Austells in South Carolina

Austells early were attracted to settle in South Carolina - which achieved statehood in l788 (the 8th state). From the 1790 census on, with the exception of the year 1800, in which no Austills appear, the name is found in every census through at least 1850; all are in the county of Spartanburg, with the exception of Evan Austill in Wilkes County in 1830.

The "Handy Book for Genealogists" tells us that in 1675 a group of Quakers came into the Territory.
Since so many Austells were Quakers in England, it seems natural that they might have been a part of this group; however, the name does not appear among South Carolina Quaker records as far as I have been able to find.

The 1790 census named Joseph Austill, living in District 96, from which Spartanburg County was created; his family consisted of two females ages 2 to 16; two males under 16, and two males over 16.
By 1810 there are two Austills as heads of households - Joseph and Amos, probably father and son.

I have a will of Joseph Austill, signed in 1824; he appoints as the executors William and Amos Austill. By 1840 Amos Austill had moved to Tennessee, according to the Tennessee 1840 census and to his descendant, Vera Moore; there is no date for his move, but his first child was born in Tennessee in 1833.

The family group sheet of Joseph Austill is given on the following page. The information is collected from the will, and from Mary Shields Shore, who had had access to an Austell family bible and to the tombstones of the children of the family.

The L. D. S. collection of early South Carolina marriages gives the following names:

      Austell, Isaac - Chloe Holcomb              15 Feb. 1831
      Austill, Gilbert  -  Rhoda Castephens       12 May 1857   (Yadkin)
      Austill, Gilbert  -  Sarah Ann Holcomb      25 June  1865
      Isaac Austill, Jr.  -  Sisk Tempelman       24 Mar. 1835
      Austill, James  -  Sisk Hethina              7 Apr. 1820