To: Brenda Robertson searching for Hugh J. Austin of Lawrence Co, AL From: Helen Austin, [email protected] of Decatur, AL I think I have found some information for you in Lawrence Co, AL records concerning the Hugh J. Austin b abt 1827 and William and Mary of the 1850 LC Census. I had the William Austin on my computer with the 1850 census. However, I did not have Hugh J. with him. Perhaps I missed that ? Do you have the complete census citation ? I would like to see it. This is what I have on my footnotes for William: The legal record I copied, not knowing who it was for. But it is about your Hugh. !CENSUS: 1850 U. S. CENSUS, Morgan Co, AL; Div 110; 16 Dec 1850; Dist 234; Dwelling 3, Fam 14; William Austin 68, M, Farmer, $2000 RE, b SC; Elizabeth 55, F, SC; George 21, M, farmer, AL; Mary A. 21, f, AL; living near Henry Norwood and Lucy; and Wm Burleson and Manerva !QUERY: email from Brenda Robertson ([email protected]) Lawrence Co, AL Austins, 1850 census; Hugh J. Austin b 1827 al living with William and Mary ? !DEED: Lawrence Co, AL; Deed Book R; p 94; 11 Apr 1876 Power of Attorney; photocopy in poss of Helen Austin Sep 1998; We, William Thomas Blalock and Sarah Jane Davis of Lawrence Co, AL appoint John Ada(y) our lawful attorney to receive and receipt for us for all that is coming to us from our grandfather's estate our uncle's Hugh J. Austin's estate, our Ant Parret's and our mother's estate giving and granting unto our said attorney full power and authority to do acts necessary and proper to be done in setting up the above mentioned estates. 7 Sep 1874; Sarah J. Davis and W. T. Blalock signed; Wm. F. Crowley Test.; signed by probate judge J. H. McDonald on 3 May 1876. Note by Helen Austin, this John Aday may be an attorney from Huntsville, AL, who is related to the John Aday, a farmer of LC. ======================= The BLALOCK interested me, because I remembered a Mary AUSTIN (family not known) married a BLALOCK. I think it is this family from the 1860 LC census. Notice that they have a son William T. Blalock b 1851 AL and living with them a Thomas J. AUSTIN b 1818 AL who is working as Baliff for the county jail. !CENSUS: 1860 Lawrence Co, AL; No. Div (Courtland); Page 999; Dwelling 58; Family 58; Blalock, John C. 38, M, NC, Farmer $1500/$1000; Mary J. (Austin?) 34, F, AL; William T., 09, M, AL; Sarah J. 04, F, AL; AUSTIN, Thomas J. 42, M, AL Baliff, no RE, $100 pp; Martha P. AUSTIN 30, F, AL. NOTICE that the Sarah J. b 1856 may be the Sarah Jane Davis of the power of attorney dated 1876, when she would be age 20-21. There is one other BLALOCK family on p 896, So. Div of Lc; Selling 110; Thomas Blalock 36, AL and Mary J. with ch. Joseph J. 7; Esperan 6; Bell 4; Catherine 2; Robert H. 5/12; Jones, Theophilus 29; Jones, Thomas M. 5; Jones Sarah 72 NC. ======================= This suggests to me that their maternal grandfather (Mary's dad) could be a AUSTIN, perhaps the William and that their uncle Hugh J. was Mary's brother. If you want the copy of the legal record send me privately your address and I will copy the 1860 census pages for you also.