Not quite Pine Barrens related, although this has to deal with Abe Lincoln's ancestors in Imlaystown, which Beck wrote about.
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/NEWS01/806190553/1004
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/NEWS01/806190553/1004