Amanda wrote: I wonder if the name was actually Daughtry, as many with that surname are members of Poarch. Hi Amanda, It's possible that it was a variation of the Daughtry spelling, as that did occur with most of our surnames. However, I did locate some other records in Clark County listing the name Autry, William, so I know there were some Autrys in the locality. I cannot locate the original marriage record of Susannah Stiggins and Absolum Sizemore in 1816 to check to see if the name was simply transcribed incorrectly, but that marriage record as transcribed gives her name as Susannah Autry. We do have her marriage certificate to Henry Hataway in 1812 MS Territory and it gives her name as Susannah Stiggins. He, of course, died at Fort Mims and she was taken prisoner to Pensacola until the end of the Creek War which was 1814. We have plenty of documentation that she did marry Absolum Sizemore in 1816, but rather than giving her name as Susannah Stiggins Hataway, the transcribed marriage record says Susannah Autry. It is an old mystery dating back to the earliest days of our family research and I am taking one more stab at figuring it out. It could possibly have been a middle name, but I've found no early Autry connections to the Stiggins. Evelyn