He amassed an estate of 5,544 acres of prime Kentucky land, realizing the bounty as advised by Daniel Boone, a relative of the Lincoln family.
[5] The family settled in Jefferson County, about twenty miles (32 km) east of the site of Louisville.
Abraham Lincoln settled near Hughes' Station on Floyd's Fork and began clearing land, planting corn, and building a cabin.
[6][7] One day in May 1786, Abraham Lincoln was working in his field with his three sons when he was shot from the nearby forest and fell to the ground.
[2][6][8] After witnessing the killing of his father, Mordecai maintained a hatred and "avenging spirit" towards Native Americans.
[2][6][11] A replica of the home where Bathsheba raised the five children was erected in 1934 in the Lincoln Homestead State Park.
[4][12][nb 1] In January 1797 Mordecai sold his inherited property in Jefferson County that had been purchased by his father in 1780.
Between 1810 and 1815 the two-story cabin was enlarged and faced with a Federal-style frame by Wilfred Hayden, the second owner of the home.
[12] Mordecai lived near his friend Richard Berry, the home where his brother Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks were married in 1806.
[4][12] In 1827, as justice of the peace, he officiated the wedding of Andrew Johnson (who would become his nephew's second Vice President and successor) and Eliza McCardle.