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d. of Louannah’s father was and her mother was . Her paternal grandparents were and She was an only child. She died at the age INDIAN NED SIZEMORE THE LEGEND AND THE LEGACY,

of 40 in 1820 in .

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m. Jr.

Nicknames: “Ned ;“Sixkillers”, “Tory; Ned”, “Ned Sizemore”

Edward Ned was born in 1778 in . He died at the age of 78 on November 27th, 1856 in .

Birthdate: circa 1730

[Edward Edward “Ned” Sizemore, Sr.

Birthplace: Mecklenburg, VA, USA

(c.1730 - 1810)

Death: Died 1810 in Mecklenburg, VA, USA

Few researchers encounter as much challenge in separating fact from legend as does the Sizemore family researcher. For over

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two hundred years there has been a widespread tradition of Cherokee Indian ancestry in multiple branches of the Sizemore family.

̆ Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.

This writer works on the premise of “Where there’s smoke, There’s fire”. As such I strongly believe that there are one or more Indian connections in various branches of this family. BUT, I have NOT succeeded in proving the exact individual and generation

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where the Indian blood line enters this family.

̆ Name: Edward SIZEMORE

We do know that the Sizemore name is of English origin and that William and Martha Sizemore were in Charles City, VA

(near Jamestown) as early as 1619. Sizemore records in Virginia have not been located by this compiler from the time of William

̆ Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE

and Martha until more than 80 years later when a Margery Sizemore witnessed a will in 1712 in Henrico County, VA. No further

̆ Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE

information on Virginia Sizemores has been located until William Sizemore pays for a survey in Henrico County in 1736. This 1712 Margery and 1736 William appear to be of the same Sizemore group that is then found in 1741 Lunenburg Co, VA and leaves

̆ Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia

plentiful records thereafter.

̆ Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia

There is a record of a Jacob Sisemore or Visemore in Craven Co, NC in 1707; then in 1716, a Samuel Sizemore appears in Chowan County, NC records. Samuel is found in several land transactions in 1719-1720, but was deceased by 1723 when his

̆ Birth: 1778 in North Carolina

widow remarried. He did leave one or more sons who carried on the Chowan County Sizemore name. I have found no evidence to 69

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