PVT Longshore Lamb
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PVT Longshore Lamb Veteran

Birth
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1828 (aged 79–80)
Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA
Cenotaph
Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.1124917, Longitude: -87.8714667
Plot
C-4-147
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Revolutionary War Patriot, Longshore Lamb, served in the South Carolina Militia, he was an early settler in Caldwell County, Kentucky who assisted in establishing American Independence.

Longshore and his wife Sarah Lee Lamb had nine children: Mary, Elizabeth, Levi, William, Margaret, Jane, John, Moses, and Martin. All of these children were born in South Carolina. After Longshore Lamb and Sarah Lee were married they lived first in Union County, South Carolina and then in Spartanburg County, South Carolina before finally settling in Caldwell County, Kentucky by 1809 or 1810. Longshore Lamb and his family and Longshore's son-in-law William Crow and his family were among the very early settlers of the Lewistown community in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

Longshore Lamb died intestate sometime from about 1826 to about 1828 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Sarah Lee Lamb, remained a widow for the next 16 years or so until her death about 1844 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Martin Lamb, the youngest child of Longshore and Sarah, and his family moved into his parents home after his father's death to care for his mother.

The exact location of the graves of Longshore and Sarah remains unknown, there has never been any grave marker found for either Longshore or Sarah and there are no records known to exist indicating where the graves are actually located the tombstone and memorial was placed in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Princeton, Cladwell County, Kentucky in their memory.

A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF ALL AMERICAN VETERANS

This is in memory of all American veterans who, although seperated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal-to valiantly protect our country's freedoms. The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and wherever democracy exits. The American veteran-forever a symbol of heroism, scarifice, loyalty and freedom.The Brush River Meeting, of which Longshore was a member in Newby District in 1779, later split into the Padgett Creek meeting, the Padgett Creek also known as Tyger River, est. 1774 and after 1789 reported to the Cane Creek Meeting, with worship continuing until 1820. Located in Union County, near Sedalia. Brush River was the largest Meeting in South Carolina from 1770-1822. He was disowned by the Quaker Monthly Meeting for his participation in the Revolution and was present at the fall of Charleston in 1780. DAR Patriot A-134761

Other Lambs recorded in these records: Josiah 1804 Padgett Creek,; Robert 1788, Brush River, Newberry Co., Thomas Sr., Watterree, Cane Creek, 1766, Thomas Jr. Watterree, Cane Creek, 1781, William 1775 Brush River, Union Co., William 1789 Brush River, Newberry Co.

Children named in a legal suit filed by John Lamb, Sr, in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
Revolutionary War Patriot, Longshore Lamb, served in the South Carolina Militia, he was an early settler in Caldwell County, Kentucky who assisted in establishing American Independence.

Longshore and his wife Sarah Lee Lamb had nine children: Mary, Elizabeth, Levi, William, Margaret, Jane, John, Moses, and Martin. All of these children were born in South Carolina. After Longshore Lamb and Sarah Lee were married they lived first in Union County, South Carolina and then in Spartanburg County, South Carolina before finally settling in Caldwell County, Kentucky by 1809 or 1810. Longshore Lamb and his family and Longshore's son-in-law William Crow and his family were among the very early settlers of the Lewistown community in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

Longshore Lamb died intestate sometime from about 1826 to about 1828 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Sarah Lee Lamb, remained a widow for the next 16 years or so until her death about 1844 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Martin Lamb, the youngest child of Longshore and Sarah, and his family moved into his parents home after his father's death to care for his mother.

The exact location of the graves of Longshore and Sarah remains unknown, there has never been any grave marker found for either Longshore or Sarah and there are no records known to exist indicating where the graves are actually located the tombstone and memorial was placed in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Princeton, Cladwell County, Kentucky in their memory.

A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF ALL AMERICAN VETERANS

This is in memory of all American veterans who, although seperated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal-to valiantly protect our country's freedoms. The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and wherever democracy exits. The American veteran-forever a symbol of heroism, scarifice, loyalty and freedom.The Brush River Meeting, of which Longshore was a member in Newby District in 1779, later split into the Padgett Creek meeting, the Padgett Creek also known as Tyger River, est. 1774 and after 1789 reported to the Cane Creek Meeting, with worship continuing until 1820. Located in Union County, near Sedalia. Brush River was the largest Meeting in South Carolina from 1770-1822. He was disowned by the Quaker Monthly Meeting for his participation in the Revolution and was present at the fall of Charleston in 1780. DAR Patriot A-134761

Other Lambs recorded in these records: Josiah 1804 Padgett Creek,; Robert 1788, Brush River, Newberry Co., Thomas Sr., Watterree, Cane Creek, 1766, Thomas Jr. Watterree, Cane Creek, 1781, William 1775 Brush River, Union Co., William 1789 Brush River, Newberry Co.

Children named in a legal suit filed by John Lamb, Sr, in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

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PVT SC MILITIA REVOLUTIONARY WAR