The Book

The book of The African American Autry Families of Southeast North Carolina is now available for purchase. Click here to order. The following is the books current table of contents.


Chapters 1 – 3: Introduction of Ned Edward Autry of Sampson County and Ned Edmund Autry of Bladen County

• Chapter 1: Slaves and the Settlement of Colonial Carolina

• Chapter 2: Ned Edward Autry (1826) of Sampson County – McDaniel, NC

• Chapter 3: Ned Edmund Autry (1854) of Bladen – Colly, NC

Chapters 4 – 12: Survey of the African American Autry families that were found on the 1870 U.S. Census for North Carolina and three generations following them. The information was gathered from U.S. Census records, the North Carolina death index, and the North Carolina birth indexes.

• Chapter 4: African American Autry Families of Southeast North Carolina

• Chapter 5: Ned Edward Autry (1826) of Sampson County – McDaniel, NC

• Chapter 6: Ned Edmund Autry (1854) of Bladen County – Colly, NC

• Chapter 7: Costan Autry (1851) of Sampson County – Clinton, NC

• Chapter 8: Daniel Autry (1830) of Cumberland County – Cedar Creek, NC

• Chapter 9: Frank Autry (1848) of Sampson County – Little Coharie, NC

• Chapter 10: Sam Autry (1830) of Sampson County – Taylor’s Bridge, NC

• Chapter 11: William Autry (1848) of Sampson County – Dismal, NC

• Chapter 12: Ralph Autry (1833) of Union County, NC