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Fielding Hanks

son of Abraham Hanks and Sarah Harper Hanks

 

Born in Virginia in 1783

Died in Campton, Wolfe County, Kentucky, in 1861

He married Lydia Harper, a full-blooded Choctaw.

 

One of the first settlers of Wolfe County to construct the first log home in Wolfe County in 1818.

He fought in the War of 1812.

 

Probable brother of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the mother of Abraham Lincoln.

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