Wade & Webb Family History

Jane Ivey McKinney1797–1851

Virginia · Socapatoy Cemetery

Jane Ivey, recorded at her marriage as Jency Ivy, married Harris McKinney in Georgia on 17 May 1810, and by 1850 the couple were living in Coosa County, Alabama. She died in Coosa County in 1851 and is buried at Socapatoy Cemetery. Little else about her is documented, and which of the children the tree gives her were in fact hers is not yet settled.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (3)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Searches made
  8. Notes

Birth

  1. 4 Mar 1797 Virginia 1, 5

Marriages

  1. 17 May 1810 Harris McKinney, at Warren, Georgia 3, 4
  2. Date unknown Eli McKinney

Death and burial

  1. 1851 Burial: Socapatoy Cemetery, Kellyton, Coosa, Alabama
  2. 20 Apr 1851 Death: Coosa, Alabama 13

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Marriage 1, 17 May 1810
Harris McKinney 1784–1864
Children
Jasper P McKinney 1821–1880
Minerva Mary McKinney 1845–1934
Patrick McKinney 1813–1890
Melinda McKinney 1810–1881
Marriage 2
Eli McKinney 1800–1857
Children

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Jane Ivey McKinney
  2. Eli Harris McKinney Sr., son
  3. Emma Louise McKinney, daughter
  4. Lila Walden, daughter
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

3rd great-grandmother of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Jane Ivey was born on 4 March 1797 in Virginia, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date or the place.1 A user-supplied source attached to her profile, citing unnamed family genealogies, gives her birth name as Jane Jency Ivey.2

She married Harris McKinney on 17 May 1810; the two Georgia marriage indexes that record the event name the bride Jency Ivy.3 The tree places the marriage in Warren County, Georgia, a detail the index citations themselves do not give.4 Inference If the tree's birth date is right she was thirteen at her marriage, young even for the time; since the birth date carries no source, it may be a few years too late.5

Between 1813 and 1821 the family moved from Georgia to Alabama: the tree gives Patrick's birthplace in 1813 as Warren County, Georgia, and Jasper's in 1821 as Alabama.6 By 1850 Harris and Jane McKinney were in Coosa County, Alabama, where the federal census of that year lists Jane in his household (the people living together at one address, as the census-taker recorded them).7 Several of the children the tree gives the couple were in Coosa County too: their son Jasper married Martha Bozeman there on 1 October 1840 in a record that names Harris McKinney, and the tree places their son Patrick and daughter Melinda in the county in 1850.8

The tree names six children: Melinda (born 1810), Patrick (1813), Emily R. (1814), Jasper P. (1821), Eli Harris (1824) and Minerva Mary (1845).9 Two of these links, those of Eli Harris and Minerva Mary, are doubtful.9 Eli Harris McKinney's Alabama death record of 10 June 1908, as indexed, names his parents as Eli McKinney and Sarah McKinney, and the tree also lists him as a son of Eli McKinney and Sarah Gresham of Chambers County, Alabama, where he was living in 1850.10 Inference The death record, made long after his birth, is not proof of parentage, but it is the only record so far that names his parents, and it points away from Harris and Jane McKinney; the question is open in his research log.11 Minerva Mary, born in 1845 when Jane would have been 48 by the tree's dates, was listed in 1850 and 1860 in the household of Patrick McKinney, and the tree also gives her as a daughter of Patrick McKinney and Minerva Moore.12 Inference Her place in Patrick's household and her mother's name make it likely that she was Jane's granddaughter rather than her daughter.12

Jane McKinney died in Coosa County on 20 April 1851, a date the tree gives without a source.13 She is buried at Socapatoy Cemetery, near Kellyton in Coosa County, where she has a memorial indexed by Find a Grave.14 Her husband survived her by thirteen years and was buried in the same cemetery after his death on 12 May 1864.15

Documents

  1. 1893 Memorial Record of Alabama: P. J. McAdory and John N. Slaughter sketches (Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey) Memorial Record of Alabama, vol. 1 (Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller, 1893), Personal Memoirs, Coosa County · book
  2. 1956 Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia: the McKinney, Moore and Thomas allied families (Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey) Annie Norman, Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia and His Descendants, with a Number of Allied Families (Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Co., 1956) · book
  3. 10 May 2012 Find a Grave memorial: Jane “Jency” Ivey McKinney Find a Grave · headstone photographed by cahfreitas

Places

  1. 1810Warren
  2. 1850–1851Coosa
  3. 1851Socapatoy Cemetery

Timeline

  1. 4 Mar 1797BirthVirginia
  2. 17 May 1810Marriage, Harris McKinneyWarren, Georgia
  3. 1850ResidenceCoosa, Alabama
  4. 1851BurialSocapatoy Cemetery, Kellyton, Coosa, Alabama
  5. 20 Apr 1851DeathCoosa, Alabama

Open questions

Her parents, birthplace and death date (raised 2026-11-09)

Norman (1956) calls her "Jency Ivey," daughter of Sampson and Millie Ivey of Warren County, Ga., born 4 March 1797 "Warren Co., Ga." and died 17 May 1851 (the tree says born in Virginia, died 20 April 1851); her sister Charlotte married Seaborn Jones Thomas. Look for Sampson Ivey's will or estate in Warren County and her gravestone at Socapatoy (the book cites the Socapatoy tombstones).

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-09Find a Grave search: Jane Ivey McKinney, b. 1797 ±3, d. 1851 ±3: 0 results; Jane McKinney, b. 1797 ±3, d. 1851 ±3: 1 resultsbest: [Jane “Jency” Ivey McKinney (4 Mar 1797 – 20 Apr 1851), Socopatoy Cemetery, Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89899218/jane-mckinney); score 17 (high, before review)
  2. 2026-11-09Find a Grave memorial recorded[memorial 89899218](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89899218), high confidence: [record](../documents/findagrave/89899218-jane-jency-ivey-mckinney.md); 1 headstone photo(s)
  3. 2026-11-09Find a Grave headstone photoheadstone photo 69171016 by cahfreitas chosen for the website (the memorial's only one)
  4. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Jane Ivey McKinney", Alabama1 page; first: [Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia and his descendants, 1956, p. ](https://archive.org/details/thomasmaxwellofv00norm?q=%22Jane%20Ivey%20McKinney%22)
  5. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Ivey McKinney", inside histcoosacobrewno matches; 0 with the given name (Jane)
  6. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Ivey McKinney", inside memorialrecordof00tayl17 pages; first: [Memorial record of Alabama. A concise account of the state's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, 1893, p. 748](https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n748/mode/1up?q=Ivey%20McKinney); [Memorial record of Alabama. A concise account of the state's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, 1893, p. 13](https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n13/mode/1up?q=Ivey%20McKinney); [Memorial record of Alabama. A concise account of the state's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, 1893, p. 13](https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n13/mode/1up?q=Ivey%20McKinney); 1 with the given name (Jane)
  7. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Ivey McKinney", inside northernalabamah00birm5 pages; first: [Northern Alabama, historical and biographical.., 1888, p. 341](https://archive.org/details/northernalabamah00birm/page/n341/mode/1up?q=Ivey%20McKinney); [Northern Alabama, historical and biographical.., 1888, p. 389](https://archive.org/details/northernalabamah00birm/page/n389/mode/1up?q=Ivey%20McKinney); [Northern Alabama, historical and biographical.., 1888, p. 389](https://archive.org/details/northernalabamah00birm/page/n389/mode/1up?q=Ivey%20McKinney); 0 with the given name (Jane)
  8. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Ivey McKinney", inside historyofalabama01owen6 pages; first: [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, 1921, p. 198](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n198/mode/1up?q=Ivey%20McKinney); [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, 1921, p. 395](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n395/mode/1up?q=Ivey%20McKinney); [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, 1921, p. 469](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n469/mode/1up?q=Ivey%20McKinney); 0 with the given name (Jane)
  9. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Ivey McKinney", inside historyofwarrenc0000mrswnot searchable: historyofwarrenc0000mrsw (HISTORY OF WARREN COUNTY, GEORGIA, 1793-1974.) is a lending-library book: borrow it on archive.org and search it in a browser
  10. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Ivey McKinney", inside dardensofwilliam00dardno matches; 0 with the given name (Jane)
  11. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Jane Ivey McKinney", Alabama (1 page)Match (high): Norman, *Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia* (1956): "Jency Ivey, the daughter of Sampson Ivey of Warren Co., Ga. She was born March 4, 1797 Warren Co., Ga.; died May 17, 1851, Coosa Co., Ala." (p. 389); her parents Sampson and Millie Ivey, grandparents Adam and Mary (Peebles) Ivey; sister Charlotte Ivey married Seaborn Jones Thomas (pp. 52, 407). Conflicts: birthplace (tree Virginia), death date (tree 20 April 1851). [Maxwell genealogy record](../documents/1956-thomas-maxwell-mckinney-ivey.md).
  12. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Ivey McKinney" inside *Memorial Record of Alabama* (17 pages)Match (high): John N. Slaughter sketch (p. 740): Harris McKinney "married Jane Ivey" in Warren County, Ga.; "five children, two boys and three girls." [Memorial Record record](../documents/1893-memorial-record-mcadory-slaughter-harris-mckinney.md). Other hits are other Iveys (Barney and Malachi Ivey of Bullock, J. W. Ivey of Pike, Rev. W. R. Ivey).
  13. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Ivey McKinney" inside the Coosa history (none), *Northern Alabama* (5), Owen vol. 1 (6), Dardens (none); Warren County history (lending library)Not her: Elizabeth (Ivey) Denson of Russell County, Malachi Ivey. Warren County history is a to-do.
  14. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 7 searchesTwo matches (records written).
  15. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Jane Ivey McKinney"no matches
  16. 2026-11-09DPLA hits assessed: 1 searchNo hits; nothing to assess.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2S4L-W35: birth 4 Mar 1797, Virginia, no source attached back to the text
  2. Legacy NFS Source: Jane Jency Ivey - Family genealogies: birth-name: Jane Jency Ivey: Legacy NFS Source: Jane Jency Ivey - Family genealogies: birth-name: Jane Jency Ivey back to the text
  3. "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, Harris McKinney and Jency Ivy, 17 May 1810. Record: Harris McKinney and Jency Ivy, 17 May 1810 "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967", FamilySearch, Jency Ivy in entry for Harris McKinney, 17 May 1810. Record: Jency Ivy in entry for Harris McKinney, 17 May 1810 back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2S4L-W35: marriage 17 May 1810, Warren, Georgia "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, Harris McKinney and Jency Ivy, 17 May 1810. Record: no place in the citation back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2S4L-W35: birth 4 Mar 1797, no source attached "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, Harris McKinney and Jency Ivy, 17 May 1810. Record: 17 May 1810 back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L17F-HKQ (their page): birth 15 Dec 1813, Warren, Georgia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LZC1-NSW (their page): birth 15 Sep 1821, Alabama back to the text
  7. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Jane McKinny in entry for Harris McKinny, 1850. Record: Jane McKinny in entry for Harris McKinny, 1850 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2S4L-W35: residence 1850, Coosa, Alabama back to the text
  8. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Harris McKinney in entry for Jasper McKinney and Martha Bozeman, 01 Oct 1840. Record: Harris McKinney in entry for Jasper McKinney and Martha Bozeman, 01 Oct 1840 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LZC1-NSW (their page): marriage 1 Oct 1840, Coosa, Alabama FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L17F-HKQ (their page): residence 1850, Coosa FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHBP-LVV (their page): residence 1850, Coosa back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2S4L-W35: children of Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey McKinney back to the text
  10. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Eli McKinney in entry for Harris McKinney, 10 Jun 1908. Record: Eli McKinney in entry for Harris McKinney, 10 Jun 1908 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Sarah McKinney in entry for Harris McKinney, 10 Jun 1908. Record: Sarah McKinney in entry for Harris McKinney, 10 Jun 1908 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MPLT-6SB (their page): parents also given as Eli McKinney and Sarah Gresham, residence 1850 Chambers back to the text
  11. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Eli McKinney in entry for Harris McKinney, 10 Jun 1908. Record Research log (their page): open question: who were Eli's parents? back to the text
  12. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Minerva McKinny in entry for Patrick McKinney, 1850. Record: Minerva McKinny in entry for Patrick McKinney, 1850 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Manerva Mc Kiney in entry for Patrick Mc Kiney, 1860. Record: Manerva Mc Kiney in entry for Patrick Mc Kiney, 1860 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVP8-RLP (their page): born 18 Aug 1845, parents also given as Patrick McKinney and Minerva Moore FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2S4L-W35: born 1797 back to the text
  13. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2S4L-W35: death 20 Apr 1851, Coosa, Alabama, no source attached back to the text
  14. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 2S4L-W35: burial Socapatoy Cemetery, Kellyton, Coosa, Alabama "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Jane Ivey McKinney. Record: Jane Ivey McKinney, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  15. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LR8F-RG8 (their page): death 12 May 1864, Socapatoy, burial Socapatoy Cemetery "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Harris McKinney, 1864. Record: Harris McKinney, Find a Grave Index, 1864 back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Jane Ivey McKinney (5)
  1. 17 May 1810Jency Ivy, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  2. 17 May 1810Jency Ivy, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
  3. 1850Jane McKinny, "United States, Census, 1850"
  4. Jane Ivey McKinney, "Find a Grave Index"
  5. Legacy NFS Source: Jane Jency Ivey - Family genealogies: birth-name: Jane Jency Ivey