Person:Solomon Lamb (1)

1820 US Census shows Solomon living in Tobin Township, Perry, IN. Age is between 26 and 45. (40) Other members of the household: Male: Four under 10 One other between 26 and 45 Female: Three under 10 One between 16 and 26 One engaged in Agriculture and one engaged in Commerce. Page 146, dated 29 Jan 1820.

1830 US Census shows Solomon living in Tobin Township, Perry, IN. Age is between 40 and 50 (Est. 50). Other members of the household: Males: Two under 5 One between 5 and 10 One between 10 and 15 One between 15 and 20 One between 20 and 30 Females: One under 5 One between 5 and 10 One between 10 and 15 One between 15 and 20 One between 30 and 40 Total of 12 Page 310

1840 US Census shows Solomon living in Tobin Township, Perry, IN. Age is between 60 and 70 (est. 60). Other members of the household: Males: Two between 10 and 15 One between 15 and 20 Females: One between 10 and 15 One between 20 and 30 One between 40 and 50 Total of 7 Page 212

County Offices: School Examiner - 1836 Vice School Examiner - 1841 County Clerk 1814 to 1837 County Commissioner 1847 to 1848 County Recorder May 29, 1816 to March 23, 1838 Served in the War of 1812 Solomon Lamb mar. first in New York (name of wife unknown) and had a daughter, Cynthia, whom he brought to Indiana. He married second, Elizabeth Shepherd of Shepherdsville, Ky., May 26, 1811. She was born Jan. 13, 1791 and died Oct. 28, 1855. He died 1848. He lived first in Polk's Bottom and later moved to Troy. He spoke French fluently and taught school in Troy and later taught in the small brick building on Chestnut Street in Rome, two blocks west of the public square. He was first clerk, recorder and sheriff of Perry County, all in one, serving only two years as sheriff, but holding the other two for a period of 23 years. His son, William S. succeeded in 1837 to the position which he held for 14 years, the longest tenure on record in Perry County of an office in a single family, father and son. He also was on the Board of School Examiners to which his son, William S. Lamb, also took his father's place in 1841. The last office held by Solomon Lamb (County Commissioner 1845) does not appear to have been transmitted to any of his family, at his death in 1848. He was a Whig in politics and served in the War of 1812. He was a surveyor and laid out the town of Rome, where he moved when the new brick court house was built circa 1820. He lived there the rest of his life and he and his wife are buried in the Lamb Cemetery there. He was a member of Gilead Baptist Church, Tobinsport and received a letter in 1820 to become a charter member of Bear Creek Baptist Church near Rome (now defunct). He served as first clerk of Perry County Baptist Association (then Little Pigeon) organized at Little Pigeon Baptist Church where the Lincoln's attended in 1821. He died of heart disease. Solomon and Elizabeth had eleven children: 1. Isabella. 2. John. 3. William Shepherd. 4. Helen. 5. Amanda. 6. Thomas. 7. Robert Negus. 8. Solomon, Jr. 9. Israel. 10. Eliza. 11. Ezra B.

(Source: The Living History of Perry County by James Mosby)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Lafayette Spring Chapter, DAR. Revolutionary Soldiers of Perry County, Indiana & Marriage Records 1814-1850. (Feb 1950).
2. ↑ James Mosby. The Living History of Perry County. (Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indinana, 1977).
3. ↑ James Mosby. The Living History of Perry County. (Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indinana, 1977)
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   Died Feb 5, 1848 age 67yrs 5months 14days.