The following information is copied from Robert W. Baird's book, the Descendants of Robert Ivey Sr. web site provided under sources.
Elizabeth Ivey (c1797 – 1860s) - Her uncle Robert Ivey was her guardian through early 1817 when he left for Georgia, when Graddy Herring became her guardian. His bond was posted on 20 May 1817, so she was still a minor on that date. She married a son of Philip Miller, was widowed and then remarried to her first cousin Furnifold Ivey, son of her uncle Robert Ivey. Furna Ivey married “Mrs. Elizabeth Miller” by bond dated 20 June 1822 in Baldwin County, Georgia. Two years later, in 1824, Furna Ivey and his wife Elizabeth, “formerly Elizabeth Miller”, of Baldwin County sold land in Wayne County, North Carolina described as formerly belonging to John Ivey, the description of which matches the land Elizabeth Ivey had received in the partition of John Ivey’s estate.
Elizabeth evidently had at least two children by her first marriage to Miller, Nancy and William. Furna Ivey was the guardian of William Miller, who died by 1825 when Furna sold a negro belonging to his estate in Baldwin County. He was guardian of a minor named Nancy Miller on 10 December 1830 when he represented her interest as an heir in a division of the estate of her grandfather Phillip Miller.
Elizabeth was still alive in 1860, but dead by the 1870 census. (See separate write-up on the family of Robert Ivey Jr. and Furnifold Ivey for more)
Research Notes
Amy Braun adds: I believe that William Miller, son of Philip Miller, was the first husband of Elizabeth, although this is not definitively proven, he is the only son who could have been married to Elizabeth by the process of elimination, and he died in a mill accident in 1821. (According to his brother's notation in family bible). Makes sense since one of her children by him was named William. Also, I go along with another family genealogist who believed there was a tenth child named West who lived to be only 2 years old -- even though all total this makes her the mother of 10 children by Fernie Ivey and 2 by William Miller, 12 in all.
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