The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25

Hanks, the sister of Luke Hanks,
had gone to Kentucky and had been
lost to history-had never Seen seen
since by any of her family. Judge
Orr in accounting for this at the time
to Senator Crayton, said that about
that time several families had gone to
Kentucky from "this country"
Judge Orr said all this, knowing
nothing of the under current of the
Calhoun trouble. it is certain and
beyond controversy that Nancy
Hanks young lady, did about that
time leave Anderson county and did
go to Kentucky that she never
came back and was never located by
any Of the family afterwards and
that her brother, Luke Hanks, re-
NAMED here. raised a family and
died here. 1t is certain that the
mother of Abraham Lincoln was a
Miss Nancy Hanks and came to Ken
tueky when a young woman. The
one difference being, the encyclopae.
dias said she came from Virginia and
The truth says she came from Ander-
son, S G
This is also strengthened by the fact
that while this is very noted woman
her family can't be located 10 Virginia
or Kentucky. Why do they 90. locate
the Hanks family in Virginia or Ken
,acky Everyone who has read the life
Of Lincoln feels astonished that no more
is known Of the Hanks family in Vir-
gipia; and the scarcity of material
about NaAcy Hanks is very significant
to any one who williupartially view the
SITUATION. How do these men account
for these two ladies' going at the same
time to the same place aud one disap-
pearing entirely from history-but
strange that the one who disappears is
from this State and yet the child and
man is a perfect reproduction of her
brother and kindred 10 Anderson. S G
How strange it is for stranger from
distant State (no kin that any one can
say) should thus give lad to the
world the very likeness aud image of
men hundreds Of miles away, whom she
uever saw and Of whom she never
beard Aud why should he be
so far ahead the rest Of the Lincoln
Hanks family. if any are these? But
is it strange or hard to account for bis
likeness or his brain and intellect if we
take the others aud suppose him to
have been the child We are searching
out. and the son Of Nancy Hanks of
Anderson? Does not reason point to
the reasonable conclusion that under
such circumstances the situation may
be very inuocently misstated? 1t is more
than uatural that she aud young CAL
houn would both be Interested in mis-
directing tie miod of the public. Just
at this crisis she is 10 Kentucky like a
meteor fallen from the sky, and no fam
lily record either 10 history of fiction,
except in these encyclopedias, and they
have been exploded long since. The
conditions can all be fulfilled by taking
the truth as history will some day state,
viz that Nancy Hanks left Anderson,
S. c.. and went to Kentucky and raised
sou whose uame was Abraham Lin.
cola This accounts for bis favor, his
birth 10 Kentucky. his ability of mind,
etc.. etc She was the daughter of a
tavern keeper in Anderson county, near
Craytonville. aud near where both
Judge Orr aud Senator Crayton we're
born, whose name was Hanks. 1t was
at this tavern that young Calhoun fre-
quen,ly stopped when travelling by the
old dirt road in the old line stage in the
early days.
John G. Calhoun had finished bis ed
ucation at Yale college. had completed
his law course at Fitch6eld, Conn.,, and
had settled down to practice at Able
vile. G. H. He was just commencing
life, was ambitious and active and gift
ed. 1t was under these circumstances
that be became acquainted with the
young girl and daughter of the tavern
keeper. She was several years younger
than he was. 1t was about this time
she went to Kentucky And why 60
to Kentucky? She went under the con-
troll Of horse drover from that State,
who, too, was accustomed to take MS
board while in that county at Hanks
tavern, and carried her eff fully aware
of the situation She never again
came to her native land, but vas lost
to history till after her death aud her
resurrection in her gifted son. And if
it is still ''iu poor taste and less truth,
I will still say that thus poor Nancy
Hanks leaves her native land and makes
her home among strangers. And will
further say the history Of her country