John Austin, son of David and Elizabeth (Scott) Austin
John Austin was the administrator, along with his brother, Benjamin Austin, of his father's estate in 1823-1826 in Boone co MO.He is probably the John Austin who married Polly BOHON/BOUGHAN on 26 Mar 1806 in Mercer co KY as the Austin family is known to have stopped in Mercer co for a few years, some for several.They were in Surry co NC where David and Elizabeth married sometime after 1774, probably closer to 1777 or so, moved to Lincoln co KY, to Mercer co KY, to Christian co KY where David bought land in 1813 and 4 of his children married into the same BRADLEY family, and then moved on to Boone co MO.John is probably the John Austin of the 1830 Missouri twp, Boone co census, born between 1770 and 1780.This is the last known record of him, at this time.Does anyone descend from this John Austin, or know where he might have moved from Boone co? He has several possible children in his 1830 household. The various Austin family members can be found in Howard, Lafayette, Livingston and Linn counties in the later censuses.