Based on the notes and papers of Austin Matlack Courtenay. Austin Peay migrated to Kentucky and settled in Jefferson county, 1 mile North of Harrod's creek. A neighbor of John Speed.

"The Bible record of Austin Peay & Mildred Turner was published in the Fort Worth Gen. Soc. Bulletin, vol 10. This Austin Peay came from King William Co. VA after 1779; the father of Austin Peay of Fairfield SC came from the same area. Nicholas Peay, father of Austin of SC, was born in 1762, Hanover Co. VA, son of George Peay, who was born in 1734. The Austin who md Mildred Turner was born in 1741, so he could be George's brother."