[muawiyah]

One of my ancestors in a direct line sold that piece of ground to Tom Lincoln. Our people owned the adjacent farm, and when Abe's mother and sister died of disease they were buried on our land, not Tom's, so he could sell it easier if need be ~ he'd not had much chance to improve it.

Lots of people in Southern Indiana in those rugged days of first settlement lived in lean-tos and log cabins. They used waxed paper for windows, and made their own candles from hog fat and bear grease.

An educated man could read and write Spanish and English and survey property, and if he was lucky he'd get to do the paperwork to transfer title from the government or the grant-holders like Lee and Clark. Everybody else farmed ~ but land was available for about $2.00 per acre.

[kabumpo]

Thank you for writing, your family history is very interesting - but there still are many questions about Lincoln’s date of birth and parentage.