Jesse Sizemore (abt. 1795 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1795 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dianna (Stephens) Sizemore — married 1810 in Burke, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died after 1860 after about age 65 in South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Jesse Sizemore was born about 1795, son of Ephraim Sizemore and Winifred Hart.^{[citation needed]} [Find Ephraim's 1836 Spartanburg, South Carolina probate records which supposedly names son Jesse.]

The evidence that Jesse is a son of Ephraim is found in Ephraim's probate, transcribed below.

Spartanburg Co., SC Probate File 334 - EPHRAIM SIZEMORE Petition of STEPHEN SIZEMORE - EPHRAIM SIZEMORE late of Spartanburg District, died leaving the following children - towit JOHN SIZEMORE, JESSE SIZEMORE, RICHARD SIZEMORE, EPHRAIM SIZEMORE, SUSAN SIZEMORE (crossed out), SALLY KITCHEN's children and ANNA SMITH, together with your petitioner. 104A land in said District subject to partition and distribution among the above named heirs. The petitioner has purchased the interest and shares of ROBERT SMITH, the husband of ANNA, and also from JESSE SIZEMORE and JOHN SIZEMORE.

In 1810, he was enumerated as Jesse Scismore in Burke Co., North Carolina.^[1]

The 1820 census record for all eastern counties of Tennessee were lost.^[2]

By 1822, Jesse had moved to Carter County, Tennessee.^[3][4]

In 1830, he was still in Carter Co., Tennessee.

In 1840, he was enumerated on the Greenville Co., South Carolina census.^[5]

In 1850, he was enumerated in Watauga Co., NC with his second wife Margaret.^[6]

In 1860, he was enumerated in Spartanburg, South Carolina with his third wife Mary "Polly".^[7]

He was married three times:

1. Jesse and Dianna had 7 children.
2. Jesse and Margaret had 4 children.
3. Jesse and Polly had 3 children.

Children included:

• Edward, b abt 1835 NC
• William, b abt 1836 NC
• Sophia, b abt 1842 NC
• James, b abt 1844 NC
• Lucinda, b abt 1848 NC

Research Notes

The following is from Joy (Wright) King, former WikiTree member and direct descendant of Jesse and his third wife Polly, former profile manager of this profile.

• This Jesse did *not* have a middle name!
• His death date is unknown, but it’s highly likely he died in SC.
• mtDNA testing has proven that Dianna Stephens (Jesse's 1st wife) is not the same person as Mary "Polly" (--?--) Jesse's 3rd wife! See FTDNA Sizemore DNA results:

# 520237 Margaret (--?--) Sizemore [Jesse's 2nd wife]

#134211 Sarah C. (Sizemore) Wright [dau of Polly (--?--) Jesse's 3rd wife]

About 1907, Jesse's grandson, James Sizemore submitted an application to be considered Eastern Cherokee; about Jesse, it said:

ECA #30986 is the application of a man named James Sizemore. James stated that he was the son of John J Sizemore and Elizabeth Reynolds ... He only knew the names of two grandparents, Jesse Sizemore on his father's side (whom he claimed had lived to be 115 and died in the early 1840s) and Sooky Toney on his mother's side. He listed his father's [Sizemore] siblings [therefore offspring of Jesse] as Ephraim, Edward, Alfred, and William, all of Granville, South Carolina and all also dead by 1907.^[8]

Note: the "died in the early 1840s" is inaccurate since we find Jesse in census records through 1860.

Note: the ECA states the location is "Granville, South Carolina". This is an error on the part of the submitter of the ECA. In 1798 Granville Co, SC was abolished. The ECA submitter meant to identify the location of Greenville, SC. https://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/granville_county_original.html

Sources

1. ↑ 1810 Burke Co., NC census p.113B. See also: "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY8-SNNG?cc=1803765&wc=QZZZ-9Z4%3A1588179904%2C1588182824%2C1588182823 : 1 December 2015), North Carolina > Burke > Morganton > image 25 of 63; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)..
2. ↑ Research of Joy (Wright) King
3. ↑ Carter Co., TN. Minutes of the Court of Please & Quarter Sessions, Carter Co.,TN Min. Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Vol.3 1821-1826 [Film]; as researched by Joy (Wright) King [seeking full citations for these]
4. ↑ Carter Co.,TN Clerk's Office Min. Book Vol.4 1826-1829 [film] as researched by Joy (Wright) King
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBM-BG?cc=1786457&wc=31SK-6TT%3A1588669885%2C1588670128%2C1588665902 : 24 August 2015), South Carolina > Greenville > Not Stated > image 152 of 216; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). p.269 H. Lester District
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCY9-BMS?cc=1401638&wc=95RS-92Q%3A1031311901%2C1032824001%2C1032824002 : 9 April 2016), North Carolina > Watauga > Watauga county > image 61 of 80; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Watauga Co., NC p.138A Ancestry image 61
7. ↑ 1860 census Spartanburg Co., SC Southern District P.O. Sparta. Cannot find on familysearch.
8. ↑ Eastern Cherokee Application #30986, Application of James Sizemore; M-1104/Role 249; thanks to Kathie Forbes for doing this look up and extracting the data.

See also:

• http://person.ancestry.com/tree/100197582/person/340001088754/facts
• S-K Publications 1830-1840 Census Carter Co.,TN