Benjamin Lincoln

ID: 2610
This file appears in: County Named, 1780
Benjamin Lincoln

General Benjamin Lincoln, for whom Lincoln County was named. Courtesy of Library of Congress.

This file appears in: County Named, 1780

By Ashlee Chilton
Historical Marker #774 commemorates the namesake of Lincoln County, Benjamin Lincoln, an American general during the Revolutionary War. Although Lincoln County was named after him, General Lincoln was not from, nor did he live, in Lincoln County…