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Fact or Fiction: Abraham Lincoln Was Born in North Carolina

Carolina Country continues to perpetuate the debate over the parentage of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, because over the years we have, for no good reason, reported claims by those who believe Lincoln was born in North Carolina. Was Abraham Lincoln the son of a western North Carolina farmer? Pick through this selection of articles and you be the judge.

Was Abraham Lincoln born in Western North Carolina?

You be the judge

We still don’t know for sure where Abraham Lincoln was born

Carolina Country’s shameless resurrection of this dispute

Shedding more on the lighter side of Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace

Adding to the so-called legend

Is 2009 really the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth?

Or, was he here in North Carolina a few years earlier?

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