Surnames: Cabarrus County, 1850.
ALEXANDER, ARMSTRONG, BASS, BELL, CARRIGAN, HARRIS, HOUSE, KIZER, LITTLE, McCLARTY, McCLELLAN, McCORPEN, MILLER, MITCHEL, OCHLER, PAYHEL, REID, REVELS, SHINN, WASCHER and WHITE.
ADCOCK, ALLEN, ALSTON, ANDERSON, ARCHY, BAILY, BASS, BOLDING, BOWDEN, BOYD, BREWER, BROWN, BUCKNER, BURNETT, BYNUM, BYRD, CAMPBELL, CHANDLER, CHAVERS, CROAKER, CRUTCHFIELD, EVANS, EDWARDS, FANN, FARIN, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GLOVER, GOINS, GOODWIN, GRYMES, HARRIS, HATWOOD, HENLEY, HILL, JEFFERS/JEFFREYS, MAHO, MELTON, MICHEL, LINEBERRY, LINN, LUCAS, MIRICK, PARRISH, PEARSON, PHILLIPS, POWELL, PRICE, RAY, RIGEN, ROGERS, ROE, SMITH, STITH, STUART, SUITS, TINNEN, WARD, WHITE, WOODY and WRIGHT/WRITE.
The following surnames are found among free people of color listed in the 1850 census of Sampson County:
ALMONDS, ANDREWS, ARMWOOD, BARFOOT, BEGMAN, BELL, BIZZELL, BLACKWELL, BREWINGTON, BRYAN, BURNET, CALDWELL, CARTER, CHANCE, COOPER, DECKS, DUDLEY, DUNCAN, ELLIS, FAIRCLOTH, GOFF, GOODMAN, HAISE/HAYS, HALL, HATCHER, HARDIN, JACKSON, JACOBS, JOHNSON, JONES, KING, MANLEY, MANUEL, MAINER, MATLAN, MATTHEWS, MOZINGO, NEWSOM, PARKER, ROWELL, SCOTT, SIMMONS, TEW, THOMAS, TYLER, WEST, WHITFORD, WIGGINS, WILLIAMS, WILSON and WINN.
ADAMS, ALLEN, ARCHY, BAKER, BARK, BELL, BOWEN, BROWN, CHAVIS, COMBY[CUMBO], DAVIS, FREEMAN, HANKINS, HAYS, HOOPER, JACOBS, JONES, JORDAN, LAMBERT, LAW, LLOYD, McQUILLEN, MOORE, NEAL, PATRICK, PHILLIPS, RANSOM, SHADE, SKIPPER, SMITH, SWAIN, WEBB, and YOUNG.