Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery


Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Modern grave marker for Abraham Lincoln
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Location	Long Run Rd., Eastwood, Kentucky
Coordinates	38°15′17″N 85°24′47″W / 38.25472°N 85.41306°W / 38.25472; -85.41306Coordinates: 38°15′17″N 85°24′47″W / 38.25472°N 85.41306°W / 38.25472; -85.41306
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1844
NRHP Reference #	75000768^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 06, 1975

Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery (also known as the Lincoln Cabin Site) is a historic church and cemetery on Long Run Road in Eastwood, Kentucky.

In 1786 Captain Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln was murdered near this site by Native Americans, while President Lincoln's father, Thomas Lincoln, age eight, watched his father's murder. Tradition states that Captain Abraham Lincoln was buried by his cabin, which is now the site of Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery. A stone memorializing Captain Abraham Lincoln was placed in the cemetery in 1937.^[2] The church was built on the site in 1844. The church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References

↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Kentucky Historical Marker Database, marker number 101.

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