Ned Edmund Autry's Brothers and Sisters
My uncle Daniel Fletcher Autry gave me the best explanation that
I have heard for them not knowing who Ned Edmund's brother's and
sister's were. He said "We didn't know who our uncles or
aunts were". "We had to call all older people uncle
or aunt". Uncle Daniel is a man that has been around for
a long time and is still in remarkable health (knock on wood).
I stop and talk to him almost daily for an hour or two. He has
told me things about 99% of Ned Edmund's Bladen County family
members that are listed on this page. He didn't know anything
about his great great grandmother Phyllis, his great grandmother
Edith, or her brother Archie, but somehow he remembers some things
that were said about Archie's wife, Dora Herring. Daniel, his
wife Elizabeth and my aunt Virginia Thomas-Autry's memories of
the past has really helped me with this research. God bless them
all.
For almost thirty years I have been wondering who my grandfather's
uncles, aunts and grandparents were. I never took the time to
ask the people who could have probably told me. Now there is probably
not many living that will acknowledge that these are surely Ned's
brothers and sisters of Bladen County. The records speak for themselves
and the records show that they all had the same mother.
I don't think Edith raised any of her children. I mostly found
them living with white families (Joel Jr. Johnson or some of his
children), as their servants or with an older sister. I first
found Charlotte, Rose, Mary, Lydia and David living with Edith
in the Colly township of Bladen County in 1870. Click
here and view this information in some records of 1870 Bladen
County. By 1880 all of these children were out of Edith's household.
By 1880 Edith was found living in a household with her brother
Archie Herring listed as the head of household and her 4 younger
sons James, Richard, William Henry and George Fisher Johnson's.
CHARLOTTE
JOHNSON-SYKES
Charlotte was found again in 1880 married and living in The township
of Cedar Creek in Cumberland County. She was married to Phillip
Sykes. I do not know what happened to her after then. By 1900 Phillip
was remarried to a woman that was almost thirty years younger than
he was.
Descendants of Charlotte Herring-Johnson-Sykes
1 Charlotte Herring-Johnson-Sykes 1858 -
.. +Phillip Sykes
..... 2 Lessie Sykes 1875 -
..... 2 Margarette Sykes 1877 -
..... 2 William Sykes 1879 -
ROSE ANNA
JOHNSON-LOCKE-CARROLL
Records show that Rose was born Rose Anna Johnson in Bladen County
and that her parents were Edith Johnson and a man named Charles
Hayes. I could not find any information on Rose from 1870-1900.
It seems like she left the planet during that time. I found Rose
and Joe Gunter a married couple Living in Elizabethtown in 1880.
This Rose was also listed as being born in 1862 and Joe was ten
years older. No children were listed in this marriage.
In 1900 Rose's name was listed as Rose Locke and she was listed
as being the head of her household. I have often wondered if she
had somehow gotten married to John Houston Locklear who was one
of Hellen Locklear's older brothers sometime between 1880 and 1900.
I have seen in other research where the name Locke replaced the
name Locklear and Roses son was also named John Houston Johnson.
Incidentally it has been said that John H. Johnson was a son fathered
by Toney Troy Johnson who was one of Ned Edmund's brother-in-laws.
All of this is just a thought and will be looked into one day!
During this time of 1900 a man named Abel Carrol and a younger brother,
George Fisher Johnson were living in Rose's household along with
her son Johnny, daughter Stella, and another relative Irving Johnson
on or near the Susie Sandhill By 1910 Abe Carroll was listed as
the head of Rose's household and she was listed as being his wife.
Johnny and Irving were also listed with Rose as being her sons in
1910. This is the first information that I have come across that
referred to Irving as Rose's son. All previous information showed
that Irving was a nephew to Rose. They were still located somewhere
around the Susie Sandhill in Colly in 1910.
I found Rose again in 1920 listed again as the head of her household.
Her name was listed as Rose Carroll. I could not tell if the records
were showing that she lived alone or lived with her son Johnny and
his family at this time. Rose has many 3rd, 4th and 5th generation
family descendants that are
doing very well and still living on the Susie Sandhill.
I also found additional information on Abe Carroll. In 1870 he was
living in the Turnbull township of Bladen County with Annie his
wife, M. J. his daughter and Caroline another daughter. Like Rose,
their was no information found on Abe from 1870 to 1900. Strangely
enough Abe Carroll's mother who was born in 1805 was also named
Rose.
Descendants of Rose Anna Herring
1 Rose Anna Herring 1862 - 1921
..... 2 John H. Johnson 1887 -
..... 2 Stella Johnson 1883 -
MARY
JOHNSON-RICHARDSON
In 1880 Mary and a younger brother David were found living with
a white family in the Colly township of Bladen County as their servants.
This family was Sarah P. Johnson's family. Sarah was the wife of
Kinion Johnson who was the brother of Owen Johnson. Her family of
1870 included the following
Sarah P. Johnson born 1840
Mary Johnson born 1859
Willis F Johnson born 1863
Edgar Johnson born 1870
Two years later Mary gave birth to a son that was named William
Johnson and who would by 1910 change his name to William Richardson.
William was the husband of Idella Powell and the father of Dennis
and Robert Richardson. Idella was one of Gabriel and Sophia Hayes-Powell's
older children. Click here for more details on the Powell
and Hayes families.
Sometime after this Mary and Troy Richardson were married. They
raised their children Lula, Sarah and Thomas and continued to lived
in the Colly township of Bladen County NC for the rest of their
natural lives.
Descendants of Mary Johnson Richardson
1 Mary Johnson 1864 -
.. +Troy Richardson 1869 -
..... 2 William Richardson 1882 -
......... +Idella Powell 1876 -
..... 2 Lula Richardson 1891 -
..... 2 Sara Rose Richardson 1896 -
..... 2 Thomas Richardson 1900 -
LYDIA JOHNSON-MELVIN-McDUFFIE
Lydia was found again in 1880 living with her sister Charlotte and
her family in the township of Cedar Creek in Cumberland County NC.
for some reason she was found to be using her sister's married name
of Sykes. Sometime shortly after 1890 she married Phillip Melvin.
Lydia and Phillip were found living together in 1900, 1910 and 1920
somewhere close to the Susie Sandhill. I don't know what happened
but records show that in 1930 she was living with a man named A.
Vance McDuffie. He was listed as the head of household and she was
listed as his wife. The records show that A. Vance was more than
twenty years younger than Lydia. In some information on Lydia, I
found her also to be listed as a mulatto.
On 12-21-04 I asked some of the children of J D Melvin's if they
knew their great aunt Lubby who is Lydia's youngest and only child
living and presently lives less than 6 miles from them. To my surprise
none of them knew of or ever heard of her. I told them that I had
stopped and spoke with her several times and that she was a very
charming person to meet. She is happy if anyone stops by and chats
with her for a while. Incidentally she is also my half brother Mike
Evans' grandmother.
Descendants of Lydia Johnson
1 Lydia Johnson 1866 -
.. +A. Vance McDuffie
*2nd Husband of Lydia Johnson:
.. +Phillip Melvin 1866 -
..... 2 George R. Melvin 1892 -
..... 2 Phillip S. Melvin 1894 -
..... 2 Bessie Melvin 1897 -
..... 2 Mary M. Melvin 1904 -
..... 2 Carrie Ann Melvin 1905 -
..... 2 Elma J. Melvin 1908 -
..... 2 M. Melvin 1909 -
..... 2 Elizabeth Melvin 1913 -
..... 2 Lubby J. Melvin
DAVID JOHNSON
In 1900 David was found still living in the township of Colly with
his wife Racheal. Their closest neighbor was his sister Mary Johnson-Richardson
and her family. By 1910 David was not listed with his family. All
of his children were living together with their oldest brother Walter
who was listed as the head of household. My aunt Virginia said that
some of the family elders of her younger days said that David walked
off from home one day in search of work and never returned. I think
I found David again in 1920 living in the township of Burgaw with
a woman who was listed as his wife named Berniece, no children were
listed in this household.
Note: David was the grandfather of Allice Dale McMillian and her
mother's name was Malicia. I remember Alice Dale and one of her
sons who we called Ventell.
Descendants of David Johnson
1 David Johnson 1867 -
.. +Rachel 1870 -
..... 2 Nelson Johnson 1890 -
..... 2 Jane M. Johnson 1891 -
..... 2 Rose M. Johnson 1894 -
..... 2 Willie A Johnson 1897 -
..... 2 Daniel Johnson 1899 -
JAMES JOHNSON - 1871
I do not know anything about James. All I know about him is that
he was listed as Edith's son in 1880. He must have died or moved
away from the area before 1900.
RICHARD JOHNSON
I have heard much talk about Richard. He was said to have been a
frequent visitor to his brother Ned's home and Ned's son Oscar's
home. I have even heard that he may have aided his nieces Sally
and Lossie in their plan to move away and live with their brother
in Ohio.
Richard and his wife (Lizza) Elizabeth were found again in 1910
and 1920 still living on or near the Susie Sandhill in the Colly
township of Bladen County. I never found any children listed with
them. I have heard that Richard and his wife moved away to Richmond
virginia and was never heard from again.
WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON
William Henry was found again in 1910 and 1920 living with his wife
Amelia in the Colly township of Bladen County on or near the Susie
Sandhill. I found William Henry again in 1930 still living with
his wife and a son James Palmer Johnson. They were still living
on or about the Susie Sandhill. Presently William Henry has many
3rd, 4th and 5th generation family descendants still living on the
Susie Sandhill. They are the many children and grandchildren of
William Henry's son James Palmer Johnson and his wife Julia Mae
Autry-Johnson. Julia is one of Oscar Autry's elder daughters and
Oscar was one of Ned Edmund Autry's elder sons.
Descendants of William Henry Johnson
1 William Henry Johnson 1877 - 1940
.. +Amelia Bordeaux 1882 -
..... 2 James Palmer Johnson
......... +Julia Mae Autry
GEORGE FISHER JOHNSON
Some of what I know about George Fisher is that he was Eady's son
and that his wife Bell left with another man and moved to Roseboro
NC. George Fisher was also sometimes listed as being a mulatto.
He was found living with his sister Rose Johnson-Locke in 1900.
He was found again in 1910 with his wife Bell, a daughter and a
5 month year old son living in the Mote neighborhood of Colly. In
1920 George Fisher was found again living almost next door to his
older brother, Ned Edmund Autry, alone. I guess he had been taken
out by this time. The location of his home at this time was said
to be in the area where Leslie Autry's home is presently located.
George Fisher was found again in 1930 living next door to Helen
Locklear and her daughter Macy. Aunt Macy's son, Pete Caviness said
that George Fisher was later taken care of by his niece Malicia
who was one of David's daughters. Pete also said that when George
Fisher died Malicia had him buried in Johnson Town in a graveyard
not far from where Jasper Richardson's old home place is currently
located. God Bless him.
Descendants of George Fischer Johnson
1 George Fischer Johnson 1881 -
.. +Bell
..... 2 Lizzie Mae Johnson 1908 -
..... 2 ? Johnson 1910 -
NED W AUTRY
Here is a strange thing that I found in some 1920 information for
the Colly township. I viewed Ned Edmund's family of 1920. Along
with Ned Edmund's wife and children there was a man named Ned W.
Autry living in their household. He was about the same age as James
L. and was listed as Ned Edmund's brother. It has taken me many
years but I have new found information on Ned Washington Autry and
his maternal relatives that lived in Sampson County NC.
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