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Isham Thomas deed
There is an 1835 Bulloch County, Georgia, deed from Isom Thomas to Mary Odom identifying Mary Odom as his sister. This deed is dated June 6, 1835 and was recorded August 3, 1869 in Record Book F-H, page 366, at the Bulloch County Clerk of the Superior Court, Statesboro, Georgia.

Court of Ordinary Minutes - Wayne County, Georgia
Pages from Minute Book 1904 relating the the heirs of Godfrey Odum who died February 13, 1904. These records are on file at the Wayne County Probate Judge's Office, Jesup, Georgia.
Page 3, Page 85, Page 86

1921 passport application photograph of William Odum and Florence Coachman Odum

Florida Confederate Pension Records
The Florida State Archives has all the Florida Confederate Pension records available online. The pension records for some of the persons on this web site are:
Veteran File Number
(click link)
Notes
William Marion Campbell A06187 Husband of Nancy Thomas Campbell
Homer C. Cato A01596 Brother of Tamerlane Cato
Florence Daughtry Cato, widow
Tamerlane Holland Cato A01288 America Thomas Cato, widow
Reuben Montgomery Fugate A03026 Sarah Caroline Thomas Griffin Fugate, widow
Leonard W. Odum D06380 Disapproved
Sion Hall Pike A00910 Martha Marsh Pike, widow
Jesse Mansfield Shaw A07814 Husband of Mary Thomas Shaw
Isham J. Thomas A07456  
Ivey A. Thomas A02411 Julia Thomas, widow
William H. Thomas A05343 Brother of Ivey Thomas

If you cannot retrieve the individual's file through the link on the file number, try the pension main search page and then search using the pension file number.

World War 1 service record cards are also available online for the 43,000 Floridians who served in that conflict.

The state archives also has an extensive collection of photographs online of early Florida which is well worth a visit.

Cemeteries on this Web Site
Brushy Creek Cemetery, Cook County, Georgia
Hague Cemetery, Hague Methodist Church, Hague, Alachua County, Florida
Hall Cemetery, Morven, Brooks County, Georgia
Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand, Volusia County, Florida
Odum City Cemetery, Odum, Wayne County, Georgia
Thomas Cemetery, Alachua County, Florida
Umatilla Cemetery, Umatilla, Lake County, Florida

Marriage Records on this Web Site
HALL Marriage Records - Brooks County, Georgia (1859 - 2007)
MORRISON Marriage Records - Brooks County, Georgia (1859 - 2007)
ODUM Marriage Records - Wayne County, Georgia (1849 - 1940)
PIKE Marriage Records - Brooks County, Georgia (1859 - 2007)
PIKE Marriage Records - Marion County, Florida (1840 - 1984)
ULMER Marriage Records - Decatur County, Georgia (1844 - 1900)
Isham Thompson - Emeline Wiggins Marriage Record - Randolph County, Georgia (1838)

Hillsborough County, Florida, Marriage Records 1878-1893
An index of the Hillsborough County, Florida, marriage records from the years 1878-1893 is online including images of the licenses. There are a total of 2,071 records online in the marriage record collection. The University of South Florida Libraries Digital Collections (click here for main page) also has an extensive collection of other documents and photographs online.

Alachua County Clerk's Archives Page
The Clerk of the Court, Alachua County, Florida, in Gainesville, is in the process of placing many of their old records online. Images of deeds, probate records, marriage records and other records are available. There is a search feature.

Huxford Genealogical Society, Homerville, GA
The Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc., collects and preserves genealogical information of the Wiregrass area in south Georgia and north Florida. Donations from members and friends of the Library have expanded coverage to much of the eastern United States. The HGS is dedicated to the memory of Judge Folks Huxford, Genealogist - Jurist - Historian - Baptist Minister - Lawyer - Musician - Public Servant - Journalist and Author of Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia.