Monday, January 9, 2012

Did George Washington Father Nancy Hanks Lincoln?

Nancy Hanks was born the illegitimate daughter of Lucy Hanks in what was then part of Hampshire County, Virginia. Today it is Mineral County, West Virginia. Years later, her son Abraham's law partner William Herndon reported that Abraham told him that Nancy's father was "a well-bred Virginia farmer or planter."
Nancy Hanks Lincoln (February 5, 1784 – October 5, 1818) George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799)