Mordecai Lincoln was the oldest brother of Thomas Lincoln, father of President Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln had a high opinion of his uncle, and was reported to have said "Uncle Mord had run off with all the talents of the family".
This house is the only remaining residence known to have been owned and occupied by a member of the Lincoln family still standing on its original site, and is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Originally built in 1797 as a story and a half log cabin, in 1815 the new owner added to the dwelling, building this house around the log structure. In 1960, it was sold to the state of Kentucky.
In referring to the death of his grandfather in an 1854 letter to Jesse Lincoln, President Lincoln wrote that “the story of his death by the Indians, and of Uncle Mordecai, then fourteen years old, killing one of the Indians, is the legend more strongly than all others imprinted upon my mind and memory."
One more interesting tidbit: Mary Mudd Lincoln, wife of Mordecai Lincoln and aunt to President Abraham Lincoln, was first cousin, twice removed, to Dr. Samuel Mudd, the doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth after the President's assassination.
You are looking for a camouflaged plastic container containing a log book, pencil and small trade items.
This cache placed with permission of KY State Parks – Permit #14923LH61