Correspondence; land records; wills; ledger of Jacob Lincoln; wills, scrapbook (1764-1939), newspaper clippings, bills, receipts, and other papers of John Lincoln and his sons, Abraham (grandfather of President Lincoln), Isaac, Jacob (1751-1822), John (1755-1835), and Thomas, their descendants and allied families including Coffman (Kauffman), Maupin, Pennybacker (Pennypacker), Robinson, and others. Includes annotations by John Walter Wayland, author of The Lincolns in Virginia; and material relating to the history of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, especially Rockingham and neighboring counties; and to the family and fellow settlers in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.