Robert Ivey Sr. 1813 - 1886 "His record is on high"

Thomas Ivey  1855-1889 - "Forever with the Lord"

The Ivey Family was one of the earliest to call Central Florida home.  The 1860 U.S. Census of Orange County lists fourteen Iveys with Robert Ivey Sr. and his wife Priscilla Ivey the heads of the family. Both were born in Georgia, but all of their children were born in Florida.  

The family moved from northern Florida around the year 1956. As of 1861 they has not received a land grant, but since they were listed as farmers in the census, they probably did not own land of any significance.

Two members of the family in Orange Co. served in the CSA Army during the Civil War:

Robert L. Ivey served as a private in the 9th FL Infantry Co. B from May 17, 1862 to February 21, 1864.

Robert A. Ivey served in the 1st FL Cow Cavalry Co. D. His dates of service are unknown. The Cow Cavalry was not a regular unit and its personnel were typically made up of cattlemen and others too old or too young to be sent north. It was a "home guard" whose primary mission was that of protecting the cattle herds in Florida. Robert was 14 at the outbreak of the war.

The 1880 U.S. Census of Orange County lists eighteen Iveys in three families. Other parts of the family moved to different parts of Florida.

1860 U.S. Census of Orange County

husband: Robert   age: 46  Farmer
wife: Priscilla   age: 47
daughter: Mary E.   age: 17
daughter: Sarah M.   age: 15
son: Robert   age: 13 (Robert A. would marry Mary L. Brown on May 13, 1869. By the time of the 1880 census neither are listed as residents of Orange Co.)
son: Joshua   age: 10
daughter: Priscilla   age: 9
son: Thomas   age: 5
daughter: Susan C.   age: 3

husband: John   age: 25 Farmer (John was the eldest son of Robert Sr. & Priscilla)
wife: Matilda A. E.   age: 20 (Matilda was born in Georgia)
daughter: Hitty   age: 4
daughter: Emma R.   age: 3
son: Lewis H.   age: 10 months

husband: Robert   age: 67  Farmer
wife: Priscilla   age: 67  Keeps House
daughter: Priscilla   age: 27 (Priscilla would marry H. T. Fortner of Polk Co. on March 29, 1886 in Orange Co.)
daughter: Susan   age: 23

husband: Thomas A.   age: 26  Clerks In Store (Son of Robert & Priscilla)
wife: Dianna   age: 20  Keeps House (Thomas & Dianna M. Douglas married in Orange Co. on October 16, 1878.)
daughter: Minnie   age: 6 months

husband: John   age: 45 Farmer
wife: Witha Ann   age: 40 Keeps House (John & his second wife Witha Ann married in Orange Co. on June 15, 1873.)
daughter: Hettie   age: 25
daughter: E. R.   age: 23
son: Louis    age: 20 Farm Laborer
son: Robert E.   age: 18 Farm Laborer
son: John B.   age: 14
son: Joshua R.   age: 11
daughter: Mary   age: 6 (Mary would marry Daniel W. Rouse on May 19, 1897.)
son: Rufus   age: 4
daughter: Martha   age: 2

ABOVE:  Priscilla Ivey  1813-1890 - "Thy trials ended, thy rest is won"

RIGHT: Emma Rossaline, daughter of John & Elizabeth Matilda Ann Ivey  Born Dec. 18. 1853. Died March 18. 1884.  "Then at last, when on high He sees us, our journey done, we will rest, where the steps of Jesus end at his throne" Patd 1894