Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Allen County.

SAMUEL CUTHBERT MOTLEY was born March 14, 1841, in Allen County.  He is 
a son of John M. Motley, who was also a native of Allen County, born 
June 23, 1817.  He married, December 6, 1837, Patsy Willoughby, whose 
parents came to Kentucky at an early day, and settled in Allen County, 
where their daughter, Patsy, was born July 1, 1820.  She was for many 
years a member of the Baptist Church, and departed this life April 29, 
1863.  John M. Motley was a successful farmer; he died September 3, 
1855, and left six children:  James M., Samuel C., Amaziah H., Perry J., 
Elizabeth T. and Erasmus T.  John M. was a son of Matthew Motley, a 
native of North Carolina, and a cabinet-maker by trade, who came to 
Kentucky when a young man, and married Phoeriba Norris; she survived her 
husband twenty years and died in 1870, aged eighty years.  Samuel C. was 
fifteen years old when his father died and from that time the support of 
the family devolved upon him to a certain extent, and he remained on the 
farm until 1861.  His early education was very meager, consisting of a 
few terms in the common schools before he was sixteen; up to that time 
he had made some progress in mathematics, and in the elementary branches 
of English, which he has improved by home reading, especially geography 
and history, in which he is well versed, and his experience in the 
affairs of life has given him an excellent faculty for business.  
September 15, 1861, he joined the Federal Army; enlisted in Company F, 
Ninth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, in which he held the rank of orderly 
sergeant, and participated in the battles of Shiloh, Tenn., and Corinth, 
Miss.; he received an honorable discharge from service Octobr 27, 1862; 
he then returned home, took charge of the farm and cared for his mother 
until her death.  His marriage took place September 29, 1863, with Mary 
E., daughter of Berryman and Eliza Neal, of Allen County, Ky.  To them 
were born three children:  one son who died in infancy, Eugene and 
Hortense B.  Mr. Motley's farm of 110 acres is well improved and under 
high cultivation; has good fences; dwelling, barns, and excellent young 
orchard.  He gives some attention to stock but more to the cultivation 
of grain.  Politically he is a Republican.  In 1874 he was elected 
sheriff of Allen County, which office he soon after resigned.  In 1883 
he was a candidate for election to the lower house of the State 
Legislature, but was defeated by a very small marjority.  He and wife 
and both children are members of the Baptist Church.

Motley Willoughby Norris Neal
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