Robert Matson
(1859-)
American politician
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Robert Matson (born January 1796. In Bourbon County, Kentucky - died January 26, 1859 in Fulton County, Kentucky) was a plantation owner in Kentucky who also owned a farm in Illinois. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a slave owner. He was also a two term legislator in the Kentucky legislature. In Illinois in 1847 he was represented by Abraham Lincoln, then a lawyer, in the Matson Trial, a freedom suit legal dispute over ownership of slaves (a mother and her daughters) in the free soil state of Illinois.
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26 January 1859 (age 166) Fulton County, Kentucky
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