Odom/Odam Slave Research Notes - Georgia

Submitted by: Vera Moore

March 2006

My Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother was Caroline ODOM who was born into slavery about 1813 in Georgia.  On the 1870 Census of Putnam County, Georgia, she was age 57 living with my Great-Great-Great Grandparents Ebin (Edwin on census) and Jeanette BURNEY. A woman by the name Nancy BROWN, age 70, born Georgia was also in the same household. I  suspect Ebin BURNEY born 1834 was Caroline’s son and was likely last owned by one of the 6 Burney slave owners in next-door Jasper County. It is still unknown who Nancy BROWN was.  Eben and Jeanette had the following children by 1870:

1. Silory (a girl) b. 1856 (Silvie/Silvey), corrected on 19 Aug. 2004. Source Peggy Billerman.)

2. Ella (my Great-Great Grandmother, married Silas MOORE) b. 1859

3. Jefferson , b. 1861

4. William, b. 1867

5. Carrie (twin), b. 1869

6. Addie (twin), b. 1869

There is evidence, though not verified that Ebin had brother or cousin Charles BURNEY in Jasper County, and a possible brother of Caroline named William BURNEY , both lived in Jasper County in 1870  Gooslby District and were neighbors.  Eben, Charles and William all named a daughter Carrie/Caroline and Addie/Adaline. .  In 1870 Jasper County there was a Ridda BURNEY living with William; she was 105 years of age born in VA.  By 1880 Charles BURNEY is back in Putnam County with his wife Georgia Ann and children. 

Between 1870 and 1880 Ebin and Jeanette moved to  Jasper County, and there they were  enumerated in the 1880 Census.  They lived two doors from there son-in-law and daughter Silas and Ella (BURNEY) MOORE. Silas and Ella had 12 children and 2 children died before 1880.  Eben and Jeanette’s last child was born in 1873, he was named James.  Ella’s Grandmother Caroline ODOM was living with them; she was age 66.  Caroline died before 1900, probably before 1890. 

Boykin Bennett ODOM is the last slave owner of Caroline ODOM.  He was born 1818 in Georgia and died 17 Dec. 1886 in Putnam County..  His parents were Winborne ODOM and Mary BENNETT both of North Carolina.  They moved to Putnam County, Georgia in 1817.  B.B. ODOM was a slave owner in Putnam County from 1840 through emancipation.  He was listed as the only ODOM (or variant) slave owner on the 1850 and 1860 Georgia Slave Schedule in Putnam County.  In the 1840 Census, he shows having 31 slaves.  Boykin’s father Winborne ODOM was listed on the 1820 Census of Putnam County, with wife, a son and daughter under age 10, and 27 slaves.  Caroline was  one of his slaves, and  when Winborne died in 1826 she among other slaves were inherited through his estate .  The widowed Mary BENNETT ODOM married again on the 14 May, 1827 to Isham W. SHERLING/SHIRLING in Putnam County.

Winborne ODOM Notes (from North Carolina to Georgia)

 Submitted by: Vera Moore

March 2006

Winborne ODOM

Born: Abt. 1790 Northampton County, NC

Married: Abt. 1817 Hertford Co., NC

From letter written by Mrs. Trudie Holoman 2-1-1957.…”Winborne ODOM married Mary BENNETT, Murfreesboro, Hertsford Co., NC….to Georgia 1817, he died 1827” (I received this information from Jerry Singletary, descendant of  the NC/GA Odom family, Sept. 2002)

David Wooten

Died: 1826 Putnam County, GA

Father: suspect,  John ODOM of Gates County, NC, born Abt. 1760

Mother: suspect,  Monica BLANCHARD

Note:  Noah ODOM b. ABT. 1788, son of John and Monica of Gates County, NC, married Tabitha BENNETT, sister of Mary BENNETT who married Winborne ODOM born ABT 1790.

Mary BENNETT

Born: 15 Apr. 1792 Northampton County, NC

Died: 01 Dec. 1874 Putnam County, GA

Father: Bowen BENNETT…..born NC…died AL

Mother: Rhoda BOYKIN

Mary married 2^nd Isham W. SHERLING 14 May, 1827 Putnam Co., GA

Isham W. SHIRLING died 1836 Stewart Co., GA

Mary (ODOM) SHERLING is again found in 1860 Putnam County owning slaves

Children:

1. Emily ODOM

2. Boykin Bennett ODOM, b. 1818 Putnam Co., GA

CENSUS NOTES:

1786 Gates County, NC, State Census….FHL #0897274 submitted to Genweb Archives by Peggy Fisher

Page 2

ODOM, John

1 White Male 21-60

0 White Males under 21 and above 60

0 White Females all ages

7 Blacks 12-50

10 Blacks under 12; above 50

1790 NC Census, Gates County…..Transcribed online

ODAM, John

1 Male 16 upwards

3 Males under 16

2  Females

1800 Census NC…..ODUM/ODOM Research Notes, NC + SC…. The Early Years by Helen Odum Harwell, p. 8-9 (no slave info)

Gates County, page 174

ODAM, John

5 Males under 10

1 Male 10-16

1 Male 16-26

1 Male 45 + over

1 Female 16-26

1 Female 26-45

1 Female 45 + over

1810 Census NC…ODUM/ODOM Research Notes, NC + SC….The Early Years by Helen Odum Harwell….pgs. 10-11

ODOM, John……Gates County….pg. 116.…44 slaves

ODOM, Winborne…..Northampton County….pg. 74.….13 Slaves

1 Male 26-45

1 Female 45 + over

1820 Census, GA, Putnam County, Twp Unknown, page 92

 ODONE, Winburn

1 Male under 10

1 Male of 26 but under 45

1 Female under 10

1 Female of 26 but under 45

8 Female slaves under 14

2 Female slaves of 14 but under 26

2 Female slaves of 26 but under 45

6 Male slaves under 14

4 Male slaves of 14 but under 26

1 Male slave of 26 but under 45

 23 Total slaves

18 person engaged in agriculture

1840 Census GA, Putnam County, District 369, page 202

 ODON, B. B.

1 Male of 20 but under 30

1 Female of 40 but under 50.…(believe this is widow Mary ODOM-SHERLING)

4 Male slaves under 10

3 Male slaves of 10 but under 24

3 Male slaves of 24 but under 35

2 Male slaves of 35 but under 55

8 Female slaves under 10

5 Female slaves of 24 but under 24

2 Female slaves of 24 but under 35

4 Female slaves of 35 but under 55

1 Female slave of 55 but under 100

31 Total slaves, 12 in Agriculture

1850 Slave Schedule, Putnam County, GA

ODOM, B.B…….37 slaves

1850 Georgia Census, Putnam County, 70^th District, page 275

ODOM, B.B., 30, M, Farmer, GA

            , M.F., 35, F,             , GA

(don’t know who M.F. is….1^st wife?….B.B. married Sally E. Driskell 31 July, 1855.  In other records B.B. ODOM’s wife is

listed as Sarah E. (DRISKELL) daughter of Joshua and A.E. DRISKELL

In 1850 Putnam County., in the household next to B.B. ODOM is living Joshua and A.E. DRISKELL as follows:

Joshua DRISKELL, 34, farmer, MD

A.E. , 35, GA

Sarah E., 17, GA

Joe J., 16, GA

Charles A., 09, GA

L., 07, GA

1860 Slave Schedule Putnam County, GA, 369^th Militia District, Page 196A

ODOM, B.B.

63 Slaves

1860 Slave Schedule, Putnam County, GA, 369^th Militia District, Page 196B

SHERLING, Mary

10 Slaves

1870 Census, Putnam County, GA, Eatonton PO, page 91, sheet 212

ODOM. B.B., 50, Farmer, GA

 Sarah E., 37, GA

 Edgar, 14

Jani, 12

Julius B., 06

Anna, 04

1880 Census, Putnam County, GA, District 369 page 553c

ODOM, Boykin B, 60, GA, NC, NC, Farmer

   Sarah , 44, GA, MD, GA

   Edgar, son, 24, single, GA , Farmer

   J. Bennett, son, 16, single, GA, School

   Anna, daughter, 14, GA, School

BEARDEN, Elizabeth, other, 34, GA GA GA

Standfordville Cemetery, Putnam County, GA .  Early Records Putnam County, GA 1807-1860...Wills, Marriages, and Old Cemeteries

by E.F. Hull of Ashland, AL

ODOM, Boykin B., 12/17/1818   -   12/17/1886

            , Sarah E., (wife), 05/01/1833   -   03/10/1901

            , Olive Farrarr, 10/31/1864    -    10/06/1913

            , Edgar, 06/06/1856    -    10/21/1914

            , Julius Bennett, 01/01/1864   -   12/31/1939

BRADLEY, Ann Odom, 08/03/1865   -    08/04/1929

SHIRLING, Mary, mother of Boykin Bennett ODOM, 04/15/1792   -   12/01/1874

Selected Abstracts of ODOMLAND in Southampton Co., VA, Northampton Co., NC + Pitt Co., NC

ODOM’s listed in Northampton Co., NC Deeds (1766-1850)

ODOM-Moses, Jacob, Josiah, John, Mills, Jacob, Isham, Winborn, John, William, Noah, Josiah, Kinchen, Nancy, Ethelred, Moses, Willie, Charles, Tabitha, John B., Bridgers, James, Lydia, Elizabeth, Noah R., Mason, Isom, Moses and Elizabeth, Winborn and Mary, Randolph, Miles, Anjaline, Sally, J.B. and Emma A., Ethelred and Charles, Ethelred and Moses, Bridgers and Elizabeth, Winborn and Pricilla

Vera Moore 01 Dec., 2002