John Austin

Biography
Born	ca. 1833
Birth Location	Floyd Co.
Died	08/20/1910
Death Location	Lawrence Co., KY
Father	Thomas Austin
Mother	Nancy Hurd
Married	ca. 1853 10/6/1887
Spouses	Elizabeth ----- Sarah Agnes Mead
Military Units
2nd VSL
6th Battalion Cavalry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
6th Battalion
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Census Information: 1850: 573, Age 15 1860: 1493, Age 27 1870: Lawrence Co., KY 47, Age 37 1880: Lawrence Co., KY, Louisa 26, Age 54 1900: Lawrence Co., KY, Georges Creek 206, Age 67 1910: Lawrence Co., KY, D3 106, Age 76, Veteran: Yes 1920: DEAD 1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information: Newspaper mention: Big Sandy News, 9/2/1910 Notes: Blind on 1910 Census. Mentioned in Pioneer Recollections of Southwest Virginia. Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1 Private, Company E, 6th Battalion Confederate Cavalry Name appears as signature to a Petition addressed to the Secretary of War by members of "McFarlane's Squadron Virginia Cavalry" (Companies E and F, 6th battalion Confederate Cavalry), requesting transfer to a Virginia organization. Petition dated: Camp on Beaver Creek Floyd Co., Ky., Apr. 7, 1864.	Card 2 Austin, John Co. E 6th Battn. Confed. Cavy. See 248-K-1864. A.G.O. letters