In Search of You

In Search of You...Edgar McLamb
led me to Dublin McLamb

DUBLIN MCLAMB was born about 1835 in the north central part of the county--between Clinton and Newton Grove in the Halls Township. He died before 1910. He married Eliza Jane Hobbs, born about 1837 and she died before 1900. The 1870 Census was the first Census to list all blacks or former slaves by name. Dublin McLamb was first listed in the 1870 Census with his family. He was a farmer and Eliza Jane’s occupation was recorded as "keep house."

Dublin McLamb lived to be about 75 years of age. He is buried in the Keener area in an unmarked grave. The exact location of the grave has not been found, but Edgar knew the general location in or about where Dublin is buried. Edgar pointed to a grove trees across the road (Highway 701) in a field from his home. There are no markings. Talk about a slave cemetery in the Keener area has been talked about through the years among blacks and whites, but the location is not marked and/or grown up.

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Dublin McLamb descendants are deeply rooted in Sampson County. His offsprings were found in the Halls/Herring, Mingo, Newton Grove, North Clinton, Piney Grove, and Westbrook townships.  Descendants have also been in surrounding counties that include a large number in Johnston and Wayne Counties.