The Lawhorn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,465 people carried this name — #6,248 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,418 in 2000.

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In print

Lawhorn in American newspapers,
1909–1922.

Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Lawhorn
The Hattiesburg News 1909-05-18
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Lawhorn
Evening Star 1922-05-24
Newspaper page from The Interior Journal carrying the name Lawhorn
The Interior Journal 1917-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,459 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lawhorn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Geraldine Lawhorn 1916–2016 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lawhorn,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States252 records

252 records of the Lawhorn name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 192
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Melvin C. Lawhorn

    Born 1908 in Indiana. Enlisted 1943 at Chicago, Illinois; manager from Laclede County, Missouri. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Milton Ray Lawhorn

    Born 1931; from Decatur, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1951 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Dave D. Lawhorn

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1953, died 1996; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 252 records for Lawhorn in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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