> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:20:15 -0500 > From: "Jeff Thomas" <[email protected]> > Subject: [THOMAS] Isham B. Thomas, Alachua County, FL ----snip---- > Isham B. Thomas (or Isom, Isam, Isum, etc.) was probably born in the > Bulloch County, GA area about 1803. He married Mary Ulmer in Decatur > County, GA in 1846 and the family migrated from Lowndes County, GA to > Alachua County, FL about 1850-51. Isham died in Alachua County in 1868 > followed by Mary in 1873. > > I have not been able to identify Isham's or Mary's parents. > > Isham and Mary had 10 children and the children's family lines include > Campbell, Cato, Fugate, Hawkins, Pike, and perhaps Shaw in addition to > Thomas. OK, what I have to offer isn't Thomas-specific. I researched another surname from about same time and place, so I learned a bit of the migration pattern and local history. It may be stuff you've already learned. This other surname came from NC right around 1800 as did many that intermarried, the only exception some surprise Irish-born wives and an English-born farm owner. No surprise, plenty of THOMAS in NC then, too. This specific research couple also went to FL before the 1860 census. There were land lotteries going on in GA which is why folks moved around, if their names didn't get drawn on that area's particular lottery, they moved to another area and tried again. And of course new generations kept maturing and repeating the pattern. There were some indian wars going on in both GA and FL about then - European Americans killing off or driving off Native Americans. Kaye in Texas __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com