A true patriot, who responded to the alarm sent out on April 19, 1775, being among the first to join the colonies' fight for independence - the American Revolution.
Private
Watertown
Militia
Tags & Keywords:
James Austin, James, Austin, Private, Watertown, Massachusetts, Capt. Samuel Barnard's Company, Col. Thomas Gardner's Regiment, Minutemen, Soldiers, Battle of Lexington and Concord, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, 1775, 1776, New England
James Austin was in Capt. Samuel Barnard's Company of Minutemen, Col. Thomas Gardner's Regiment, in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Marched on the Lexington Alarm
Sources
Muster rolls of the participating companies of American militia and minute-men in the Battle of April 19, 1775, by F. W. Coburn, p. 47-49
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors
Volume:
1
Page:
MM74-WATERTOWN-01-100
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