Lincoln's Home at Knob Creek
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Historical Marker #2297 recognizes Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home near Knob Creek. Lincoln's earliest memories centered around the Knob Creek Farm. The Lincoln family, Thomas and Nancy and their son Abraham and daughter Sarah, moved to Knob Creek when Abraham was two years old. Lincoln attended his first school near Athertonville and helped on the farm as much as a child could with such tasks as
planting seed.
The farm was located on the busiest road in the region, the Louisville-Nashville Turnpike, and there is no doubt that Lincoln saw and learned from the wide variety of men and women traveling the road – soldiers marching past during the War of 1812, stagecoach traffic, peddlers, and slaves being taken to distant markets.
Due to disputing claims to the land at Knob Creek, Thomas Lincoln moved his family in 1816 to Indiana, which had a federally-managed land grant program.
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The Austin Gollaher Cabin at Knob Creek
This recently-restored cabin belonged to the family of Austin Gollaher- a childhood friend of Abraham Lincoln. Gollaher is reputed to have saved Lincoln from drowning when the two boys were playing in the nearby creek. Image Courtesy of the National Park Service
Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail Logo
The Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail is a scenic route through central Kentucky featuring museums and historic sites with ties to the sixteenth president. The logo was created by the Kentucky Historical Society during the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial observance. Image Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society
Lincoln Boyhood Farm
When visiting the Lincoln boyhood farm at Knob Creek one gets the impression that little has changed in the almost 200 years since the Lincolns lived here. Photograph courtesy of Tim Talbott.