Former president Abraham Lincoln's grandfather, also named Abraham Lincoln and also married to a Mary, lived in this home built by the Revolutionary War veteran Jacob Lincoln, the president's great uncle. The home is about halfway between Broadway and Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Highway 42. The first Abraham Lincoln moved to Kentucky upon the encouragement of a relative of Daniel Boone's.
Jacob Lincoln was buried on the same property in the family plot, as were two of the first Abraham and Mary Lincoln's slaves (tombstones above). Five generations of Lincolns are buried in this family cemetery. That Lincoln's kinfolk owned slaves and farmed in Virginia made the Civil War a personal matter, as it was for many Civil War era citizens.
Former president Abraham Lincoln's grandfather, also named Abraham Lincoln and also married to a Mary, lived in this home built by the Revolutionary War veteran Jacob Lincoln, the president's great uncle. The home is about halfway between Broadway and Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Highway 42. The first Abraham Lincoln moved to Kentucky upon the encouragement of a relative of Daniel Boone's.
Jacob Lincoln was buried on the same property in the family plot, as were two of the first Abraham and Mary Lincoln's slaves (tombstones above). Five generations of Lincolns are buried in this family cemetery. That Lincoln's kinfolk owned slaves and farmed in Virginia made the Civil War a personal matter, as it was for many Civil War era citizens.
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