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Our Austin Line
 Our Austin Line: I have obtained a good deal of information from my cousin Gordon K. Durnil to whom I am very grateful. He is descended from Lucinda Austin, Sister to my Mahulda Austin and it was Gordon
who gave me the information on the Austin line as well as the picture of Lucinda Austin, sister to my line and it is below.
From Gordon: "My great, great grandmother was Lucinda Austin Kay, the sister of Mahulda Austin. My grandmother was raised by Lucinda and named after her - Edith Lucinda Kay. I don't know if Lucinda Austin's first name was Edith, but that combination of names came down to my sister. I know that Mahulda married William Buchanon on Oct 11, 1832 in Harrison County, IN, but not much else...
Generation One
 Our line begins with John Austin who was born circa ____ in Kentucky, (probably). John married unknown.
Note: there is a John Austin listed as a Pensioner in Oldham County,
KY in 1832 (Virginia Line). He is listed as 98 yrs old making him born
in 1734. This very well could be 'our' John Austin, father of George,
but I don't know if he is or not, more research needs to be done.
Oldham is next to Shelby and Jefferson Counties in KY.
Note: Shelby County, KY Records: An indenture dated April 1, 1803 of John Austin of Shelby County that "puts his son George Austin apprenticed to George Shelladicy" for 4 years. Among other things, George Austin is "not to commit fornication nor contract marriage" during his service.
From Jefferson County, Kentucky there is this John Austin listed in the 1810
census, my Hall, Thixton, Bell, Dunbar line were also in this area and it
wouldn't surprise me if this isn't my John Austin, father of Mahulda.
 John Austin | 0 2
2 0 1 | 2 2 1 1 0 | 0 | 0 | A235 - which translates to:
two males 10-16
two males 16-25
one male 45-up (husband)
two females under
ten
two females 10-16
one female 16-25
one female 26-45 (wife)
Below is George Washington's Estate Inventory that I copied from the original book in May of 2003. The estate record is from 1823.
Information about the estate of George Washington Austin can be found in:
The Hoosier Journal; Washington Co special
page 55 Probate I Dec 1814 to May 1824
#222 Inventory of George Austin/Auston estate
as appraised 4 Feb 1823 by Edmund Wayman, James Marshall and James Martin. William Watts, JP.
Sale Bill 6 Feb 1823, buyers were Francis Austin (most everything), John Jackson, Joseph M., Joseph T., and Abner Martin, Samuel C. Overton and James Roberts. Nimrod Martin, Clerk
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Hoosier Journal of Ancestry Washington County Special #2 page 73
Probate Record Book B 1830-1837
#4. Estate of George Austin
Nimrod Martin the administrator reports 10 Sep 1830.
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George W. Austin is listed on the 1820 census in Harrison County, IN at page 57 - Note; Nimrod Martin was the father of the widow - Frances Martin Austin.
John Austin, born in ? and unknown had the following known children:
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George Washington Austin,
Sr. born circa 1788?? He married Frances Martin, daughter of Nimrod Martin and Francis Hopwood. They married on September 15, 1808 in Shelby County, Kentucky. |
 
George Washington Austin and Frances Martin were married on September
15 1808 in Shelby County, Kentucky.
Research indicates that Francis Martin Austin married Casper Eslinger on 3 Dec
1826 in Harrison County, Indiana, BK 2, age 216. In document on left; George
Austin is the administrator for Frances Eslinger upon her death (I am assuming
this is her son George below).
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John Austin |
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Betsy Austin |
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Mahulda Austin (our line), born circa 1812; she married William Buchanan, from here see my Buchanan line. |
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George Washington Austin, Jr. born 29 Feb 1816 |
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Lucinda Austin, born 5 March 1819 in Indiana. Pictured here with her husband John Standolph Kay. Lucinda was my maternal 5th great aunt. Lucinda Austin Kay, is buried in Kay Chapel with her husband John Standolph Kay who donated the land for Kay's Chapel (near Fredericksburg in Washington County). Fredericksburg is in Posey Township which (without looking at a map) is due west of Howard Township. Beck's Mill is Howard Township and there is a terribly winding road between Beck's Mill and Fredericksburg. Beck's Mill was a popular picnic area where my mother and father courted in the summer of 1914.
Fredericksburg is on Highway 150 several miles north of Palmyra (where 150 and 135 cross). John Standolph Kay and Lucinda Austin Kay are not buried in Fredericksburg Cemetery (his son, my g. grandfather is). John and Lucinda and most Kays
are buried at Kay's Chapel, which is on Highway 150 between
Fredericksburg and Palmyra.
 
KAY'S CHAPEL CEMETERY
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Eliza Ann Austin |
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Martha J. Austin |
Madison County Kentucky Marriage Records:
Austin, Eliza Straughan, Jacob 57 Jun 18 1812
Austin, John Wilson, Mary S 140 Jun 30 1822
Austin, Malinda McVay, Patrick 63 Jun 30 1811
Austin, Nancy Woods, Francis 95 Dec 11 1815
Austin Origin
A Coat of Arms was granted to a William Edward Osteen a parliamentary Senator and Admin Line Officer. He was an old English Patriarch of Penbrokeshire, England. Descendents descended to Scotland, Ireland, & N. Amer during the succeeding centuries. A Coat of Arms was granted in 1506.
Possibly secularized Augustinian Frairs at the time of the Reformation and dissolution of the monasteries in England - the surname is rare or even absent before 1550. Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales speaks of someone who 'did swink and toil as Austin bit' that is as St Augustine orders. Friars of the Augustinian Order were known as Austin Friars.
Submitter: George Austin
A Coat of Arms was granted to a William Edward Osteen a parlimentary Senator and Admin Line Officer. He was an old English Patriarch of Penbrokeshire, England. Descendents decended to Scotland, Ireland, & N. Amer during the succeeding centuries. A Coat of Arms was granted in 1506.
Mahulda Austin married William Buchhanon, from here go to the
Buchanon line.
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