Children

INTERVIEW WITH MRS. POLLY NORTH:

151. b: 1797 in Tennessee

“I am 85 years old, was born in this county [Perry]. My father was a Wilder, my mother was Rhoda Sizemore [daughter of George 152. b: 1798

and Aggie]. The first preacher I ever heard was Chenault, a Baptist and he preached on Cutshin. William Mattingly was the first 153. b: 1799 in Virginia

school teacher. I remember he taught when I was a child. My grandmother’s maiden name was Aggie Shepherd. I remember to 154. b: 1800 in Tennessee

have heard my grandfather Sizemore say to her ‘Damn-an-it Shepherd I can’t stand you much longer’.”

155. b: 1801 in Virginia

INTERVIEW WITH PLEASIE WOODS AND DOROTHY JENKINS:

156. b: 1803

[George ‘Chief Of All’ Sizemore] “Was a prizefighter and was a huge dark, hairy man.” “Large hairy fellow prone to getting into 157. b: 1804 in Clay County, Kentucky

fights.”

158. b: 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky

159. b: 1806

COMMENTS ABOUT THESE INTERVIEWS BY JOHN DICKEY HIMSELF:

160. b: 1807 in Clay County, Kentucky

“Felix Begley tells me that old Aggie Sizemore, the wife of “Old George of All”, used to roast terrapins alive as the Indians used 161. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

to do. Other things he told me that I am sure she was the Cherokee instead of Sizemore. Old Aggie wanted to take a skull which 162. b: 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

was found under a cliff, for a soap dish.”

163. b: 1810 in Clay County, Kentucky

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