Lincoln's birthday

[RJNorton]

To my understanding Herndon refers to the record which Lincoln wrote in the Thomas Lincoln family Bible in 1851:

Steve, I agree with Eva. As far as I know there was no contemporary documentation from 1809 concerning the birth of a child to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. I think it's clear that Thomas and Nancy were married and were living on the Sinking Spring Farm in 1809, but I've never seen an announcement in a newspaper, birth certificate, etc. for Abraham's arrival. Abraham wrote that he was born February 12, 1809, and that's all we really have, IMO.

I do not know of any legal or contemporary documentation for the date.

Good question, Steve. Maybe someone on the forum can add to what Eva and I have said.