Benjamin Henry Ivey (1827 - 1904)

Born 5 May 1827 in Warren, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane Ivey — married 28 Mar 1852 in Warren, Georgia, United States

Husband of Martha A Ivey — married 4 Feb 1877 in Warren, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1904 at age 76 in Warren, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1827 in Georgia to Thomas Ivey and Sancil Burkhalter. He had at least 15 siblings: Sarah, Harriett Martha, Jesse, Martha F, Thomas J, Mary Ann Rebecca, Adam, Francis Marion, Sancil Elvira, George W F, Avariller Concord Amanda, Lucinda Arena M, Henrietta Susan, Robert, and Hardy Pierce.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Division 90, Warren county, Warren, Georgia

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
Benjamin Ivy	Head	M	59	abt 1791	Virginia	Planter
Sarah W Ivy	Wife	F	30	abt 1820	Georgia
Mary J Ivy	Dau	F	14	abt 1836	Georgia
Rebecca T Ivy	Dau	F	13	abt 1837	Georgia
Martha A Ivy	Dau	F	9	abt 1841	Georgia
Benjamin F Ivy	Son	M	5	abt 1845	Georgia
Amanda S Ivy	Dau	F	0	abt 1850	Georgia
Benjamin H Ivy	Nep	M	23	abt 1827	Georgia	Manager

He married Mary Jane Ivey, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Ivey Sr (mother unknown), in 1852 in Georgia. They were first cousins. He would have been about 24 years old (about 12 years older than Mary). They had at least 3 children together:

1. Benjamin T Ivey
2. Ephraim Jesse Ivey
3. Ethel Evelyn Ivey
4. Love Tuscara Ivey adopted daughter of Henry

• Fact: Petition of Guardianship (3 Aug 1859) in Warren County, Georgia, for Benjamin Franklin Ivey Jr his cousin and brother-in-law, who was the minor child of Benjamin Franklin Ivey Sr, deceased. Securiters of bond in the amount of $16,000: Henry McKiney and Thomas Ivy Sr, of Warren County, Georgia.
• Fact: Residence (1860) Goose Ponds District, Warren, Georgia

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
B H Ivy	Head	M	33	abt 1827	Georgia	Farmer
Mary Ivy	Wife	F	21	abt 1839	Georgia
Benjamin Ivy	Son	M	5	abt 1855	Georgia
Ephraim Ivy	Son	M	3	abt 1857	Georgia
Mary McDaniel	Step-GMIL	F	70	abt 1790	Georgia
Sarah W Ivy	Step-MIL	F	38	abt 1822	Georgia
Martha Ivy	SIL	F	19	abt 1841	Georgia
Benjamin Ivy	BIL	M	14	abt 1846	Georgia
Amanda L Ivy	SIL	F	9	abt 1851	Georgia

• Fact: Indenture (6 May 1861) Warren County, Georgia. Henry signed an "indenture" to Henry McKiney and Thomas Ivy Sr as his Securiters of bond for the petition of guardianship of his brother-in-law, Benjamin Jr. Witnessed by Sampson Ivey, his uncle.

Private Benjamin Ivey served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 11 May 1861
Mustered out: 26 Apr 1865 at Greensboro, NC
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company D, 5th Regiment, Georgia Infantry

• Fact: Military Service (1861-1865) Georgia Enlisted in Company D, Georgia 5th Infantry Regiment on 11 May 1861. Mustered out on 26 Apr 1865 at Greensboro, NC.
• Fact: Residence (1861) Warren County, Georgia

• Fact: Residence (1870) Warren, Georgia

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
Benjamin Ivy	Head	M	44	abt 1826	Georgia	Farmer
Mary Q Ivy	Wife	F	32	abt 1838	Georgia	Keeping House
Benjamin Ivy	Son	M	16	abt 1854	Georgia	Farm Laborer
Ephraim Ivy	Son	M	14	abt 1856	Georgia	Farm Laborer
Sarah W Ivy	Step-MIL	F	53	abt 1817	Georgia	Without Occupation
Martha Ivy	SIL	F	29	abt 1841	Georgia	Without Occupation
Love Tuscara	Adopt Dau	F	9	abt 1868	Georgia

He married his second wife, Martha A Ivey, his first wife's sister, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Ivey Sr (mother unknown), in 1877 in Georgia. He was about 49 years old. They had at least 1 child together:

1. Rosa Caroline Ivey

• Fact: Residence (1880) Goose Pond, Warren, Georgia

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
Benjamin H Ivey	Head	M	53	abt 1827	Georgia	Farmer
Martha A Ivey	Wife	F	39	abt 1841	Georgia	Housekeeper
Ephriam J Ivey	Son	M	23	abt 1857	Georgia	Farmer
Love T Ivey	Adopt Dau	F	11	abt 1869	Georgia	At Home
Eva E Ivey	Dau	F	7	abt 1873	Georgia	At Home
Rosa C Ivey	Dau	F	2	abt 1878	Georgia	At Home

• Fact: Residence (1900) Militia District 600 Augusta city Ward 4, Richmond, Georgia

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
Luther Pea	Head	M	23	Jan 1877	Georgia	Day Laborer
Caroline Pea	Wife	F	23	Jul 1876	Georgia
Doris Pea	Dau	F	3	Apr 1897	Georgia
Henry B Ivey	FIL	M	73	May 1827	Georgia	Boarder
Martha Ivey	MIL	F	59	May 1841	Georgia	Weaver Cotton Mill
Ethel Ivey	SIL	F	26	Mar 1874	Georgia	Tailoress

• Fact: Residence (1901) Augusta, Georgia

He passed away in 1904 in Georgia, possibly in Augusta, Georgia, since that was where he was living in the 1900 census. He was about 76 years old. It is not known why he was buried in Bulloch County and not in Warren County.

• Fact: Burial (1904) Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia

Links

Family Search: PersonID 2WNL-H74
Find A Grave: Memorial #80099311 Headstone Photo: Yes
Billion Graves: 1339439 Headstone Photo: Yes

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYD-2V8 : 12 April 2016), Benjamin H Joy in household of Benjamin Joy, Warren county, Warren, Georgia, United States; citing family 305, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW7F-LJX : 11 February 2018), Henry Ivey and Mary Jane Ivey, 28 Mar 1852; citing Warren, Georgia; FHL microfilm 219,570.
• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJK-J69 : 4 November 2017), Henry Ivey and Mary Jane Ivey, 28 Mar 1852; citing Marriage, Warren, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 219,570.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM4-HM2 : 13 December 2017), B H Ivy, 1860.
• Warren County Wills record for Indenture of Benjamin H Ivy, 6 May 1861.
• "Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFZL-WBC : 24 December 2014), Benjamin H Ivey, 1861; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit 5th Infantry, publication number M266 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 196.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS5C-923 : 4 December 2014), Benjamin H. Ivey, Private, Company D, 5th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M226 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 821,730.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQ9-WCF : 11 June 2019), Benjamin Ivy, 1870.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW6J-K5N : 11 February 2018), Benjamin H. Ivey and Martha Ivey, 04 Feb 1877; citing , Warren, Georgia; FHL microfilm 219,571.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW6J-T5D : 11 February 2018), Benjamin H. Ivey and Martha Ivey, 04 Feb 1877; citing , Warren, Georgia; FHL microfilm 219,571.
• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJK-KB7 : 4 November 2017), Benjamin H. Ivey and Martha Ivey, 04 Feb 1877; citing Marriage, Warren, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 219,571.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWCY-JVW : 11 February 2018), Benjamin H. Ivey and Martha Ivey, 04 Feb 1877; citing , Warren, Georgia; FHL microfilm 219,571.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8P7-NJL : 11 August 2017), Benjamin H Ivey, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 120, sheet 81A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0170; FHL microfilm 1,254,170.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3V3-8L1 : accessed 21 July 2019), Henry B Ivey in household of Luther Pea, Militia District 600 Augusta city Ward 4, Richmond, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 25A, family 596, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,219.
• "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDJK-8FN : 4 December 2018), Henry Ivey in entry for Benjamin T. Ivey, 1927.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 July 2019), memorial page for B H Ivey (5 May 1827–25 Mar 1904), Find A Grave Memorial no. 80099311, citing Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by nu2ga (contributor 47084636).
• BillionGraves.com. Grave record for B.h. Ivey (5 May 1827 - 25 Mar 1904), BillionGraves Record 1339439 Portal, Bulloch, Georgia, United States

See Also

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/70236500/person/30350351403/facts : accessed 22 July 2019), profile for Benjamin "Henry" IVEY.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 July 2019, 05:16), entry for Benjamin "Henry" Ivey(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2WNL-H74); contributed by various users.