Abraham Lincoln's Father

Abraham Lincoln's Father is a Virginia historical marker in Rockingham County, dedicated 2017.

Rte. 11, just south of Rte. 808, at Lacey Spring

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Thomas Lincoln, father of the president, was born four miles west of here ca. 1778. His parents, Abraham and Bathsheba Herring Lincoln, moved their family to what is now Kentucky about 1782. There Thomas grew up and married Nancy Hanks, who gave birth to Abraham Lincoln on 12 Feb. 1809. Many Lincoln relatives remained in this community. Here, along the Valley Turnpike, stood the Lincoln Inn, a tavern operated by David Lincoln, a first cousin of Thomas. David and the future president exchanged letters about their family history in 1848.

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1755 · Virginie, Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1778 · Il Maryland, il Jersey Meridionale, la Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1794 · Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Maryland (Lucas, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1926 · Proposed Shenandoah National Park, Virginia / engraved and printed by the U.S. Geological… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Il Maryland, il Jersey Meridionale, la Delaware, 1778, covering the location of Abraham Lincoln's Father, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Il Maryland, il Jersey Meridionale, la Delaware, 1778, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Abraham Lincoln's Father

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