Bryant Austin, Sr.

Abt 1751 - Aft 1800  (> 50 years)

• Name	Bryant Austin
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1751	Ireland, UK
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1800	Stanly Co, NC
  Burial	Coble Mill, Stanly, NC
  Person ID	I120	William & Ruth Austin of North Carolina
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	John Austin,   b. 1727, Ireland, UK d. Aft 1790, Wake County, NC (Age 64 years)
  _UID	9DAC4066C10EFF4AB98F27D5CD7653BE9F86
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miss Osbourne,   b. Abt 1752, Ireland, UK d. Stanly Co, NC
  Marriage	Abt 1770	Stanly Co.,NC
  _UID	059BE66C257AE44E954B0A7E346497A5FF4B
  Children	1. Bryant Austin, Jr.,   b. Abt 1774, NC d. Bef 1850, Stanly Co, NC (Age < 75 years)   2. Jonathan Austin,   b. Abt 1775, VA d. Bef 1828 (Age < 52 years)   3. Col. Jacob Austin,   b. Abt 1775, Montgomery Co., NC d. Bef May 1858, Stanly Co., NC (Age < 83 years)   4. Aisley Austin,   b. 19 Oct 1782, NC d. 8 Jul 1877, NC (Age 94 years)   5. Sarah Austin,   b. 23 Dec 1783, Anson Co.,NC d. 14 Apr 1852, Stanly Co, NC (Age 68 years)   6. Rebecca Austin,   b. Abt 1785
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1751 - Ireland, UK Marriage - Abt 1770 - Stanly Co.,NC Death - Aft 1800 - Stanly Co, NC Burial - - Coble Mill, Stanly, NC  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  MARRIAGE-REVOLUTION: "The Austin Family of Stanly and Union Counties of North Carolina" by D. Nance, published in "Austins of America" August 1987, page 232. Bryant Austin and Miss Osborn settled on Rocky River, in what is now Stanly County, NC., just above the Coble Mill. He lived there during the Revolutionary War and was among the regulators who Governor Tryon refused to pardon. Bryant fled from Hillsboro and settled in the wilds of Stanly (then Anson) County. Tryon's officers went to his home to arrest him, but he offered them a barrel of brandy if they would leave and say nothing about him. They went on their way with the barrel in their cart, and left him to be the ancestor of a large and influential family. FAMILY HISTORY: Gayle B. Austin, 3838 Margaret Wallace Road, Matthews, North Carolina, 28105 has written a history of Bryant and it is in the Historical Society, Wadesboro, NC. REVOLUTION: www.britannica.com Website of the Encyclopedia Britannica: Governor Tryon was the appointed Governor of North Carolina, and in 1771 was advised by the governor's council to call out the militia and march against the rebel farmers called "Regulators". Tryon ordered General Hugh Wadell to approach Hillsborough (northwest of Raleigh in today's Orange County) by way of Salisbury (north of Charlotte, in Rowan County) but Wadell's force of 284 men was repulsed by a large body of Regulators (I'm sure that Bryant was in this group). Intending to go to Wadell's aid, Tryon and his force of 1000 men left Hillsborough on May 11, 1771, and on the way rested at Alamance Creek (Alamance County is just east of Greensboro, NC). Just five miles away was the army of the Regulators, 2000 strong. The battle of Alamance began on May 16, after the Regulators rejected Tryon's demand that they disperse peacefully. The Regulators, ill equipped, were no match for Tryon's militia, and were defeated. Tryon took 15 prisoners, seven of whom were executed later. Many regulators escaped and moved on to other frontier areas of North Carolina and beyond; those who stayed were offered pardons in exchange for pledging an oath of allegiance to the royal government. MILITARY: Bryant was a regulator prior to the Revolution and had some part in the Battle of Alamance in 1771. A warrant was issued for his arrest under the authority of the royal governor, and he fled to the wilds of Stanly County. When the officers finally found him, Bryant bribed them with a barrel of brandy, and he was left in peace. Other Austins were active in the Revolution, including Bryant's brother, John, and Charles' and Mary's son, John. Findagrave.com has his burial location in the Trull-Segal Cemetery near Wingate NC. I am not aware of the sources of that unless it is where children lived at the time of his death. [CWA 3 Sep 2024]