Abraham Lincoln and religion . d to affiliate with the PigeonChurch because it was of a different faiththan the church to which he had be-longed in Kentucky. Nevertheless, theRegular or later United Baptist Church,as the Pigeon group called themselves,received Thomas Lincolns letter fromthe Kentucky Church, which we havereason to believe was the Little MoimtSeparate Baptist Church. On the same day that Thomas Lincolnaffiliated by letter Sister Lincoln andThomas Carter were received by experi-ence. On April 8,1826, the church recordsstate: Door opened for reception ofmembers and the fourth entr
Abraham Lincoln and religion . d to affiliate with the PigeonChurch because it was of a different faiththan the church to which he had be-longed in Kentucky. Nevertheless, theRegular or later United Baptist Church,as the Pigeon group called themselves,received Thomas Lincolns letter fromthe Kentucky Church, which we havereason to believe was the Little MoimtSeparate Baptist Church. On the same day that Thomas Lincolnaffiliated by letter Sister Lincoln andThomas Carter were received by experi-ence. On April 8,1826, the church recordsstate: Door opened for reception ofmembers and the fourth entry bears thisinscription: Received Sister Sally Lin-coln by experience of grace. This wasundoubtedly Abraham Lincolns sister, asa church record list shows the name ofSally Lincoln as a member of the church,and then the name Lincoln crossed outand the name Grigsby written above thename indicating that it was this SallyLincoln that married Aaron Grigsby, Onthe same list there also appears the iof Thomas Lincoln and Sally Lincoln,. PIGEON CREEK CHURCH (Concluded from page 41) practice in England to chtMse a Bweetheart or special friendfor the ensuing year, on St Valentines Day, and tbe lady in the case of courseexpected a gift.—Samuel Pepys, Diary, 14 Feb., 1660 t.~ One may wonder why Abraham Lin- coln did not affiliate with the Church atthis time, but it would have been strangeif he had joined, and the supposition isthat he would not have been invited tojoin. There were practically no youngpeople on the book of the Pigeon CreekChurch. It was a list of adults. Churchmembership was loo serious an affair tobe publicly embraced by those who hadnot settled down in life. The marriageregister of Spencer County, and the oldchurch record-book, clearly indicated thatmatrimony was almost a requisite forchurch membership. Less than fourmonths after Sarah Lincoln, Abrahamssister, affiliated with the Pigeon Church the way, the first plans for the churchbuilding were accepted. However, it was
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