Anna Elizabeth (Hart) Sizemore (1751 - 1814)

Born 3 Feb 1751 in Cedar Creek, Hanover, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of George Sizemore — married 1770 in Rowan or Surry County, North Carolina Colony

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1814 at age 63 in Laurel Springs, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

The profile represents the wife of George Sizemore of Ashe Co., North Carolina.

That her given name was Anna is supported by ...

• A later record^[1] calls her "Aruna" which might be a misreading of "Anna".

That her given name was Elizabeth is support by...

• "Elizabeth" was the name of George Sizemore's widow in 1824.^[2]

Some [who?] theorize that Anna and Elizabeth were two separate women, possibly sisters.^{[citation needed]}

The she was the daughter of James Hart has been put forward due to a 1803 land deed between James Hart and George Sizemore.^[3]

She is estimated as having been born after 1750. [What sources or other evidence leads to this estimate?]

She is estimated to have marred George Sizemore [date?], based on... [what?]

She died... ^[4]

Children

List them here with citations supporting her being their mother (or George being their father).

Children included:

1. Catherine Elizabeth "Dolly" Sizemore (1770-1861);^{[citation needed]} m 1785 James Morgan Hart^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

"There [we]re multiple Eastern Cherokee applications [Annie Cook Bailey (10488), Jane Clifton (15166) Nellie C Jewell (17451), Elizabeth Rose (12452), Nancy Catherine Scites (13637), Calvin Sizemore (9089), John Sizemore (9086), Owen Sizemore (34423), Z T Sizemore (12455) that] are just a few of the individuals who claim George Sizemore's wife was Annie Hart, some of this particular George Sizemore's grandchildren. Children who descend from his son Owen Sizemore's son being Hiram Sizemore. This group tend to erroneously call George Sizemore "Edward". This group also makes the statement of his wife being Elizabeth Jackson.

"It was descendants of Hiram's son Amos who first made the claim Annie's name was Elizabeth. The oldest living daughter of Hiram Sizemore being Esther (Sizemore) Smith (12052) stated "I have been informed Edward's wife was called Elizabeth Jackson". Other descendants of Hiram Sizemore are Hiram Sizemore (9590), Phillip Shuridan Sizemore (9591).

"It was noted that Frank Sizemore (10133) was the first person to claim Aruna Hart as the name of Anna. I believe this is a reading error. and there was a spelling question happening on the original. It looks like he wanted to say "was" which was crossed though then a r ana Hart. In later statements he calls her Elizabeth.

"In Ashe County, North Carolina Minutes 1821-1830, microfilm 008195458 May Term, May 10, 1824 (image 164 and 169 of 511) Elizabeth Sisemore is listed as the widow of George Sisemore deceased. It is noted also from the Grayson County, Historical Society webpage New RiverNotes.com where they place a lot of their history. claimed George Sizemore and Annie Hart are husband and wife. "^[5]

Claims through 7th child George J. Sizemore b. 1797:

ECA # 10133 by Frank Sizemore of Pineville, Wyoming County, Virginia born 1867, son of John M. Sizemore and wife Millie Green. Says parents resided in Wyoming County [which state?] in 1851 and that his father died about 1894. Says his father John M. Sizemore was the son of George J. Sizemore and wife Jennie Baldwin, and that his mother Millie was the daughter of Polly Green. Lists children of grandparents George J. and Jennie Sizemore as Frank, Ned, Owen, Solomon, Joseph, and John M. Sizemore, and Oma Lambert, Jennie Cline, Reney Billips, Sess Milam, and Elizabeth Payne. Lists ancestry as My father John M. Sizemore, son of George J. Sizemore, son of Ned Sizemore Jr, son of George Sizemore, son of Ned Sizemore Sr., who is said to have been of Indian Blood but his wife was a Cherokee woman.

(RLB note: Frank erroneously lists his grandfather as the son of Ned Jr. who was really his [whose?] older brother.)

There is quite a bit of correspondence in support of this ECA and one letter in particular is of interest. It reads:

"Mr. Miller, the Sizemores of old man Ned, was the people that was actually entitled to that money tho we all got our blanks wrong. We claimed through his descent and we ought to have claimed through her descent. We all failed to give her Indian name and it was Aruna Hart. I suppose I had heard my grandfather G. J. Sizemore claimed the Indian Blood by his mother. He claimed her to be the Cherokee Indian. We are the people no doubts, but our application was wrong I suppose. Yours Truly, Frank Sizemore"

In another letter Frank writes:

"Mr. Guion Miller: My kind friend, will inform you that my great-grandfather sometime in the 19th century, he married this Cherokee squaw woman. Ed Sizemore was his name and Elizabeth Hart, if mistaken not, was her name...."

Update:

Joy Wright King reports that mtDNA from female descendants of both Georges reveals no native DNA.^{[citation needed]} This, therefore, discounts the theory that George's wife was Native American.

Sources

1. ↑ Correspondence associated with ECA #10133
2. ↑ Court minutes book for Ashe County, NC for court orders May Term 1824 (court was held on May 10, 1824). Document shows Elizabeth as the widow of George Sizemore. As researched by Cynthia Hofmeister. See attached document image
3. ↑ George Sizemore to James Hart, 100 acres being the South Side of Bakers Ridge… Crab Fork Prators Creek Filed of Record Ashe County Register’s Deed Book A, page 443, Dated April 20, 1803, proven May Term 1803, Showing Elisha Baldwin and Peter Hart as witnesses
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #118138140 Anna Elizabeth Sizemore
5. ↑ Research of Cynthia Hofmeister, shared on G2G