How right you are, Judith. It was the will of John Baptist Mattingly (1736-1817) I was looking at and again, I see no reference to a child, William. Ralph

You are correct Ralph. The names of the children of this gentleman came to me from the posting of the court cases following his death that Karen Fowler Caldwell was so kind as to post to this list some time ago. With her permission I will re-post them below. JB PS I hope this is ethical, I don't know the protocol for it. JB *************************************************************** I have a transcription of the court case that was given to me by a good friend and Mattingly researcher that was transcribed probably during the 1970's. Since this is not my own work and I have not compared it to the actual court case, I have no idea of what errors may be contained in it. I can only hope that my friend will forgive me for posting this and then asking him for permission later. Karen 1. 3/14/1817, The Will of John Baptist Mattingly 2. 10/25/1817, Inventory and Sale of the estate of John Baptist Mattingly. 3. 1/1/1819, Receipt of Gabriel Mattingly showing that he received $27.83 in part payment of his share of the estate. 4. 5/25/1825, Article of Agreement between Gabriel Mattingly and Elizabeth Mattingly (his mother) regarding the rental of her plantation. 5. 7/18/1829, Inventory of Sale of part of the estate of John B. Mattingly. 6. 7/18/1829, Gabriel Mattingly signs a note that he will pay within 2 years $11.00 to the Executors of John B. Mattingly's estate. 7. 8/10/1829, Charges of trespass and assault and battery filed by Gabriel Mattingly against John Yager. Total damages sought, $1000.00. 8. 8/24/1829, A list of money and property not accounted for filed by James Ryan and Executors in estate of John B. Mattingly. 9. 9/1/1829, Sheriff of Washington County ordered to summon into court John Yager to answer charges. 10. 9/9/1829, Sheriff of Washington County ordered to summon into court Thomas Hayden, Jr., Stith Thompson and Henry Hagan to appear in court on behalf of Gabriel Mattingly regarding the charges. 11. 10/28/1829, All heirs of John B. Mattingly ordered to appear in court to answer charges brought in a suit by Gabriel Mattingly. 12. 11/14/1829, Sheriff of Washington County orders Eleanor _____ and Nancy _____ to appear in court on behalf of Gabriel Mattingly. (Ryan and Riney?) 13. 11/14/1829, John Yager pleads not guilty to the charges and puts himself on the mercy of the court. 14. 4/27/1830, All John B. Mattingly's heirs are again ordered into court to answer suit by Gabriel Mattingly. 15. 4/28/1830, Only James Ryan, Eleanor Ryan and Phillip Mattingly answered the summons. None of the other defendants could be located. 16. 4/29/1830, Constable of Washington County orders Gabriel Mattingly into court in a complaint filed by James Ryan, Executor, for non-payment of debt. 17. 5/9/1830, Judgment against Gabriel Mattingly in the above charges. 18. 5/9/1830, Gabriel Mattingly proved that he had paid part of his debt to James Ryan, Executor and judgment was awarded to James Ryan for an additional payment of $18.00. 19. 5/20/1830, Constable of Washington County ordered to seize part of the property of Gabriel Mattingly to satisfy judgment in $18.00 awarded to James Ryan. 20. 7/20/1830, Execution of the above (19) accomplished. 21. 5/5/1831, Answer of James Ryan and others to complaint filed by Gabriel Mattingly. 22. 7/28/1831, Gabriel Mattingly serves public notice to James Ryan and Phillip Mattingly, Executors, that he will take testimony from Thomas Medley in regarding the court suit. 23. 8/6/1831, Thomas Medley testifies that he purchased tobacco in 1817 or 1818 and the Phillip Mattingly sold the tobacco as an executor of the estate of John B. Mattingly. 24. 8/24/1831, Gabriel Mattingly gave public notice to the heirs of John Mattingly, heir of John B. Mattingly, deceased, to come forward else they be judged as confessing to their guilt. 25. 9/6/1831, Thomas Medley and Thomas Spink testify as to the value of Milly, the slave and another slave. Testimony at the instance of Gabriel Mattingly. The slave to Phillip, $100.00, the other (Milly) $330.00. 26. 11/1/1831, Gabriel Mattingly testified that the slaves were worth more than James Ryan reportedly sold them for and that he did not receive his share of the receipts. 27. 11/1/1831, Phillip Mattingly appeared before the Justice of the Peace and testifies that James Ryan managed the estate exclusively and held all the money in his hands for a number of years without paying anything out to the others and then when he did, he paid no interest. 28. 11/12/1831, Certification by the Bardstown newspaper that the notice by Gabriel Mattingly had been published. 29. 11/16/1831, Phillip Mattingly testifies that Milly was worth more that $330.00 and the whole estate of John B. Mattingly was valued at $1616.00, share of the 11 children, each $147.00. 30. 1/19/1832, Gabriel Mattingly inserted another public notice in the newspaper by way of the Washington County Circuit Court in a charge against the John B. Mattingly heirs and defendants. 31. 5/3/1833, Bardstown newspaper editor certifies that the notice was published. 32. 5/ _/1833, Washington County Court approves John B. Smith to check and see how much of the estate is to be distributed to each heir. 33. 8/_/1833, Gabriel Mattingly petitions that John B. Smith be set aside as the auditor of the John B. Mattingly estate and that Mordecai Hardin replace him as auditor. 34. 8/13/1833, James Ryan testifies that Elizabeth Mattingly gave him the girl, Milly, with no strings attached and that at the sale, she was valued at more that she was worth. 35. 8/13/1833, Depositions by John Yager, Joseph Yager, James Yager and Priscilla Mattingly support James Ryan's testimony. 36. 9/?/1833, Deposition by Maria Browning supports James Ryan's testimony. 37. 9/28/1833, Phillip Mattingly seems to contradict testimony of those in 35 and 36 above. 38. 9/28/1833, Gabriel Mattingly serves notice on James Ryan that he will take testimony from Eleanor Seay and others at the home of James Simms in Lebanon regarding his suit of the John B. Mattingly's heirs. 39. 11/4/1833, Accounting of estate by Mordecai Hardin values it at $1598.75 at $145.34 per heir while James Ryan values it at $1086.62 1/2, $98.78 per heir. 40. 11/4/1835, James Ryan has Randolph ______ testify that Milly was worth no more than $250.00. Gabriel then asks Randolph _____ whether he was an appraiser at the sale of the estate in 1817. His reply was that he couldn't recall and in reply to another question from Gabriel, he said that he didn't know whether he was or was not at the sale. 41. 11/5/1833, Samuel Williams testifies to the effect that Milly was worth no more than $250.00. 42. 11/18/1833, Eleanor and Edmond Seay testify that James Ryan and Phillip Mattingly were acting as rascals regarding the distribution of the John B. Mattingly estate. 43. 10/23/1834, Court rules in favor of Gabriel Mattingly in that Milly and the other slaves were property of the estate of John B. Mattingly and not the property of the executor, James Ryan. 44. 9/_/1835, Court rules in favor of Gabriel Mattingly against James Ryan to the amount of $29.78 and in favor of William Mattingly against James Ryan, $57.20. Gabriel Mattingly is authorized agent for William Mattingly. 45. Court awards to Barnabas Mattingly, $51.20, William Mattingly, $51.20 (the amount in 44 above says $57.20), to the children of Joseph Mattingly, $51.20, to the children of John Mattingly, $51.20, to the children of James Mattingly, $51.20, to the children of Bennet Mattingly, $51.20 and to the children of Nancy Mattingly, $51.20. (There was testimony by one witness that Francis Mattingly hadn't been heard of in 30 years.) Karen Fowler Caldwell [[email protected]]