The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-09-22
Lincoln's Birthplace.

considerable specu lation g. 20 the birth
place OF President Lincoln, we submit
70 the public the facts we have gath
cred, which. we think. fxes Washing
ton county as the placs where he wss
born. In the fall of 1890 eigh. fami-
lies, while enigrating from North Car
slina to the inhospitable wilds OF Ken
tucky. were attacked by the Indians
twenty five or thirty miles southeast of
Crab Orchard. Mr. Naomi Mitchell.
one of the party. WAS tomaha " kei In
the fight. and died soon afterward from
her wound. Her son WAS also toma-
hawked. but recovered from the effects
of his wound Her daughter. Sarah
Mitchell. was taken prisoner at the
time by the Indians, and remained .
prisoner FIVE years. until Wsyne's treaty
with the Indians in 1895, at Green Vile,
Ohio. under the stipulations Of which
treaty she was restored TO her friends.
Miss Mitchell, who married q Mr..
Thompson, WAS the mother Of Mitchell
Thompson. who is now living. and .
highly respectable citizen of Washing.
ton county. and TO whom We are in
debted for the facts contained in this
article President Lincoln's paterual
grandfather was killed by the Indians
on Lincoln Run, in this county, Eve
miles northwest Of Springfield. We
have no further data as to his death
than he was killed two days before the
change in this country Of the o.d Eng
lish law OF descent. giving the eldest
son oil the landed estate of his ances-
tors. Mordecai was the oldest son Of
President Lincoln's grandfather, and
under the law Inherited all his fathers
landed estate in Kentucky. Mordecai
Lincoln represented Washington county
one term in the Legislature Mordecai,
Thomas and Ale were the uncles Of
President Lincoln. President Lincoln's
mothers maiden name was Nancy
Hanks. his fathers name was Thomas
Lyrch they were married in Washing
ton county on the 22d day Of Septem-
Der. 1906. as shown by the marriage
bond and certificate given below.
Richard Berry. ST.. the father of Rich
ard Berry. whose name appears in the
bond, raised Nancy Hanks. Nancy
Hanks mother was Shipley. and the
wife OF Richard Berry was Shipley
Vanno sh" s"a-a;--st''p. Incy came
originally from North Carolina where
they lived on the Catawba river. in
that State. Miss Sarah 3. Mitchell, the
person mentioned as having been cap.
tured by the Indians. after her restora-
tion lived with Miss Nancy Hanks, the
mother of the President, at the home of
Richard Berry Sr., from 1895 to 1899.
when she married Mr.. Thompson, the
father Of Mitchell Thompson, who re-
lates these facts to us. The following
Is a certified copy Of the marriage GER
titicAte of Thomas Lincoln. the father
Of the President, and Nancy Hanks.
now on record in the County Clerks
Office of Washington county:
Know all men by these presents.
that we, Thomas Lincoln and Richard
Berry, are held aud firmly bound unto
his ExceIlency the Governor Of Ken
.ucky. in the just aud full sum Of $50.
current money, to the payment of which
well and truly To- be made to said Gov
ernor and his successors. we bind our
selves. our heirs. etc, jointly and sew
W AhSSN t'S"Vass, SSoiOA
with our seals, and dated this tenth day
of June. 1906. The conditions Of the
above obligations is such that whereas
there is marriage shortly intended
between the above bound, Thomas Lin
coin and Nancy Hanks. for which there
is license issued now. if there be no
lawful cause 10 obstruct said marriage,
then this obligation to be void. or else
TO remain in full force and virtue in the
law
THoMAr LINCOLN,
SEAL RICHARD BERRY.
Witness John II. Parrott.
Copy attest W. F. Booker. Clerk
Washington County Court
hereby certify than on the 23d Of
September. 1906, l solemnized the rights
Of ma,rimony between Thomas Lincoln
and Nancy Hanks
JESSE HEAD. d. NJ. f. c.