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.
