Janey... Captain John Autry was a member of the Wilkes County Georgia militia in the Revolution, and a Refugee Captain... meaning that when the British & Tories prevailed in Georgia he was forced to flee to South Carolina where he continued the fight and probably was among the Georgians of Col. Elijah Clarke who came back to Georgia with Col. Andrew Pickens' South Carolinians and decisively defeated the Tories at Kettle Creek (the Battle of the Canebrakes). John had at least two brothers who were also captains in the Wilkes County Georgia militia, and one of them, Alexander Autry, is definitely known to have fought at Kettle Creek. After the war Alexander bought and farmed land that had been part of the battlefield. Captain John Autry was murdered and scalped by Creek Indians at Richland Creek near Scull Shoals on the Oconee River on 2 February 1788, and he was buried where he fell. His death at the hands of the Creeks was reported to the Governor of Georgia (George Handley) in a letter from General Elijah Clarke on 8 February 1788. The site of his death is now in and very near the northern boundary of the northernmost segment of the Oconee National Forest... east of Atlanta. Richard White Tallahassee, Florida Janey Joyce wrote: >I just checked an on-line list of those who died at the Alamo. Capt. John Autry is not on the list. Michijah Autry of North Carolina is. > >Janey E. Joyce in San Antonio, Texas > >Robert L Autry <robert_autry@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >I am looking for verification of genealogy: > >I was told that I was a direct descendent of Capt. John Autry >and Michijah Autry who fought in the Alamo. > >My name is Robert L. Autry (San Antonio >My Father's Name is Charles Lloyd Autry (San Marcos) >His Father's Name was Fred M Autry (San Marcos) > >That's about all I know. > >I was told that someone has done a book on our genealogy by someone in >Corsicana Texas, but that it was not in print any longer and was never >publicly published and that I might be able to find it in a library. > >Can Someone please give me resources so that I can confirm these items. > >Thank you, >Robert L Autry > > >

Richard, Interesting! I knew nothing at all about Capt. John Autrey. However, on the basis of what you just wrote, I would say it was unlikely that Capt. John Autrey was a brother of the Micajah Autrey who died at the Alamo. Micajah's background has been well researched: He was born in 1794 in North Carolina, a son of Theophilus and Elizabeth (Greer) Autrey. Capt. John Autry must have been a mature man in the 1770s to have been named captain of the Wilkes County, Ga., militia. I don't know when or where he was born but let me guess that he was about 30 when the Revolution began, which would put his year of birth around 1746. That would make a nearly 50-year gap in ages between Capt. John and Micajah. Janey Richard White <rw@pone.com> wrote: Janey... Captain John Autry was a member of the Wilkes County Georgia militia in the Revolution, and a Refugee Captain... meaning that when the British & Tories prevailed in Georgia he was forced to flee to South Carolina where he continued the fight and probably was among the Georgians of Col. Elijah Clarke who came back to Georgia with Col. Andrew Pickens' South Carolinians and decisively defeated the Tories at Kettle Creek (the Battle of the Canebrakes). John had at least two brothers who were also captains in the Wilkes County Georgia militia, and one of them, Alexander Autry, is definitely known to have fought at Kettle Creek. After the war Alexander bought and farmed land that had been part of the battlefield. Captain John Autry was murdered and scalped by Creek Indians at Richland Creek near Scull Shoals on the Oconee River on 2 February 1788, and he was buried where he fell. His death at the hands of the Creeks was reported to the Governor of Georgia (George Handley) in a letter from General Elijah Clarke on 8 February 1788. The site of his death is now in and very near the northern boundary of the northernmost segment of the Oconee National Forest... east of Atlanta. Richard White Tallahassee, Florida Janey Joyce wrote: >I just checked an on-line list of those who died at the Alamo. Capt. John Autry is not on the list. Michijah Autry of North Carolina is. > >Janey E. Joyce in San Antonio, Texas > >Robert L Autry wrote: >I am looking for verification of genealogy: > >I was told that I was a direct descendent of Capt. John Autry >and Michijah Autry who fought in the Alamo. > >My name is Robert L. Autry (San Antonio >My Father's Name is Charles Lloyd Autry (San Marcos) >His Father's Name was Fred M Autry (San Marcos) > >That's about all I know. > >I was told that someone has done a book on our genealogy by someone in >Corsicana Texas, but that it was not in print any longer and was never >publicly published and that I might be able to find it in a library. > >Can Someone please give me resources so that I can confirm these items. > >Thank you, >Robert L Autry > > > ==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== Have you visited the Autrey Heritage page? It's at http://www.autreyheritage.com/