"I knowed about Abe Lincoln, 'cause his cousin Cap Lincoln; Yes, Cap Lincoln, lived right nigh us in Kentucky. And he sure was a fine man!
"I knowed about Abe Lincoln befo' he ever run for president. Long befo' he was 'sasinated. You see, I lived neighbor to some of his kin folks. Yes ma'am! Oh, yes, ma'am! Long befo' de war!"
"Yes, Oh Lord! Yes, ma'am!
"Abe Lincoln was jes' next to Jesus Christ.
"Yes, Oh Lord! Yes! Dat he was!
"Jes' next to Jesus Christ!
"I remember when I was freed!"
The exaltation of Aunt Sarah dimmed and faded, and with a quavering subdued voice she whispered:
"I wish I knowed. I wish I knowed. Abe Lincoln was born in Hardin County;[3] in the same month I was; almost the same day. I wish I knowed was I born in the same county he was, but I ain't never goin' to know. Yes ma'am, I was moved with the Howards from Kentucky," she continued, "right up to the Nodaway River, about ten miles from Savannah. It took us about six weeks to come with oxen. I saw the emigrant trains goin' through to Californy.
| [3] | Abraham Lincoln was born in Larue County, Kentucky, February 12, 1809. |