Finding Lincoln

That’s another one checked off of our list. We went on a little bit of an Easter egg hunt on the way back to Virginia during our last trip and located the former Lincoln Family homestead in Virginia. You heard me right. How many of you knew that the Lincoln Family had lived in Virginia?

Abraham’s Grandfather, for whom he is named, moved here with his father “Virginia John” Lincoln in 1748. Thomas Lincoln, Abraham’s father, was also born here before the family moved again to what is now known as Kentucky.

The house is privately owned, so unfortunately you cannot tour the home. But located on the hill adjacent to the home is the Lincoln Family Cemetery, that the property owners have graciously allowed public access to. It can be accessed by a narrow walking path on the edge of the property. The burials of five generations of Lincolns remain here to this day.

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