Qualla: Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery https://qualla.com/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/g/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery https://qualla.com/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery: Introduction https://qualla.com/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery/ Photo credit Kevin M. Byrne, CC BY-SA 3.0. Abraham Lincoln's great-grandfather is buried in a small family cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia, on the Shenandoah Valley farm his sons built. So is Queenie, a woman the Lincoln family held as a slave. The two graves are not far apart. The contradiction is not subtle, and it is not new. Five generations of Lincolns rest in the cemetery beside the brick farmhouse built around 1800. The man who would issue the Emancipation Proclamation was born in Kentucky in 1809. The family he came from owned other human beings on the same farm where his ancestors are now buried.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/g/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-wp/dnzg-lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery: The Virginia Lincolns https://qualla.com/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery/ Photo credit Kevin M. Byrne, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Lincoln family was Quaker by origin, descended from Samuel Lincoln of Hingham, Massachusetts, who arrived in the 1630s. Several generations later, in the early 18th century, John Lincoln - known as Virginia John, the future president's great-grandfather - migrated south to th...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/g/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-wp/dnzg-lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-the-virginia-lincolns.mp3 0:06 2 full Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery: The House Jacob Built https://qualla.com/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery/ Photo credit Kevin M. Byrne, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Jacob Lincoln House at the heart of the homestead is a Federal-style brick farmhouse - two stories, five bays, side-gable roof, with an elaborate wooden cornice featuring Wall-of-Troy molding, corbels, and dentils. A Federal-style doorway frames the entrance. A two-story bric...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/g/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-wp/dnzg-lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-the-house-jacob-built.mp3 0:06 3 full Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery: Queenie's Grave https://qualla.com/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery/ Photo credit Kevin M. Byrne, CC BY-SA 3.0. In the family cemetery beside the house is a marker for Queenie, a woman who was enslaved by the Lincoln family. The historical record about her is thin - her age, her birthplace, her family situation, what she did each day on the farm. What is recorded is that she died here and ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/g/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-wp/dnzg-lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-queenies-grave.mp3 0:06 4 full Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery: The Long Reach Back to Springfield https://qualla.com/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery/ Photo credit Kevin M. Byrne, CC BY-SA 3.0. There is no record of Abraham Lincoln ever visiting this farm. By the time he reached the Presidency, his Virginia ancestors had been dead for generations and his immediate family was deeply rooted in Illinois. But the line goes back through this house. Virginia John, born around...

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