Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-03-27
rlIE TRUE PEDIGREE AND EARLY HISTORY OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Zone of John Morgans Original Squadron" writes as
follows TO the Atlanta LnteLIigsHeer:
Some time ago all aruce appeared in your paper,
copied frtm one OF your exchanges, purporpg 20 give
tae pederee and early history vi Abraham Luoon the
Presdens vi the United States AS the article III qpes
lion abounded in errors which the writer oil TINS artcie
by LooDal acquaintance With the subject Is enabled 10
.rte ana AS Line subject itself is Que OF general III
he iees be us duty TO lay before the public
A true statement oil the iacts IL,
The ipan known as Abraham Lincoln, who now sits in
the seat once occupied respectively by Wasmngtol,
MADISON Jeliers0n and Jackson was borhh the count!
of Haruln now the county Of Darne, 10 the S1aie vi
ucky and about forty miles from where the writer
OF this article lives when aE Lone The mother was
single woman OF very low social position, by the name
oi Hannah Hanks she Was generally reputed 10 have
rom 10 onesXeeIth OF negro Dloou IN het
seins aud always associated win negroes on se,s Va
eaaalFy According 10 the statement oi hannah hahks
er IN, gitinate caIld the Son OF Abraham Inloe
VINO was-stlli alive and in Kentucky IN September III
1861 have, myself, heard her maize this statement
moreover Inflow Always Claimed The CHILD as bis OWL
ere tnon Is tue testimony vi the two witnesses most
couyersant the iacL, both establishing oeyonu cA'
shat Inflow is Lincoms iather.
Will mere give YOU a few lacts in re alton TO Inflow
de was orig hay IRON North Carolina, but emgrsteu ~
Kentucky when very young. He is quite tail beng
about six three inches in height he goes pareiOo
m summer, aAd have seen him wnn coat on
out once His pants held up by one suspender ony
nor over the lett shoulder. Hs pose Il dshgdred by
vin a niece about the size OF dune Bit out OF lt IN
fight. :. .n,hs o,d hi.
When little Abe was four years and SIX months ou' Ms
mother inlermarred with aman by the name Oh lhco
and the y was afterwards called by his step iathers
ma ne One night OLD Lincoln coming home anu hnuils
l,Iow Al his hoase fer those pangs wnich once us
urbed the noble Utheo and caused hiln 10 lminoIte
heypotess Desdemon0 lie felt thQSe SAD pang out ne
lid not 20 off into sohQques nor talk Tragedy, ou' inc
backwoodsInan Of the coarser mould, lac pcneu in'o
iGlow and they had regular set TO- L'hcoln pis vi
portion Of laows nose and the later depriEeu I'm
,ooof one Joint OF his thumb. Alter TINS ahair, oiu
pooln became extremely cruel to Abe, aud ms moei
found it Necessary to send him TO llyG'ln auy VINO
lied in me hood. Xhere henained unlll he
vas about thirteen years OF age. BY tls Time lac was
-o ab,e 10 work on the larm, and OH Lincoln reiehlea
owarus Linl aud permitted hun TO rurh anu i've WIN
him The lady VINO gave Abe nome al u'i' tnc wa
Mrs MCBriydC whoaierwardS moVeu W N"Sh,u,e, en
oessee and VINO Was still living On the l5In February
s2 AT which TIME the writer OF this article saw hei
ind e, crsed with her. She substantAte the state
neuls here made. during Abes residence VI MrS' NC
riydes lie was sent Ordinary OLD helI scuoo loi
ree Years and thee ObIalned tile rudlnents Vi rough
education.
Neither Old Lincoln nor hs wife (Aoes moheI) coaia
cad and could not the use OF an education. A''
us now put 10 hand work and was even compeileo ~
york ON SUNDAYS. THIS he could not stand, 20 he ISh
away frSm Lincoln and went hand ou ali ONO Has
,oat From this losE Oh he promoted to the posi
ZION Of deck hand Oh a Steamboat. Afterwards NJ
,ut the river went Illinois, near Springfield ana
1c,me clerk of saw mil lie sOon afterwards studied
40 md cam ncuced prarlic,ng before magistrates
courts W..l his Subsequent History the puon" are ac
,qaiuiei aud do propose ~ speak Of II, my ODecI
eug 10 supply information coIcemnS ttdt portion q
as lie which seemed to be least understood.