General Notes

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First Sightings: Anderson Ivie
Anderson Ivie in Georgia The first Ivie we can trace with certainty is Anderson Ivie who married Sarah Allred in Franklin County, Georgia about 1800. It is presumed that Lott Ivey was his father. The family were members of the Grove Level Baptist Church. Anderson Ivie later settled in Bedford County, Tennessee, where he was a members of the Rock Creek Primative Baptist Church, and then moved to Monroe County, Missouri, where the Ivie children were neighbors and contemporaries of Mark Twain.
It was in Missouri that the Ivie family would come in contact with Mormon missionaries, Hyrum Smith, John Murdock, William McLellin, and others. Various Ivie siblings were converted to Mormonism, and were members of Zion's Camp and participats in the Mormon War in Missouri. Son James R Ivie helped Parley Pratt get to Illinois after the escape from Columbia Jail. Anderson and Sarah had nine children.

Anderson Ivie. b March 1774 m Sarah Allred, cl801. d. c 12 June 1852, Florida, Monroe, Missouri.
Sarah Allred cl 781-2, Randolph Co, NC. d April 1861, Florida, Monroe, Missouri
Who was Anderson Ivie? It seems unlikely he was David Anderson lvey, born in Sussex County, Virginia c 1775, as has been assumed by some. There is no evidence that David Anderson Ivey ever left Sussex County, and the fact that he was 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 in Monroe County, Missouri. It is equally unlikely that his name was John Anderson Ivie, as it appears on many LDS genealogical records. In all the primary sources, deeds, church records and his will he signs himself as simply Anderson Ivie. The name John Anderson Ivie likely arose over a confusion with his son John Anderson, and has been unwittingly perpetuated over the years. (see discussion in the Ivie List Archive at Rootsweb.com)
That Anderson is a son of Lott is possible, even probable, but certainly not proven. The best proof that can be put forward is coincidence. Anderson lived near Lott & John Ivey on Freeman Creek. Anderson begins appearing on the scene at the same time we can expect one of Lott's sons to have reached his majority. Anderson fits the bill. Any question of Anderson being the son of John Ivey was laid to rest with the discovery of John's will, which does not include Anderson in the listing of his children. Lott's will remains inconclusive, as it is obvious that he did not name all his children in his will.
Anderson Ivie and his wife Sarah Allred likely met and were married in Franklin County, Georgia, where Sarah's parents also lived. From this time, until the 1860's, members of the Ivie and Allred families will migrate in close relationship to one another, first to Tennessee, then Missouri, and finally Utah, and as one Allred relation pointed out, the two families intermarried so often it is a wonder we are not all cross-eyed, or worse.
The Ivey, Meeks, Sanders and other related families lived in that portion of Franklin County that would become Banks County. The Groves Level Baptist Church, founded in 1802, was located on Grove Fork of Broad River, near the town of Homer, Banks County.
"The following members of the arm of Nails Creek Church met at grove Level Meeting House and were constituted a church to be called Groves Level Baptist Church by a presbytery composed of Moses Sanders Sr., Johns Does, William Denman& Thomas Maxfiled. Chose Moses Sanders Sr. our supply" The names of 62 founding members included Anderson Ivie and wife Sarah. Anderson Ivie served as the first clerk.
In the Fall of 1806, Anderson seems to have lost his temper and was censured by the church.
The church met on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in October...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 Sat