Ambrose Maulding played an important role in Jefferson County although he primarily lived in Hamilton County and is buried there.

According to an act of the General Assembly passed the 10th of March 1819 appointing certain commissioners to meet on the second Monday in May at the house of Wm Casey for the purpose of fixing the permanent seat of justice for and in Jefferson County.

The following persons have met (viz.) Louis Barker, Ambrose Maulding and James A Richardson after being duly sworn have procured Determined and fixed upon the Southwest Quarter of Section Twenty Nine Range Three, Township 2, on the land owned by William Casey. The town to be laid off in the South West corner of the said quarter to commence near the timber on a point not far distant from said Caseys house and thence to the foot of the descent of a point on which said Caseys House stands as in such manner as said County Commissioners shall designate.

Personally appeared before us the subscriber William Casey, and made a donation of twenty acres of land to be laid off in Town Lots and sold for the purpose of paying for public Buildings in the County of Jefferson which twenty acres of land shall be laid off by the County Commissioners on the land designated by the Commissioners appointed by state legislature for fixing the permanent seat of justice for said Jefferson County.

Where of the said Wm Casey has here unto set his hand and seal this 12th day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen

William Casey (Seal)

NB Provided such Commissioners shall lay off such Town so as not to include said Caseys House and Farm

Test
A Richardson
Ambrose Maulding
Louis Barker

Much more can be found about the Maulding families on the Hamilton County website created by Carol Lee Yarbrough (now deceased):

Maulding in Virginia, North Caroline, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois - by Paul Kornmeyer

Book: Ambrose Maulding Ancestors, Descendants, and Kinsfolk: Arranged by Denzil R. Mauldin; P.O. Box 1747; Valdez, AK 99686. 398 pages, indexed and well documented. Soft cover.

This book covers the known ancestors and descendants of Ambrose Maulding (1755-1833), and some of his Maulding kinsfolk. An outstanding book that no MAULDING researcher should be without.

I am proud to be a descendant of Ambrose Maulding and I treasure a certificate I was given by Logan County Historical Society (shown below):

First Families of Logan County, KY certificate given to Sandra E. Bauer