1807年に長女サラがエリザベスタウンから約5マイル北のミルクリークで誕生した。1809年初頭までに、ノリン川沿い、ホジェンビル近郊に300-エーカー (1.2 km2)の農場を購入した。ベッツィ(エリザベス)とトーマス・スパロウの自宅から2マイル、エリザベスタウンの18.5マイル南東に位置している。自宅は標準的な土間付き1部屋のみの丸太小屋であったが、"magnificent spring that bubbled from the bottom of a deep cave." にちなみ、Sinking Spring Farm と命名された。エイブラハム・リンカーン生誕地としても知られる。より多くの肥沃な土地を求めて、 1811年に約10マイル北東のノブクリーク農場に引っ越した。トウモロコシやカボチャを栽培し、毎年恒例の道路測量を行い、98人の不動産所有者のうち15番目に裕福になった[16][17][nb 3]。
エイブラハムとの関係は徐々に変化していった。原因はトーマスの視力低下、体調不良であり、農作業を息子に依存していた。近所に働きにも出し、マイケル・バーリンは著書 "The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln" の中で、エイブラハム・リンカーンは父の奴隷のようだったと記述している[28][29]。
^Lincoln is believed to have built a cabin for the Lincoln family before his death in May, 1786. He purchased a 100 acre piece of his property along a creek known now as Lincoln Run in the Beechland neighborhood from Richard Berry, Sr. in 1781 or 1782. The neighborhood was a piece of land created by a horseshoe bend in the Beech Fork River.[3][4] There is also a theory that Bathsheba moved to the Springfield area because Abraham's cousin, Hannaniah Lincoln, had borrowed money to purchase property there but had never repaid the debt. Whether that occurred or not is unclear, but she apparently lived at Hannaniah's home before moving to Beechland.[5]
^Bathsheba Lincoln, Nancy Lincoln and William Brumfield, and Mary Brumfield Crume are buried at the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery which overlooks Mill Creek in Fort Knox.[12]
^Carl Sandburg claimed that Lincoln purchased 348.5 acres at Hodgenville, paying $200 in cash to Isaac Bush and taking over a small previous debt.[17]
^The Nancy Lincoln article explores a secondary view that she may have had other illnesses which were contributing factors or causes of her death.
^The children thought that Thomas would be gone for three months. When six months had passed, they believed that he had died. The children were claimed to have been near-starved and in want of clothing while alone. For more than one year following her mother's death and until the arrival of Sarah Bush Lincoln, Thomas's daughter Sarah was responsible for the household duties her mother had performed.[26]
^Don Davenport (2002). In Lincoln's Footsteps: A Historical Guide to the Lincoln Sites in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky Trails Books Guide. Big Earth Publishing. pp. 4. ISBN193159905X
^ abDon Davenport (2002). In Lincoln's Footsteps: A Historical Guide to the Lincoln Sites in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky (Second ed.). Big Earth Publishing. pp. 6, 22. ISBN193159905X
^David Herbert Donald (2011). Lincoln. Simon and Schuster. pp. 24–25. ISBN1439126283
^Don Davenport (2002). In Lincoln's Footsteps: A Historical Guide to the Lincoln Sites in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky Trails Books Guide. Big Earth Publishing. pp. 29, 32. ISBN193159905X
^Carl Sandburg (2007). Edward C. Goodman. ed. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years. Sterling Publishing Company. pp. 22. ISBN1402742886
^Organization of American Historians (2009). Sean Wilentz, Organization of American Historians. ed. The Best American History Essays on Lincoln
Best American History Essays. Macmillan. p. 89. ISBN0230609147
^Don Davenport (2002). In Lincoln's Footsteps: A Historical Guide to the Lincoln Sites in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky Trails Books Guide. Big Earth Publishing. pp. 32–33. ISBN193159905X
^David Herbert Donald (2011). Lincoln. Simon and Schuster. pp. 26–28. ISBN1439126283
^ abMichael Burlingame (1997). The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln. University of Illinois Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN0252066677
^Donald, David Herbert (2011). Lincoln. New York: Touchstone. p. 36. ISBN1439126283
^ abDavid Herbert Donald (2011). Lincoln. Simon and Schuster. pp. 32–33, 48–49, 102–103, 109, 152–153. ISBN1439126283
^ abMichael Burlingame (1997). The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln. University of Illinois Press. pp. 37–42. ISBN0252066677
^Brian Thornton (2010). 101 Things You Didn't Know About Lincoln: Loves And Losses! Political Power Plays! White House Hauntings!. Adams Media. pp. 5. ISBN1440518254