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Austin Williamson (Caldwell co. farmer. war of 1812 veteran)

b. 1795? d. 1867-03-23

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.

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Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Williamson, Austin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214895 (November 12, 2026).

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