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The following history of the Ivie Family of Utah, traces three generations of the Ivie Family, beginning with Anderson Ivie, his children, with a special emphasis on James Russell Ivie, and his children. It is also a history of the United States of the 19th century, of western migration, the settlement of Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri and Utah, as well as a history of the Mormon Church. James R Ivie and his wife Eliza McKee Fausett Ivie are its central characters. Relationships mentioned in this narrative, such as brothers, uncles, cousins, etc. are in relationship to James R Ivie and his wife.
One of 32 pairs of great-great-great grandparents. They were mere names of a rather obscure line, my Mormon (paternal) grandmother's mother was the daughter of James A Ivie and granddaughter of James R Ivie. It is a distance which allows for a certain amount of historical detachment.
As it turned out James R Ivie and his wife were people who lived in interesting times and took an active part in those times. They were, in their own fashion, historical figures about whom I was able to find a fair amount of information. In collecting this information it soon became apparent that their history was a family history that must be looked at in the context of three generations, which includes their parents, siblings, children and various Allred and Fausett in-laws. The locale, while it shifts from Georgia to Tennessee, then Missouri and finally Utah, has one common attribute, it is at the edge of the frontier.
The history of James R Ivie is also a history of the Mormon Church from the perspective of a faithful and militant member of its rank and file. Never in the first, or second rank of Mormon leadership as were some of the Allred in-laws, James R Ivie remained, through trial and tribulation, one of the ever stalwart and faithful foot soldiers of Mormonism.
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An initial mystery in this history, is the question of who was Anderson Ivie? Unfortunately there is a confusion of abundance, and three candidates: Anderson Ivie, David Anderson Ivey, and John Anderson Ivie. After a certain amount of research, and years of stumbling over the confusion of different names applied to the same person, I am inclined to Anderson Ivie as the true and authentic father of James Russell Ivie, and others.
Another appealing candidate is David Anderson Ivey, of Sussex County, VA, who appears on numerous LDS genealogical records. He is appealing, because if you accept the pedigree charts, David will get you back not only to the original Thomas Ivey of Norfolk County, Virginia, but all the way back to the jolly old fourteenth-century England, complete with tittles and coats of arms, manor houses and surfs thrown into the bargain. After I first assessed that gloriously long pedigree chart, I was a David partisan for years. I even spent an intensive two years learning everything I could about the history of colonial Virginia, and Norfolk County, and the related Masons, Langleys, and Thelaballs. (Available to anyone who wants a copy). Unfortunately, as I finished the history with David Anderson Ivey, I was faced with a lot of evidence that made me doubt that he was the Anderson Ivie who married Sarah Allred, and first appears in Franklin County, GA c1800.
There is no evidence that David Anderson Ivey ever left Sussex County, VA, which is not to say that he couldn't have or didn't. The fact that he was made a co-administrator of his father's will in 1832, and was left a feather bed, argues forcefully that he was not the Anderson Ivie then living some thousand miles away in Monroe County, Missouri. The name itself is problematic, while it is similar, it is also, by the same token, not the same.
It is likewise unlikely that his name was John Anderson Ivie, an appellation which appears on innumerable LDS genealogical records. Apparently someone very early on confused Anderson Ivie with his son John Anderson Ivie, and that initial confusion continues to confound Ivie researchers to this day.
In all known primary records, including land, church and census records in Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri, Anderson Ivie calls himself Anderson Ivie (Ivy). The names David or John never appear. It is how he signed his will in 1852. It is the only evidence for any of the three candidates that is more than circumstantial, and relies on the veracity of the man himself.
The problem with Anderson Ivie is that we don't know who his father was, and that is always a great frustration in genealogy, especially when early Colonial antecedents, and English tittles and Coats of Arms hang in the balance.
All that can be said with certainty, at this time, is that Anderson Ivie appears in the land records of Georgia c1804. He could be a son of Lott Ivey, as seems likely, but there is no hard proof. He may be a direct descendent of Thomas Ivey who was settled in Norfolk, Virginia by 1641, but there remains a very large gap that remains to be filled, and that is the crux of the challenge facing anyone researching the various Iveys, Ivies, Ivys) who appeared in Franklin County, Georgia at the beginning of the 19th Century.
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This history is in no way complete. There are many areas of research, some very basic, which I have not had the opportunity to look up. There are many siblings and children of James R. Ivie for whom I have found little, or no information. I hope that anyone who can help fill in any missing pieces will let me know. Corrections, suggestions, and questions are equally welcome.
Genealogy is a wonderful cooperative enterprise. In this history of the Ivie family I am greatly indebted to previous family historians Dora Bradfield, Ada Artilla Ivie Burdick, Georgia Ivie, James Oscar Ivie, Joseph Ivie, Rozella Jordan, Darlene I Memmott, Halleen Ivie Nicols, Hettie M Robins, Pearl Stanford and Elna Ivie Wood, as well as current family researchers Terri Allred, R W Baird, Frank Beckham, Larry D Hamilton Coats, Ken Congrove, Loraine Drummon, Jerry Eppard, Byron Hill, Travis Hill, Leslie R Irwin, Bill Ivie, Grant L Ivie, James Ivie, Paul Leasly, Pat Marshall, Jerri McCoy, Caroline Nogues, Ben Parkinson, Lisa Purdy, LaRee Reedy, Larry Snyder, Thomas Snuder, Janet Taylor, Richard Van Wagoner, Learry L Warren and many others whose names have not found their way into my records. Without the help and sharing of all these people this history would not have been possible.
The distribution of this information among amateur genealogists is encouraged. Misuse for commercial gain is bad karma and against international law.
Len Evans
15 E Simpson #6
Ventura, CA 93001
ElGallo5@Juno.com
The Settlement on Freeman’s Creek, Franklin County, Georgia
1793-1807
Compiled by Len Evans
(revised 7/02)
Established in 1784 and named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, Franklin county was formed from territory ceded to the United States by the Cherokee (Treaty of Long Swamp, 1782) and Creek (Treaty of Augusta, 1783). At that time it included all of Barrow and Jackson counties, significant portions of Oconee, Clarke, Madison, Banks, Hart, Stephens counties, parts of Gwinnett, Hall, and Habersham counties, and the northwestern corner of South Carolina (present-day Pickens, Oconee and Anderson counties). This land was among the last land in Georgia to be distributed under the corrupt "headright" system. In 1789 the headright system passed from state to county government, making them even more corrupt, while the state began to grant hugh tracts of land to speculators. These policies ended with the Pine Barrens Scandal and Yazoo Land Fraud (1795-1796) and the headright system was replaced with a "land lottery" in 1803.
County business was conducted in the home of Warren Philpot in (Sweet) Gum Log on the Tugaloo. In 1794 the first courthouse for Franklin was completed on John Mullins' Ford on the Tugaloo River. In 1806 Carnesville became the county seat, and a courthouse was completed downtown. Carnesville was recognized with a post office in 1811.
By 1830 the county's strong agricultural base was indicated by the 23% slave population, one of the highest of all counties in north Georgia.
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Very little is know about Anderson Ivie in Franklin County, GA. It is presumed that he was a son of Lott Ivey who lived on Freeman’s Creek. Anderson Ivie paid poll tax in John Henderson‘s district in 1800. He married Sarah Allred c1800, and their first child Polly Ann Ivie was born in Franklin County , GA on 7 April 1801. Both Anderson and wife Sarah were charter members of Grove Level Primitive Baptist Church in 1801, and Anderson served as the church’s first scribe. The part of Franklin County where Anderson Ivie lived is now in present day Banks County, GA.
On January 15, 1804, Anderson Ivie recorded the purchase of 50 acres on Broad River, Franklin County for $100. The land was on Freeman’s Creek, as later tax assessments attest. Since land sales were not always recorded in a timely fashion, he and his family may have been living on this land prior to the 1804 recording date.
In 1807 Anderson and Sarah left the Grove Level church, after some sort of disagreement in October of 1807, for which Anderson was reprimanded for using “aggravating discourse “. In November Anderson was restored to fellowship through his “confession�, but he and wife Sarah were also given a letter of dismissal at the same meeting. Letters of dismissal were issued to members in good standing who were moving , and who would then present them at the Baptist church in their new locale. There is no hard evidence that Anderson left Franklin county at this time, as he does not show up on any known Bedford County, TN record until 1815, but in 1808 Lott Ivey paid taxes on 100 acres on Freeman’s Creek for Anderson Ivie, a “non-resident. Thomas Ivy paid the taxes on this property in 1811, and Littleton Meeks paid in 1818. A strong indication that he did in fact leave Franklin County in the l807-08 period.
Anderson IVEY and his wife Sarah were members of Grove Level Church, as were many of their neighbors and in-laws, but there is no record that Lott, or his brother John were members. The only other Ivey mentioned in the Grove Level records are Thomas Ivey, in 1812 and again in 1819, the son of John Ivey. The Iveys were neighbors of many prominent church members living on or near Freeman's Creek including Wyatt Cleveland and his wife Temperance Freeman, Moses Sanders, and Littleton Meeks. The Iveys were related in one way or another to the Sanders, Ruckers, Meeks, Thrashers, and Clevelands who were members of the Grove Level Church. While there is not a great deal of information about the various Ivey families in Franklin County, the records of the Grove Level church offers a marvelous, unintended view into the vices, and disagreements of these neighbors and in-laws. With the occasional fiddle playing and dancing breaking out, the not so infrequent drunkenness and fighting, and the occasional fornication and adultery, we get a rather lurid view of the seamier side of frontier life.
One wonders what the relationship was between master and slave, in that they are both members of the same church and are accorded the title, at least, of Brother and Sister.
The transcript of this record is included for the period that Anderson & Sarah Ivie were members for the view it gives of life within this small frontier community.
RECORD OF GROVE LEVEL CHURCH
1801-1807
The church was founded May 1, 1801 by Moses Sanders sr. Anderson & Sarah Ivie are charter members.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in May 1802 and received into fellowship Sarah Standige
The church met on Saturday before the first Sunday in July 1802. A grievance laid in by Sister Temperance Cleveland against brother Sanders' family for reporting that she had been drunk which she denies, said grievance laid over till next meeting.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in August 1802 and agreed that the grievance laid in at last meeting should be settled by a committee. The business was proceeded with, mistakes rectified, acknowledgments made by both parties and by the assistance of God peace was obtained. Brother Cotton was censured for not obeying the church and for evil speaking. Censured Rachael a black sister for falsity. Received (one or two words missing) Br Green Hill
The church met on the 4th Saturday in (one or two words missing) Censured Sister Cleveland for not believing her sisters and believing the (word unclear). Censured Br Cleveland for a hard spirit and for speaking evil of the church.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in October and excluded Radford Cotton and Wiate Cleveland. Received by experience Richard Miller. Chose Ambrose Blackwell and Solomon Peck (Peek) delegates to the Association.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in December and dismissed by letter Joseph Duncom, Rosanna Duncom and Jemima Duncom in fellowship.
1803
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in January 1803 and received by experience Nancy Isham and Elizabeth Nixon.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in Feb and Received by letter Daniel Parker. excluded John Vineyard for playing the fiddle and falling into other vices and neglecting to hear the church. excluded br Green Hill for not hearing the church. Excluded Judith Little for joining the Methodists and not hearing the church.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in May and censured Nelly a black sister for fornication and sent for her in the next meeting. Dismissed Br David Parker.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in June and excluded Nelly for fornication. Excluded Mary Gipson for adultery. Received into fellowship Edward Isham and dismissed (word unclear) Blackwell and Nancy Blackwell by letter.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in July and censured Dumps a black brother and Starling a black Br for telling lies and fighting and excluded them both.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in Sept and received by experience Polly Miller. Appointed John Baugh and Solomon Peck delegates to the Association.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in July and dismissed Brister a black Br by letter.
1804
The church met on Saturday before 3rd Sunday in January 1804. Received by experience Johnson Randolph and by letter Rachael Randolph and Martha Thrasher.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in Feb and received by letter Isaac Mulky and Elizabeth Mulky.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in March and set apart John Baugh as a deacon and he was ordained on said day. Presbytery Moses Sanders and William Duncom
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in April and agreed that if a male member miss one meeting, he shall come the next and tell the reason and if he miss two meetings, the church shall send for him.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in May and received by letter George Humble and Sarah Humble.
The church met on Saturday before Lavin? June
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in July. Chose Moses Sanders our Moderator.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in August and dismissed sister (word unclear) Isham in fellowship.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in Oct and chose Brother Johnson Randolph & Edward Isham delegates to the Association.
1805
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in January 1805 and censure Rachael a black sister for running away and disobeying her master and neglecting to hear the church.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in March. Sister Standridge departed this life.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in May and appointed Johnson Randolph and Francis Sanders to cite Br Baugh and Br Hill to next meeting.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in June restored Br Baugh to fellowship and excluded John Hill. Removed a difficulty between S Rucker and Br Lavelle. Chose Br Ivy clerk, and Brothern Solomon Peck and Francis Sanders Deacons.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in July. Received by letter Gabrael Jones
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in August. Dismissed Alexander a black Br in full fellowship.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in September and chose Anderson Ivy and Jesse Blackwell delegates to the Association.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in October. Received sister Martha Waldroop by experience.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in December. Dismissed sister Martha Waldroop by letter.
1806
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in February 1806 and agreed to send Broth Jesse Blackwell, Moses Lavelle, Jacob Brooks, David Miller and Br Peck to settle a matter between Br William Walravens and sister Dorcus Baugh and old sister Walravens and report to the church. Excommunicated Amy Hendrix for dancing. Dismissed sister Mary Alred by letter.
The church met on Friday before the 3rd Sunday in March and excluded William Walravens for fighting & for going to law with a sister. Censured Br Silas Sanders for fighting. Chose Broth Anderson Ivy and Francis Sanders to cite him to next meeting.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in April and chose Broth Peck and Blackwell to cite sisters Mary Miller and Isom to our next church meeting.
The church met on Friday before the 3rd Sunday in June. Censured and excluded Thany Isom and Mary Miller for dancing and not hearing the church. Censured sister Franky Rucker for dancing and chose Anderson Ivy, Silas Sanders to cite her to next meeting.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in July & laid over sister Rucker's trial till next meeting. Censured and excluded Isaac Thrasher for fighting and getting drunk.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in August & restored Franky Rucker to fellowship by her confessing her faults. Excluded Br John Peck for drunkenness and other bad conduct.
The church met on Friday before the 3rd Sunday in September & censured Br Silas Sanders for encouraging gaming & chose Broth Geo Humble & Richard Maulden to cite him to next meeting. Appointed Broth Jacob Brooks & Jesse Blackwell delegates to the Association.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in October & excluded Br Silas Sanders for encouraging gaming and not hearing the church. Censured Br Anderson Ivy for making use of aggravating discourse & appointed Broth David Sanders & Geo Rucker to cite him to next meeting.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in Nov & restored Br Anderson Ivy to fellowship by his confession. Dismissed Br Anderson Ivy & his wife Sarah by letter.
The Families of John & Lott Ivey
There is no hard proof that the Lott and John Ivey who show up on Freeman’s creek in Franklin County, GA in 1798 were brothers, or even related, but it is a fair working assumption that they were. Another possible sibling is Elizabeth Ivey Meeks who married Littleton Meeks c 1785. More intriguing from the point of view of descendents of Anderson Ivie is where he fits into the family tree of the Franklin County , GA Iveys. Most of the circumstantial evidence would suggest that he was a son of Lott Ivey. He would certainly fit into the framework of the 1790 Pendleton District, SC census that lists the Lott Ivey household as consisting of two males over 16, three males under 16 and five females. As John Ivey seems to have listed all his children in his will, and Anderson Ivie is not mentioned, it seems a fair assumption that Anderson is not a son of John.
Lott Ivey
Lott Ivey first makes his appearance in Surry Co, NC, on the 1782 tax list of Captain Gain's District . This was on land located on the waters of Snow and Crooked Creeks (about 4 miles NE of Danbury, present day Stokes Co, NC)".
On 16 February 1784 Joseph Winston was appointed to survey 240 acres of land on the Tarrarat River (now Ararat River) in Surry Co. NC for Lott IVEY. This property lay some 20 miles west of the land on Snow and Crooked Creeks. About this time he also purchased land on Connerrose (Conerose) Creek in Pendleton, SC, (2 to 4 miles southwest of Walhalla, in present day Oconee Co, SC). It seems he was engaged in a certain amount of land speculation, a not uncommon endeavor on the frontier at this time. He did not move to South Carolina until later, as he appeared on the Surry Co, NC census for 1786.
In October 1787, Jesse Bump was granted Power of Attorney in Surry County to sell land belonging to Lott IVEY. What property was Bump selling? Unlikely to be the Tarrarat River property, as title doesn't seem to have been granted until 1789, which leaves the Snow and Crooked Creeks property. If he appointed Jesse Bump to sell land in Surry County in 1787, it seems likely he left for Pendleton, SC about this time.
In 1789 Lott was granted 250 acres of land on the Tarrarat (Ararat) River by the state of North Carolina , but the following year he appeared on the 1790 Pendleton Co, SC Census. It seems unlikely that Lott ever lived on the Tarrarat River property, as it wasn't "granted" until 1789, the year before he shows up in the Pendleton.
Pendleton District SC Census 1790
Ivey, Lott
2 Males over 16 - possibly Lott and Anderson
3 Males under 16 - possibly Thomas, Benjamin and John
5 Females - possibly Winifred, Martha, Sally, Polly and Amy.
On 29 Dec 1795, Lott Ivey sold Jehu Ivey 106 acres on both sides of Connoross Creek, waters of Keowee River, Pendleton District, this land granted to Lott Ivey, 2 Dec. 1793. The price was 30 Pounds. Yet Lott Ivey appears to have continued living in Pendleton Dist until 1798, as attested by the following warrant. An arrest warrant was issued, 9 March 1798, for Burrell Green on a charge of rape against Amy Ivy, who was said by the warrant to have been assaulted "on the night of 6 March...at her own house in County of Pendleton. "Witnesses to the indictment were Amy Ivy and Lot Ivy, dated April 19, 1798. The verdict was returned "not guilty". Burrell Green owned land adjacent to Lott Ivey at the time, which he sold to John Ivey in 1804.
In addition to raising the question of Amy's identity, the indictment also places Lott in Pendleton County as late as March 1798, but by October both Lott and John IVEY appear on the 1798 tax list for Franklin County, GA. Lott IVEY is listed as owning a home valued at $10 dollars and had 300 (more likely 200) acres with no slaves. John IVEY is listed there as well with one home valued at $20 dollars, 138 acres, and no slaves, both these properties were located on Freeman's creek. Lott leaves a will in 1812 in which he names certain of his children, while implying the existence of others.
Likely Children of Lott Ivey
Anderson Ivie. b March 1774 m Sarah Allred, cl801. d. c 12 June 1852, Florida, Monroe, Missouri. Sarah Allred b cl 781-2, Randolph Co, NC. d April 1861, Florida, Monroe, Missouri. 1804
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Martha IVEY b c1775 m. Green B. HILL,
Benjamin IVEY b. by 1784, m. SARAH.
John IVEY, b. c1784 , m. Armine LEVERETTE (Byron). Jasper Co, GA is where Lott's son, John, marries Armine Leverette in 1810. William and Betsey Leverett were witnesses to Lott's will.
Sally IVEY b. c1792 m. John BLACK
Polly IVEY b. c1792 m. John JONES, Randolph County, now Jasper Co), GA. 10 Jan (1810), d between 1810-12
John JONES, and grandson Russell JONES are each left 4 acres in Lott's 1812 will. Polly is apparently dead, as she is not mentioned in the will. Did she die in childbirth? Russell was only a year or so old at the time the will was written..
The father John JONES was left the four acres of land he then occupied, while the grandson's land is described as running along the road to the corner of Jones fence, so it appears the properties were at least partially contiguous. It seems likely that John JONES would re-marry, and likely the grandfather was anxious to protect the interest of his grandson by this bequest.
Thomas (b: 1/20/1779, VA - d: 12/28/1866, GA - m: 1/1800, Franklin
County GA, to Mary Rucker (b: 3/15/1786, Culpepper VA - d: 12/7/1864, GA), daughter of George Rucker, sr (b. c1749, VA - d. c1815, GA) + Katherine Ehart
(1764, VA - 1835, GA) He was born in Virginia or North Carolina. Thomas Ivie left the Grove Level church in 1819, bought land on Mud Creek in 1821, stated in the 1820 Habersham Co Census.
Amy Ivey On March 9, 1798 there was an arrest warrant issued for Burrell Green for the charge of rape against Amy IVY, who was said by the warrant to have been assaulted "on night of 6 March...at her own house in County of Pendleton". Witnesses to the indictment were Amy IVY and Lot IVY, dated April 19, 1798. The verdict was returned "not guilty". It should be noted that Burrell Green owned land adjacent to Lott IVEY at the time, which he sold to John IVEY in 1804 (Pendleton Co. SC).
Will of Lott Ivie
In the presence of God amen, I Lot Ivie of the county of Randolph and state of Georgia being in perfect mind and memory tho weak in body do make this my last will and testament disannulling all other Wills and Testaments.
First -I recommend my soul to God who gives it and my body to be decently buried, and as to my worldly goods which it has pleased God to bestow on me, I give and bequeath as follows.
1st all my just debts to be paid. 2nd I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Winifred all my household and kitchen furniture, with all my stock of horses and cattle, sheep and hogs excepting one bed and furniture and one cow and yearling, during her natural life, likewise the part of my lot of land where I now live to be temporary line between my son John and myself excepting four acres where John Jones now lives, likewise I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin Ivie, the half lot of land where he now lives - likewise I
give and bequeath to my son John Ivie, the part of my lot where he now lives so far as the temporary line between him and myself- Benjamin Ivie is to pay Thirty Dollars which is to equally divide between brothers and sisters excepting John, likewise John Ivie is to pay Thirty Dollars, to be divided among his brothers and sisters excepting Benjamin Likewise I give and bequeath to my daughters Sally one bed and furniture, one cow and yearling.
Likewise I give and bequeath to my grandson Russell Jones four acres of the corner of my land beginning at a Cherry tree corner running along Jonah Hatchets line to a road, thence along the road, thence along the road to the comer of Jones fence, thence to John Black's line, thence along Black's line to the beginning.
I do constitute and appoint my wife Winifred, my son Benjamin and John Ivie to be my Lawful executors. I acknowledge this to be my last Will and Testament, this 11th day of August, 1812.
Lott Ivie
In presence of, William Leverett, Betsey Leverett, John Black
John Ivey
John Ivey was born about 1753-55. John had 2 females listed in the 1790 SC census. I assume this was his wife and a daughter. His wife, if that's her in 1790, died before 1817. John married a second time in 1817 Franklin County to Nancy Glass. John's son Thomas signed a deed selling a slave his "father John Ivy" willed to "my step mother". In 1840 US Census for Lumpkin County, Georgia, Nancy Ivie is listed, living alone. In 1843 a Henry L. Sims is listed as the administrator of John Ivie's will which would indicate that Nancy had died, thus setting in motion the final settlement of John Ivey’s will.
Children of John Ivey
Thomas Ivey -
Thomas Ivy received by experience, May 1812 into the congregation of the Groves Level Church.. In August of the same year, Thomas Ivy and David Miller are both selected deacons, also appointed brothers Baugh, Ivy & Stevens to mediate between sisters Lavale & Jane York. March 1819, Thomas Ivey and wife Polly are dismissed by letter.
Thomas signed a deed on February 11, 1839 in Franklin Co relinquishing his right and selling " a Negro man Dick...willed by...my Father John Ivy...to remain in possession of my Step Mother during her widowhood or lifetime....".
Stephen Ivey (b. 1786 VA) - Left Franklin Co., GA area > Perry/Dallas Co., AL, > Sumter Co., AL, > an area of Washington Co., AL which later became Choctaw Co., AL
Steven is mentioned in John Ivey's will.
Stephen is in the 1850 census he was in Washington Co., AL. He was married to Mary Ann Warren in Franklin Co., GA about 1811. The children’s names and birth order are Charles J. Ivey (1813), Andrew Jackson Ivey (1815), John Anderson Ivey (1821), Littleton M. Ivey (1822), Cynthia Ivey (1824),Hugh W. Ivey (1826), Michael W. Ivey (1832), George Thomas Ivey (1835), Augustus Van Buren Ivey (1837), and Joshua Hall Ivey (1842). I also believe there was a Daniel Ivey (1829) in this family but have not found the proof yet. Family legend says there were 13 children in this family, only one of which was female. Two more sons still have to be identified.
Hugh Ivey, mentioned as son in John Ivey’s will. Born 1793, Left Franklin Co, GA Later lived in Perry Co, Al, and Grant Parish, LA.
Nancy Ivey, mentioned as daughter in John Ivey’s will.
Winifred Ivey, mentioned as daughter in John Ivey’s will.
Able Ivey, mentioned as son in John Ivey’s will. Born 1792, Left Franklin Co, GA, later lived in Perry Co, AL, and Itawamba, MS.
Susan Ivey, mentioned as daughter in John Ivey’s will.
Roda Ivey, mentioned as daughter in John Ivey’s will.
Frances Ivey, mentioned as daughter in John Ivey’s will.
WILL OF JOHN IVEY
In the name of God, Amen
I, John Ivie of the State of Georgia and county of Forsyth being weak and feeble in body but perfect in mind and memory, Thanks be given, therefore, I make and ordain this my last will and testament.
And first of all, I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it and my body. I recommend and wish to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executor.
There be touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life.
I give and demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form it is my will and I do order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied. I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife, Nancy, all my monies in hand or due me and all my land that I am entitled to and farming tools, together with all the household and kitchen furniture and all my stock, property, hogs and cattle that I have for her own property and during her natural life and it is my will that after her decease all the above named property that is left be sold and the monies arriving there from be applied as I shall hereafter direct.
I leave unto my beloved wife, Nancy, my Negro boy Dick during her natural life or widowhood for her own use and support. I give and bequeath unto my beloved son, Stephen, one dollar. I give and bequeath unto my beloved son, Hugh, one dollar. I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Nancy, one dollar. I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Winifred, one dollar. I give and bequeath unto my beloved son, Able, one dollar. I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Susanne, one dollar. I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Roda, one dollar. I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter, Frances, one dollar. I give and bequeath to my beloved son, Thomas, at the death of my wife Nancy, my Negro boy Dick. And it is my will that he should have him for his own property use and benefit forever. It is my will that none of the legatees get any of the afore said mentioned estate till after the decease of my wife Nancy and then the remaining property with the exception of Dick be sold to pay off the eight just named children.
Lastly, I constitute and appoint Nancy Ivie Executor to this my last will
and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this
24th of August 1837.
John (X) Ivie
Witnesses:
Samuel M. Reese
Christopher Whitmore
John H. Mashburn
James M. Black, JP.
Will recorded 30th of August
Elizabeth Ivey
Elizabeth Ivey - married to Littleton Meeks about 1785. Possibly a sibling of Lott and John Ivey, although there is some speculation she may be a daughter of Lott Ivey.
Rev. Littleton M. Meeks.
"After the Revolution, Littleton, his father William, and brothers Priddy, Athe, Jesse and Nacy, migrated to NC from VA where Littleton was b. 2-8-1766. Littleton and Nacy later moved to Franklin Co. where Littleton remained and became a Baptist Minister and Missionary to the Cherokee Indians.
In Georgia he was minister at Line Baptist Church. 1810-1845, Nails Creek Ch. to 1836 and Grove Level Ch. 1813-1841. He helped organize other churches as well. He was president of the Sarepta Missionary Society. He married ca. 1785 Elizabeth Ivie. Elizabeth b.7-10-1768 VA., d.11-22-1857 bur. Old David Family Plot.
They had 9 children: (1) John 1783/87-1876 m. lst Elizabeth Henderson 7-23-1811; m. 2nd Elizabeth Byrnes Lane 1819. (2) Martha "Patsy" b. c1792, d. after 1850, m. Joseph Cleveland ( son of Wyatt Cleveland who was married to Temperance Freeman.) 5-2-1809. (3) Mark b. 1795, d.1891, m. 1st Ann Chambers, 2nd Mrs. S.A. Coker. (4) William Sheldon 1798-1891, m. 1st Rebecca Davis, 2nd Mary C. "Ann" (Ballew) Kellar. (5) Jesse b. ca 1800 d. after 1870, m. Sarah (6) Susan "Sukie" b. c1802, d. 1840-50, m. Russell Holcomb in 1823. (7) Nacy 1806-1895, m. Eliza Chambers in 1830. (8) Littleton Jr. b. ca. 1808, d. ca. 1865, m. Frances Lucinda Brown. (9) Elizabeth 1811-1888, m. Patrick Perry.
Appendix 1
Ivey Chronology in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
As they appear on land and tax records and census reports
Based on Byron Hill, “THE WESTERN MIGRATION OF THE FAMILIES OF GREEN B. HILL AND LOTT IVEY� The article is an interesting exploration of the connections between the Ivey and Hill families, and can be accessed at Byron's Hill Family homepage at http://edge.edge.net/~gbhill/
1782 Lott IVEY appears on the Surry Co. NC tax list in Captain Gain's District.
1783 Lott IVEY purchased land on "Connerose Creek" (now Coneross Creek) in Pendleton, SC. This is two to four miles SW of where Walhalla, SC (now Oconee County) is today. IMPORTANT NOTE: Lott Ivey did not move to Pendleton, SC as of the date of this land purchase.
1784 Lott IVEY appears in the census of Surry Co. NC, which was compiled between the years 1784 and 1787. It is seems that the above deed was done while he was in transition, and he had possibly left his family in Surry Co. NC while he purchased land in Pendleton. On February 16, 1784 Joseph WINSTON was appointed to survey 240 acres of land on the Tarrarat River (now Ararat River) in Surry Co. NC for Lott IVEY. This was probably land that he was speculating buying.
Also in 1784, Franklin Co. GA was formed from ceded Indian lands. The county seat was and is still Carnesville, GA. Many original records still exist
1787 Reference is made in a deed to improvements that Lott IVEY made on land earlier on the waters of Snow Creek and Crooked Creek. This mention was Deed #258 Issued in Surry Co. NC on July 28, 1787, but the actual land is located about 4 miles NE of Danbury, NC (now Stokes Co.). This deed indicates that Lott IVEY lived there sometime prior to 1787. Stokes Co. NC was formed from Surry Co, in 1789.
1789 On May 18, 1789, Lott IVEY was granted by the State of North Carolina 250 acres in Surry Co. on the Tarrarat River (now Ararat River), witnesses were Thomas Wooten and John IVEY. This is some 18-25 miles west of the land he previously owned on Snow Creek and Crooked Creek.
1790 If the handwritten 1790 census list is representative of the physical location of homes or acreage, Lott IVEY and John IVEY are listed as living adjacent to each other in Pendleton, SC. Lott IVEY's household contained 2 males over 16 years old, 3 males under 16 years old, and 5 females. ... Lott and John IVEY are in a portion of the census under Captain William Perkins, which contained 129 families.
1793 Lott IVEY purchased land in Pendleton Co. SC. This was mentioned in a Burwell Green deed.
1795 On December 29, 1795 Lott IVEY sold to Jehu IVEY (thought to be John IVEY) 106 acres on "Connorose Creek" (now Coneross Creek), waters of the Keowee Creek, land that was granted to Lott IVEY on December 2, 1793.
1796 John IVEY sold to Burwell Green 106 acres on both sides of the "Conorose Creek" (now Coneross Creek), land which was conveyed by Lott IVEY to John IVEY on January 25, 1796.
1798 On March 9, 1798 there was an arrest warrant issued for Burrell Green for the charge of rape against Amy Ivy, who was said by the warrant to have been assaulted "on night of 6 March...at her own house in County of Pendleton."Witnesses to the indictment were Amy Ivy and Lot Ivy, dated April 19, 1798. The verdict was returned "not guilty". Burrell Green owned land adjacent to Lott Ivey at the time, which he sold to John Ivey in 1804 (Pendleton Co, SC)
As of October 1, 1798 Lott IVEY is shown on the Franklin Co. GA tax list as owning a home valued at $10 dollars and had 300 (should be 200) acres with no slaves. John IVEY is listed there as well with one home valued at $20 dollars, 138 acres, and no slaves. The deed in which John IVEY purchased the 138 acres mentioned above is oddly dated February 12, 1799, recorded in 1803. This land was on both sides of Freeman's Creek adjacent CALL, Freeman, and Cleveland. Witnesses were Mal. (Major?) Jones, Moses Sanders. Lott IVEY's deed is dated on June 7, 1799 showing his purchase of 200 acres from Wiatt (Wyatt) Cleveland on Freeman's Creek, waters of the Broad River, adjacent to James Freeman. Witnesses were James Freeman and Ann Williams.
1800 The following persons appear in Captain Henderson's District, Franklin Co. GA: Jehew IVY, Anderson IVY, Lott IVEY, John IVEY (with 130 acres).
Anderson Ivie marries Sarah Allred c1800, thus closely entwining the Anderson Ivie family with the families of Sarah's brothers James, William, Isaac Allred and others. (See Allred Family below)
1802 May - Grove Level Baptist church is founded in Franklin County, by Moses Sanders sr. Anderson and Sally Ivy are charter members.
The acreage for Lott IVEY and John IVEY is confirmed in the 1802 Franklin Co. GA tax list, showing 200 acres for Lott IVEY and 138 acres for John, both located on Freeman's Creek. Apparently they still lived where their original purchase was made three years earlier.
James Russell Ivie, son of Anderson Ivie and Sarah Allred Ivie is born in Franklin County, GA.
1803 Franklin Co. GA tax lists again show Lott IVEY with 200 acres on Freeman's Creek, and John IVEY with his 138 acres on Freeman's Creek.
1804 15 January - Deed conveys 50 acres of land on Broad River, Franklin County, GA. to Anderson Ivie for $100.
Lot, Isham and Anderson Ivie are listed in the Franklin County, GA tax book of Captain Barnet's district.
1805 In Captain Wim's District, Lott IVIE is shown with only 100 acres on Freeman's Creek, and John IVY with his 138 acres on Freeman's Creek.
Georgia Land Lottery - Allowed a male of 21 years of age and resident of Georgia for one year one draw, a married man two draws.
Anderson Ivey 2 draws blank
Benjamin Ivey 1 draw blank
John Ivey 2 draws blank
Thomas Ivey 2 draws blank
Lott Ivey 2 draws blank
1806 On February 20, 1806, Lot IVIE witnessed a deed of trust for a Methodist meeting house called "Hargrove".
1808 Lot IVIE appears in Captain Barnwell's District. Also in 1808 in Captain Wim's District. Lott IVEY appears with 100 acres on Freeman's Creek, and John IVEY is listed with his 138 acres on Freeman's Creek. Lott and John have by now been in the same location for nine years. In 1808 Lott Ivey paid taxes on 100 acres on Freeman’s Creek for Anderson Ivie, a “non-resident.
1811 Captain Cleveland's District lists Lot IVEY, Nacy Meeks (who was the brother, not the son, of Littleton Meeks). In Captain Headen's District, John IVY is listed with his 138 acres on Freeman's Creek, and for the first time as owning two slaves. Littleton Meeks has 100 acres on Freeman's Creek, Stephen IVY is listed for Poll Tax only, Anderson IVEY is listed on Freeman's Creek, although Thomas Ivy paid the taxes on this property. Thomas IVEY is on Freeman's Creek, and John Meeks (son of Littleton Meeks) is listed for Poll Tax only.
1813 Captain Headen's District lists with 240 acres on Indian Creek, Littleton Meeks with 100 acres on Freeman's Creek, Jehue IVY on Freeman's Creek, Stephen IVEY listed for Poll Tax only, Thomas IVY on Freeman's Creek, Jno. Meeks (son of Littleton Meeks). On April 15, 1813, John IVEY witnessed a court document for John Henderson (who was in the 1800 Pendleton, SC census and according to the deed wording was heading west and wanted to release a young mulatto boy named Ned who stated that he did not want to go west with Henderson). John Henderson also sold 200 acres to John IVEY on March 22, 1813.
1818 Littleton Meeks paid the taxes on Anderson Ivie’s property on Freeman’s Creek.
1821 On April 17, 1821 John IVEY sold to Wiatt (Wyatt) Cleveland his 138 acres on Freeman's Creek, adjacent Cleveland and Gowder. Witnesses were: Britten Smith, Ann Lane, Robert Lane.
Appendix 2
The Chronology of the Allred Family
living on Leatherwood Creek
in Franklin Co, GA
1730 Thomas Allred of Hillsboro District of Orange County, NC. was born in North Carolina or England.
1752 Thomas Allred marries Elizabeth Diffee
1755 Orange County, NC Tax List
(Prior to 1770, Orange County contained the eastern part of Randolph County.)
name whites blacks
Thomas Allred 2 0
William Aldrige 1 0
John Alred 1 0
Solomon Alred 1 0
William Alred 1 0
William Alread 1 0
c1756 William Allred, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Diffee Allred is born in Hillsboro District of Orange County, NC.
1770 Orange County, NC is divided, and Randolph County, NC is formed.
1779 North Carolina Taxpayers - Randolph County
Allred John jr
John sr
Thomas
William jr
William sr
1782 14 November - William Allred marries Elizabeth Thrasher, daughter of Benjamin Thrasher in Randolph County, NC. There was a Benjamin Thrasher living near the Ivey family on Grove Fork in Franklin Co, GA as attested by the following deeds. Deed dated 7 March 1797, recorded 2 June 1797. From Nathaiel Payne to Benjamin Thrasher for $50, 200 acres on the South Fork of Broad River, and another deed dated 28 December 1798, recorded 19 August 1799, from John Jones to Benjamin Thrasher for $60, 60 acres on waters of Grove Fork of Board River. In addition an Isaac Thrasher who appeared on the 1790 Pendleton county, SC census next to the name of William Allred, later appeared in the minutes of the Grove Level Baptist Church. His relationship to Benjamin Thrasher or the Allred family has not been established. There is a Franklin County will for Benjamin Thrasher that I have not yet been able to access.
1788 William and Elizabeth Thrasher Allred the parents of Sarah, James, Isaac Allred, and others, are in Pendleton county, later Anderson County, South Carolina, leaving Randolph County, NC where two generations of Allreds had lived.
1790 South Carolina Census, Ninety-Six District, Pendleton County, SC.
A B C D E
John Ivey 1 1 2
Lott Ivey 2 3 5
William Alred 1 3 3
Isaac Thrasher 1 3 4
Littleton Meeks 1 2 1
A) White males over 16. B) White males under 16. C) White Females. D) Other free persons. E) Slaves.
1794 William Allred purchased land on Leatherwood Creek in Franklin County, GA in 1794. In a deed dated 8 February 1794...from George Hening to William Alred, both of Franklin County, in consideration of 25 Pounds, conveys 105 acres in Franklin County on a south branch of Leatherwood Creek, granted to Ahimas Spencer 7 1789, and conveyed by Spencer to said Hening 4 April 1792. Witness: John Smith, J.P. In 1796 he purchased more land as attested by a deed dated 26 July 1796, recorded 8 June 1797, from Joseph Box of Franklin County to William Allred of aforesaid. In consideration of 100 pds, conveys 75 acres on waters of Leatherwood Creek being part of a grant to Jacob Pennington by Governor George Mathews 31 December 1795 and conveyed by Pennington to Duncan Camron and by Camron to said Box, adjacent Spencer and Dunnagin. Wit: Robert Parker, Thomas Cox, John Dickerson (x), sworn to by Parker before James Terrill J.P. 11 April 1797.
I know nothing more of the family in Franklin County, GA, other than that Sarah Allred married Anderson Ivie c1800.
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