Matilda T. Cauthorn was mentioned in the 15 March 1836 will of her mother, Martha T. Cauthorn, proved 19 June 1837. “I devise to my beloved children Eliza T Dillard James W Matilda T. & Ro: S Cauthorn all the property which I now possess or may hereafter possess to be equally distributed among them”. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 121.]