First Home of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois

In March 1830 Abraham Lincoln came from Indiana with his family to settle here in Macon County at a place on the north side of the Sangamon River ten miles westerly from Decatur.

The Lincolns built a log cabin and broke ...

First Home in Illinois of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial

[Main Marker]:

This Tablet marks the site of the First Home in Illinois of

Abraham Lincoln.

- - 1831 - -

[Secondary Marker]:

Rededicated

Stephen Decatur Chapter,

NSDAR

1990

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