WELCOME TO THE FORKLAND ABRAHAM LINCOLN MUSEUM
SITE
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For those of
you who need help with genealogy, you may receive free help at the
Forkland Abraham Lincoln Museum on Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 pm or by
appointment at other times. There is someone at the center on
those Saturdays who can help you with your own genealogy, if you will
contact the center and let us know you are coming. Both the museum and
genealogy center are open every Saturday from May 4th - October 26.
For appointments call Wayne Thurman at 859-936-7489 or e-mail him at thurman3394@roadrunner.com.
You may also e-mail Carolyn Crabtree at ctree1492@ctreeacres.com.
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A regular Newsletters is sent out to
people who are interested in activities going on at the Forkland
Community Center.
To get on the list of subscribers, e-mail Pat Williams at
gwill@mis.net. If you would
like to contribute news or photos, send them to Pat.
To see a copy of the Newsletter, click here.
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Forkland Community Center in Southwestern Boyle County,
Kentucky
Located on KY 37, 30 minutes from Danville or Lebanon
Address: 16479 Forkland Road, KY 37
Gravel Switch, KY 40328
GPS Coordinates for the Forkland Community Center: N37.551286,
W084.985209.
Directions to Forkland Community Center: From Danville, go
south on US 127 to the traffic light at Junction City and turn right onto KY
300. Then just after the railroad tracks turn left onto KY 37 and stay on
KY 37 all the way (about 10 miles) to the Community Center on the right.
From Lebanon go east on US68, turn right on KY 243 (Gravel Switch turnoff).
Stay on 243 until KY 243 turns right over the bridge. Here you should go
straight on KY37. The Community Center is about three miles on the left.
See a video of the museum at
http://youtu.be/amniyCwhiJI
For more information, click
here.
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On March 1, 2008 the Forkland Abraham Lincoln Museum was
officially opened after receiving a grant from the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial Commission and the Kentucky Historical Society. Lucey
Shipley Hanks, mother to Nancy Hanks Lincoln and grandmother to Abraham
Lincoln, moved to Kentucky after the death of her husband James Hanks.
She had been living with a sister Rachel Shipley Berry and her husband
Richard in the Forkland area of Mercer County (now Boyle) but in 1790 she
married Henry Sparrow, Sr. in Mercer County, Kentucky. Lucey's
daughter Nancy apparently moved to Washington County, Kentucky with her aunt
and uncle and their children. There she met and married Thomas
Lincoln. Nancy and Thomas were the parents of President Abraham
Lincoln. Lucey and Henry Sparrow lived on Scrubgrass Road in the
Forkland area of Boyle County for over 34 years and had eight children whose
descendants are scattered throughout Boyle, Mercer, Anderson, Washington and
other counties of central Kentucky. Because so little seems to be
known about the maternal side of President Lincoln's family, the Abraham
Lincoln Museum at Forkland was built. In the museum you will find
photographs of family members, Lincoln artifacts, and authentic newspapers
about the death of Abraham Lincoln. Other artifacts in the museum show
the life that people like Lucey and Henry Sparrow lived on the "Fork".
We welcome you to come and experience what life was like in the 1800s-early
1900s in the Forkland area. You may also do genealogy research in the
history room or purchase items in the gift shop. We welcome any
information about the families connected to this beautiful area of Kentucky.
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