Hi: David Hinds, son of John, son of Levi, son of Joseph Sr. (d 1772 Guilford Co. NC) was married 1827 to a Margaret Ann Mattix in Lawrence Co. AR. In 1830/31 they moved to Crawford Co. AR where David died in Dec.1843. Later in Crawford Co. AR widow Margaret re-married to a Rev. John Autry, a widower. She had more children by Rev. Autry. This bio below (with sources) is about Zachary Taylor Autry, half-brother to my ancestor, Archibald Yell Hinds, son of David and Marg. Hinds. It was sent to me by Zachary's descendant, Richard Autry. He gave me permission to send it to the list. His address is at the end. Regards Nan Wolf 71532.734@compuserve.com ====================================== Zachary Taylor Autry was born on March 15th of 1850 at Fort Smith Arkansas where his father John C. Autry was a U.S. Army chaplain and undertaker. The infant Taylor was actually named Zachary Taylor but was evidently called by his middle name. Col. Zachary Taylor (who later became president) was serving at Ft. Smith about the time of little Taylor's birth. His mother Margaret had also named a previous son from her first marriage Archibald Yell Hinds after an acquaintance who later became famous - Governor Archibald Yell. When Zachary was 6 years old in 1855 the family moved to the community of Little Elm in Denton County Texas. The George Maltsbergers family lived nearby having recently moved there from the lost valley in Jack County Texas because of recent attacks by the indians. The Comanches had ransacked and burned the Maltsberger home, stolen their livestock and killed the entire families of their two closest neighbors. Zachary's mother Margaret Ann Mattix Autry passed away there sometime between Mar. 12 and Dec. 03, 1861 from measles and was buried in a cemetery at Greene School and Church in Cooke County Texas. His father John C. Autry then married Cynthia Ann Weldon. Young Zachary would often visit the Maltsberger home and listen to George Maltsberger's many tales of how he left home at the age of 14 to work at Leavenworh Kansas, later working as a cowboy on the cattle drives, his many fights with the indians and his travels to Utah with the Mormons. The tales must have impressed the young Zachary. When Zachary was 12 years old in 1862, the George Maltsberger family decided to move to San Antonio Texas. Recent raids by the indians along with the previous losses to them had left George Maltsberger with only $7.50 in his pockets and he felt he could start over in San Antonio. Young Zacahary must have been upset that his friends were leaving and also because his mother Margaret had died of measles and his father had remarried and some say he did not get along with his stepmother Cynthia and that his father was very strict and he was unhappy with him. All these things combined to make young Zachary decide to leave home. That day in 1862 as the Maltsberger family left, they found 12 year old Zachary waiting by the roadside just outside of town. After much persuasion from Zachary they finally agreed to take him with them to help herd their horses and cattle to San Antonio. On the way to San Antonio Zachary became very ill with typhoid fever, but the Maltsberger family nursed him back to health. Zachary never returned to visit his father and the rest of his family never knew what happened to him, only that he had left with a man to herd horses to Texas. His father John C. Autry's will excludes him (along with several of his other siblings) from inheritace by saying he had already given him "All I care for him to have". When they finally reached the San Antonio area they first settled in the hill country at a point between Fredericksburg and Boerne. Two years later because of attacks by the Comanche indians, they moved to San Antonio and camped out along "the ditch" at a point not far from George Maltsberger's later home on North Flores Street. Zachary lived with the Maltsberger family untill he was nineteen years old when he married Rebecca McBee, they had one son named Will who was born in 1870. From 1870 to 1871, Zachary served in the frontier forces (Texas Rangers) and according to family legend Zachary fought in several battles with the indians. Divorce papers were filed by Rebecca J. Autry against Zachary Taylor Autry for "cruel and outrageous treatment" in Bexar County in February of 1873. She then married J. M. Murdoch on March 13, 1873 in Bexar County Texas. Rebecca got custody of their son but several years after their divorce their son Will returned to live with his father Zachary and his new wife Sarah. Zachary became interested in the young daughter of James Harrison Coker a prominent Coker Community leader, farmer and school teacher at the Coker Community school. James' wife and Sarah's mother Sarah Jane Gann Coker had died just two years before and Mr. Coker strongly disapproved of the relationship between the 23 year old divorced Zachary and his 13 year old daughter Sarah Jane. After many arguments with his daughter he finally forbade Sarah to ever see Zachary again. But a year later when Sarah was 14 she eloped with Zachary and moved to the Bandera Texas area where the state had granted Zachary some land. On their marriage certificate from Kendall County Texas she gave her name as Sarah Jane Cooper possibly to conceal her true identity. They settled on the land which was not far from her sister Mary's home. Mary had married a man named Newton and they had a young baby. One day about a year later, Sarah's brother Jim Jr. arrived at their cabin with warning of a Comanche indian uprising. Zachary and Sarah decided to immediately return with him to the Coker Community. On their way back to the Coker Community they stopped at her sister Mary's to warn her as well. But as they approached the cabin they could tell something was wrong, her sisters apron was hanging over the window and they found her sister Mary dead, pinned to the cabin steps by an arrow. They found the baby miraculously still alive and wandering in the woods nearby the cabin. They saved the baby and returned her to Coker Community but her later whereabouts are unknown. Sarah refused to return to the cabin in Bandera and In October of 1875 shortly after the birth of Zachary & Sarah's first child her father deeded 100 acres to Sarah and her bodily heirs carefully excluding Zachary from any possible ownership. Zachary Had Ten children with his second wife. According to family legend Zachary Autry was a charming person with the agressive qualitys of leadership and determination. In his youth he was said to be a great dancer, a prize winner in the contests of the day but when he was older it was aginst his rules for any of his children to dance. He was very active and often spoke in the Coker Community church. Sometimes getting into heated arguments. When he was in his thirties Zachary became very ill with what was then called "Catarrh of the stomach" and he also later became blind. He passed away at the age of 45 from cancer of the throat. Some Sources: Zachary T. Autry Marriage: 26 JAN 1869 , Bexar Co., Texas Spouse: Rebecca Mc Bee Marriage records, 1837-1925 Bexar County (Texas). Clerk of the County Court Rebecca Jane Autrey Spouse: J. M. Murdoch Marriage: 13 MAR 1873 , Bexar Co., Texas Marriage records, 1837-1925 Bexar County (Texas). Clerk of the County Court Rebecca J. Autry filed for divorce against Z. Taylor Autry for "cruel and outrageous treatment" in Bexar County in February 1873, Bexar County Judical Case #4705. Zachary T. Autry Marriages: Spouse: Sarah Jane Coker Marriage: 10 Sep 1874, Kendall County, Texas Marriage records, 1837-1925 Kendall County Texas Texas Adjutant General Service Records, 1836 - 1935 Frontier Forces Services Records, 1870-1871 -Autrey, Z. T. George Washington Maltsberger. "A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas, Vol. 1,' The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, 1907 page 463 George Washington Maltsberger San Antonio Express in March 1914. "LIVES ON THE SAME SPOT WHERE HE CAMPED IN PIONEER DAYS " "J.T. Maltsberger Pioneer Citizen Passes Away" Cotulla, La Salle County, TX newspaper Friday, 18 Mar 1955 DENTON County Texas land abstracts GW MALTSBERGER Abstract # 934 San Antonio Texas 1891 City Directory Maltzberger, George W., stockman, h 715 N. Flores ========= Regards, Richard Autry NowOnline@aol.com