Joseph Ivey was born Abt 1779 in North Carolina , perhaps Robson County, and died Aft 11/1837 in Illinois ?. He married Elizabeth __?__ Abt 1800 in South Carolina or Tennessee. They were at times designated as free persons of color, at other times as white. It is said that they may be descended from a George Ivie of Norfolk County, Virginia in the 1680s. By mid 1770s the Ivey family was said to have been in Robson County, North Carolina, and then this branch moved on to Franklin County and Union County, Illinois and then on to Arkansas. Children of Joseph Ivey and Elizabeth __?__ are believed to be: i. Thomas2 Ivey, born 1807 in Tennessee. He married Nancy Morris Abt 1836. ii. Eliza Ivey, born 1812-1813 in Tennessee, may have been Georgia, later moved to Illinois; died Abt 1880 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. She married John L. Locklear 5/24/1831 in Union County, Illinois. The Locklears were listed in the 1850 Scott County census records, and later moved on to Texas. iii. James Ivey, born 1814-1815 in Tennessee; died Aft 1880 in Franklin County, Arkansas ?. He married Lydia. He was listed in the 1840 Scott County census, and in 1850 was listed in Franklin County, Arkansas. iv. Elijah Ivey, born Abt 1815 in Illinois, probably Franklin County; died 1859 in Scott County Arkansas, killed in a fight with another man. He married Mary Sessions Bef 1837 in Illinois. They were listed in the 1850 Scott County, Arkansas census. By 1860 both Elijah and Mary were dead. Their daughter, Anna Louisiana Ivey was the only Ivey in the 1860 census of Scott County. This is my line v. Sally Ivey, born Abt 1815 in Illinois, probably Franklin County. She married Conrad Shearod/Shearhart, 3/13/1833 in Union County, Illinois. vi. John Ivey, born 1816-1818. vii. Joseph Ivey, Jr., born Bef 1819 in Franklin County, Illinois. He married Betsy Locklear 1832 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. viii. Amos Ivey, born Bef 1822 in Franklin County, Illinois. ix. Polly Ivey, born Abt 1824 in Franklin County, Illinois. x. Lucinda Ivey, born Abt 1826 in Illinois; died 1860-1861 in Scott County Arkansas, supposedly in an epidemic, perhaps the same one as James. She married James Augustus Sessions 1838-1841 in Mountain Twp, Scott County, Arkansas or Sallisaw Indian Mission, Ark. Territory. My family has said that the family was Cherokee, some believe they may have been Lumbee, or a combination of all of the above. Does anyone have any information on these folks? Charlene