{"id":1983,"date":"2021-10-25T18:19:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T18:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/?page_id=1983"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:41:43","slug":"ellen-payne-odom-genealogical-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/clan-projects\/ellen-payne-odom-genealogical-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"breadcrumb wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/cw\/category\/clan-news\/\">Clan News<\/a> >> <a href=\"\/cw\/clan-projects\/\">Clan Projects<\/a> >> Ellen Payne Odom Library<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image shadow\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HelenOdom.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>2012<\/b> &#8211; The Ellen (Ashby) Payne Odom Genealogical Library was made possible by a bequest from Ellen Ashby Payne Odom. Mrs. Odom was a trustee of the Moultrie Colquitt County Library and very interested in genealogy. Upon her death, she bequeathed the proceeds of the sale of her estate to the library for the purpose of building a genealogy library in Moultrie. The Odom Library was built in 1988-1989 and operates on the interest from her estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The library is most famous for its collection concerning Scottish genealogy, which is the archival home for more that 130 Scottish clan organizations. Thanks to the assistance from the Director and Librarian, the library has been the home for the Clan Wallace Society historical records since 2001. In 2010, CWS began donating $400 to Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library on an ongoing basis. This donation is being matched by Past Executive Vice President, Wayne Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full shadow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Odom-2.png\" alt=\"The Ellen (Ashby) Payne Odom Genealogical Library\" class=\"wp-image-2003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Odom-2.png 408w, https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Odom-2-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full shadow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Odom-3.png\" alt=\"The Ellen (Ashby) Payne Odom Genealogical Library\" class=\"wp-image-2002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Odom-3.png 408w, https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Odom-3-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clan News >> Clan Projects >> Ellen Payne Odom Library 2012 &#8211; The Ellen (Ashby) Payne Odom Genealogical Library was made possible by a bequest from Ellen Ashby Payne Odom. Mrs. Odom was a trustee of the Moultrie Colquitt County Library and very interested in genealogy. Upon her death, she bequeathed the proceeds of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/clan-projects\/ellen-payne-odom-genealogical-library\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ellen Payne Odom Genealogical Library<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1799,"featured_media":0,"parent":307,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1983","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1799"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3349,"href":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1983\/revisions\/3349"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clanwallace.org\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}