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Jesse Mattingly (Clay County, KY, farmer;1st lieut 1st Harlan co Battalion and 49th KY Inf USA)

b. 1831? d. 1894?

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Mattingly and Alice Mattingly. Married to Mary "Mollie" Asher Mattingly in Clay County on February 1, 1855. Father of Joseph Mattingly, Nancy Mattingly, Moses G. Mattingly, John Mattingly, Sally Mattingly, and Jemima Mattingly. Student in Clay County in 1850. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Employed Elizabeth Amet as a servant in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 1st Harlan County Battalion (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from October 13, 1862, to January 13, 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from September 19, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 118A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 61.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 5, p. 206A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clay County Marriages, Film #001904623, p. 1855.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 501, 886.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #604,195, Certificate #409, p. 987.

Citation

Mattingly, Jesse. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205639 (February 11, 2026).

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