia > >p. Jacob William - Born 1817? Went to Georgia or Mississippi > >q. Micajah/Mike Autrey - Born 1818; went to Texas. The only Micajah Autrey >that I am aware of in Texas was apparently born in 1794, Sampson Co. N.C., >died >at the Alamo. > >r. Thomas - Born 1819? Went to Louisiana or Texas > >s. Commodore/Cornelius - Born about 1820, Alabama. He may be the male, age >10-14, listed on the 1830 census and the male, age 20-29, listed on the >1840 census of Cornelius' household. > >t. Female - born 1821-1825, listed on the 1830 census. > >u. James Henry - Born 1822/1825, Alabama, according to census records Went >to Alabama, according to James Henry Autrey's letter. He was probably the >male, age 5-9, listed on the 1830 census. and the male, age 15-19 listed on >the 1840 census. Evidence suggests that he was definitely Cornelius son. > >v. E.(Elijah?) B. Autrey - Born about 1828, Alabama, Was he the male under >5 on the 1830 census? If so, where was he in 1840? Could he have been the >son of Bartlett E. Autrey by an unknown first wife? > >w. Hiram - Went to South Carolina > >x. Isaac - Went to Georgia > >y. Daughter - Born ? Married (---) Yeager and lived in Perry County, Ala., >according to the Autrey letter. > > > >==== AUTREY Mailing List ==== >Those who say it can't be done need to step aside for those doing it. >List Administrator: AUTREY-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life >If you know how to reduce these risks. >http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > > >