I believe all any of us have is just a family legends that the Autry line is of French origins. And, I'm not sure we have even identified the gateway ancestor. Indeed some Huguenots did settle in various places in the British Isles, including Ireland. I have searched many of them but have not found any listings for Autry (under any spelling I can think of). That does not mean they were not there, but simply that I have yet to find any evidence of it. I have long suspected our line might have come via the British West Indies to South Carolina, but have not located material to prove or disprove this. However, I believe this Cherokee trader, Cornelius Daughtery, is a Daughtery, rather than an Autry. Of course, I've been wrong before. Myra ----- Original Message ----- From: Bradley M. and Mrs. Corinna D. Warner To: myravg@drizzle.com ; AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: March 22, 2001 3:31 PM Subject: Re: Conelius Daughtertu, an old Irish trader To the list: I have found mention that "our" Cornelius very well may have come from Ireland. This would be especially true if the D'Autry family were French Hugenot, many of whom immigrated to the British Isles. To date, no one has been able to conclusively link our Autrys to the D'Autry family of France; it is a reasonable assumption, but its no less reasonable to assume Cornelius hailed from Ireland...... >From: "Myra V Gormley" >To: AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Conelius Daughtertu, an old Irish trader >Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 06:54:34 -0800 > >Richard -- > >There is a great deal of recorded information about Cornelius Daughtery, an >Indian trader of Hiwassee town (also spelled Highwassie), which is now in >Tennessee. His name is found variously spelled as: Doharty, Doughtery and >Daughtery, etc. > >Many references to him and letters to/from him can be found in "The >Colonial Records of South Carolina," in "Documents relating to Indian >Affairs, 1754-1765," edited by William L. McDowell, Jr. and published by >SCDAH, 1970; 1992. > >In December of 1757, he says he is an old man now. Don't know what "old" >was in the mid-18th century, but that is the comment made; presume it could >be anything from 40-80. Also, in 1760 one reference is to Cornelius >Duchart's WOMAN, rather than wife, which indicates that he probably was >married to or cohabitated with an Indian woman, and since he was a Cherokee >trader, it is most likely that she was of that tribe. > >What leads you to believe he might be French and that the name might really >be d'Autre? All the references I've seen about him say he was Irish >(probably Scotch-Irish) and that the name is Daughtery (however it was >spelled). > >Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG >myravg@drizzle.com >http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/syft/ > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard White" >To: >Sent: March 21, 2001 11:19 PM >Subject: Conelius Daughtertu, an old Irish trader > > > > > > _Letters of Benjamin Hawkins 1796-1806_ , p.108 > > > > March 27, 1797 > > > > ... on the left bank of this was the town of Quannasee, for many years > > the residence of Cornelius Daughtertu, an old Irish trader; at present > > there is nothing remaining of the old town except the open flats where > > were formerly the corn fields... > > > > ....................... > > > > This location was in the valley of the Hiwassee River, probably in the > > southern edge of what is now the state of Tennessee... and was far > > advanced beyond the frontier, in the heart of Cherokee Indian > > territory. These letters were hand written and were published > > posthumously. The author had no opportunity to proofread them. I > > believe that Daughtertu was actually Daughtery... or if you will, > > d'Autry. This "Daughtertu" was an Indian trader. The spelling under > > which I found Quannasee was Quanasee. > > > > Was this man "our" Cornelius Autry? > > > > Richard White > > Tallahassee, FL > > > > > > ==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== > > Did you know that the Autry page was mentioned in the October Issue of >Family Tree Magazine? http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~autry > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > >==== AUTRY Mailing List ==== >Be sure to visit the Autry and Autrey surname message boards. They're at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~autry/records/ at the bottom of the page. > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com