I could listen to the man that naritived this video even if he was reading the dictionary! What a wonderful voice this man has. Enjoyed this video about Lincoln very much also. Thank you.

My late grandmother, Dolly Hanks, who passed away in 2006, was born and raised in Wolfe County, Kentucky. I remember her always telling us of how we were blood relatives of Abraham Lincoln. Nancy Hanks came from the same family as my grandmother. Up until her passing, she received a quarterly of the Hanks family tree. My grandmother married a Lewis, from Morgan county, Kentucky. Shortly after their wedding, they moved to Middletown, Ohio where jobs were plentiful and opportunity not just a dream. -Steve, Ohio

This is absolutely fantastic!! We would certainly enjoy more documentaries on those who helped our country to form and grow!! We must keep our history alive in the hearts and minds of the people !! I do wish the public schools taught more history classes. History was my favorite class when I was on school. I was fascinated with the stories, history, building of our country..I believe our young people would appreciate and love our country more and become ardent Patriots if they simply knew the history of the country.

One of the best narrator's ever. Talks so you have time to take in what he is saying. He's winner.

This was absolutely amazing. I live a quarter mile from downtown Elizabethtown. I can see the creek where Thomas Lincoln built the mill from my front door. I can be at Abraham's birthplace in about ten minutes. The history of this area is boggling.... To know the present state of the world....the United States....was formed in a 10 mile circle around where I stand now.

I too could listen to him. So very well written. This should be in history books. I didnt want it to stop.

22:20 OMG, Lincoln looked like his mom! I've obviously never seen a portrait of her before because that is just striking! I totally see his face looking at her!

No wonder Abe was inspired to study law after what his father went through in court! Thanks so much for the early background.

Thank you so very much for an outstanding documentary,! I love history and regret that our children aren't taught much of it in our schools now. It gives one a sense of continuity and family. Abe Lincoln is one great man I always seek more information about. This has done just that!

Such a heartwarming story told by a great narrator. If only everyone had Daniel Boones moral compass. Loved it

We are so glad that this showed up on our You Tube feed. Answered soooo many questions we had and we now carry a new appreciation for Thomas Lincoln. A few years ago we purchased land near Hodgenville, we are so proud to be in the city of Lincoln. Thank you much for the new information. Jim

What a wonderful presentation. Thank you for making history come alive.

Thank you, for this documentary, I Loved it, now I can share it with my children and grandchildren. . Abe Lincoln is my 5th Great grandfather and I found out when Merle done a family tree.. My mother and Merle Haggard are the last 2 children born on the family tree. Both are deceased now. Merles mother , Flossie , was my grandpas half sister ..The tree was done in 1985 , and it said , my generation wouldn't be on the register until the year 2000. So this documentary is very special to me.. I grew up in Oldham County Kentucky.. Lived there until 2013. Moved to Henry county KY.. My father grew up on Floyds Fork and as children we played in Floyds Fork creek for years and camped on the Salt River.. I still live in Kentucky and I can see why Grandpa Abe , loved it here and always called this home. His ancestors and grandfather died here.

You all did such a wonderful job on this documentary. As a resident of Elizabethtown.... It's amazing the acts and decisions carried out around here.....would have SO MUCH effect in the events of world history and still to this day. A nation (the best ever) hinged on the actions of these people. What a wonderful story.

I am a proud native Kentuckian, but even as a small child visiting the cabin, I thought it was so deeply weird that they encased it inside a marble Greek temple out there in the middle of the rural Kentucky hills. What IS lovely about the site? The original (?) spring house is still so deliciously cool inside, even in the swealtering summer. I remember thinking, "Forget the cabin and the temple!" I'd live in HERE all summer!" 😄

As a student of Lincoln and having watched the wonderfully researched and beautifully excited documentary, I want to thank you for adding so much more understanding about his family.

This was a fabulous lesson… Thank you for such a wonderful experience. So well done!

I shed tears while watching the family background of the american great president abraham lincoln that went through many tribulations and full of sadness.

There was another person close to my heart born in Hodgenville Kentucky. My Momma. Miss her dearly ♥️.

I really enjoyed this story of Abraham Lincoln’s history.

This was a wonderful documentary. Thank you so much everyone involved, especially the author and narrator.

As a self acclaimed Lincoln authority....this documentary was spectacular. Each time you hear these stories you need to ask yourself...."am I really that bad off, is my life that troubled"

Kent Masterson Brown does an amazing job delivering history. Could listen to him all day. Thank you for sharing with us. Another great job.

My uncle was a Hanks. Thank you for this documentary. I understand Abe Lincoln's father a bit better now. What he witnessed as a child would scar anyone for life.

Fantastic history oration! I love listening to his voice detailing the lives of the Lincoln Family.

Awesome video. My favorite President of all times. Lord knows how his heart, mind, and wisdom would save this Country from self-destruction. May he rest and piece.

The oral history in my family has always said some of our family attended the marriage of Thomas Lincoln to Nancy Hanks. They also said the political sympathy of Springfield was for the south during the Civil war and that the marriage certificate was deliberately hidden so Robert Todd Lincoln could not find it when he went to Springfield, Ky. looking for it. My mother grew up hearing grandmothers and great grandmothers talk of the history of the Lincolns and Berrys. We were related to the Berrys. I really enjoyed the video.

I enjoyed very much watching this. Thank you Kent Masterson Brown for such great narrative.

I'm a Bush , proudly born in Elizabethtown and related to Sarah Bush. Thank you for making and putting this on here. My father and I really enjoyed it.

In 1805, in Elizabethtown Kentucky, my 4x great grandfather (Hardin Thomas) built a second cabin to accommodate his growing family. Thomas Lincoln built the windows, the door and helped Hardin join the two cabins together via a breezeway. Unfortunately the cabin was gutted by a fire in 2009. The community pulled together and restored the cabin. It sits in a park in Elizabethtown and is open to the public.

excellent. dam shame kids today aren't taught history

This was wonderful. I so enjoyed it and wish all school children had an opportunity to enjoy also.

What a great documentary on the Lincoln family ancestral history of Abraham Lincoln's family, and where they settled in Kentucky, and the surrounding. areas.Thank you ❤

Being that I love history, this was outstanding! My thanks to all who compiled this great documentary!

Very well done documentary and/or video!!!!! And the man doing the narrating is or was marvelous! Thank you for all the people who did the research, etc.!

Very very good and in-depth documentary.. This is the only one I’ve seen that speaks in detail about Abraham Lincoln’s ancestry and earliest years.

What a fabulous documentary thank you!

I learn things I never knew about the Heritage of our greatness President. Very well put together documentary.

What a great story of one of the most Loved people ever in the United States ❤️

I was born in Puerto Rico. My favorite subject in school was Social studies, I remember studying American history and learning about Abraham Lincoln but never have seen a documentary like this one. I live in Vine Grove KY, right on the Main Street is a sign titled the route of the Lincoln’s. I cry watching this. The lincolns help built this great Country.

He was a great man and he did great things

Omg loved it he told the story of Lincoln with great passion. Could listen again and again. Thank u

I absolutely enjoyed that insight to the history of a great man

What a facinating documentry, along with pictures. Thank you.

Loved this documentary on Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln kind and good was honoured and loved by many ,to help us remember this President we put his face on our penny .when I was in first grade in the 60's we were taught this song and I've never forgotten it .

Excellent. Kentucky has one of the most interesting histories of any State. It would have prospered much more if it had not had such a turbulent birth.

An outstanding documentary! Kent, you likely do not remember me but we exchanged letters c. 10 years ago when I was looking for information on something, cannot recall what at the moment. But you wrote a very nice reply to my inquiry. I really admire the work it took to produce this fine documentary and your delivery is superb.

Fascinating and so well presented & produced.

Fascinating since I’m familiar with these areas of Kentucky.

Such an amazing historical documentary. I always loved Pres Abraham Lincoln. Love American and world history. Beautiful KY countryside. From a WV neighbor. Kent Masterson Brown did an excellent job with this project. I truly loved this documentary. Thanks Mr Brown and everyone associated with it.

Really enjoy everything that you guys put out. Learning from you all.

An absolutely stunning documentary. Very well written and narrated with beautiful photos! Loved watching and listening to it!

i enjoyed this very much as the others including Daniel Boone, Thank you very much, Pastor Larry W DeSha Sr

Well done enjoying history at 61 yesterday not caring when should have

Such a fascinating part of history you never read about in school! It makes you realize that the Lincoln family was a strong and resilient lot. I don't think President Lincoln ever truly appreciated all his father did in order to stay in Kentucky. Perhaps Nancy Hanks would not have died if they'd been able to stay. Although it was never stated that President Lincoln ever was unkind (he financially supported her after his father's death) tword his step mother......you can't help but think he felt betrayed by his father's love of another woman. As it seems in his own words he credits his mother for the man he became and seemed resolute in his opinions of his father. I simply found this lesson into history fascinating. I think Thomas Lincoln was much more than what his son saw in him... I find his story admirable. Of coarse, President Lincoln did not know what he never read, which is in the papers found researching this documentary. Hopefully this will be added to what we know of young President Lincoln's life and family history. When I was a student all we learned was that President Lincoln's father was a farmer who wasn't very good at farming, was rather crude and unrefined with very few skills to support his family. That his mother was a sweet amiable woman who put up with all Thomas's short fallings. It seems history got all of this entirely wrong! It should be corrected in the history books, so that young people learn the truth of our 16th Presidents heritage, and not the strangely odd history I learned as a student. Although we know how difficult it is to get history books by McMillan to change anything! You'd think they were the only ones to write historical facts in a book! Jill Gross

Thank you so much Mr. Brown, you are an awesome researcher & story teller. Michael O'Hair, my 4 X Great-Grandfather was father to Mary O'Hair Hanks, wife of William Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's cousin.

A lot said about Lincoln's short 7 years in Kentucky, and very few about his "formative" years, from age 7 to 21 in Indiana. I suggest that the man Lincoln became was formed in those years in Indiana. Disclaimer: Yes, I'm from Indiana and have visited the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, where both Nancy and Sara are buried, many times. But all in all, this was an excellent presentation. I was unaware of the full Thomas Lincoln history in Kentucky. It's maybe a bit odd that Abe didn't think that much of his father. Some may disagree. When Thomas was dying, Abe didn't even go to visit him. Perhaps Thomas was a taskmaster. In Indiana, Thomas loaned out Abe to go work on a neighbor's farm. It was the most physical work Abe had done and maybe he resented his father for doing that.

Awesome presentation thank you for your hard work

O my. Thank you for this wonderful history. God bless

My son n law is related to Mary Todd Lincoln along with my grandchildren. His grandmother lived in Elgin, KY. Great video..Thank you!

A lovely story of his life.It makes me even more proud of him.

Very well done. Enjoyed every moment of this documentary.

Awesome historical account of one of the very most loved Presidents of these here United States. Thank you. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Fascinating documentary thank you!

Absolutely loved this!!!!!❤

HONEST ABE!!!! WHAT A WONDERFUL MAN!!!

Excellent documentary !!. Mr. Brown did a very very good job. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Our 16th president is the greatest of them all.

This was a very enjoyable and informative documentary. Thank you.

A beautiful presentation. So much history and inspiration.

Abraham Lincoln he was always one of my favorites

This was tremendous! Thank you!

Very educational and loved the presentation...Thank you!

I'm from his birthplace in Ky. in LaRue County. Always proud to be born and raised here.

Being a long time resident of Nelson county, we have spent many hours near the home where Nancy Hanks married, now Springfield. Hodgenville and the smaller property down the road are places that give us pride that such a man lived there. What a struggle it must have been. Great documentary.

Great thank you to all who put this together.

We loved this We had just gone to Springfield Illinois we learned a lot from this about his family Thank you

The narrative of American history would no doubt have been starkly different were not for the brave efforts of one boy reviving a nearly drowned young Abe.

A highly informative documentary about the Lincoln heritage.!!

Each time I watch this program I have learned more about my ancester and his family that I had heared about as a child as well as my own searches, this time I picked up something about Nancy Hanks that I missed the first time I watched. My family tree link through Nancy Hanks.

I am very much informed as result of your research and documentation on Lincoln's Kentucky family roots, Counselor Brown. myself being forever a Lincoln enthusiast from Illinois. I am 77 yrs. of age and have studied Lincoln all of my life. I have not seen most of the documentation you heretofore have presented and am very grateful for same. You would have also been very successful if you had ventured into a career as a college professor in specific areas of US History. I look forward into investigating some of ;your other fine works. Dana Brinkmeier.. [Illinois, IDES Veteran Employment Rep, and HS Science Teacher.. [ Ret.] Disabled Vn Era Veteran Combat Medic.. Surgery Tech, First Army MEDDAC Dept. Surgery and CMS Big Pharma Rep, God Bless

With all these problems with lawsuits for his family, it is not surprising that Abraham Lincoln would first turn to the law to make his way in the world 🎩🇺🇸

Thank you. You were an awesome narrator of Abraham Lincoln‘s early life🦋

Thank you for sharing this video with me!! Very interesting!! History! 🙏❤️👍😀

Loved this! This is the kind of information that should be on TV.

Absolutely loved this. Thank you so much.

This is interesting because in watching, I found a connection with my own ancestors, Samuel Haycraft, and Jacob Jansen Van Meter! Haycraft fought in the American Revolution, and of course they moved to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, where the Lincoln were living at the time. Thank you for making this video available - I love history, and genealogy. As an aside, I am a preacher, and last year I officiated at the marriage of Tyler Verstreater and Shannon Boone, who is a direct descendant of Daniel Boone's brother. Squire Boone. Their wedding was in Shelbyville, Illinois, the county seat of Shelby County, IL. It's funny to think of all the connections we have going back generations. My family goes far back to the early 1600's, and others (Quartons) only came over in the early 1820's, from Yorkshire, England.

This is very good, I really enjoyed it thanks

Felt like i was at lodge listening to a wonderful travelog of great history

THANK YOU SO MUCH! For helping me learn about my Dist. Cousin's family. I only just found out I was related to Abe & his wife Mary (Todd) too. I enjoyed this video so much, and learned things I never knew about my family. - add Thank you to all that help make this history come to light! - Greeting from Sweden.

My ancestors were all around his family an likely knew them ,wonderful information

Finally, a VERY well put narrative. Thank you so much for just presenting history in it’s entirety with factual records. Well done. Thank you for all who helped research and contribute to our history.

Hard difficult times. Reminds a full view of the times is necessary before you think of how wonderful it would be to live when our country moved west.

The old documents mainly letters amaze me because of the beauty of the script.

Ty for not having ads

Outstanding presentation and thank you!!!

Extremely well done documentary, I enjoyed it tremendously. Thank you so much.

Very beautiful life story. Great is Pres Lincoln, one of the great pioneers of what is now United States

Gosh, I love this channel. Much appreciation and kind regards from Australia.

Amazing history. I enjoyed this immensely. I visited the Lincoln cabin & spring in Kentucky. Awesome experience