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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV4H_lincoln-homestead-state-park_Springfield-KY.html
(obverse)Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the parents of future president Abraham Lincoln, were married near here on June 12, 1806. Shortly after their wedding, the couple moved to Elizabethtown, where their daughter, Sarah, was born. The family ev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV4G_lincoln-homestead-state-park_Springfield-KY.html
(side 1)Pioneer Spirit
The westward movement was an enticement felt by many nineteenth century families, and the Lincolns were in the heart of it. A friend of the family was the infamous frontiersman Daniel Boone, and it has been reasoned that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV4F_crawford-house_Danville-KY.html
Used by Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg as headquarters during the Battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862. Crawford Spring, back of the house, furnished vital water supply to CSA troops on the drought stricken battlefield.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV4A_the-inheritance-of-mordecai-lincoln_Springfield-KY.html
Mordecai Lincoln, uncle to President Abraham Lincoln, lived in this house from around 1797 to 1811.
His father, Captain Abraham Lincoln, the grandfather and namesake of the future president, came to Jefferson County, Virginia, in 1782. In May 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV46_battle-of-perryville_Perryville-KY.html
(left panel)The battle was brought on by Confederate Lieut. Gen. Braxton Bragg as a delaying action to insure safe withdrawal of a huge wagon train of supplies and to enable him to effect a junction with the army of Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU9H_james-b-mccreary-hall-of-justice_Richmond-KY.html
James Bennett McCreary
On August 31, 1975, James Bennett McCreary, a native of Madison County, was inaugurated governor of Kentucky. While advocating peace and reconciliation, his campaign had traded on his rank of lieutenant colonel in the Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTGC_gen-l-felix-k-zollicoffer_Nancy-KY.html
On this spot fell Gen'l Felix K. Zollicoffer of Tennessee, Jan. 19, 1862. Lieuts. Bailie Peyton Jr., H.M.R. Fogs and more than 150 of their Confederate associates in the Battle of Fishing Creek, here died with Gen'l Zollicoffer for right as they s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAI_eades-tavern_Paris-KY.html
This log building lined with adz-hewn cherry was built as a tavern. In 1795 it became first post office in Paris. Thomas Eades then served as tavern owner and postmaster. Robert Trimble had home and law office here before becoming U.S. Supreme Cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAG_duncan-tavern_Paris-KY.html
Built in 1788. Gathering place of pioneers. Shrine, Museum, Library. Restored by Kentucky Daughters of the American Revolution.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAF_john-edwards-1748-1837_Paris-KY.html
As early legislator, Edwards was member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1781-83, 1785, 1786. He was a delegate to the convention to ratify Federal Constitution, June 1788, and to conventions that separated Kentucky from Virginia. Edwards ser…