However, Kiyotsugu KOMATSU (a nephew of Chika, and a real younger brother of Hisanari MACHIDA) had already been adopted by the Komatsu Family, and Kiyotsugu inherited the family estate on March 10, 1870, but on September 25, 1872, Kiyonao newly inherited the family estate.
しかし、小松家には養子小松清緝（町田久成実弟で千賀の甥）がおり、家督は1870年3年10月に清緝が相続するも、1872年9月25日に清直が新たに相続した。