SIZEMORE
Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE , Sr.
John Sizemore (1770 - 1850)*
Sex: M
Winifred Minerva (Winnie) Sizemore Begley (1772 - 1855)*
Name: Edward SIZEMORE
George Goldenhawk Sizemore (1783 - 1864)*
Name: Edward “Ned” SIZEMORE
Henry Hunting Shirt Sizemore (1790 - ____)*
Name: Edward B. “Ned” SIZEMORE
Burial: Napier-Sizemore-Begley Cemetery Dryhill Leslie County Kentucky, USA
Birth: 1778 in Shenandoah, Prince Williams County, Virginia
Created by: Brittany Marschalk Record added: Mar 30, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 25642915 the following infromation from: Birth: ABT 1778 in Prince Williams County, Virginia
(more indepth info there too)
Birth: 1778 in North Carolina
Edward “Old Ned” Sizemore1; born prior to 1725; possibly died 1780; is first found in Lunenburg, VA records in 1746. He Birth: 1778 in Shanandoah County, Virginia
apparently remained in Virginia for at least three years to 1749, then possibly moved to South Carolina for about 15 years, then Death: 27 MAY 1856 in Perry County, Kentucky
to Georgia for about 8 years, then was on a Surry Co, NC Tax List in 1774, and in Virginia signing a loyalty oath in 1776, and in Death: 27 NOV 1856 in Clay County, Kentucky
court there for his Tory activities in 1779. Records indicate that Ned, and his sons Owen and George were apparently Tories during b: 1751 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
the Revolutionary War, and it is possible that Ned was “the Tory Sizemore” hung by Col. Benjamin Cleveland in Wilkesboro, m:
NC in 1780. Virginia records show that Edward Sizemore was closely connected with the Green, Griffin and Jackson families.
b: 1755 in Cherokee Nation, North Carolina
George Sizemore is said to be the earliest Sizemore in Southeastern Kentucky, and the father of all our line - hence the name About George Sizemore
‘Of All’ . There are many legends about him. The most famous story is that he was the half-breed son (born about 1750) of a white Notes for GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE: [FAMILY LORE, NO FACTS TO PROVE OR DISPROVE – MEZ]
woman and a Cherokee Indian Chief, and that George’s wife, Aggie Shepherd, was a full blooded Cherokee who had been taken GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE WAS AN INDIAN KIDNAPPED BY MISTAKE ABOUT 1750 AND RAISED BY A FAMILY NAMED
accidentally from her village when a white raiding party, intending to rescue a white girl who had been kidnapped by the Indians, CORNETT. YES, GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE WAS THE GRANDSON OF WILLIAM EFRAIM AND WINIFRED GREENE SIZEMORE.
mistook Aggie for white and ‘rescued’ her as well.
THE STORY GOES THAT GEORGE WAS NAMED ALL BY HIS MOTHER TO REMIND HIM THAT HE WAS ALL INDIAN.
THE STORY GOES THAT GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE’S MOTHER WAS TAKEN TO THE INDIAN CAMP, WHEN SHE WAS RESCUED
George and “Aggie” had 12 children, including Aaron “Chief Red Bird” Brock’s second wife.
AND RETURNED TO HUSBAND EDWARD SIZEMORE, SHE HAD THIS CHILD GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE, SUPPOSEDLY THE
George Edward was a full-blooded Cherokee. Married: 1770 in Cherokee Nation, Tryon Co (now Mecklenburg Co), NC
SON OF A INDIAN CHIEF. GEORGE WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF SIZEMORE , THUS THE REASON FOR THE NAME OF ALL TO
Some of the early Sizemore settlers in America intermarried with various Native American tribes and recent DNA
REMIND HIM HE WAS ALL INDIAN.
tests have proven that all descendant of the “George &Agnes(Shepherd-Cornett) Sizemore” lineage are definitely part George’s mother, Elizabeth was the daughter of Chief Bear Hart alias William Jackson, a white name taken by Chief Bear Hart.
Native American, though it is yet unknown as to what degree of or from what Tribe of (although some-not-all say George More About GEORGE ALL SIZEMORE: Ethnicity/Relig.: Halfblood Indian Fact: 1790, Voter list, Hawkins Co., Tenn.
was half Cherokee and Aggie was full Creek). George Sizemore is said to be the earliest Sizemore in Southeastern Kentucky, More About AGNESS (AGGIE) SHEPHERD: Fact: Sephardic Jewish surname
and the father of all Sizemores. There are many legends about him. The most famous story is that he was the half-breed son (born about 1750) of a white woman and a Cherokee Indian Chief, and that George’s wife, Aggie Shepherd, was a full blooded Children of GEORGE SIZEMORE and AGNESS SHEPHERD are:
Cherokee who had been taken accidentally from her village when a white raiding party, intending to rescue a white girl who had
• iJOHN ROCKHOUSE6 SIZEMORE, b. 1776; d. 1839.
been kidnapped by the Indians, mistook Aggie for white and ‘rescued’ her as well . These stories have no official records to back
• iiRUTH SIZEMORE, b. 1787; m. JOHN JONES; b. 1788.
them up, but there is enough anecdotal evidence to suggest that they are at least partly true.
• iii.WINFRED (WINNIE) SIZEMORE, b. 1772; d. September 20, 1855, Perry Co., Ky.; m. WILLIAM BAGLEY; d.
“Old George of All” was a hairy man and a prize fighter. He wounded William TWITTY in a fight, so that he died. SIZEMORE
September 20, 1851.
nursed TWITTY and would cry and tell him he had nothing against him, asking him to fight him again if he got well. SIZEMORE
• iv.EDWARD (NED) SIZEMORE, b. Abt. 1778, Shenandoah, Page Co., Va.; d. November 27, 1856, Clay Co., Ky.; m.
is a Cherokee Indian name. He is said to be half or more Indian. The SIZEMORES are very numerous in the mountains. The LOUANNA BOLLING; b. Abt. 1780.
SIZEMORES settled first on Middle Fork, they went to Clay, Floyd, and other counties
• More About LOUANNA BOLLING:
Buried at Cemetary at the mouth of Cutshin Creek with Aggie (just where Ben Begley thought they were.)
• Fact: Said to go back to Mataoka (Pocahontas)
In another part of the area, the Cherokee Indians had also captured a white girl. One Indian Chief, seeing her beauty, became
• v.GEORGE SAMUEL (GOLDENHAWK) SIZEMORE, b. 1783, Washington Co., N.C. (Tenn.); d. May 06, 1864,
desirous of possessing her for his own, and took her into his teepee. However his love was short-lived, for the girl’s brothers made Magoufin Co., Ky..
pursuit and brought the girl back to her own people, but under her heart she carried the child of the Indian Chief. This child was
• vi.SUSAN SIZEMORE, b. 1784, Va.; m. JOHN E. BOWLING; b. 1777.
given the name George All Sizemore. (INFORMATION FROM PLEASIE WOODS (deceased).
• vii.RHODA SIZEMORE, b. Abt. 1790.
ACCORDING TO THE “CLAY COUNTY ANCESTRAL NEWS” 6-1991, IN AN article from the John J. Dickey Diary, an inter-
• viii.HENRY “HUNTING SHIRT” SIZEMORE, b. 1791; d. Abt. 1875, Clay Co., Ky..
view with Felix T. Begley, Bull Creek, Kentucky, March 27, 1898 When George All grew to manhood he married the Indian girl
• ix.JAMES SIZEMORE, b. 1771.
whom Mr. Cornett had raised. George All and Agnes Shepherd thus became the progenitors of the Leslie County Sizemores. Their
• x.MARGARET ESTHER SIZEMORE.
children were Henry, John, Edward, George, Sally Ann (who married Eli Couch) Minerva ‘Winnie” who married William “Bill”
• xi.ARAH (SALLY) ANN SIZEMORE, m. ELI COUCH.
Begley, Rhoda who married a Roberts and a Wilder, Ruth who married John Jones, and Susan who married a Bowling.”
Much DNA testing has been done on known George All descendants. Through these tests it has been proven scientifically that Birth: 1750 Halifax County Virginia, USA Death: 1822 Leslie County Kentucky, USA
George carried Native American blood. Exactly how much, from what tribe, and when that blood entered the line, is not known.
Family links:
Court records from Tyron County, North Carolina show that George Sizemore was, in 1771, through process of litigation, made Children:
the executor of the estate of “William Shepherd, deceased.” William was likely the father of Sizemore’s wife Aggie Shepherd.
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