Hi: Note that this petition is seven years after the 1810 petition signed by a John Autry in the Louisiana Territory. Alabama was never part of the LA Territory. These could have been Autrys that went south to AL while others (of the same family) went west to what later became AR. Regards Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com =============================== Found at: http://vidas.rootsweb.com/alpet.html PETITION TO CONGRESS FROM THE ALABAMA TERRITORY 1817(?) To the Honorable the congress of the United States, the humble petition of the undersigned inhabitats of the Alabama Territory residing near the waters of the Mobile,--respectfully showeth, That your petitioners have heard with the most serious alarm that applications are about to be made to your honorable body by the new state of the Mississippi for an extension of the boundaries of the said state so as to include at least the whole of the settlements on the western side of the Mobile & Tombigby rivers: Your petitioners view this proposed transfer of freeman, like the vassals of European potentates, from one sovereignty to another, as so repugnant to justice & so completely hostile to the priciples of republican America; that they persuade themselves it will receive from the representatives of the people of the United States, a prompt & indignant rejection. (continued..............._ Signed: (too many signatures for this message) Alexander Autry William Autry