Lambson

He was a child of a former slave of the Henry and Frances Jolley family.  Family records state his mother may have died as an infant and Henry Jolley cared for him as one of his family. When the Jolley family left Tennessee for Nauvoo, their slaves were left behind with the new owners of the land. The motherless Sammy, was brought with them and noted as "servant boy" on most records.  On the original roster of the Richards Company he is listed as "Lamb (a black boy)." In Salt Lake City Death Records, Book A, he is listed as "Lambson, servant of Henry Jolly, b. Jan. 4, 1838, d. July 17, 1849, Drowned."

The Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database lists "Lambson" as a surname. A photograph of his gravestone also shows his name as "'Sammy Lambson." The name "Sammy" has been determined by historians to be a misnomer. His given name was Lambson.