I was only in Autryville twice with Cousin Mayo, once in the 1980s and once while writing the book. I have to remind people that this was his third Autry book. The first one ca. 1980 is the one that introduced me to Autrey family history. Mayo was a bundle of energy. At 82, he would work on his genealogy until 2 am. And drove to Autryville from his home in Greensboro almost every week end. As to Autryville, it is still a fairly small town about 10 miles east of Fayetteville, NC. It is a rather new town, started ca 1880, so is not where the original family was from. I think an Autry started it to float pine tar down the "river" to the coast. Mayo had lived at Falcon , as few miles away, in his family home where he grew up. Hisfather died when he was young and his mother supported him. As to Autryville, it is best known for the Micajah Autry pageant, which Margaret Jaynes, an Autry descendant, underwrote for years. I enjoyed seeing it in the outdoor arena, but it has ended for lack of more widespread support. A bit of history for today--that I like to recall. Robert Autry Brooks

Thanks, Robert! I love history and finding out about things and appreciate people who are willing to share their knowledge.~Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAB55@aol.com> To: <AUTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:14 PM Subject: Re: [AUTRY] Dr. Bundy and The Autry Book > I was only in Autryville twice with Cousin Mayo, once in the 1980s and once > while writing the book. I have to remind people that this was his third Autry > book. The first one ca. 1980 is the one that introduced me to Autrey family > history. > Mayo was a bundle of energy. At 82, he would work on his genealogy until 2 > am. And drove to Autryville from his home in Greensboro almost every week > end. > As to Autryville, it is still a fairly small town about 10 miles east of > Fayetteville, NC. It is a rather new town, started ca 1880, so is not where > the original family was from. I think an Autry started it to float pine tar > down the "river" to the coast. Mayo had lived at Falcon , as few miles > away, in his family home where he grew up. Hisfather died when he was young > and his mother supported him. > As to Autryville, it is best known for the Micajah Autry pageant, which > Margaret Jaynes, an Autry descendant, underwrote for years. I enjoyed seeing > it in the outdoor arena, but it has ended for lack of more widespread > support. > A bit of history for today--that I like to recall. Robert Autry Brooks > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >