Person

Ignatius C. Mattingly (Nelson County, Ky, tailor & postmaster)

b. 1802? d. 1886?

Nelson County, Kentucky, tailor and postmaster. Maryland native. Married to Mary E. Smith Mattingly in Nelson County, Kentucky, in November 1826. Father of Austin Mattingly, Benjamin Mattingly, Eliza Mattingly, John R. Mattingly and Sallie Mattingly. Resident of Nelson County in 1830. Owned two enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1830. Engaged in manufacture and trade in Nelson County in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1840. Tailor in Nelson County in 1850. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1850. Postmaster of Bardstown from September 30, 1856, to August 20, 1863. Owned four enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1860. Household owned an additional eight enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown, p. 138.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, North East District, p. 30.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 388B-389A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 215.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 184.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 119A and 107A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown, p. 74B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #000481488, p. 118.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Nelson County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 272 of microfilm.

Find A Grave, "Ignatius C. Mattingly (1802-1886)," Memorial 41789152, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41789152 (accessed April 16, 2020).

Citation

Mattingly, Ignatius C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214821 (November 12, 2026).

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