Absalom and Elizabeth Autrey and Their Descendants, With a Section on Thomas Norris

by Jeanne McDuff Murphy and Jo Lyon Autrey

CHAPTER X

James Jackson Autrey

James Jackson Autrey, eighth child of Absalom and Elizabeth (Norris) Autrey, was born 23 February 1837 in Perry County, Alabama.  He was never married.

The 1860 Union Parish, Louisiana U.S. Census shows James Jackson as a school teacher.

James Jackson Autrey and his brother, Robert Martin Autrey, enlisted in the Confederate Army 11 May 1861 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He served as a Private and as a Sergeant in October K, Second Louisiana Infantry.  His regiment was sent to Yorktown, Virginia and placed in the Department of the Peninsula.  It became a part of the Army of Northern Virginia in the spring of 1862.  From April to September 1862, he bought in battles at Warwich, Virginia; Yorktown, Virginia; engagements at Lee's Mills and Ellison's Mills near Mechanicsburg, Virginia; Battle  of Peach Orchard near Fair Oaks, Virginia; Battle of Savage Station, Virginia; Mealvern Hill, Virginia; action along the Rappabonnoch; Battle of Groveton, Virginia and the Battle of Second Bull Run.  He was captured by the enemy and was received at Aikens Landing on 7 September 1862.  He was exchanged 21 September 1862.

In September and October 1862, he was in the hospital in Winchester, Virginia.  In November and December, 1862, he was in the hospital in Stanton, Virginia and in January and February 1863, he was in the hospital in Richmond, Virginia.  From March 1863 until June 1863 he was sick in a hospital, place unknown.  He remained hospitalized until his death of an unknown disease in July or August 1863 in Mt. Jackson, Virginia.

References/Contacts

Absalom Autrey Bible (have copy)
Records of Confederate Campaigns & Engagements - Hill Jr. College, Hillsboro, Texas
Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers & Commands - Andrew Booth
Union Parish, Louisiana 1850, 1860 U.S. Census