--part1_36.cc8c323.271f0651_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just wanted everyone to know that someone did reply who knew where this=20 information came from. I appreciate all the responses I got -- you guys are= =20 the greatest! I'd love to find a copy of this book, or at least a photocopy= =20 of it. Can anyone help me? Andr=E9a --part1_36.cc8c323.271f0651_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <sherwood@dbtech.net> Received: from rly-za04.mx.aol.com (rly-za04.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.100]) by air-za02.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:01:09 -0400 Received: from dbtsvr1.dbtech.net (dbtsvr1.dbtech.net [204.214.208.2]) by rly-za04.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 07:46:52 -0400 Received: from default.dbtech.net (max2-tcl-63.dbtech.net [204.214.214.63]) by dbtsvr1.dbtech.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id GAA23669 for <AutreyGen@aol.com>; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 06:50:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20001018065044.006961c8@dbtech.net> X-Sender: sherwood@dbtech.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 06:50:44 -0500 To: AutreyGen@aol.com From: Meryl Sherwood <sherwood@dbtech.net> Subject: Re: [AUTRY GEN LIST] Does anyone know who originally wrote this? In-Reply-To: <25.c242304.271e1a94@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Andrea, these are the first few pages of "The Family and Descendants of CAPTAIN JOHN AUTRY" by Mahan Blair Autry and was written in 1964. At 05:11 PM 10/17/2000 EDT, you wrote: >Does anyone know who may have originally written this? > >This document was sent to Andrea Autrey Marshall by Chuck Autrey, 2000. It >is a photocopy of information received by his grandfather from the National >Archives. This has been retyped by Andrea Autrey Marshall exactly as >originally written. Note: Every page of this was stamped “AUTREY RT. >2 BOX 210 NEWTON, TX 75966” > >T H E A U T R Y F A M I L Y > >(2) Introduction: >1. Origin and spelling of the name Autry – The name Autry is most >probably of French origin. The word “Autre” means different and >the final “e” could have been changed to “y”. In the >United States the following spellings are found in deeds, marriage records, >in United States Censuses and in other papers: >1. Autry, Autery, Autrey >2. Awtry, Awtrey >3. Aughtry, Aughtrey >4. Ottry, Ottrey, Ottery >5. Autre, Autay, Auty >6. Aubry, Audry >7. Daughtry >Miss Rhoda Chavet who works in the capitol at Washington, DC and who is a >descendant of Absalom Awtry in Georgia, states that there are 27 different >ways of spelling the name Autry. She has worked in the Archives Department >and should know. > >In North Carolina where the Autry family seems to have first settled in the >United States the name is spelled “Autry”. The Autry’s in >Georgia, all of whom moved to that state for North Carolina, use the >spellings: Autry, Awtry, Awtrey, and Autery. One family near Spartenburg, >S.C. spells the name Aughtry. Most of the Autry families in Alabama employ >Autrey. The three spellings most often met with are: Autry, Awtry, and >Autrey. >Mrs. J. E. Gifford of Marietta, Georgia, a descendant of Cornelius Autry and >his son Absalom Awtry, was told by her parents and by older Awtry relatives >that the name Autry was originally “D’Autre” in French. >The “D” or “de” was dropped and “y” took >the place of the “e”. Then “w” was used instead of >“u”. This may be the explanation. County, State and Federal >officials are responsible for so many different spellings. Unable to spell >Autry they used Ottry, Auty, Autery, and other forms. In Aubry and Audry >“b” and “d” were substituted for “t” and >“d” and “D” was combined with Aughtry in Daughtry. >2. The Autry home in Europe -- My father’s brother, Miles Thomas >Autry, had from his father James Autry the information that the Autry family >lived in NorthEast France in a village by the name of Autrey. A large map of >France shows a small town, “Autrey”, in Haute Saone Province in >NorthEast France, and also a village named Autryville in the Vosgaso >District. Many other Autrys have written me that France was the home of the >Autry family in Europe. >Just following World War I in 1918, a cousin of mine, George Autry, of >Amarillo, Texas, visited the little town of Autrey in Haute Saone Province in >France and found that Autry families still live there. On one store building >he read the name “Autry” – no “e” in it. >Hence, North Eastern France must have been the European home of the Autry >family. >I contacted hundreds of Autrys in the United States and in two foreign >countries and all except two gave France as the Ancestral home of the Autry >family in Europe. One gave Glen Ayre in Scotland as his old home, and a >second claimed England as the home of his family. It is very probably that >some of the Autrys who were Huguenots fled to Scotland and England to escape >religious persecution in France and later emigrated to North Carolina. I >have just lately received a letter from an Autry who claims England as the >European home of the Autry family. Also, a research worker in Charleston, >South Carolina, has offered to sell me a Coat of Arms of the Autry family. >Also a research worker in Charleston, South Carolina, has offered to sell me >a Coat of Arms of the Autry Family. He claims the family is English with >branches in Ireland and Scotland. A Great Uncle of Mrs. J. E. Gifford of >Marietta, Georgia owned the old books that gave the history of the Autry >family, and one of these books was written in French > She herself saw these books which were destroyed after his death. The >proof of the ancestral home in Europe is based largely on Family Tradition, >it is true, but I have contacted dozens of Autry families and all except two >give France as their old home in Europe. >3. Early home of the Autry Family in America – Early deeds, marriage >records and other papers show that the Autry Family settled in Edgecomb, >Pitt, Duplin, Sampson, Beaufort and other counties of North Carolina between >1740 and 1770. Cornelius Autry was perhaps the earliest Autry to settle in >Edgecomb and Sampson counties. Letters from Autrys in many states all give >North Carolina as the home of their forefathers in the United States. The >County Records of Wilkes County, Georgia, show that Absalom, John, Jacob and >Alexander Autry, the earliest Autry’s in Georgia, came from North >Carolina. Micajah Autry who was killed in Alamo in Texas, was descendant of >Theopholus Autry in North Carolina. The evidence in favor of North Carolina >as the original home of the Autry family is overwhelming – all Autrys >contacted, regardless of how their names were spelled, claimed North Carolina >s their ancestral home in America, and early deeds and other records bear out >this conclusion. >4. Race and Religious creed of the Autry family – Mrs. J. E. Gifford of >Marietta, Georgia, a descendant of Absalom Awtry, a son of Cornelius Autry in >North Carolina, has had wide contact with the Autrys of Georgia, and she >states that the Autry Family is of French ancestry. Dr. E. L. Awtry of >Atlanta, Georgia, had from the older members of his family that the Autrys >are French people. A great uncle John Autry of Dr. E. L. Awtry’s >family often spent the night with them and he gave the history of the Autry >family in France and in America. My uncle, Miles Thomas Autry, of Dallas, >Texas, gave me the same information. He had received this history verbally >from his father, James Autry, my grandfather. All Autrys contacted who had >received the family tradition with two exceptions stated that the Autry >family was French Protestant or Huguenots who were persecuted in France and >fled to North Carolina, but they probably first went to England or Scotland >and then emigrated to North Carolina. In Georgi >a and in other states they generally accepted the Baptist faith, and there >are many Baptist ministers among them today. My father was a Baptist >preacher. >5. Location of the Autry Family today, 1955 – The earliest Autry Family >in North Carolina, seems to have been that of Cornelius Autry. He had ten or >more children who first bought land in Edgecombe, Pitt, Bertie, Sampson, >Duplin and in other counties of North Carolina, raised large families and >these families broke up and pusehd southward into South Carolina, Georgia, >Alabama, and westward into Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas >and on to Missouri, California and west and north. Today members of the >Autry Family are found in every state in the United States and in most >foreign countries. All Autrys in the United States are descended from the >same family regardless of how the name is spelled. > >(typed from photo copy in possession of Evert Allen Autry – June 5, >1980.) >3. Outline of Families > Partial Digest of the History of the Autry Line >(This epitome of the Autry Story was made to be used at the reunion at Wall >Doxey Park, June 16, 1963). >1. European Home of the Autry Family. – Autrey, a small town I Haute >Saone Province, was given by (1) Uncle Miles Thomas Autry, (2) By most of >many Autrys contacted in U.S. >2. Nationality, (1) Uncle Tom Autry gave Irish-Dutch, 2) Most Autrys >contacted gave French origin. >3. Original home in America: North Carolina is given by practically all the >Autrys. They first settled in Edgecombe, Pitt, Bertie, Sampson, Duplin, >Moore, and Anson Counties. They first worked on Pine products. >4. Earliest Ancestor: -- Cornelius Autry in Edgecombe County, North Carolina >is given by a majority of Autry families as the earliest settler in America >in 1745 – this is an estimate only – he bought 160 acres of land >for 35 pounds. (2) I found a deed to William Autry made 1767 with Alexander >Autry having land adjoining. (3) An Autry is said to have settled in >Pennsylvania. > > >==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== >Have you visited the Autr* genealogy page? It's full of information for all versions of the Autr* surname! Take a look at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~autry/ > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > --part1_36.cc8c323.271f0651_boundary--