Emily Lambert, 90, Former Slave, Mother of 24, Sept. 27, 1924

Chatham Woman the Mother of 24 Children. . . She is Emily Lambert, Now 90 Years Old, Who Was Sold as Slave for $1,300

Siler City, Sept. 26—So far as is known there resides in Chatham county a mother who has given birth to the largest number of children on record. This woman is a negro named Emily Lambert, who is 90 years old and now lives near Cumnock.

J.D. Dorsett, of this place, remembers seeing this woman sold at public auction by Aaron Dallas Headen about 78 years ago to the highest bidder for $1,300, this amount being paid by Woodson Lee for the young mulatress.

A few days later Mr. Lee bought Ransom Lambert, a young negro, who in less than a year’s time married Emily and to this union were born 18 sons and six daughters, all of whom are living and have homes of their own except two of the sons were were killed in the Cumnock mine disaster several years ago

From page 4 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Sept. 27, 1924

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