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The Lanhams of Maryland and the District of Columbia

Compiled by Dr. Howard G. Lanham

Migration of Lanhams within the United States


migration

A major part of the story of North America is the migration of its people. The point of origin of many of those named Lanham was the state of Maryland and the parts of it that became the District of Columbia.

The pattern of movement changed over time. Prior to the industrial revolution the availability of farm land drove the movement. As land was taken up and became unavailable to all the male children in the family some of the children and occasionally the entire family moved to a place where opportunity was better.

During the early 18th Century most of the movement was south from Maryland into what is now Virginia and West Virginia or into even deeper southern states: the Carolinas and Georgia. Toward the late 18th Century and early 19th Century the pattern changed to a more westward movement: Kentucky, Ohio and the mid-west.

By the 1850 census only a handful of Lanhams remained in Maryland and the District of Columbia.



Movement of Maryland Born Male Lanhams in the United States

Name Birth Death Name of Father Place of Death Notes
Archibald Lanham c. 1751 c. 1811 Stephen Sr. Monongalia Co., Virginia now West Virginia
Asa Lanham c. 1782 c. 1840 Notley Wilkes Co., Georgia
Benjamin Lanham 1808 1877 (Robert Crowley) Clermont Co., Ohio
Benjamin Lanham 1721 William Amherst Co., Virginia
Benomi Wade Lanham c. 1834 1859 Robert Hamadatha Texas
Brooks Lanham 1795 1862 Thomas Clinton Co., Indiana
Calmore (Colmore) Lanham 1787 1846 George Fairfax Co., Virginia
Clement Lanham Unknown Washington Co., Kentucky (1810)
Clement Lanham 1793 1849 Lewis Clermont Co., Ohio
Elijah Lanham 1805 1881 Lewis Clermont Co., Ohio
Elijah Taylor Lanham 1801 1847 Robert Crowley Sangamon Co., Illinois
Enos Lanham 1795 1860 Jeremiah Clarke Co., Virginia
George Horatio Lanham 1789 1844 Edward St. Louis, Missouri
Henry Lanham 176` 1849 Shadrick Switzerland Co., Indiana
Jeremiah Lanham c. 1755 1849 Stephen Barbour Co., Virginia now West Virginia
Jesey Brooks Lanham 1764 1847 Jesse Noble Co., Ohio Also lived in Indiana
John Lanham After 1795 Unknown Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina
John B. Lanham 1796 1828 Zachariah Washington Co., Kentucky

Fanny Lanham

Fanny Lanham born c. 1849 was the granddaughter of John Murphy Lanham
and lived in Jefferson Co., Indiana (period carte de visite)
John Murphy Lanham 1782 1853 Uncertain Jefferson Co., Indiana
Joseph Lannom* Prior to 1775 c. 1821 Leonard Caswell Co., North Carolina
Josias Wilder Lanham 1783 c. 1876 Solomon Edgefield Co., South Carolina moved with brothers
Leonard Lannom* pre-1764 c. 1802 Unknown Caswell Co., North Carolina
Levi Lanham c. 1775 Unknown Washington Co., Kentucky
Lewis Lanham c. 1833 Unknown Clermont Co., Ohio
Moses Lanham 1836 Nathan Frederick Co., Virginia
Notley Lanham c. 1779 c. 1838 Washington Co., Kentucky
Osbourn Lanham, Sr. c. 1772 c. 1831 Zachariah Washington Co., Kentucky
Osbourn Lanham, Jr. 1796 1856 Osbourn, Sr. Washington Co., Kentucky
Perry G. Lanham c. 1807 1880 Washington Co., Kentucky
Perry Green Lanham c. 1812 1886 Denton Co., Texas
Philip Stuart Lanham 1817 1893 George Horatio St. Louis, Missouri
Rezen Lanham c. 1786 1846 Solomon Edgefield Co., South Carolina moved with brothers
Richard Lanham 1807 Uncertain Ohio Co., Kentucky
Robert Crowley Lanham 1774 1817 Uncertain Clermont Co., Ohio
Shadrick Lanham 1729 1814 Switzerland Co., Indiana
Thomas Lanham c. 1757 1840 Stephen Jr. Madison Co., Kentucky
Thomas Lanham c. 1778 1865 Archibald Monongalia Co., West Virginia
Thomas Lanham 1792 1864 Henry Switzerland Co., Indiana
Thomas Hunter Piles Lanam* 1765 1846 Jesse Noble Co., Ohio
Thomas Daniel Page Lanham 1815 1886 George Horatio Jefferson Co., Missouri
Walter Lanham c. 1771 Aaron Fauquier Co., Virginia
Walter Lanham c. 1792 Solomon Edgefield Co., South Carolina moved with brothers
William Lanham c. 1750 1830 Unknown Monongalia Co., Virginia now West Virginia
William Lanham 1806 John Alexandria Co., Virginia
Zachariah Lanham 1763 1826 Ralph Washington Co., Kentucky


* Surname Variation (See Spelling)

Disclaimer- The above compiled from multiple sources and subject to error.


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