Living LIVING married Ethel HIGHSMITH.

Ethel HIGHSMITH [Parents] was born 19 Oct 1894. She married Living LIVING.

Leighton HIGHSMITH [Parents] ¹ was born ² 25 Feb 1868 in Wayne Co., GA. He died ³ 19 Oct 1929 in Brantley Co., GA (formerly Wayne) and was buried ⁴ in Smyrna Bapt. Cem., Brantley Co., GA. Leighton married Laura L. WILLIS about 1888.

Laura L. WILLIS [Parents] ¹ was born ² 18 Apr 1870 in Columbia, FL. She died ³ 24 Oct 1943 in Brantley Co., GA (formerly Wayne) and was buried ⁴ in Smyrna Bapt. Cem., Brantley Co., GA. Laura married Leighton HIGHSMITH about 1888.

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HUSBAND OF LYDIA AYTREY married Lydia AUTREY on 16 Nov 1820 in Wilcox Co., AL.

Lydia AUTREY [Parents] was born 27 Oct 1804 in Sampson Co., N.C.. She died calculated 1890 in Magnolia, Columbia, AR. Lydia married HUSBAND OF LYDIA AYTREY on 16 Nov 1820 in Wilcox Co., AL.

1850 census shows her born in NC.

Frederick AUTREY [Parents] was born 14 Nov 1772 in NC. He died 2 Aug 1835 in Wilcox Co., AL. Frederick married Elizabeth SHEFFIELD in Wilcox Co., AL.

The LDS records indicate that Frederick died October 12, 1833.  Frederick served in the War of 1812 in the 6th Company, detached for the Moore Regiment, with Nathaniel Tuck, Captain.  His cousin Micajah was in the War of 1812 prior to his death at the Alamo.  In 1815 Frederick owned 200 acres and 550 acres in two tracts of land in Moore Co., NC.

Frederick's will is in Wilcox Co., Al., vol.1, Nov. 1826- June 1844, pages 261-264.

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RECORD:

1. LDS Ancestral File AFN:QHWZ-33.

2. The Descendants of Cornelius Autry, Immigrant, of Edgecombe County, and Neil Clulblreth of Sampson County, North Carolina, and Allied Families, page 331.

3. Wittels.FBK.GED, . Source Media Type: Other. "Date of Import: Apr 26, 2000."

4. David Carl Bowerman, GEDCOM File : ~ATB6.ged, 26 Jun 2000. 3461 Morningside Dr.
Kissimmee, FL  34744.

5. GEDCOM File : Autrey.ged, 11 Feb 2003.

6. GEDCOM File : ~AT11A.ged, 15 Feb 2003.

BIRTH:

8. Wittels.FBK.GED, . Source Media Type: Other. "Date of Import: Apr 26, 2000."

DEATH:

9. Wittels.FBK.GED, . Source Media Type: Other. "Date of Import: Apr 26, 2000."

Elizabeth SHEFFIELD [Parents] was born calculated 1764 in Moore Co., NC. She died 22 Aug 1826 in Magnolia, Columbia, AR and was buried Magnolia City Cemetery in Magnolia, Columbia, AR. Elizabeth married Frederick AUTREY in Wilcox Co., AL.

HUSBAND OF EMILY AUTREY married Emily AUTREY on 17 Mar 1829 in Marengo Co., AL.

Emily AUTREY [Parents] was born 19 Jun 1808 in Sampson Co., N.C.. She married HUSBAND OF EMILY AUTREY on 17 Mar 1829 in Marengo Co., AL.

1850 census shows her born in NC.

John AUTREY [Parents] ¹ was born 20 May 1794 in Moore Co., NC. He died 16 Oct 1864 in Wilcox Co., AL. John married Mary Catherine HARE on 11 Nov 1824 in Wilcox County, Alabama.

1850 census for Wilcox Co., Al. shows the family in house #146,as follows:
Autrey, John, 55 Farmer, $2500., NC
     , Catherine, 57,NC
     , Frederick, 19,Farmer,Al
     , Lydia, 16, Al
     , John W., 13, Al (JOHN WATKINS AUTREY, my Great Grandfather).

1850 Wilcox County Alabama Census
713    12   146  AUTREY              John                  55    M        Farmer         2500  NC
713    13   146  AUTREY              Catherine             57    F       NC
713    14   146  AUTREY              Frederick             19    M       Farmer               AL
713    15   146  AUTREY              Lydia                 16    F       AL
713    16   146  AUTREY              John                  13    M       AL

Wilcox County, Alabama Marriages:
HARE, Peter & Mary Hare by Wmarried McLendon J.P.  Enoch Maness, Security, 11-11-1824

Mary Catherine HARE [Parents] was born about 1793 in Moore County, North Carolina. She died 20 Apr 1864 in Wilcox County, Alabama. Mary married John AUTREY on 11 Nov 1824 in Wilcox County, Alabama.

HUSBAND OF CELIA AUTRY married Celia AUTREY on 22 Dec 1826.

Celia AUTREY [Parents] was born 18 Jul 1810 in Pine Hill, Wilcox, AL. She married HUSBAND OF CELIA AUTRY on 22 Dec 1826.

John C. HARE [Parents] was born 1763 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. He died 1823 in Wilcox County, Alabama. John married Elizabeth OWEN on 1784 in Moore County, North Carolina.

ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.
ORPHANS COURT SECOND MONDAY IN APRIL 1823

(April 14, 1823)

Present the Hn. Edwin L. Harris, Esq. Judge County Court on application of Mark Morgan for Letters of Administration on the estate of John C. Hare Sr. deceased and it having made appear to the satisfaction of the court that the widow of the said John Hare Sr. deceased is unwilling to take upon herself the administration of the said estate and the said Morgan being one of the legal heirs (in right of his wife Euphrania Hare) of said estate, it is therefore ordered by the court that letters of administration on the said estate of John Hare Sr. be granted unto Mark Morgan.

It is ordered by the court that Mark Morgan give bond and security in the amount of two thousand dollars as administrator of said estate and that John A. Evans and Wm. H. Plummer be accepted for his security.

Ordered by the court that Wm. McLendon Esq., Frederick Autery, Joseph Morgan, Nathan Sheffield, John A. Evans or any three of them are and they are hereby appointed appraisers of the estate of John Hare Sr. deceased.

WRITER'S NOTE: Since this man is listed as John Hare Sr. and since he had a son John C. who was a junior, it is assumed that the senior John was John C. Hare Sr. and that his first son was John C. Hare Jr. For some reason, Mark Morgan (husband of Euphrania Hare) was removed as administrator of the estate and was replaced by Euphrania's brother Peter Hare, John Hare's son, four years after the proceedings began.

ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.
May 14, 1827

State of Alabama, Wilcox County:

Know all men by these presents that we, Peter Hare, Ephraim Pharr and Nathaniel A. Jameson are held and firmly bound unto James C. Irvin, Judge of the County Court of said county and his successors in office in the final sum of one thousand dollars which payment well and truly to be made and we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents given under our hands and seals this 14th day of May A.D., 1827.

The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Peter Hare has been duly appointed Administrator to the estate of John Hare deceased together with his last will and testament of the said John Hare deceased annexed hereunto. Now if the said Peter Hare shall well and truly perform all of the duties which are or may be by law required of him as such administrator then the above obligation to be null and void. Otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, Peter Hare - E. Pharr
Signed and sealed in the presence of James C. Irvin
Judge of the Court of Wilcox County Alabama

Approved and ordered to be recorded and filed in office. James C. Irvin. Judge County Court Wilcox County Alabama. Page 150

WRITER'S NOTE: The following document was found in RECORD OF ESTATES 1820-1861, Moore County Alabama, Vol. B, Page 74.

ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.
August 13, 1827

PETER HARE ADM. OF ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.

August 13, 1823 The property of John Hare Snr. deceased, one judgment an John Sheffield Jr. for the sum of $30.15 due the 30th Oct. 1822. One judgment against Everett Sheffield Jr. and Medford Owens for the sum of $95.00. Judgment against Everett Sheffield, John Sheffield Jr. and Medford Owens for the sum of $92.00. One note against Everett Sheffield and Medford Owens for the sum of $23.00 due 4 Dec. 1822. One note on Mark Allen for the sum of $1.27 due June 6, 1823. One note in Everett Sheffield for the sum of $0.50 due June 6, 1823. One note on John Owens Sr. and Medford Owens for the sum of $1.00 due Sept. 1814. One note on James Williamson for the sum of $3.25 due May 13, 1823. Doubtful are proved accounts against the estate of Isom Sheffield decd. for the sum of $3.50 proven 15th Nov. 1822 Doubtful.
Signed, Peter Hare

ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.

Probate Minutes, Orphans Court, Wilcox County, Alabama. Mark Morgan Administrator of the estate of John Hare deceased appeared in open court and made application for a final settlement of the estate of the said John Hare deceased. It is therefore ordered by the court that the second Monday in November next be appointed as the time for making said settlement and it is further ordered that publication thereof be made by advertisement in a newspaper printed in Clairborn once a week for three weeks previous to said term and also by notice posted up at the door of the court house and two other public places in the county at least forty days before said time.

The inventory and appraisement of the estate of John Hare Sr. deceased was examined and approved and ordered to be recorded and filed.

James C. Irvin, Judge County Court Wilcox County Alabama.

ORPHANS COURT REGULAR TERM 14th APRIL 1828

The commissioner heretofore appointed to make distributions of the estate of John Hare Sr. deceased among the heirs and Legatees of said estate made the following distribution:

We whose names are hereunder written having been assigned by the judge of the county court commissioners to make appraisement and distribution of the estate of John Hare Sr. deceased among the heirs of said Hare have proceeded in the following manner, that is to say -
1. We allot and apportion to Elizabeth Hare - - - - --- $24.82
2. We allot and apportion to Mark Morgan - - - - - - - 11.48
3. We allot and apportion to Adam Autrey - - - - - - - -11.48
4. We allot and apportion to John Autrey - - - - - - - -11.48
5. We allot and apportion to Henry Hare - - - - - - - - -11.48
6. We allot and apportion to Mary Hare
Executor of John C. Hare Jr. estate - - - - - - - --- 11.48
7. We allot and apportion to the heirs of Owen Hare- - ---11.48
8. We allot and apportion to Mary Autrey - - - - - - - 11.48
9. We allot and apportion to Peter Hare - - - - - - - --11.48
10. We allot and apportion to Mark Morgan - - - - - -11.48
This 18th day of January 1828.

Obadiah Dumas, John Alenn Evans, John Watkins

WRITER'S NOTE: These documents are offered here merely to establish the genealogical information on our ancestors.

ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.
      ORPHANS COURT SECOND MONDAY IN APRIL 1823

(April 14, 1823)

Present the Hn. Edwin L. Harris, Esq. Judge County Court on application of Mark Morgan for Letters of Administration on the estate of John C. Hare Sr. deceased and it having made appear to the satisfaction of the court that the widow of the said John Hare Sr. deceased is unwilling to take upon herself the administration of the said estate and the said Morgan being one of the legal heirs (in right of his wife Euphrania Hare) of said estate, it is therefore ordered by the court that letters of administration on the said estate of John Hare Sr. be granted unto Mark Morgan.

It is ordered by the court that Mark Morgan give bond and security in the amount of two thousand dollars as administrator of said estate and that John A. Evans and Wm. H. Plummer be accepted for his security.

Ordered by the court that Wm. McLendon Esq., Frederick Autery, Joseph Morgan, Nathan Sheffield, John A. Evans or any three of them are and they are hereby appointed appraisers of the estate of John Hare Sr. deceased.

WRITER'S NOTE: Since this man is listed as John Hare Sr. and since he had a son John C. who was a junior, it is assumed that the senior John was John C. Hare Sr. and that his first son was John C. Hare Jr. For some reason, Mark Morgan (husband of Euphrania Hare) was removed as administrator of the estate and was replaced by Euphrania's brother Peter Hare, John Hare's son, four years after the proceedings began.

           ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.
            May 14, 1827

State of Alabama, Wilcox County:

Know all men by these presents that we, Peter Hare, Ephraim Pharr and Nathaniel A. Jameson are held and firmly bound unto James C. Irvin, Judge of the County Court of said county and his successors in office in the final sum of one thousand dollars which payment well and truly to be made and we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents given under our hands and seals this 14th day of May A.D., 1827.

The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Peter Hare has been duly appointed Administrator to the estate of John Hare deceased together with his last will and testament of the said John Hare deceased annexed hereunto. Now if the said Peter Hare shall well and truly perform all of the duties which are or may be by law required of him as such administrator then the above obligation to be null and void. Otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, Peter Hare - E. Pharr
Signed and sealed in the presence of James C. Irvin
Judge of the Court of Wilcox County Alabama

Approved and ordered to be recorded and filed in office. James C. Irvin. Judge County Court Wilcox County Alabama. Page 150

WRITER'S NOTE: The following document was found in RECORD OF ESTATES 1820-1861, Moore County Alabama, Vol. B, Page 74.

           ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.
                  August 13, 1827

PETER HARE ADM. OF ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.

August 13, 1823 The property of John Hare Snr. deceased, one judgment an John Sheffield Jr. for the sum of $30.15 due the 30th Oct. 1822. One judgment against Everett Sheffield Jr. and Medford Owens for the sum of $95.00. Judgment against Everett Sheffield, John Sheffield Jr. and Medford Owens for the sum of $92.00. One note against Everett Sheffield and Medford Owens for the sum of $23.00 due 4 Dec. 1822. One note on Mark Allen for the sum of $1.27 due June 6, 1823. One note in Everett Sheffield for the sum of $0.50 due June 6, 1823. One note on John Owens Sr. and Medford Owens for the sum of $1.00 due Sept. 1814. One note on James Williamson for the sum of $3.25 due May 13, 1823. Doubtful are proved accounts against the estate of Isom Sheffield decd. for the sum of $3.50 proven 15th Nov. 1822 Doubtful.
Signed, Peter Hare

           ESTATE OF JOHN HARE SR.

Probate Minutes, Orphans Court, Wilcox County, Alabama. Mark Morgan Administrator of the estate of John Hare deceased appeared in open court and made application for a final settlement of the estate of the said John Hare deceased. It is therefore ordered by the court that the second Monday in November next be appointed as the time for making said settlement and it is further ordered that publication thereof be made by advertisement in a newspaper printed in Clairborn once a week for three weeks previous to said term and also by notice posted up at the door of the court house and two other public places in the county at least forty days before said time.

The inventory and appraisement of the estate of John Hare Sr. deceased was examined and approved and ordered to be recorded and filed.

James C. Irvin, Judge County Court Wilcox County Alabama.

     ORPHANS COURT REGULAR TERM 14th APRIL 1828

The commissioner heretofore appointed to make distributions of the estate of John Hare Sr. deceased among the heirs and Legatees of said estate made the following distribution:

We whose names are hereunder written having been assigned by the judge of the county court commissioners to make appraisement and distribution of the estate of John Hare Sr. deceased among the heirs of said Hare have proceeded in the following manner, that is to say -
1. We allot and apportion to Elizabeth Hare - - - - --- $24.82
2. We allot and apportion to Mark Morgan - - - - - - - 11.48
3. We allot and apportion to Adam Autrey - - - - - - - -11.48
4. We allot and apportion to John Autrey - - - - - - - -11.48
5. We allot and apportion to Henry Hare - - - - - - - - -11.48
6. We allot and apportion to Mary Hare
Executor of John C. Hare Jr. estate - - - - - - - --- 11.48
7. We allot and apportion to the heirs of Owen Hare- - ---11.48
8. We allot and apportion to Mary Autrey - - - - - - - 11.48
9. We allot and apportion to Peter Hare - - - - - - - --11.48
10. We allot and apportion to Mark Morgan - - - - - -11.48
This 18th day of January 1828.

Obadiah Dumas, John Alenn Evans, John Watkins

WRITER'S NOTE: These documents are offered here merely to establish the genealogical information on our ancestors.

Elizabeth OWEN was born 1766. She married John C. HARE on 1784 in Moore County, North Carolina.

Henry AUTREY [Parents] was born 1820 in Wilcox Co., AL. He died before 1865. Henry married Lucinda LANGLEY.

Lucinda LANGLEY was born about 1816 in SC. She married Henry AUTREY.

Elijah Alonzo AUTREY [Parents] ¹ was born 22 Feb 1824 in in Wilcox Co., AL. He died 22 Mar 1901 in Pine Hill, Wilcox Co., AL and was buried in Enon Cemetery, Pine Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama. Elijah married Wincy Ann DUMAS on 20 Feb 1845.

Elijah AUTERY, born Feb. 22, 1824, married Miss Wincy Ann DUMAS Feb. 20, 1845, died March 22, 1901, aged 77 years & 1 month. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

1850 Marengo County, Alabama
8 213 213 Autry Elijah 27 M Far 300 AL
9 213 213 Autry Winifred 20 F AL
10 213 213 Autry Timothy 4 M AL
11 213 213 Autry Cornelius 2 M AL

1880 United States Census:
Elijah AUTRY Self M Male W 58 AL Farmer NC NC
Wincy AUTRY Wife M Female W 50 AL Keeps House NC NC
Charles AUTRY Son Male W 17 AL At School AL AL
Lucy AUTRY Dau S Female W 11 AL AL AL
Alonzo AUTRY Son S Male W 8 AL AL AL
William AUTRY Son S Male W 5 AL AL AL
Caroline HARRISON Other S Female W 19 AL Dom. Servant AL AL

Wincy Ann DUMAS was born 12 Feb 1833 in Pine Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama. She died 21 Jun 1921 in Pine Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama and was buried in Enon Cemetery, Pine Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama. Wincy married Elijah Alonzo AUTREY on 20 Feb 1845.