William Austin ⁸³²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: justice of the peace. ⁸³³ One of the busiest of the first settlers was Benjamin R. Austin, born in Virginia in 1802,who came to Macon county in 1825. He was a surveyor and laid out the original town plat of Decatur. He was the first county treasurer, served as justice of the peace, and otherwise was active in the early years of the county. His brother, William A. Austin, helped him lay out Decatur. William Austin was a justice of the peace for many years.

William married Mary Jane Adams, daughter of * John Lewis Adams and Keziah B. Casey, on 18 Dec 1850 in Garrard County, Kentucky. (Mary Jane Adams was born in Nov 1832 in Garrard County, Kentucky, died on 24 Jun 1900 in Bedford, Trimble County, Kentucky ⁸³⁰ and was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Trimble County, Kentucky.)