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County: Washington

Lincoln Homestead

Marker Number: 

526

Location: 

Springfield Courthouse Lawn

The certified marriage bond of Thomas Lincoln to Nancy Hanks, parents of Abraham Lincoln, is on file here in Washington Co. Courthouse. Here also preserved is full account of the wedding. Lincoln Homestead State Park, seven miles north, now marks the site of log house where marriage was performed June 12, 1806 by the Reverend Jesse Head, Methodist pastor.

Erected June 23, 1963.

For more information, see ExploreKYHistory: Lincoln Homestead

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