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Austin R. Robinson
February 28, 1828 - August 8, 1897
Born in VA on February 28, 1828.
Resided at Marlin, Falls County, TX in 1860; occupied as a farmer.
Mustered into Company A at Houston, TX on September 25, 1861.
Suffered gunshot wound to side at Salt River or Bardstown, KY in October 1862,
and left behind.
Present by February 1864.
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A. Austin Robinson. Austin Robinson was an early Falls County pioneer, arriving
in 1851 as one of five overseers for the initial Churchill Jones Falls Plantation.47
Austin Robinson was born in VA Feb 28, 1828 and died in Falls Co. Aug 8, 1897.
He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Marlin.
The Old Settlers list him as "Pvt, Co A, Harrison's Bgde, Wheeler's Div, enlisted Falls Co, TX Sep 7, 1861, lived in Reagan. Austin Robinson's service record reflects that he was enlisted by Capt Harrison in McLennan County on Sept 1, 1861. He was present and due back pay on May 14, 1863. He was present for the last official record in Feb 1864.
Austin Robinson was wounded at Salt River, KY in (the first week of) October, 1862. Shot through the side, he was "left on the field to die at the hands of the enemy." He was captured and taken to Bardstown where he recovered until being exchanged at Vicksburg in the Spring of 1863. He fought with the Rangers for the remainder of the war and surrendered in North Carolina.
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| Calvary Cemetery, Marlin, Falls County, TX | ||
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| 1860 Census - TX, Falls County, Town, Page 158, Dwelling 206, Family 206, (image 32/49) | ||||||||||
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| Austin Robinson | 38 | M | Farmer | $8,280 | $10,998 | VA | ||||
| 1870 Census - TX, Falls County, Precinct 3, Page 47, Dwelling 215, Family 213 & 214, (image 29/42) | |||||||||||
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| Austin Robinson | 44 | M | W | Planter | $40,000 | $7,000 | VA | ||||
| [Jeffy] Thomas | 22 | F | B | Cook | VA | ||||||
| Isam Thomas | 25 | M | B | Domestic Sevt | SC | ||||||
| Malvina Thomas | 19 | F | B | SC | |||||||
| Diana Thomas | 1 | F | B | TX | |||||||
| 1880 Census - TX, Falls County, Precinct 1, Page 154C, Dwelling 215, Family 215, (image 51/80) | ||||||||||||
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| Edmund Price | W | M | 11 | Orphan | IN | IN | ||||||
| B. B. Clarkson | W | M | 70 | [??] | KY | KY | KY | |||||
| Fanny McCain | W | F | 30 | Friend | House keeping | AR | TN | TN | ||||
| Forbes McCain | W | M | 14 | Visitor | At-School | AR | TN | TN | ||||
| Sam Robinson | B | M | 30 | Servant | Laborer | TX | ||||||
| Britton Farmon | B | M | 21 | Servant | Laborer | TX | ||||||
| Rebecca Johnson | B | F | 18 | Servant | TX | |||||||
| Related Links: | ||
| R. F. Bunting Letter,
November 25, 1862 "Texas Rangers Reunion at Austin," Confederate Veteran, August 1898, p. 372 A. (Austin) Robinson in Falls County Civil War Veterans (offsite) Famous Reagonites Page (offsite) Falls County, TX List of Civil War Veterans |
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Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. |
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