Frank, You seem to be very well informed about the AUSTIN's and I would like to trade information and sources with you. Would you care to email me privately on the Austin's? Please do... Clara On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 19:23:17 -0400 "Frank Butler" <[email protected]> writes: > There appears to be a great deal of confusion and a lot of people > have a lot > of different information. > > I think he originally came from York, England to southern New York > in the > 1700s and moved on over to Ohio and then to southern Illinois, > specifically, > Golconda. I think that he had three sons with him. John Austin, > Joshua > Bailey Austin, William Harrison Austin and Thomas Jefferson Austin. > I have > a good bit of data on W.H. as I am descended from him. I believe all > of my > W.H. data is correct. There is a great deal of confusion about T.J > as W.H > also had a son named T.J. and a grandson named T.J. > > I believe ol' Sam's wife may have been named Charity and some say > her last > name was Bailey, but who knows. > > A lot of folks say there are many more children of Sam, but I just > don't > think so. > > Some also say that two of his sons served in the Black Hawk Indian > war, but > I can find nothing to support that. > > I think that W.H. was born in Ohio, but can't find a darn thing > there about > it. > > There is another group online that has a huge amount of data on > J.B., and I > have most of that. > > Who are you looking for? > > Frank Butler, son of Thomas Butler, son of Jessie Austin, > daughter of Thomas Jefferson Austin, Jr., > son of Thomas Jefferson Austin, > son of William Harrison Austin, son of Samuel Austin. >