Lincoln's Boyhood Nickname

[Gene C]

Congratulations Roger. That is correct.

This story of Lincoln's nickname is somewhat questionable.
It's from an interesting book, however most of the stories in this book about young Abraham Lincoln are questionable.
The book is "The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln" by J. Rogers Gore from the spoken narrative of Ausitn Gollaher

Abraham earned his nickname when he was a young boy in Kentucky.
The person who gave him this nickname was Old Man Pottinger.
the nickname was "High"
"Mr. Pottinger explained that the
name was appropriate for two reasons:
one, that Abe was extremely high for his
age, and the other, that he met everybody
with the salutation ''Hi!'' ''So, Abe," he said
good-naturedly, 'we'll just call you
High after this."

You can find the entire chapter titled appropriately "The Nickname"
here, beginning on page 132
https://archive.org/stream/boyhoodofabra...2/mode/2up