Commonwealth of Virginia Government. Office of the Governor Department of Criminal Justice Services. Provides programs and initiatives to improve the functioning and effectiveness of the criminal justice system. Department of State Police. Virginia State Police website; includes online Sex Offender Registry.
Founded in July 1797, Elizabethtown is the Hardin County seat. In 1779, three early settlers, Capt. Thomas Helm, Col. Andrew Hynes, and Col. Samuel Haycraft, built forts with block houses to use as stockades for defense against Native Americans. The forts, being one mile apart, formed a triangle.
Lincoln Family History. Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. The Lincolns are thought to be of English descent with many ancestors being of Puritan or Quaker beliefs.he Lincolns had three children: Sarah, born February 10, 1807, Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Abraham, born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky; and Thomas, Jr., born about 1812 who died while an infant. Due to unclear land titles and court litigation, the Lincoln family moved to Spencer County, Indiana in 1816.