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.
Name | Birth | Death | Name of Father | Place of Death | Notes |
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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 |
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 | |