When Elizabeth Autrey was born on 27 January 1770, in Greene, Georgia, United States, her father, Alexander Autry, was 12 and her mother, Mrs Alexander Autry, was 20. She married John Hopkins in 1792, in Greene, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 23 January 1837, in Perry, Alabama, United States, at the age of 66.