McLamb Family
 

Dublin McLamb and Eliza Jane Hobbs

DUBLIN MCLAMB was born about 1835 in the north central part of the county--between Clinton and Newton Grove in the Halls Township. They lived in a community called Hobbstown.  Dublin died before 1910. He married Eliza Jane Hobbs, born about 1837.  They married legally in 1866 after living as husband and wife for 15 years earlier.  She died before 1900. 

The 1870 Census was the first Census to list all blacks or former slaves by name. Dublin McLamb was first found 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. 

This information is supported by the US Census, Sampson County Public Records and a family interview with Edgar McLamb in 1984. 

Story by Linda McLamb Owens
E-mail: lmowens@nc.rr.com

Highway 23 -- So many family members lived in 1920 and 1930 that is now Highway 701.  Excerpts from a June 29, 1929,  The Sampson Indendpent newspaper "To build a road from Clinton to Newton Grove via Keener...the extension of State highway No. 23 from Clinton to Newton Grove via Keener..." 

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