Who Am I?

My name is Evie Crocker,  the county co-ordinator and webmaster of Lamb County, TXGenWeb Project.  I am presently living in Paris, La Fayette Co. MS, my ancestors' home but I have family connections in Lamb County.   Some of my COKER and TARR ancestors lived and are buried in the area, some of their descendants are still living near - by.

This is your site, placed here for your benefit, therefore I am asking for your assistance by furnishing material to be placed on this site to be shared with others.

If you have genealogy or family history material or queries you would like to submit to this site, please, email them to us. you will receive credit and retain the copyright.

If you would like to become a look - up volunteer, then, please, email them to us.

Photographs would also be greatly appreciated. Scan them in .jpg format and email them to us.  Be sure to  identify and date them, also, tell a bit about the subjects in the photo.  I hope that you all will come back to see us here often.

I am pleased to announce that "Ruby ADAMS"of Littlefield, the county seat of Lamb County TX. have graciously agreed to become my Assisstant County Coordinator. One of her duties will be to do look-ups for us. Ruby Adams has already send me several old pictures of Littlefield plus answered a query on A. H. Smith's obit. All these are forthcoming. Welcome aboard, Ruby.

 County History

Lamb County , Texas was created from Bexar Territory in 1876, organized in 1908.
It is found  on the South High Plains of West Texas.

"This county was named for Lieutenant George A. Lamb, who was killed in the Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. He was born in Laurens District of South Carolina, October 3, 1814. He was left an orphan in boyhood and made his home with the Bankhead family. He had a common school education and was of a genial, happy deposition. He came to Texas with Richard Bankhead in 1834.  Bankhead was a married man with a wife and three small daughters who settled in what is now the western part of Walker County."
Bankhead developed a severe cold from the exposure of the move to Texas and died on October 20, 1834, shortly after their arrival in Texas. This left his wife a widow with three small daughters in charge of young LAMB, who took his responsibility to heart.  He married Mrs. Bankhead on September 8, 1835.
Lamb was often called from their home to assist in repelling the Indians.
He found a protected hiding place  during his time from home for his family in a swamp near their home.

When volunteers were called , he enlisted in a company then organizing in that region and was unanimously chosen Second Lieutenant. The company went quickly to General Houston's aid.
After undergoing the hardship of the campaign, Lamb was killed in the first charge of the Texans. Having presentiment that he would lose his life in the first battle he engaged in , he had taken all the money he had along with his watch and sent all to his wife and step-children with an affectionate message. Source: "THE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS AS TOLD IN COUNTY NAMES"  Chapter VI, "THE TEXAS REVOLUTION", Heroes of SAN JACINTO, page 148, LAMB: page 165, By Z. T. FULMORE, FELLOW OF THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 
Copyright: 1915, Z. T. Fulmore: Press of E. L. Steck, Austin, Texas.© Copyright and  Submitter: Evelyn Crocker: Lamb Co TXGenWeb County Coordinator.

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
 is located in Littlefield, Texas.

The above photo courtesy of Ted's Texas County Courthouse Photographs.
Ted has traveled to all 254 counties and has wonderful pictures of each and every courthouse!

Lamb County is located south of Parmer and Castro counties, TX.; west of Hale County, TX.; north of Hockley County, TX.; and east of Bailey County, TX.

Lamb County Resources and Addresses

• Lamb County Resources @ Rootsweb
• Lamb County Clerk

            Courthouse
            Littlefield, TX 79339
            (806) 385-5178
• Lamb County Library

232 Phelps Avenue
Littlefield, Texas 79339- 3428
(806) 3855223

• Social Security Death Index

• Confederate Pension Applications of Lamb County, Tx

The following are some of the cemeteries that are located in Lamb Co. If you know of others, or have the index or pictures , please contact The Texas Tombstone Project so that they may include them.
• Fairlawn Cemetery Texas, The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcript and Photo Project pictures and directions plus, index.
• Littlefield Cemetery index and map Find A Grave
• Earth Memorial Cemetery pictures and index. Texas, The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcript and Photo Project
• Olton Cemetery : index and map Find A Grave.
• Scared Heart Cemetery need index.
• Springlake Cemetery Gloria Mayfield's Cemeteries Of Texas
• Sudan Cemetery Gloria Mayfield's Cemeteries Of Texas

Amherst Independent School District

•  Amherst School (K-12) 
• 1928 class  photo

• Springlake Elementary 
•  Springlake Junior High 
• Springlake Senior High 

• Littlefield Primary
• Littlefield Elementary 
• Littlefield Junior High 
• Littlefield Senior High 

• Webb Elementary 
• Olton Junior High 
•  Olton Senior High 

• Spade School (K-12) This 2006 school year is the last for Spade, it has been consoldated.

• Sudan Elementary 

Sudan High School 

• Ancestry
• Cyndi's List
• Everton's
• Family Search
• Family Tree Maker
• Genealogy.com
• GenForum
• Kindred Konnections
• Lineages
• Migrations
• One Great Family
• RootsWeb
• Surname Web
• USGenWeb
• WorldGenWeb
• Your Family

• Lamb County Archives

• Benny Goss's Sketch Book of Early 1900s Lamb County.


• Social Security Number History
  
  

NEED LOOK-UP VOLUNTEERS.
If you have any type of published or non-published works concerning the pioneers of Lamb County Tx and  you would like to become a volunteer;
email: Evelyne Crocker

Look Up for City of Littlefield and surrounding area - 
"Ruby ADAMS" of Littlefield [volunteer].

• Family Tree Maker
•  Legacy 
• The Master Genealogist
• RootsMagic replaces Family Origins

• Rootsweb Lamb Co Tx. 
  

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•  Old Newspaper Archives 
  

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