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RE: Was Thomas Lincoln actually poor? - RJNorton - 09-28-2013 03:48 PM
You are welcome, Craig. I checked Troy's book, and there is no footnote.
RE: Was Thomas Lincoln actually poor? - Gene C - 10-04-2013 08:53 PM
According to Carl Sandburg's "Abraham Lincoln" chpt 1 Wilderness Begininngs :
"In the spring of 1811, Tom Lincoln moved his family 10 miles northeast to a 230 acre farm he had bought on Knob Creek, where the soil was a little richer an there were more neighbors"
"An 1814 tax book listed him as 15th among the 98 property owners names"
" In 1816 he paid taxes on 4 horses"
When they moved to Indiana, "The Government was selling him the land at $2.00 an acre; the $80 he had paid was one-fourth of the purchase price...". So he purchased 160 acres. For that time period, I don't consider that poor.
"Dennis Hanks later said, Tom had a kind o way with women, and maybe it was somethin' she (Sarah Bush Johnson) took comfort in to have a man that didn't drink an cuss none"