Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks took up housekeeping here on September 21, 1805. Built about 1780 by Richard Berry, Sr., the cabin provided temporary lodging when Berry acquired 600 acres at Beechland. Thomas and Nancy's first child, Nancy, died in infancy and is buried near the cabin site. Thomas and Nancy were officially married by Jesse Head in the nearby Francis Berry cabin on June 12, 1806. While Thomas and Nancy lived at Mill Creek, Hardin County, Kentucky at the time of the birth of their second child, Sarah, they returned to Beechland where Abraham was born, February 12, 1809. The family lived in this cabin until Abraham was 18 months old, at which time they moved to Hardin County. A nearby neighbor, William Hardesty, gave a sworn account of having been hired by Thomas Lincoln to stay with Nancy and the children during Thomas' frequent absences. About 1911, the dilapidated cabin, owned by W.A. Clements, was dismantled and donated to the Harrodsburg Historical Society, where it now sits inside a monument at Old Fort Harrod State Park.