THOMAS


Isham B. Thomas, Mary Thomas and Winnifred Thomas were all born in Bulloch County, Georgia, and are the earliest members of my Thomas line that I have been able to document. They may children of William Thomas (1762-1820) and Sarah Ryall (1773-1850) but I have no proof to substantiate that.

Isham B. Thomas
(born about 1803)
married
Mary Ulmer
1846
Decatur County
Georgia
~~~~~
Family
migrated to
Lowndes County
Georgia
and then to
Alachua County
Florida


Mary Thomas
(born about 1799)
married (1)
James Odum
1817
Bulloch County
Georgia
~~~~~
Descendants
migrated to
Wayne County
Georgia
and
Bradford
and
Volusia Counties
in Florida
married (2)
Andrew
Kicklighter, Sr.

1841
Bulloch County
Georgia
~~~~~
Descendants
migrated to
Bryan County
Georgia
Winnifred Thomas
(born about 1802)
married
James Rimes
1824
Bulloch County
Georgia
~~~~~
Descendants
remained in the
Bulloch-Bryan-Tattnall
County
Georgia
areas



Isham B. Thomas is the earliest of my Thomases I have been able to locate and is my gg-grandfather. Isham (or Isom, Isum, Isome, Isam or I. B. - take your pick, records show them all) has been traced from the 1830's in Bulloch County, Georgia (where I think he was probably born about 1803); to Decatur County where he married Mary Ulmer on November 29, 1846; to Lowndes County for the 1850 U. S. Census; to Alachua County, Florida, where the family moved in late 1850 or early 1851. They were there for the 1860 census also. Isham died in December 1868 in Alachua County and Mary died there in September 1873.

Two sisters of Isham have been identified through records and DNA testing.

Mary Thomas, born about 1799, was identified through a deed conveying property from Isham to her. She married James Odum in Bulloch County, Georgia in 1817 and later Andrew Kicklighter, Sr. there in 1841. Many of the Odum descendants settled in Wayne County, Georgia and Volusia County, Florida. Her one Kicklighter child, Mary, married and settled in Bryan County, Georgia.

Winifred Thomas, was born about 1802. Winifred married James Rimes in Bulloch County on February 27, 1824. The connection is made between Mary Thomas and Winifred due to James Rimes being appointed guardian of Mary's orphaned minor child, Godfrey Odum, after Mary's death in 1848-49.

Isham's father may be William Thomas found in Bulloch County on the 1820 census. Other siblings may be Vicey Thomas (born about 1806 and married Jesse Kicklighter) and Nancy Thomas (born about 1808 and married Andrew Kicklighter, Jr.).

The Thomas cemetery in Alachua County, Florida, has a great number of Thomases and their married relations buried there. This cemetery information is available online.

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THOMAS Links

Isham B. Thomas
Details regarding Isham B. Thomas, born about 1803 in Georgia, died 1868 in Alachua County, Florida.
Isham B. Thomas Family Tree
Beginning in Bulloch County, Georgia about 1800.
Mary Thomas
Details regarding Mary Thomas, born about 1799 in Georgia, died 1849 in Georgia.
Mary Thomas Family Tree
Descendants of Mary Thomas' marriages to (1) James Odum and (2) Andrew Kicklighter, Sr.
Winnifred "Winney"Thomas
Details regarding Winnifred Thomas, born about 1802 in Georgia and married James Rimes.
Kicklighter Family
The relationship between the Thomas, Odum and Kicklighter families.
THOMAS Cemetery, Alachua County, Florida.
This is an update to the 1968 cemetery survey done by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
Umatilla Cemetery, Umatilla, Lake County, Florida
Photographs and transcriptions of the headstones in the PIKE section. Several Thomases who are related to the Pikes are buried here.
Photo Gallery
The Photo Gallery has several old Thomas photographs, including the only known photograph of Joseph Murray Thomas.
Isham J. Thomas and Ivey A. Thomas
These are additional Thomas families that are believed to be related to Isham B. Thomas, but the proof thus far has remained elusive.