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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary "Mollie" Matson: Birth: 24 SEP 1835 in Lexington,,Ky.. Death: 12 NOV 1925 in ,Obion,Tn.

  2. Robert W. Matson: Birth: 1838 in KY. Death: 1887 in ,Fulton,Ky.

  3. Mildred Matson: Birth: 1846 in ,Coles,IL. Death: 1860/1868 in ,Fulton,Ky.

  4. Henrietta C. Matson: Birth: 1850 in ,,KY. Death: 29 OCT 1930 in ,Fulton,Ky.

  5. Peytonia Virginia Matson: Birth: MAR 1853 in ,Fulton,Ky.. Death: 31 OCT 1929 in ,Fulton,KY

  6. Harry C. Matson: Birth: JUN 1855 in ,Fulton,Ky.. Death: NOV 1915 in ,Fulton,Ky.


Notes
a. Note:   !Interview with the following persons: Emayln Schleifer Talley/David Lewis Schleifer/Harold Shaw/Nancy Nettles. !Will of James Matson written 14 Jul 1825 in Bourbon Co. KY. !Death certificate for Mary Hunt..w/o Robert J. Hunt. !Carl Sandberg's "Abraham Lincoln-The Prairie Years". Chapter 69 refers to the famous Matson Slave Trial. !Fulton Co. Ky History Book. !Correspondence with Mrs.Howard Burditt, Mrs. Betty Scheidler, Mrs. Jean Kay. !Census Records: 1830 and 1840 Bourbon Co. KY. for Robert Matson 1840 Edgar Co. Il.for Robert Matson 1850 Fulton Co. Ky.for Robert Matson. 1860 Fulton Co., Ky for Mary Matson 1870 Fulton Co., Ky for Mary Matson !Land Deeds: Bk 1 Pg 427 Fulton Co. Ky Bk 4 Pg 347 Fulton Co., Ky Bk 6 Pg 361 Fulton Co., Ky Bk 10 Pg 235 Fulton Co., Ky Bk 13 Pg 251-254 Fulton Co., Ky !Military: War of 1812. Pogue's 4th Reg't Ky Military. Burial: Robert and Mary Matson are buried on the family farm still [2001] in the hands of descendants located on the Union City, Tn //Hickman, Ky highway. GT visited the farm about 1988 and has taken pictures of the tombstone of Robert Matson"General Robert Matson born Bourbon Co., Ky January 1796, died January 26, 1859 aged about 64 years old as a soldier he was brave and as a legistlator incorruptible. An Affectionale husband, an indulgent parent, and a good citizen, he died contented and by all respected as an honest man". C.F. Hickman, Ky. Robert Matson served in the Kentucky State Legistlature during the 1832 and 1834 session. See Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, 1966.


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