"He was born at Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky, on the 3rd of September, 1838, and is a son of James D. and Eliza L. (Hobson) Mottley, the former of whom was born at Amelia Court House, Virginia, and the latter of whom was a native of Green County, Kentucky. The Mottley family traces its ancestry back to English origin, the original progenitor in America being one Mottley, who emigrated from Kent County, England, to America in the year 1600. Mottley of Revolutionary fame was connected with the Ninth Virginia Cavalry. James D. Mottley, father of Eramus L. Mottley, was an extensive slaveholder and a prominent merchant in the Blue Grass State. He was the owner of about one hundred slaves prior to the inception of the Civil War. William Hobson, maternal grandfather of Colonel Mottley, was a Captain in the War of 1812."
[E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians . . . (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1912), II, 1146]
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Eramus was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kentucky 11th Infantry Regiment, Company S, during the Civil War. He served under his future father-in-law, Col. Pierce B. Hawkins.
11th Kentucky Volunteers Detailed Roster:
"Mottley, Erasmus L., Major, 25 yrs, 3 Sep 61 at Calhoun, KY. Mar-Apr 63 detached service as Provost Marshal of Bowling Green, KY. 17 Apr 63 sent to Franklin, KY with 75 men to investigate treasonable practices by prominent citizens, but found nothing to report. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (vice S. Pallas Love, promoted) on 1 Jul 63 at Carthage, TN . Sep-Dec 63 detached service as Inspector General on General Shackleford's staff. Jan 64 on leave at Knoxville, TN to attend to some personal business. 3 Feb 64 requested to stay at Cumberland Gap, KY 2-3 days to wait for his servant to bring horses and baggage to him before departure to Lebanon, KY. Detached duty as Post Commander at Lebanon, KY 10 Feb-Mar 64. 10 Sep 64 requested 20 days leave at Decatur, GA to attend lawsuit being tried at home in KY. Discharged 17 Dec 64
at Bowling Green, KY."
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1906: "The Mottleys were a husband and wife who had been injured in a train wreck on September 7, 1871 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In exchange for releasing the railroad from liability, they were compensated with free passes from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company, which were to be renewed annually. Several decades later, in 1906, the U.S. Congress banned all free passes in order to prevent them from being used to bribe government officials, and the railroad then refused to renew the Mottleys' passes. The Mottleys sued for specific performance of the rail passes in federal court. They argued that either the federal statute did not apply because they had been issued the passes decades before the law went into effect, or if the law did apply, that it was unconstitutional because it deprived them of their property (the passes). The lower federal courts decided in favor of the Mottleys, and the railroad appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court."
[E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians . . . (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1912), II, 1146]
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Eramus was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kentucky 11th Infantry Regiment, Company S, during the Civil War. He served under his future father-in-law, Col. Pierce B. Hawkins.
11th Kentucky Volunteers Detailed Roster:
"Mottley, Erasmus L., Major, 25 yrs, 3 Sep 61 at Calhoun, KY. Mar-Apr 63 detached service as Provost Marshal of Bowling Green, KY. 17 Apr 63 sent to Franklin, KY with 75 men to investigate treasonable practices by prominent citizens, but found nothing to report. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (vice S. Pallas Love, promoted) on 1 Jul 63 at Carthage, TN . Sep-Dec 63 detached service as Inspector General on General Shackleford's staff. Jan 64 on leave at Knoxville, TN to attend to some personal business. 3 Feb 64 requested to stay at Cumberland Gap, KY 2-3 days to wait for his servant to bring horses and baggage to him before departure to Lebanon, KY. Detached duty as Post Commander at Lebanon, KY 10 Feb-Mar 64. 10 Sep 64 requested 20 days leave at Decatur, GA to attend lawsuit being tried at home in KY. Discharged 17 Dec 64
at Bowling Green, KY."
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1906: "The Mottleys were a husband and wife who had been injured in a train wreck on September 7, 1871 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In exchange for releasing the railroad from liability, they were compensated with free passes from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company, which were to be renewed annually. Several decades later, in 1906, the U.S. Congress banned all free passes in order to prevent them from being used to bribe government officials, and the railroad then refused to renew the Mottleys' passes. The Mottleys sued for specific performance of the rail passes in federal court. They argued that either the federal statute did not apply because they had been issued the passes decades before the law went into effect, or if the law did apply, that it was unconstitutional because it deprived them of their property (the passes). The lower federal courts decided in favor of the Mottleys, and the railroad appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court."
"He was born at Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky, on the 3rd of September, 1838, and is a son of James D. and Eliza L. (Hobson) Mottley, the former of whom was born at Amelia Court House, Virginia, and the latter of whom was a native of Green County, Kentucky. The Mottley family traces its ancestry back to English origin, the original progenitor in America being one Mottley, who emigrated from Kent County, England, to America in the year 1600. Mottley of Revolutionary fame was connected with the Ninth Virginia Cavalry. James D. Mottley, father of Eramus L. Mottley, was an extensive slaveholder and a prominent merchant in the Blue Grass State. He was the owner of about one hundred slaves prior to the inception of the Civil War. William Hobson, maternal grandfather of Colonel Mottley, was a Captain in the War of 1812."
[E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians . . . (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1912), II, 1146]
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Eramus was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kentucky 11th Infantry Regiment, Company S, during the Civil War. He served under his future father-in-law, Col. Pierce B. Hawkins.
11th Kentucky Volunteers Detailed Roster:
"Mottley, Erasmus L., Major, 25 yrs, 3 Sep 61 at Calhoun, KY. Mar-Apr 63 detached service as Provost Marshal of Bowling Green, KY. 17 Apr 63 sent to Franklin, KY with 75 men to investigate treasonable practices by prominent citizens, but found nothing to report. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (vice S. Pallas Love, promoted) on 1 Jul 63 at Carthage, TN . Sep-Dec 63 detached service as Inspector General on General Shackleford's staff. Jan 64 on leave at Knoxville, TN to attend to some personal business. 3 Feb 64 requested to stay at Cumberland Gap, KY 2-3 days to wait for his servant to bring horses and baggage to him before departure to Lebanon, KY. Detached duty as Post Commander at Lebanon, KY 10 Feb-Mar 64. 10 Sep 64 requested 20 days leave at Decatur, GA to attend lawsuit being tried at home in KY. Discharged 17 Dec 64
at Bowling Green, KY."
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1906: "The Mottleys were a husband and wife who had been injured in a train wreck on September 7, 1871 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In exchange for releasing the railroad from liability, they were compensated with free passes from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company, which were to be renewed annually. Several decades later, in 1906, the U.S. Congress banned all free passes in order to prevent them from being used to bribe government officials, and the railroad then refused to renew the Mottleys' passes. The Mottleys sued for specific performance of the rail passes in federal court. They argued that either the federal statute did not apply because they had been issued the passes decades before the law went into effect, or if the law did apply, that it was unconstitutional because it deprived them of their property (the passes). The lower federal courts decided in favor of the Mottleys, and the railroad appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court."
[E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians . . . (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1912), II, 1146]
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Eramus was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kentucky 11th Infantry Regiment, Company S, during the Civil War. He served under his future father-in-law, Col. Pierce B. Hawkins.
11th Kentucky Volunteers Detailed Roster:
"Mottley, Erasmus L., Major, 25 yrs, 3 Sep 61 at Calhoun, KY. Mar-Apr 63 detached service as Provost Marshal of Bowling Green, KY. 17 Apr 63 sent to Franklin, KY with 75 men to investigate treasonable practices by prominent citizens, but found nothing to report. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (vice S. Pallas Love, promoted) on 1 Jul 63 at Carthage, TN . Sep-Dec 63 detached service as Inspector General on General Shackleford's staff. Jan 64 on leave at Knoxville, TN to attend to some personal business. 3 Feb 64 requested to stay at Cumberland Gap, KY 2-3 days to wait for his servant to bring horses and baggage to him before departure to Lebanon, KY. Detached duty as Post Commander at Lebanon, KY 10 Feb-Mar 64. 10 Sep 64 requested 20 days leave at Decatur, GA to attend lawsuit being tried at home in KY. Discharged 17 Dec 64
at Bowling Green, KY."
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1906: "The Mottleys were a husband and wife who had been injured in a train wreck on September 7, 1871 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In exchange for releasing the railroad from liability, they were compensated with free passes from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company, which were to be renewed annually. Several decades later, in 1906, the U.S. Congress banned all free passes in order to prevent them from being used to bribe government officials, and the railroad then refused to renew the Mottleys' passes. The Mottleys sued for specific performance of the rail passes in federal court. They argued that either the federal statute did not apply because they had been issued the passes decades before the law went into effect, or if the law did apply, that it was unconstitutional because it deprived them of their property (the passes). The lower federal courts decided in favor of the Mottleys, and the railroad appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court."
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