YANCEY COUNTY, NC - BIOGRAPHIES - Cornelius Autrey family ----¤¤¤---- Cornelius Autrey family The first Autrey in what is now North Carolina was a Captain John Autrey from England. After receiving a patent from Queen Elizabeth on March 25th 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh’s first expedition to the new world, under captains Phillip Amadas and Auther Barlow, to explore the country and recommand a favorable site for settlement arrived in North Carolina, July 2nd 1584. And remained six weeks before returning to England. This was followed by a fleet of seven ships and 108 men no women or children, which sailed from Plymouth in April 1585. (From the “voyage made by Sir Richard Greenville for Sir Walter Raleigh to Virginia in the year 1585.” pg 307, vol iii, History of North Carolina. Vol 1 pg 4. The following; on July 6th 1585, Master John Arundall was sent to the main and Manteo was with him, and Captain John Autrey and Captain Boniton the same day were sent to Croatan, where they found two of our men left there thirty others by Captain Raymond twenty days before. On the 8th, Captain Autrey and Captain Boniton returned with two of our men. Found by them to us at Wocokon (present Ocracoke inlet). Cornelius Autrey was born about 1720, possibly in Ireland, and died in the late 1770’s in Edgecombe County. His wife is unknown, but nine of their children have been identified, all born in Edgecombe County, NC. Cornelius first appeared in records in 1746 and 1756 when he was a well established planter, and is the one who Autry creek was named for. By 1790 five of the children had moved to Sampson County and were recorded in the US census book one moved to Georgia, one to Alabama, one to Tennessee, and one remained in Edgecombe County, NC. The oldest of Cornelius' children was Absaloam, (he was the only child to retain the “e” in the name Autrey) who was born about 1740 and died in 1827 in St Claire County, Alabama. He is listed as a tory officer in the colonial records, vol22 pg 196 and had eight children, all born in NC. Later they all migrated to Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. The second child was John Autrey born about 1741 and died in 1778 who married Elizabeth Ann and had 12 children. He was killed on Feb. 2nd 1778 by Creek Indians near Skull Shoals, GA. All of the children were born in NC except the last three. A record of this family may be found in Mahan Blairs Autrey's book, the family and descendants of Captain John Autrey. The third child James Autrey was born about 1742 and died before 1830 in Tennessee. There were two known children and from this family came the famous Gene Autrey. William Autry was the fourth child. He was born about 1745 and died before 1790 when his wife Rachel is listed as head of household. There were at least five children according to the 1790 census. Newsome was one of these children. He married Nancy Culbreth. His will of July 12th 1853 names Clarry and 13 children. From his family came the Sampson County Autrey's. The fifth child, Cornelius Autrey, born 1747 and died 1810 married Sophia and six children named in the Sampson County record of deeds book 18, pg 201. As heirs of Cornelius Autry… this Cornelius is often confused with his father and is falsely named as the father of the Autrey's of NC. From this family came Theophilus Autry, who married Elizabeth Crumpler who had nine children according to his will- Micajah Autry, of Alamo fame being the most outstanding. Drury Autry the sixth child was born about 1749 and died after 1808, the date of his will. He had six children. His wife was not named. Many of these children married into the Neil Culbreth family and lived in Sampson County, NC. The seventh child Islam, born about 1750, has no record other then the 1790 census, which lists under household six children, two males and four females. The eighth child, Martha Autrey, born in 1753 and died in 1852, married Neil Culbreth, and his family can be found in this census book under Neil and Martha Autry Culbreth family. The ninth child, Sarah Autry, was born about 1755 married George Vickers and remained in Edgecombe Co, NC. In Deed Book D of Edgecombe County, pg 388, Cornelius deeded 260 acres to my daughter Sarah. Although the spelling of Autrey has passed through many forms such as Autry, Aughtry, Aughtrey, Try, and Daughtry, most Autrey researchers say Cornelius of Edgecombe County was the original progenitor of the North Carolina Autrey's. And they are all related to some degree regardless of a claim that five brothers came to america and went their separate ways. Footnote: I found this information in the McDowell County library, under the Sampson County records book. All the above mentioned names have lineage in these books. --------------------------------------------------------- The Descendents Of John P. Autrey and Elizabeth Claxton John P. Autrey Born Sept. 15, 1801 Place Rutherford Co. NC Died April 15, 1872 Place Yancey, Co. NC Buried Autrey cemetery, Celo, Yancey Co, NC Married about 1824 Father: Absolm Autrey Wife Elizabeth Claxton Born Dec. 15, 1805 Place Tenn. Died Mar. 6, 1893 Place Yancey Co, NC Buried Autrey Cemetery, Celo, Yancey Co, NC Children 1)James A. Autrey Born Sept. 1824 Place Tenn. Died About 1910 Place Yancey Co Buried Autrey Cemetery, Celo, Yancey Co, NC Spouse Mary Elizabeth Hoppis Married about 1849 2) William C. Autrey Born about 1826 Place Burke Co. NC Spouse Lydia Gillespie McCall Married Dec. 23 1851 Place McDowell Co. NC 3) Harvey W Autrey Born about 1828 Place Burke Co, NC Married Susannah Hall March 10, 1849 Place McDowell, Co, NC 4) Fanny Autrey Born Dec 27 1829 Place Burke Co., NC Died about 1890 Spouse Jacob Hasel Wacaster Jan. 16, 1852 Place McDowell Co, NC 5) John Patton Autrey Born about 1835 Place Burke Co, NC Spouse Margaret Burnett Married May 14, 1853 Place McDowell Co, NC 6) Joseph P Autrey Born About 1839 Place Burke Co, NC Died about 181876 Mitchell, Co NC Spouse Emmaline McHone Married About 1859 Place NC 7) George M. Autrey Born April 2, 1839 Place Burke Co, NC Died March 26, 1920 Place Yancey Co, NC Buried Ballew Cemetery, Celo, Yancey Co, NC Spouse, Fanny Ballew Married Nov 27,1870 Place Yancey Co, NC 8) Hiram Avery Autrey Born Feb. 29, 1844 Place McDowell Co. NC Died Jan 4, 1917 Place South Toe Yancey Co, NC Spouse Evaline Ballew Married Feb 3, 1870 Place Yancey Co. NC 9) Jasper A Autrey Born About 1844 Place McDowell Co, NC Died Mar 15, 1898 Place Yancey Co, NC Buried Autrey Cemetery Yancey Co, NC Spouse Elizabeth Ann Simmons Married about 1868 Place Yancey Co, NC 10)Winfield A Autrey Born About 1845 Place McDowell Co, NC Died About 1890 Spouse Martha J Married 1875 11)Mary A Autrey Born Oct 19, 1850 Place McDowell Co, NC Died Aug 7, 1906 Place Yancey Co, NC Buried Gibbs Cemetery Yancey Co NC Spouse Andrew Henson Westall Married Jan 9, 1866 Place Yancey Co, NC 12) Jason Thompson Autrey Born Sept. 13,1852 Place McDowell Co, NC Died Oct 1, 1917 Buried Ballew Cemetery Yancey Co, NC Spouse Sarah Ann Gibbs Married March 22, 1890 Place South Toe, Yancey Co, NC 13) Treasy Autrey Born Oct 15 1850 Place McDowell Co. NC Died Nov 6, 1940 Buried Ballew Cemetery Place Yancey Co, NC Spouse Charles Gibbs Born March 2,1852, died Feb.21, 1902 Married Feb 26, 1870 Place Yancey Co, NC 14) Lophelia Nancy Autrey Married Charles Haney Place Yancey Co, NC«Address Block» Winfield Autrey and Martha Autrey Had one child named Comodore Autrey . Comodore married Sadie Laws, then married Julie Sawers and had a son named Martin. Julie is buried in Lost Cove Cemetery Buck Creek NC. Julie Is buried in Simmons Cemetery, Buck Creek, NC. ( My Ggfather is Comodore, GGGfather is Winfield.) Jason Autrey and Sally Ann Gibbs had five Children, Marion, Myra, Clara, Louis (1892-1894,)and Eliza (1902-1903). I’m sure you’ve heard the story about Clara having a baby before marriage She and her mother murdered the child after it was a few hours old and both went to prison. I have all the childrens names of John and Elizabeth Autrey written here, and I also have their childrens names and spouses names if interested. These pages are from “Captain John Autrey And Family” by Mahan Blair Autrey Corsicana Texas.This book is located at the Library Of Congress. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vanessa Autrey Sumlin vca9621@yahoo.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------