Ryan, I found a database I had forgotten about. I found Alfred Lamb in the probate records
of book 1846-1849, page 76. That's not much, but it might establish that his wife
and/or John Lamb were administrators. Since there are no other references, it may be that
there was little to administer. I don't have a file that includes John's probate.
You probably have these burials for Lambs in Morgan County, listed by township and
cemetery.
Sharon
LAMB Ann F. Johnson 08 Oct 1818 15 Feb 1888 Wife of T.J. JA EH JAEH
LAMB Billie C. 1902 1903 Son of S. & E. Geo. BODENHAMER on stone. BR MN
BRMN
LAMB John L. 1915 Same stone as Ursula A. Vet WWII BR MO BRMO
LAMB John P. 25 Oct 1869 Age 72Y 3M 17D MO WU MOWU
LAMB Madison 04 Sep 1864 Age 44Y 1M 1D MO WU MOWU
LAMB Susanna WILLIAMS 30 Jul 1864 65Y 9M 27D. Wife of J.P. Dau.of D.& S. MO
WU MOWU
LAMB Tarlton J. 04 Aug 1820 JA EH JAEH
LAMB Ursula A. 1917 Same stone as John L. BR MO BRMO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Cramer" <cramerryan(a)hotmail.com>
To: inmorgan(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2014 11:06:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Morgan Co IN] Help with Indiana source book reference
I have found stories indicating that Alfred is his relative. Unfortunately, there are some
discrepancies in the stories, so I'm not sure how correct the stories are. The story
goes that John Lamb kidnapped his half-brother Alfred and ran away to morgan county from
North Carolina when John was 16 and Alfred was 5. I have searched all of the encyclopedias
of quaker genealogy and have found only one item that kind of refers to john. That is in
1817, John's wife susannah Peacock (formerly Williams) at Cane creek MM in North
Carolina. Unfortunately, early West Union MM records have been lost. I think that if we
found John anywhere in the quaker records, it would be in those lost records.
If anyone is interested in the story, it's here.
Unfortunately, I know John Peacock Lamb's kids were listed as being born in North
Carolina, so either he went back there after kidnapping Alfred, or the story is
inaccurate. The story mentions that John never married, which is incorrect. He married
Susannah Williams, and they are both buried in West Union Cemetery. I do know that John
Peacock Lamb lived extremely near Alfred's family. One account indicates that he took
care of Alfred's widow and family after Alfred's death.
If anyone is interested, look up "kidnapping Alfred Lamb" published by the
Guilford genealogical society in their quarterly publication. But as of this moment, I
believe the story to have some inaccuracies in it.
This story is one of the reasons I want to find this court record. I have a hunch that it
may help to clear some things up.
Ryan
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 01:12:38 +0000
From: s.m.mills(a)comcast.net
To: inmorgan(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [Morgan Co IN] Help with Indiana source book reference
Ryan,
I just went to Ancestry and looked at your ancestor on the 1840 census. He's living
among Quakers or descendants of Quakers. I can't tell if it's West Union
(Monrovia) or one of the Mooresville area Friends groups. I think you might benefit from
checking Quaker records, as I think anything regarding a name change might show up in the
Minute Books. Is Alfred Lamb his relative?
Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Cramer" <cramerryan(a)hotmail.com>
To: inmorgan(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2014 11:06:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Morgan Co IN] Help with Indiana source book reference
Thank you very much Sharon. This is very useful information. I will check with the
Indiana a State Archives first. It sounds like Morgan county may not have the information
if the state legislature handled this matter. But I will certainly check the county deed
records if I can't find anything through the early legislative sessions.
Ryan
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 03:07:57 +0000
> From: s.m.mills(a)comcast.net
> To: inmorgan(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [Morgan Co IN] Help with Indiana source book reference
>
> I don't have your complete answer, but I think I have a start for you. Before
courts of common pleas were set up, there were a couple of ways citizens could take care
of legal business. Maybe more. One was to ask the township JP to write something up and
take it to the Court House. Another was to have a non-deed published in the deed book that
was current, say deed books 1 or 2. In the case of divorces and other personal matters,
one could petition the state legislature. I think this may be what the Peacock family did.
> I would still check the Morgan County deed book of 1826-1827 to see if the matter is
mentioned; however, a useful call for you would be the Indiana State Archives, where a
researcher could help you to understand the formation and nature of the "Indiana
Historical Collection", which is the reference from which your reference about the
"Laws 1826-1827" was taken.
> I looked at Source Book III, your resource, and found the information was an
extractions of names of citizens and their legal actions from (it appears to me) early
legislative sessions.
> Clearly this was a very serious attempt to document early citizens and this aspect
of their lives.
> Sharon Mills
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Cramer" <cramerryan(a)hotmail.com>
> To: inmorgan(a)rootsweb.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2014 9:26:42 PM
> Subject: [Morgan Co IN] Help with Indiana source book reference
>
> Hi!
>
> I found a reference in the "Indiana source book" regarding one of my
wife's ancestors who lived in Morgan County. It mentions that John Peacock, his wife
susannah, and children Louisa, Madison, and Betsy changed their last name to Lamb. I
wanted to find out what the original document said, so I wrote to the Morgan County court
to get a copy of it. The reference in the Indiana Source Book is:
>
> Under Morgan County:
> Laws, 1825-26, pp 42-43
>
> The court said that they did extensive research into the civil order books, but
couldn't find anything, but they don't know exactly what the citation means.
>
> Does anyone have any idea where I could look to find this document?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan Cramer
>
>
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