Ivy Belton Carwile Stockman’s Parents - Who were They?

While we know when IBC was born we do not have any record of who his parent were. Could there be a clue in his name? Dr. Ivy Finch was a doctor who lived near Pomaria in Newberry County, SC; Judge Belton O'Neal a contemporary was the author of The Annals of Newberry and John Brown Carwile was a teacher and Tax Collector in Newberry County all living there at the time IBC was born.

None of these men had any special connection to the Stockman Family, unless possibly one of them was related to the mother of IBC. It has been suggested by several Newberry County genealogical researchers that IBC might be a son of John Henry Stockman (Henry Stockman, Ingle Stockman the immigrant) but no proof of this has been found. Circumstantial evidence supports this theory.

John Henry Stockman married Mary Magdalena Wheeler and they had a son Leander Stockman who was born 4 Oct 1831 and died 16 Dec 1858. He is buried in the Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Newberry Co, SC and when IBC died he was buried ... more.

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