Austin Williamson

Birth Date

c1795

Death Date

1867-03-23

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Phelps Williamson. Father of Fannie Williamson Burks, William Williamson, John Williamson, James Williamson, and Virginia Williamson. Farmer in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812 as a private from March 8, 1814, to February 21, 1815.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Wilson County, District 14, p. 552A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 42.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 220A.
Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, NARA RG 92, Microfilm Series M1916.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #32616.

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