I have information on this page about Ned Edward
Autry from his more than probable slave owner and slave brethren
to his wife Rose Autry, their children and some of their Autry,
Williams, Melvin, Boone, Boykin, Herring, Parker, Blackman, Thompson,
Howard, Owens, Tatum, Drake, Womble, Johnson, Young, Fort and
Peterson grand and great grandchildren that lived in the 1870-1930
McDaniels (Mintz and Parkersburg), Little Coharie (Roseboro, Salemburg
and Autryville), South Clinton, Clinton, Dismal and other areas
of Sampson County NC, Cedar Creek,Vander,Stedman,Carvers Creek
(Linden), Black River (Godwin, Wade and Falcon) and Mars and Flea
Hill (Eastover Fayetteville-Wade) townships of Cumberland counties
NC. It is truly amazing how almost 100% of Ned's descendants would
by 1910 leave the McDaniels township and make their homes in all
of the other places mentioned above.
Ned Edward Autry was a veteran of the Civil War. On the website
NC
Colored Troops I found that he had enlisted in the Union army
3-27-65 at the age of 37. He was in
company
E of the 135th US Colored Infantry. For some reason his surname
was spelled Audrey, but was spelled Autry on the website NC Colored
Troops Pensions. I have ordered a copy of his pension application
in search of any information that the family members listed to
prove that they and Ned were who they were suppose to be. I also
found Ned's surname to be spelled Aughtry in some recorded information
of 1870 and 1880 and you can click here to view a listing of him
in the 1890 veterans schedule.
I found from Ned's tax information that as an adult he was a very
profitable man, even immediately after slavery was ended. He was
listed as a carpenter and farmer and was found living in the McDaniels
township (Mintz and Parkersburg) of Sampson County NC in 1870,
1880 and 1900. Ned continued to live here until his death which
was sometime between 1900-1910. After his death his family virtually
vanished from the McDaniels township. On the left there are links
to Ned's slave owner, immediate and/or slave family and a census
map of present day Sampson County and some of the Cumberland townships
which will give you an idea of the areas that have been mentioned
on this page.
