12-26-04 I want to say that the comment of Nan Wolf re John C. Autry/Margaret Ann Mattix Hinds is correct. When I tabulated Chap 4 of the Autry/Culbreth book in 1996, I repeated the opinion of some of Zachary Taylor Autry's descendants in TX that her name was Taylor. Shortly after this, the Hinds descendants pointed out the correct name. This is confirmed by the marriage of Rev John C Otery to Margaret Hinds, 21 Aug 1846, as listed in the Crawford Co, AR, papers which have been published. It is complicated by the fact that the names of the apparent step children in the 1850 Crawford Co, AR, census are listed as Hinders/Winders--but it does not look like Hinds! Margaret Mattix Hinds Autry must have died after 1 July 1860 when her name appears with John C Autry in the Denton Co, TX, census; and before 1861 when he married Cynthia Ann Weldon. This date per her obituary and their first child was born abt 1862 per the 1870 Sebastian Co, AR, census. It is still a mystery re the first wife of John C. Autry. Richard Autry has recently found a couple of listings of a John C Autry and Sarah ____. Unfortunately, there are John C Autry's in MO and GA etc. and one cannot tell which one is our John C. And to date, no one knows what the C. stands for. I counted 19 children for John C. Autry, but after 18, who keeps count? And he moved about every 10 years--leaving children scattered all around. Robert Autry Brooks