JESSE MATTINGLY Submitted by:Terry Griffith griffith_Terry1@yahoo.com WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE Washington, D.C., March 8th, 1879 Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your request of February 6, 1879, for certain information for use in the consideration of application for pension No. 261863, and to return it herewith, with the following information from the records of this office. It appears from the rolls, on file in this office that JESSE MATTINGLY was mustered into service of the United States as Lieutenant of 49th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, to date September 19, 1863, to serve 1 year. On the Muster-roll of Company “G” for that Regiment from Muster in to October 31, 1863, he is reported “present”. Rolls of Company “H” to which transferred from November 1, 1863 to date of Muster out report him “present”, the Company was stationed at Camp Burnside, Kentucky in July 1864. No evidence of disability as alleged on Regimental records. He was mustered out with Company December 26, 1864 I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Assistant Adjutant General State of Kentucky County of Clay On this 3rd day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, personally appeared before me, Deputy Clerk of the Clay Circuit Court a court of record within and for the County and State aforesaid, JESSE MATTINGLY, aged 44 years, a resident of the County of Clay, State of Kentucky, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he id the identical Jesse Mattingly who enlisted under the name of Jesse Mattingly on the 8th day of June 1863, as a Lieutenant in Company H of the 49th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers commanded by Captain Isaac Black and was honorably discharged at Lexington, Kentucky on the 26th day of December 1865, that his personal description is as follows: age 44 years; height 5 feet 10 inches; complexion dark; hair dark; eyes blue. That while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service and in the line of his duty at Camp Burnside in the State of Kentucky on or about the 1st day of July 1864, he got his right eye put out by the bursting of a gun cap. The Regiment was drilling and firing off guns; one of his Company soldiers could not get his gun to fire and he “Mattingly” took hold of the gun to aid the soldier in firing the gun and in so doing the cap; *? on the *? Of the gun and a piece of the cap struck him in the eye and caused his eye to go out That he was treated in hospitals as follows: Regimental Hospital at Camp Burnside Never was treated in any hospital for the eye but received treatment from Doctor H.C. Miller the Regimental Surgeon. That since the 26th day of December A.D. 1865, he has not been employed in the military or naval service of the United States, that since leaving the service this applicant has resided in the County of Clay, in the State of Kentucky. That prior to his entry into the service above named he was a man of good, sound physical health, being when enrolled a farmer, that he is now one half a man disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor by reasons of his injuries, above described, received in the service of the United States; and he therefore makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the Invalid Pension Roll of the United States. He hereby appoints with full power of substitution and revocation, GILMORE & Co. of Washington, D.C., his true and lawful attorneys to prosecute his claim. That he has not received nor applied for a pension. That his Post Office address is Spring Creek, County of Clay, State of Kentucky Jesse Mattingly Also personally appeared Larkin Delph residing at Clay County, Kentucky and Anderson Philpot, residing at Clay County, Kentucky persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say they were present and saw Jesse Mattingly, the Claimant, sign his name to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of said claimant and an acquaintance with him, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. Larkin X Delph Anderson X Philpot Mark R Y Potter T M Hill Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of September 1878 B.P. Simpson D.C.C.C.C State of Kentucky, County of Clay In the pension claim No. 261863 of JESSE MATTINGLY On this 9th day of May, A.D. 1888, personally came before me, James C. Hoskins, a Deputy Clerk, for James Marcum, Clerk of the Clay County Court, states of Kentucky, a court of record, within and for the County and State aforesaid, JESSE MATTINGLY, 1st Lieutenant of Company H, 49th Kentucky Regiment commanded by Captain J. Black, claimant in aforesaid pension claim whose post office address is Spring Creek, Clay County, Kentucky, well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn declares in relation to aforesaid case as follows: That he can not furnish the affidavit of any of the commissioned officers of his Company for the following reasons: 1st, that his Captain J. Black is dead and his second Lieutenant Eve was not with the Regiment when the injury was incurred and that his 1st Sergeant W. T. Westerfield was not present and don’t remember anything about the occurrence and that he was not treated by any *? For the injury to his right eye, he says that the injury to his right eye by the bursting of a gun cap occurred about the first day of July 1864 and when in the line of his duty and that he was mustered out of the service at Lexington, Kentucky on the 26th day of December 1864 and that he never could see but very little out of that eye afterwards, that it always kept running water out of it and kept getting worse after he was mustered out of the service until finally he could not see any out of it and it also affected the other eye and at this time he can scarcely see out of either eye to write his name out of his left eye he says that he can prove by members of his own Company all about the injury to his eye and all about the circumstance under which the injury did occur and about the time it occurred and about the place it occurred. Affiant’s post office address is as follows: Spring Creek, Clay County Kentucky Jesse Mattingly 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 49th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of May 1888, and I hereby certify that the contents of the foregoing affidavit was fully made known and explained by me to the affiant before sworn, the affiant is to me well known and entitled to credit and I further certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. James C. Hoskins Deputy Clerk for James Marcum, Clerk of the Clay County Court State of Kentucky County of Clay In the matter of the pension claim of JESSE MATTINGLY, who was a first Lieutenant of Company H, 49th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, came before me a, Deputy Clerk, in and for said, County, JOHN T. COLLINS, age 51 years, whose post office is, Flat Lick, Knox County, Kentucky Says that he is the identical man who served as a Corporal in Company H, 49th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, who being duly sworn declares in relation to said claim as follows: That he knows the above named soldier who was a member of Company H, 49th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, that about the last of June 1864, while in the line of duty and without fault or improper conduct on his part, at Camp Burnside, Pulaski County, Kentucky, that while drilling, said soldier received a serious injury to his right eye from the bursting of a cap which appeared to injure his eye, he kept it tied up with a handkerchief for a long time and it watered and looked very red. As long we remained in the army his eye at times would get better and at times worse. I have seen him frequently since we returned home from the army and he has complained every time I saw him with said eye, it has now resulted in nearly a total blindness in said eye from the appearance. The affiant further declares that he has no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim and that he makes the above statements from personal knowledge. P.O. is Flat Lick, Knox County, Kentucky John T. Collins Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of December 1888, and I hereby certify that the contents of this foregoing affidavit were fully made known and explained to the affiant before swearing thereto, the affiant is well known to me and entitled to credit and I further certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. James C. Hoskins Deputy Clerk, C.C.C. Barbourville, Kentucky August 17, 1889 Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C. In the pension claim of Jesse Mattingly No. 261863 Is or about as follows: My age is 43 years, that he was the identical person who served as a Corporal in Company H, 49th Regiment Kentucky Volunteers and knows the above soldier, who was a member of Company H, 49th Kentucky Volunteers, that on or about the 1st day of July 1864 while in the line of duty and without fault or improper conduct on his part at or near Camp Burnside, Pulaski County, Kentucky, said soldier incurred a wound in the right eye by burning of a gun cap, when the Company was drilling and under the orders of Colonel John Eve, the Company was firing off their guns, when one of the soldiers could not get his gun off, claimant took hold of the gun to assist getting it off, when it fired a piece of gun cap or something flew in his right eye, I was present at the time and saw the transaction and was with claimant as it happened and after it occurred. I was with claimant all the time and was with him before it discharged and the disability of his right eye existed all the time from that occurrence until he was mustered out and that before or previous to the injury, the claimant’s eye was sound and he was able bodied and free from any disabilities whatever. He is known to the affiant and that claimant was *? Free from any disability at the time of his enlistment. I know the claimant and was acquainted with him before his enlistment and was an eye witness to the occurrence when the claimant received the injury to his right eye. The claimant could not see out of his right eye any more to do any good and it went out. I have been acquainted with the claimant and have lived a neighbor to him ever since he was mustered out of the service. Lived from 3 to 8 miles. Claimant was in command of the Company when he received the disability he complained of and when the occurrence took place. The affiant makes these statements from his own personal knowledge. James Muncy My P.O. address is Crane’s Nest, Knox County, Kentucky AFFIDAVIT TO ORIGIN OF DISABILTY State of Kentucky County of Clay In the matter of the Pension claim of JESSE MATTINGLY, Lieutenant, Co. H, 49th Regiment Ky. Vols., personally came before me, a Deputy Clerk for James Marcum, in and for the aforesaid County and State, JAMES MUNCY, of _, County of Leslie, State of Kentucky, who, being duly sworn, declares in relation to the aforesaid claim that his age is 43 years; that he is the identical person who served as a Corporal in Co. H, 49th Regiment Kentucky Vols., and knows the above soldier, who was a member of Co. H, 49th Regiment Kentucky Vol. Infantry; that on or about the 1st day of July, 1864, while in the line of duty, and without fault or improper conduct on his part, at or near Camp Burnside, Pulaski County, State of Kentucky, said soldier incurred a wound in the right eye by the bursting of a gun cap when the Company was drilling and under the orders of Colonel John Eve, the Company was firing off their guns when one of the soldiers could not get his gun off, claimant took hold of the gun to assist in getting it off when it fired, a piece of the gun cap or something flew in his right eye. I was present at the time and saw the transaction and was with claimant a short time after it occurred. I was with claimant most all the time and was with him just immediately before his discharge and disability of his right eye existed all the time from the first occurrence until he was mustered out and that before or previous to the injury spoken of above the claimants eye was sound and he was able bodied and free from any disability whatever. Known to this affiant and that claimant was entirely free from any disability at the time of his enlistment. I know the claimant and was well acquainted with him before his enlistment and was an eye witness to the occurrence when claimant received the injury complained of to his right eye. The claimant never could see out of his right eye anymore to do any good and finally went out. I have been acquainted with the claimant and have lived a close neighbor to him ever since he was mustered out of the service, lived from 3 to six miles of him all the time. Claimant was in command of the Company when he received his disability complained of and when the occurrence took place. Affiant further declares that he has no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim, and that he makes the above statement from personal knowledge. Affiant’s Post-Office address is as follows: Spring Creek, Clay County, Ky. James Muncy Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of December 1888; I hereby certify that the contents of the foregoing affidavit were fully made known and explained by me to the affiant before swearing thereto; that the affiant is to me well known and entitled to credit; I further certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect; in the prosecution of this claim. James C. Hoskins Deputy Clerk for James Marcum, Clerk C.C.C. July 22, 1889 Flat Lick, Knox County, Kentucky The Honorable Commissioner Sir, I am very well acquainted with Jesse Mattingly, he was the first Lieutenant of Company H, 49th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry In June 1864 about from the 15th until the 20th in the month, my memory is not very good, we was a drilling in the manual of firing guns at Burnside Point, Kentucky, Pulaski County and Jesse Mattingly got his right eye burnt or a rust cap struck him in the eye and he kept this eye tied up for sometime and now his eye is in bad off I do not know anything much more about him John T. Collins Flat Lick, Knox County, Kentucky DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF INVALID PENSION State of Kentucky, County of Clay On this 13 day of March, A.D. 1890, personally appeared before me the undersigned, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, JESSE MATTINGLY, aged 56 years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is a pensioner of the United States, duly enrolled at the rate of $9.00 dollars per month, under pension certificate Number by reason of a disability from injury of right eye incurred in the service of the United States while a First Lieutenant in Company H, of the 49 Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers. That he believes himself entitled to receive an increase in pension on the account of his rate now being unjustly low and disproportionate to his degree of disability That he appoints J.B. BOWLIN, of Bright shade, Kentucky, his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim; that his post office address is Spring Creek, County of Clay, and State of Kentucky. Jesse Mattingly Also appeared Sally Godsy, residing at Spring Creek, Kentucky and John L. Mattingly, residing at Spring Creek, Kentucky, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say they were present and saw Jesse Mattingly, the claimant, sign his name or mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with him, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. Sally Godsy John L. Mattingly Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day first above written; and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration, etc, were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. Alexander Delph J.P. C.C. DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF INVALID PENSION State of Kentucky, County of Knox On this 20th day of March, A.D. 1891, personally appeared before me the undersigned, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, JESSE MATTINGLY, aged 56 years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is a pensioner of the United States, duly enrolled at the rate of $13.00 dollars per month, under pension certificate Number 457312 by reason of a disability from defect of right eye incurred in the service of the United States while a First Lieutenant in Company H, of the 49 Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers. That he believes himself entitled to receive an increase in pension on the account of his rate now being unjustly low and disproportionate to his degree of disability and also resulting affection of left eye That he appoints J.B. BOWLIN, of Bright shade, Kentucky, his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim; that his post office address is Crane’s Nest, County of Knox, and State of Kentucky. Jesse Mattingly Also appeared S.H. Black, residing at Crane’s Nest, Kentucky and William B. Mattingly, residing at Crane’s Nest, Kentucky, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say they were present and saw Jesse Mattingly, the claimant, sign his name or mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with him, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. S.H. Black William B. Mattingly Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day first above written; and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration, etc, were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. J. D. Jarvis Notary Public, Knox County Kentucky DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF INVALID PENSION State of Kentucky, County of Knox On this 19th day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety two, personally appeared before me a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid, JESSE MATTINGLY, aged 57 years, a resident of the town of Crane’s Nest, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is a pensioner of the United States, duly enrolled at the Louisville Pension Agency at the rate of 17 dollars a month, certificate is Number 260,173, by reason of disability from injury to right eye incurred in the military service of the United States while in Company H of the 49th Regiment Kentucky Volunteers That he believes himself entitled to receive an increase in pension on account of increase of his pension disability and also on account of resulting defect or cataract of left eye which has caused nearly total blindness and his eyesight has been getting worse ever since 1881, and is now hardly able to see to walk. That he also believes himself to entitled to increase of pension on account of rheumatism of neck and breast contracted at or near Lexington in the State of Kentucky on or about the 10th day of December 1864 from exposure on damp ground That he appoints William Fitch & Co., of Washington, D.C., his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim; that his post office address is Crane’s Nest, County of Knox, and State of Kentucky. Jesse Mattingly T S Callihan W B Mattingly Also appeared T S Callihan, residing at Jarvis Store, Kentucky and W B Mattingly, residing at Crane’s Nest, Kentucky, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say they were present and saw Jesse Mattingly, the claimant, sign his name or mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with him, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. T S Callihan W B Mattingly Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19 day of March, A.D. 1892; and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration, etc, were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. J.D. Jarvis Notary Public, Knox County, Kentucky MARRIAGE REGISTER Date Name of Parties by Whom 1855 January 31st Jesse Mattingly Thomas Stewart To Justice of the Peace Mary Asher Certified When married W.B. Asher 1st February 1855 Haywood Gilbert State of Kentucky County of Clay I F. G. White, Clerk of the Clay Court, for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing and above is a true copy of the marriage of Jesse Mattingly and Mary Asher, as appears of record in my office in the Marriage Registry on file. Given under my hand and seal of office this 13th day of November 1894 F.G. White, Clerk GENERAL AFFIDAVIT State of Kentucky, County of Knox In claim No. 457312 of JESSE MATTINGLY of Company H of the 49 Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, personally appeared before the undersigned duly authorized to administer oaths within the said County, JESSE MATTINGLY, aged 59 years, whose P.O. is Crane Nest, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn, states in relation to said claim as follows: My left eye was first afflicted in 1881. It became bad in 1887. I was so blind that I could not see nearly any time. About December 1889 I was again afflicted with my left eye and have not been able to see anything since with it, and am totally disabled from manual labor. Jesse Mattingly Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 7 day of June 1893, and I hereby certify that the contents of this affidavit were fully made known to the affiant before signing and I have no interest in this claim or its prosecution. S.H. Black Notary Public GENERAL AFFIDAVIT State of Kentucky, County of Knox In claim No. 457312 of JESSE MATTINGLY of Company H of the 49 Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, personally appeared before the undersigned duly authorized to administer oaths within the said County, JESSE MATTINGLY, aged 59 years, whose P.O. is Crane Nest, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn, states in relation to said claim as follows: I am unable to give medical proof to rheumatism as the doctors that treated on me are all dead. Jesse Mattingly Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 12 day of April 1893, and I hereby certify that the contents of this affidavit were fully made known to the affiant before signing and I have no interest in this claim or its prosecution. S.H. Black Notary Public Deposition “A” Case of MOLLIE MATTINGLY, No. 604195 On this 8th day of March, 1895, at Barbourville, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, before me, George M. Williamson, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared MOLLIE MATTINGLY, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to her during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says: I am 62 years of age, occupation housekeeper, I live near Crane Nest, Knox County, Kentucky and that is my P.O. address I am the widow of Jesse Mattingly who served a 1st Lieutenant of Company H 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the late Civil War. I don’t remember the dates of his enlistment and discharge from said organization. He never served in the Army or Navy of the U.S. except as above stated. He died at our home near Crane Nest, Knox County Kentucky October 2, 1894. The cause of his death was some disease of his neck and breast. I was married to the soldier February 1st, 1855 at the house of my father Robert Asher, near Spring Creek, Clay County Kentucky by Thomas Stewart, Justice of the Peace, and there is a record of this marriage in Clay County Kentucky. I was married to the soldier under the name Mary Asher and that was my maiden name. Neither the soldier nor myself had ever been married before our marriage. I have not remarried nor cohabitated with any man since the soldier’s death. I had no children under 16 years of age at the time of the soldier’s death. My late husband was stout and a very healthy man prior to his enlistment in the army. I never knew him to have any serious sickness or to suffer from or complain of any physical ailment prior to his enlistment. I don’t know anything about my late husband’s physical condition while in the service. He was home for a short time shortly after his enlistment and I never saw him afterwards until he came home after he was mustered out of the service. When he first came out of the service he wad nearly blind in one eye- I think his right eye. He said that he had injured his eye by something striking him in it while shooting a gun in the service. The other eye became affected some years after he came out of the service and his eyesight got gradually worse until he was nearly totally blind at the time of his death. When he came out of the service or within a short time afterwards, he complained of pains in his neck, left shoulder and left breast and called it rheumatism of those parts. He said then that he had had these pains while in the army and that they were caused by cold and the exposure to which he was subjected to while in the service. I don’t now remember that he told me when or where he first felt these pains. He was troubled with and complained of these pains in his neck, left shoulder and breast fro the time he came out of the service until he died. He was rarely ever shed of them. They grew gradually worse and extended to his right shoulder also. He never complained much of his right breast- sometimes he said it would hurt him some. The pains in his neck were on the left side and his neck got stiff so that he could not turn his neck. Sometimes he could raise his arms up above his shoulders and at other times he could not raise them up at all. I don’t think he ever could raise his left arm straight up above his shoulder after he came out of the service. He complained a great deal off and on of pains in his breast from his discharge from the service until his death. These pains in his breast were principally on the left side. He complained all the time just before his death of his breast and throat hurting, he was hoarse and he could not swallow “to do any good.” He did not complain of his throat being sore and he had not much of a cough. He had light spells of coughing at infrequent intervals before he died for about three months. Sometimes he would cough several times but it was very light and he spit up but very little. He spit up a little blood at intervals for about a week before he died. Yes, he complained of his heart palpitating for sometime before he died. It appeared at times to almost stop beating. He died very suddenly. He got me to rub his breast and he said it felt good and he appeared about the same as usual. He then turned over in bed and within three minutes he raised himself and said he felt mighty bad and to wake the children. He died within two minutes after he raised himself up and said he mighty bad. I never saw anybody die as quick as he did. I think it was the rheumatism or the disease of his neck and breast which “drawed in his breast” and caused his death. Dr. Cecil of Girdler, Kentucky visited him once or twice about a month before he died. There was no physician with him for a moth before he died and he was never treated by any physician after he came out of the service except as above stated. He always bought potent medicines and treated himself; he never suffered from or complained of any other disabilities except as above stated. I have a life estate in 300 acres of land near Crane Nest in this County. I don’t know how much it is worth. I reckon it is worth $1000.00. I owe about $400.00 on it. I have no personal property except one old mare of no value and my household furniture. My annual income from my property will not amount to $50.00 per annum. I have no other property of any kind or description than that above stated and it is not sufficient to afford me a support. I wish the following witnesses examined in my claim as to origin and continuance of rheumatism, James Muncy and Amon Brock of Crane Nest and John T. Collins of Flat Lick, Kentucky. As to prior soundness, continuance and dependency, Jackson Asher of Crane Nest, Kentucky I do not care to be present in person or by attorney during the examination of witnesses. I have heard read the foregoing deposition and am correctly reported therein. Mary X Mattingly Mark Deponent Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of March 1895 and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. George M. Williamson Special Examiner Deposition “B” Case of JESSE MATTINGLY (Deceased), No. 457312 On this 1st day of March, 1895, at Barbourville, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, before me, George M. Williamson, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared JAMES MUNCY, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says: I am about 50 years of age; occupation farmer; I live within three miles of Crane Nest, Knox County Kentucky and that is my P.O. address. I served as a Corporal in Company H, 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry from July 9th, 1863 to December 26th, 1864 during the late Civil War. I have known the above mentioned Jesse Mattingly all my life. I was born and raised in the neighborhood where he lived before the war, and I knew him well and saw him frequently up until the time of my enlistment in the above organization. He always appeared to be a stout and healthy before his enlistment in the above organization. I never knew or heard of him being seriously sick or that he ever suffered from or complained of any physical disabilities prior to his enlistment. He was first lieutenant of the above organization and helped recruit the Company. I think I enlisted in the above organization about a month after he did and we were mustered out at the same day. While we were stationed at Camp Burnside, Kentucky about August 1864, the soldier incurred an injury to one of his eyes by a cap flying off from a gun which he had fired and striking him in the eye. The guards were coming off duty and were firing their guns and the gun of one of them would not go off and Lieutenant Jesse Mattingly took the gun and in endeavoring to discharge it the cap flew off or part of it striking him in the eye and injuring it severely. I was present and saw him incur this injury and he complained of his eye and claimed that he could not see out of it ever afterwards. I don’t now remember which eye it was that he injured. I don’t recall that he complained any of his other eye while in the service. I recall that the soldier complained of his neck and shoulder hurting him while we were at Lexington, Kentucky about October 1864. I recollect while we were there he would go down to a spring near camp and bathe his neck and shoulders alloy the pain. He claimed then that he had the rheumatism in his neck and shoulders. He also complained of his back hurting him about a month later while we were near Florence Alabama. I don’t recall that he complained of the rheumatism in any other parts of his body while in the service. I don’t know what caused the rheumatism of which he complained or that I ever heard him say what caused it. I just simply heard him complain of it and that he could hardly get about on account of it. He complained of the rheumatism more or less during the remainder of his service and he was so complaining at the time of our discharge. I don’t recall that he ever suffered from or complained of any other disabilities while in the service than those above mentioned. I have never lived more than seven or eight miles from him since our discharge and I have been intimately associated with him and have seen him on an average at least once a month from his discharge until his death. He complained of the rheumatism in his neck, shoulders and back all the time more or less from his discharge until his death. He complained of being blind in one eye during all that time. He begun to complain of his other eye failing him about eight years ago and for three or four years before his death he was just about totally blind. I was not with him when he died and I don’t know the cause of his death. I was with him about a week before he died and his neck was drawed to one side and the big muscles on the side of his neck, was drawn up into knots and he complained of severe cramps through the chest. He said then that it was rheumatism which caused this condition of his neck and chest and it was this disease I understood which caused his death. He died, I think, the 2d of October 1894 at his home near Crane Nest, Kentucky. I have known the claimant, Mollie Mattingly ever since I was a small boy. Her maiden name was Mollie Asher. She and the soldier were married as far back as I can recollect and I don’t think that either of them had ever been married before their marriage to each other and she has not remarried since the soldier’s death. She had no children under 16 years of age by the soldier at his death. The claimant has a life estate in a farm in this county. I don’t know how many acres there is in it or how much of it is worth. I understand there is a considerable indebtedness against it. I don’t think she has got $50.00 worth of personal property. I don’t think her income from her property would amount to $50.00 per year and out of that she would have to pay the interest of the debt on the farm. I think this is about three or four hundred dollars. I am a cousin of the soldier but have no interest in this claim. I have heard the foregoing and am correctly reported therein. James Muncy Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of March 1895 and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. George M. Williamson Special Examiner Deposition “C” Case of MARY MATTINGLY (Widow), No. 604195 On this 2nd day of April, 1895, at Flat Lick, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, before me, George M. Williamson, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared JOHN T. COLLINS, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says: I am 57 years of age; occupation farmer; my residence and post office address is Flat Lick, Knox County, Kentucky. I served as a Private and Corporal in Company G transferred to Company H, 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry from July 1863 to December 26th, 1864, during the late Civil War. I have known the above mentioned Mary Mattingly and her late husband Jesse Mattingly for at least 40 years. I was associated with said Jesse Mattingly who was the 1st Lieutenant of my Company a considerable time before his enlistment and he was a stout and able bodied man up to that time. He was sick and unable to perform duty while we were at Camp Garrard, Kentucky in the winter of 1863-64, but I don’t now remember the nature of his sickness at that time. While we were at Camp Burnside, Kentucky, in the summer of 1864, the soldier injured one of his eyes while shooting a gun. The rust or a piece of the cap flew off and struck him in the eye0 I think his right eye- and he went around with it tied up for sometime. He complained of his eye and the sight of it being injured during the remainder of his service. I was present when his eye was injured and saw how it happened. While we were at Lexington, Kentucky in the fall of 1864, I first heard the soldier complain of the rheumatism. He complained of the rheumatism in his shoulders and neck and I think also in his breast. He was laid up and unable to do duty for a number of days while we were at Lexington on account of the pains in his neck and shoulders. I don’t know what caused this disability except the exposure to which we were subjected at that time. I don’t remember what treatment if any, he received for this disability. I don’t think he was sent to the hospital on account of it. He complained of aching and pains in his shoulders and neck and I think his breast, more or less during the remainder of our service. I don’t recall that he suffered from or complained of any other disabilities while in the service except the chronic diarrhea which was general in the army. I remember that he had the diarrhea while we were at Camp Nelson, Kentucky in the fall of 1863. I was intimately associated with him while in the service and had known him well for a number of years before our enlistment. I don’t recall that I saw him the first year after our discharge. I know I saw him the second year after our discharge and I have seen him on an average once a year ever since until his death. I have never lived nearer than ten miles to him since the war. He complained of his eyesight and of the rheumatism in his shoulders, neck and breast more or less whenever I have seen him since the war. His eye trouble got gradually worse and he finally got pretty neat blind in both eyes. The rheumatism got worse and he complained of it more and more the older he got. I never worked with him and after the war, but judging from the appearance I don’t think he was ever physically able to do the work of an able bodied man after the war. I had seen him about six months before he died and he was in bad shape, about blind, and was troubled badly with the rheumatism in his neck, shoulders, breast and I think hips and I think he had something of a cough than. That was the last time I saw him. I don’t know what caused his death. I never knew him to have any venereal disease. I heard some of the boys say after we came home that he had the “Clapp” in the service but I never heard of it while in the service and I know nothing about it. He never said anything about it to me. I am not related, nor interested. I have heard read the foregoing deposition and am correctly reported therein. John T. Collins Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2d day of April 1895 and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. George M. Williamson Special Examiner Deposition “D” Case of MARY MATTINGLY (Widow), No. 604195 On this 8th day of March, 1895, at Barbourville, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, before me, George M. Williamson, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared AMON BROCK, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says: I am 50 years of age, occupation farmer, I live near Crane Nest, Kentucky, and that is my P.O. address. I served as a Private in Company E, 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry from June 20th 1863 to December 26th, 1864 during the late Civil War. I have known the above mentioned Mary Mattingly since 1863. She is the widow of Jesse Mattingly who served as 1st Lieutenant of Company H, 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the late Civil War. I was acquainted with said Jesse Mattingly for at least 12 months before his enlistment and he was apparently a stout and healthy man and suffered from no physical ailment during that time. I was associated with the soldier a good deal while in the service and saw him about every day. We enlisted from the same neighborhood. The first disability that the soldier incurred while in the service was an injury to one of his eyes. It was injured in someway while shooting a gun at Camp Burnside, Kentucky, in the spring or summer of 1864. I was not present when he got this injury, but heard of it and he told me about it shortly after it happened. The next disability which he complained of while in the service was rheumatism affecting him in the shoulders and neck. This was while we were at Lexington, Kentucky, not long before we were mustered out. He complained of pains in his neck and shoulders more or less until our discharge. I don’t know what caused this disability unless it was cold and exposure incident to the life of a soldier. I don’t recall that he complained any of his breast, or had a cough while in the service. I don’t recall that he complained of any disabilities while in the service except the injury to his eye and rheumatism in his neck and shoulders. I have lived about eight miles from the soldier from the time we came out of the service until about four years ago and for about two years I have lived within a mile of him. I was intimately associated with him and saw him on an average I think once a month since our discharge from the service except from 1890 to 1892. He has complained of the rheumatism in his neck and shoulders ever since he came out of the service and he has complained more and more of this disability and it got gradually worse until his death. He has complained of pains in his breast for the four years previous to his death. He said that it was the rheumatism which caused the pains in his breast. He may have complained of pains in his breast before that time, but I don’t recall it now. He had a slight cough during the last two years of his life and was hoarse and complained of his throat hurting him and he could not swallow anything at times. He never spit up very much but you could discern a little mucus in his spittal. I last saw the soldier the day before his death. He appeared then about the same as he has always appeared during the past year. I don’t know what caused his death, but I thought it was the disease of his neck, shoulders, breast and throat which caused it. He complained of palpitation of the heart which made his breath short during the last two years of his life. He died last October. I think the 2nd day of October 1894. I never knew the soldier to perform any manual labor after he came out of the service. He always said he was not able to work and I think he must have been disabled for work to a considerable extent ever after his discharge on account of the rheumatism in his neck and shoulders, but I am not able to state how much he was so disabled. He was totally disabled during the last four years of his life. Mary Mattingly, the soldier’s widow, has not remarried or cohabitated with any man since his death. She has I think a little less than 200 acres of land in this county near Crane Nest worth in my judgment $600.00. She owes a little less than $400.00 on this farm. She has no personal property except her household goods. Her annual income from her property would not in my opinion amount to thirty dollars per year. She has no one legally bound to support her and is in dependant circumstances. I am not related or interested. I have heard read the foregoing deposition and am correctly reported therein. Amon Brock Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of March 1895 and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. George M. Williamson Special Examiner Deposition “E” Case of MARY MATTINGLY (Widow), No. 604195 On this 30th day of March, 1895, at London, County of Laurel, State of Kentucky, before me, George M. Williamson, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared FELIX G. FARMER, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says: I am 58 years of age, occupation farmer. My residence and post office address is McWorter, Laurel County, Kentucky. I served as a Private in Company H, 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry from about July 1863 to December 26th, 1864 during the late Civil War. I first became acquainted with Jesse Mattingly the 1st Lieutenant of our Company at the time of our enlistment. He appeared to be a stout and able bodied man at that time. The soldier incurred an injury to one of his eyes while in the service. He was shooting a gun and a portion of the cap flew off and struck him in the eye. I don’t now remember when or where he incurred this injury. I did not see him incur this injury, but I heard him complain about it while in the service and heard him complain of his eye and that it had been injured as above described. It is my recollection that he had his eye tied up for a while and that it got well and it did not trouble him any more until after he came out of the service. I recollect that he said he had a disease of his privates while in the service, but all I know about it was from what he said. I only heard him speak of it during a short time and it did not appear to disable him for duty if he had it. I don’t recall that he suffered from or complained of any other physical disabilities while in the service. I don’t recall that he ever complained of pains in his neck or rheumatism while in the service. We came out of the service at the same time and I lived about 10 miles from him from that time until 1882 and saw him on an average perhaps twice a year during that time I don’t recall that he complained of any physical disability during that time. I lived about a mile from him from 1882 to 1892 and was intimately associated with him during that time. I don’t recall that he complained of any physical disability during that time except the injury to his eye. He complained of his eye hurting him and that he could not see good during that time. He never did much work and said that he was not able to work, but I never heard him complain of any disability except that of his eyes. No sir, I never knew him to be affected with or to complain of any disease of his privates after he came out of the service. I know nothing about him since 1892. I don’t know the date or cause of his death. I am not related or interested and I have heard read the foregoing deposition and am correctly reported therein. Felix G. Farmer Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of March 1895 and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. George M. Williamson Special Examiner Deposition “F” Case of MARY MATTINGLY (Widow), No. 604195 On this 9th day of March, 1895, at Barbourville, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, before me, George M. Williamson, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared WILLIAM F. WESTERFIELD, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says: I am 54 years of age, occupation farmer. I live about two miles from this place and this is my post office address. I served as Orderly Sergeant of Company H, 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry from July 1863 to about January 1865 during the late Civil War. I was intimately associated with Jesse Mattingly who was 1st Lieutenant of said Company while in said service from January 1864 until our discharge. We tented together and slept together most of the time during that period. We were discharged at Lexington, Kentucky at the same time and came together on our way home as far as London, Kentucky. I don’t recall that he ever suffered from or complained of any physical ailment while in the service or on our way home. I don’t recall that he ever injured his eyes while in the service. I don’t recall that he complained of any disability of his eyes while in the service or on our way home or that I noticed anything the matter with them. I don’t recall that he ever complained of rheumatism or pains in his neck, shoulders or breast while in the service or on our way home. I never saw him after our discharge until about a year ago in this place. He was then complaining of rheumatism in the back of his neck and shoulders and was nearly blind. He appeared to be pretty feeble then and in bad health. I have no recollection of ever testifying in this claim of Jesse Mattingly before now. I am not related or interested. I have heard read the foregoing deposition and am correctly reported therein. W.F. Westerfield Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of March 1895 and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. George M. Williamson Special Examiner Deposition “G” Case of MARY MATTINGLY (Widow), No. 604195 On this 4th day of April, 1895, near Siloam, County of Whitley, State of Kentucky, before me, George M. Williamson, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared THOMAS BAKER, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says: I am 57 years of age; occupation, farmer; my residence and post office address is Siloam, Whitley County, Kentucky I served as a Private in Company H, 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry from about June 1863 to about December 1864 during the late Civil War. I do not know the above mentioned Mary Mattingly and never saw her as far as I know. I first became acquainted with Jesse Mattingly the 1st Lieutenant of my Company after my enlistment in the above organization. I was intimately associated with him while in the service. I don’t recall that he was ever sick or unable to do duty on account of sickness while in the service. It seems to me that he was in good health all the time he was in the service. I don’t recall that he ever suffered from or complained of any physical disability whatever. I never knew that he injured either of his eyes or suffered from any disability of the same while in the service. I don’t recall that he ever complained of pains in his neck, breast or shoulders or of rheumatism while in the service. I have no recollection of ever seeing him after our discharge from the above mentioned organization. I have heard read the foregoing deposition and am correctly reported therein Thomas X Baker Mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of April 1895 and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. George M. Williamson Special Examiner Deposition “H” Case of MARY MATTINGLY (Widow), No. 604195 On this 8th day of March, 1895, at Barbourville, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, before me, George M. Williamson, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared ANDREW J. ASHER, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says: I am 53 years of age; occupation, farmer; my residence and P.O. address is Crane Nest, Knox County, Kentucky. I have known the above named Mary Mattingly all my life. I knew her late husband Jesse Mattingly from when he was nearly a grown man until his death. I knew them both before their marriage and I know that neither of them had ever been previously married. I remember when they were married at Robert Asher’s near Spring Creek, Clay County, Kentucky, but I don’t remember the date. I did not see them married. Claimant has not remarried nor cohabitated with any man since the soldier’s death. I was associated with the soldier a considerable time prior to his enlistment and always appeared to be a stout and healthy man and never suffered from or complained of any physical ailment up to that time. I know nothing about the state of his health while in the service. I saw him not long- about a month- after he came out of the service, I remember that he was complaining of his health then but I don’t recall now what he was complaining of then. I have lived most of the time since the war about three miles from him and the last four years about a mile from him and have seen him on an average at least six times a year and have been associated with hi right smart during that time. He has complained of rheumatism almost ever since he came out of the service, but I don’t now recall where he said it affected him. He has also complained of his eyesight being bad during all that time. I last saw him about a month before his death. He was hoarse then and complained of his neck and breast hurting him. I never noticed that he had a cough or spit up anything. I do not know the cause of his death. He died last fall, but I don’t remember the date. He was always disabled to a considerable extent from work after he came out of the service and for the past six years he as totally disabled from work. I never heard him complain of any disability except that of his eye and rheumatism. The claimant has 300 or 400 acres of land in this County near Crane Nest worth from $800.00 to $1000.00. She owes about $400.00 on this land. She has no personal property except her household furniture. I don’t think her income from her property would go over $30.00 per year. She has no other property of any kind. She has nobody legally bound to support her and is in dependant circumstances. I have not testified in this claim before, I am a cousin of Claimant but have no interest in her claim. Have heard read the aforesaid deposition and am correctly reported therein. A G Asher Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of March 1895 and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. George M. Williamson Special Examiner Deposition “I” Case of JESSE MATTINGLY, No. 457312 On this 1st day of March, 1895, at Barbourville, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, before me, George M. Williamson, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared, JOHN D. JARVIS, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says: I am 50 years of age; occupation, farmer and merchant; my residence is Jarvis’s Store, Knox County, Kentucky. I was well acquainted with the above mentioned Jesse Mattingly for three or four years before his death and I saw him on an average about once a month during that time. He was troubled with an affection of both of his eyes and was nearly blind during that time. He was also troubled with and complained of an affection of his neck, breast, shoulders and back during that time. He complained of it and seemed to think it was rheumatic affection. His neck was drawn and stiff and seemed to be affected in the side. His voice was hoarse and husky but he did not cough very much and I never noticed any expectoration. He was not hoarse when I first knew him but he was in that condition for six months before he died. I was not with him when he died and do not know the cause of his death. I was with him a week or so before his death and he was affected as above described then. He died last fall- I don’t recall the date. Mollie Mattingly, his widow has not remarried since his death. I don’t know just how much property she owns but I am satisfied that she is in bad financial circumstances. I think he the soldier was about totally disabled for manual labor as long as I knew him. I am not related but the soldier died owing me about $67.00. I have heard read the foregoing deposition and am correctly reported therein. John D. Jarvis Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of March 1895 and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing. George M. Williamson Special Examiner WIDOW’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION State of Kentucky, County of Knox, SS, On this 21 day of March, A.D., 1899, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public of the County of Knox, same being a court of record for the County and State aforesaid, MOLLIE MATTINGLY, aged 67 years, who, being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension for by Acts of Congress granting pension to widows and accrued pension That I am the widow of Jesse Mattingly who died at home in Knox County, Kentucky on the 2nd day of October A.D. 1894 of disease of eyes and rheumatism of neck and breast which I believe to have originated while he belonged to Company H, 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, about in year 1864. That I was married under the name of Mollie Asher to said Jesse Mattingly to my said husband on or about first day of February 1855 by Thomas Stewart at Robert Asher’s on Red bird in Clay County Kentucky Neither she nor Jesse Mattingly ever was married only to each other. I know it to be a fact. No. of my certificate is 409987 That I did not engage in or aid or abet the late rebellion against the authority of the United States. That I never filed any application under general law, Jesse Mattingly under No. 457312 Bowie Roberts of Washington, D.C., as my true and lawful attorney to prosecute my claim, with full power of substitution and revocation. My residence is Knox County, Kentucky, and my Post Office address is Crane’s Nest, Knox County Kentucky A L Cobb Mollie X Mattingly William Cobb mark Also personally appeared A L Cobb residing at Crane Nest, Kentucky and William Cobb, residing at Crane Nest, Kentucky persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say they were present and saw Mollie Mattingly, the Claimant, with whom they are well acquainted, and whom they fully identify as being the person represented, sign the foregoing application for pension; and that they have no interest in said claim. A L Cobb William Cobb S.H. Black Notary Public DECLARATION FOR WIDOW’S PENSION State of Kentucky, County of Knox, SS, On this 24 day of October, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety 4, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public of the County of Knox, same being a court of record for the County and State aforesaid, MRS. MOLLIE MATTINGLY, aged 62 years, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jesse Mattingly in Company H, 49th Kentucky Volunteers and served at least ninety days in the late war of the Rebellion, who was honorably discharged at _ and died on the 2nd day of October, 1894 at Crane Nest, Kentucky. That she was married under the name of Mollie Asher to said Jesse Mattingly That she has no remarried since the death of the said Jesse Mattingly That she is without sufficient means of support other than her daily labor. That the names and dates of birth of all the children now living under sixteen years of age of the soldier are as follows: None That she makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under the provisions of the Act of June 27, 1890. She hereby appoints, with power of substitution, William Fitch & CO., of Washington, D.C, her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her claim; and she hereby agrees to allow her attorney ten dollars fee upon the allowance of her claim That her Post Office Address is Crane Nest County of Knox, State of Kentucky Witnesses: William Hubbard Mollie X Mattingly James Muncy mark Also personally appeared William Hubbard residing at Crane Nest, Kentucky and James Muncy, residing at Crane Nest, Kentucky persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say they were present and saw Mollie Mattingly, the Claimant, sign her mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of said claimant and an acquaintance with her of five years and thirty five years, respectively, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. William Hubbard James Muncy S.H. Black Notary Public CLAIMANT’S AFFIDAVIT State of Kentucky, County of Knox In the matter of MOLLIE MATTINGLY widow of JESSE MATTINGLY of Company H of the 49 Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, Personally came before me a, Notary Public, in and for aforesaid County and State, Mrs. Mollie Mattingly, aged 62 years, citizen of the town of Crane’s Nest, County of Knox, State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn, states in relation to said case as follows: This is to certify that I am the widow of Jesse Mattingly, December, October 2nd 1894. This is to certify that Jesse Mattingly and myself Mollie Asher was married February 1st, 1855 on Red Bird River, 20 miles East of Manchester, Kentucky, married by Thomas Stewart, Justice of the Peace and I do certify that I was never married to anyone else, but Jesse Mattingly. I further state to the best of my knowledge that he died with drawing rheumatism and he was blind and helpless a good while before he died. This is to certify that I was not prompted by any oral or printed statement and was conducted by my own oral statement in my presence. James Muncy Mollie X. Mattingly John S. Hubbard Mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this day by the above name affiant and I hereby certify that the contents of this affidavit were fully made known to the affiant before signing and I have no interest in this claim or its prosecution Witness my hand and official seal this 16th day of November 1894 S.H. Black Notary Public POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all men by these presents, That I MOLLIE MATTINGLY widow of JESSE MATTINGLY (deceased), late of Company H of the 49th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint William Fitch & Co., of Washington, D.C., my true and lawful attorney irrevocable for me, and in my name, place, and stead, hereby annulling and revoking all former Powers of Attorney or authorizations whatever in the premises, to prosecute my husbands claim for increase and additional pension No. 457312 and to do and perform every act and thing necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually as I could do if present and acting, and hereby conferring upon my said attorneys full power of substitutions. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3rd day of December 1894 J.W. Gilbert Mollie X Mattingly J.B. Hubbard mark Crane’s Nest, Kentucky State of Kentucky County of Knox On this 3rd day of December 1894 before me, the undersigned authority, in and for the said County and State, personally appeared Mollie Mattingly, to me well known to be the person who signed the above instrument and to whom I fully explained its contents and who then acknowledged its execution to be her free act and deed. I also certify that I have no interest herein S.H. Black