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Abraham Hananiah

Abraham Hananiah is a Tennessee historical marker in Clay County.

Clay Co, at Clay-Jackson Co. Lincoln line, on State Hwy 53

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Abraham Hananiah Lincoln, officer in the Revolutionary War and grandfather of the sixteenth President of the United States, operated a saltpeter works near here in Seven Sisters Bluffs. In 1814, he was killed by Indians and was buried in Tall Cedars Cemetery on the Lynn Farm, one mile northeast of this site.

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