Orange County Indexed
The Lamb surname
The Lamb name in Orange County Indexed: 22 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1790 to 1903
most named in the 1810s
- Tax lists 1790
- Marriages 1794–1903
- Court minutes 1797–1811
- Records of enslaved people 1823
- Deeds 1823–1868
- In the chronology
- 1799 to 1976 4 people in 5 entries, most in the 1790s
- Married into
- Underwood 2, Copeland 1, Daniel 1, Docary 1, Eastridge 1, Hatwood 1, Pyke 1, McRae 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Shofner 2, Pickett 2
- Search beyond these records
- Lamb in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Lamb there)
- Lamb in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 4 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Lamb, Adrian 1 entry, 1957
- Lamb, James 1 entry, 1976
- Lamb, Miriam 2 entries, 1799–1805
- Lamb, S. S. 1 entry, 1897
In the historical records 22 records
3 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 9 marriages, 8 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Lamb marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1790s
1800s
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Enoch McPherson as road overseer.
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: Eli Lamb and Hetty Underwood
- 1813MarriagesMarriage bond: Reuben Underwood and Mariam Lamb
- 1814MarriagesMarriage bond: Josiah Lamb and Priscillah Pyke
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: Perry Docary and Peggy Lamb
1820s
- 1823DeedsJosiah Lamb Jr to Daniel Shofner, 29 September 1823
- 1823Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Josiah Lamb Jr to Daniel Shofner, 29 September 1823
1840s
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: William Lamb and Andrino Eastridge
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Andrew J Copeland and Nancy Lamb
1860s
1900s
- 1903MarriagesMarriage license: John C Lamb and Fannie W Mcrae
Undated
- Court minutesBenj. Lamb, fourteen-year-old orphan son of Frances Lamb, was bound to James Prosser for six years.
- Court minutesThe court ordered orphan Richard Lamb bound to Joseph Hastings until adulthood, with indentures issued immediately after payment of fees.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Andrew as road overseer.
