George Sizemore
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George Sizemore (abt. 1750 - bef. 1824)

George "of Ashe NC" Sizemore
Born about in Lunenburg County, Virginiamap [uncertain]
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Died before before about age 74 in Ashe, North Carolina, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

This profile represents George Sizemore of Ashe Co., North Carolina.[2],[3]

He is distinct from George "All" Sizemore of Kentucky.
He is also distinct from George Sizemore of Stokes Co., North Carolina (listed in the 1790 US Federal Census[4] and is deceased prior to 1812).[citation needed] George Sizemore of Ashe Co., NC. was clearly still alive in 1820 as shown by the 1820 US federal population census.[5]
Some refer to him as "George Edward Sizemore." See Research Notes below.
He is believed to be son of Edward "Old Ned" Sizemore. See below.

Origins

George Sizemore was supposedly born in 1750 in Lunenberg [based on what?]...

That he was son of Edward (aka Old Ned) Sizemore (who may have been the "Tory Sizemore" executed in 1780 by Benjamin Cleveland in Wilkes Co., North Carolina[6] is supported by the following:

  • evidence that he was brother to Owen and Edward Sizemore (both of whom a) can be tied to Edward/Old Ned and b) removed to Hawkins, Tennessee) [citation needed] If George was the brother of Owen and Edward, then his direct male descendants will have the Q1a3a Y-DNA haplogroup.

One researcher believes that George, before moving to Ashe Co., North Carolina, had lived in Montgomery, Virginia. His son Edward B. Sizemore in 1860 US Fed. Census indicates he was born in Grayson, VA. his est. birth being 1788.[citation needed] Grayson was established out of Montgomery Co., Virginia. In addition, one George Sizemore is shown as paying taxes along there with Owen Sizemore, a supposed brother.[citation needed]

Disputed claims about his origins include:

  • Some online trees, without source, claim he was born in Greenbriar, Chesterfield County, Virginia (now Halifax County, Virginia)[citation needed]
  • Others claim he was from Cherokee, North Carolina.
25 October 1888 Deposition of Elisha Blevins stating Edward/Ned Sizemore emigrated from the Cherokee Reservation ["reservation" has ink blot] NC.[7] Cindy Hofmeister, a Sizemore researcher, does not believe the area pertains to an actual county rather an area as shown by French Map ''Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi]: dressée sur un grand nombre de mémoires entrautres sur ceux de Mr. le Maire, 1718 located at the Library of Congress [1] accessed 12/21/2022
  • He was claimed by many 1906 applications for Cherokee lands to have been Cherokee or son of a Cherokee. All applications were denied. That he had Native origins is suggested by DNA results:
    • The 2005-2012 Melungeon DNA Project [8] studied the DNA and genealogy of descendants of 11 families who settled in Hawkins County, Tennessee, about 1800. The only descendants in the study whose DNA showed a Native American ancestor were the descendants of Edward (d. abt. 1810) and Owen Sizemore (d. abt. 1839) who had a Native American Y-DNA haplogroup ( Q1a3a) and who are believed to be descendants of Edward "Old Ned" Sizemore, and brothers to this George.
  • A previous version of this profile claimed, citing only an unsourced family tree, that George's mother was supposedly Elizabeth, the daughter of Chief Bear Hart (with adopted white name of William Jackson. [9]
  • At no time in any record has there been evidence or reference to George Sizemore (of Ashe Co., NC) being originally of Halifax, Virginia.[10] However, Halifax County was not formed until 17 APR 1752, and was formed from Lunenburg County, so without knowing the exact location of his birth, and if 1750 is his correct birth year, it would be possible that he was born in the area that was to become Halifax County after his birth.
There was a George Sizemore in Halifax, son of John Sizemore of the same place; but he appears to have remained in and died there in 1809.[citation needed]


Marriage and Offspring

This George Sizemore married Anna[citation needed] or Elizabeth.[11] -- some believe her maiden name was Hart due to an 1803 land sale between George and a neighbor, James Hart.[12]

The name of his wife at the time of his death was Elizabeth. We seek sources or evidence that her last name was Hart and/or that her first name was Ann.

George was said to have six children:[13] These need confirming.

  1. Lydia Sizemore (*);[14] married James Blevins
  2. Sarah "Sally" Sizemore,(*)[15] m Elias Osborne
  3. Edward B. Sizemore aka Ned Sizemore,(*)[16][17] m Annie Baldwin
  4. Elizabeth Sizemore,(*)[18]; m Rev. Solomon Stamper
  5. Owen Sizemore,(*)[19] m Rebecca Anderson
  6. George J. Sizemore(*)[20]; m Jennie Baldwin.[21]
  7. Catherine Sizemore(*) m James Hart

Those with "(*)" agree with the research of Joy Wright King.

Land

1793 May 1, State of North Carolina to George Sisemore, 100 acres on Praters Creek a branch of S Fork of the New River. [22]

1794 December 6, State of North Carolina to George Sizemore 100 acres on Praters Creek a branch of South Fork of the New River.[23]

1795 November 30, State of North Carolina to George Sisemore 100 acres lying and being in the county of Wilkes…crossing a branch of Crab Fork of Prators Creek Wilkes County, North Carolina.[24]

1798 April 28, George Sizemore to John Cox 34 acres taken from Sizemore’s 100 acre tract Ashe County, North Carolina.[25]

1799 April 2, State of North Carolina Land Grant No. 186 to George Sizemore 200 acres on the waters of Prators Creek of New River Wilkes County, North Carolina.[26]

1800 November 15, George Sizemore to Thomas McGinsey 66 acres on Prators Creek in Ashe County, North Carolina.[27]

1801 September 29, State of North Carolina Land Grant No. 338 to George Sizemore 100 acres South Fork Waters of New River of Prators Creek Ashe County, North Carolina.[28]

1803 April 20 George Sizemore to James Hart 100 acres South Side Bakers ridge Crossing Crab Fork of Prators Creek Ashe County, North Carolina.[12]

1808 March 10, George Sizemore to Stephen Hart 50 acres Ashe County, North Carolina.[29]

1808 November 8, Charles Lewis to George Sisemore 200 acres Ashe County, North Carolina.[30]

1814 July 27, George Sizemore to Daniel Jones 30 acres on Prators Creek Ashe County, North Carolina.[31]

1814 November 8, State of North Carolina Land Grant No 911 to George Sisemore 150 acres, On Cranberry Creek & Dicks Branch Ashe County, North Carolina. Entry No 2752, issued November 27, 1816.[32]

Owned land on Prathers Creek, Piney Creek, Alleghy County, North Carolina (formerly Wilkes/Ashe) [citation needed]

Death and Burial

George Sizemore died after the 1820 census[5] and prior to 10 May 1824 in Ashe County, North Carolina.[33][11]

Note that at the time of George's death, Allegheny, North Carolina was not yet established).

In an Allegheny history book, there is a grave of the original Sizemore buried on the farm. He is the only one who lived and died there.[citation needed] [What farm?]

Research Notes

Skipped Generation?

According to Ron Blevin's discussion paper, the vast majority of ECAs filed by descendants of his ancestor Lydia Sizemore Blevins and most of her siblings failed to mention Lydia's father George Sizemore [this profile] and claim that she was the daughter of Ned Sizemore, skipping a generation.

Some ECAs incorrectly identify Lydia as the daughter of Owen Sizemore (her younger brother). This error appears to originate in Affidavits provided by Elisha Blevins, Elizabeth Blevins, and others in Cherokee Reinstatement Applications of 1888, 1892, 1894.[34]

George Edward Sizemore?

Many online trees call this man "George Edward Sizemore." Ron Blevins in his 1998 study of the family says this:

"Researchers will find that many descendants today refer to this George and Anna as George Edward and Annie Elizabeth. In the first edition of this Discussion Paper, I listed those middle names and may have failed to remove them in some places in this update. Joy King who is the most thorough Sizemore researcher with whom I have the pleasure to work, has pointed out the fact that middle names were extremely rare at the time when George and Anna were born, ca. 1750, and in fact illegal in the Church. Further I have been unable to find a single instance of use of the name Edward or George Edward in any records. Additionally I consider it very possible that George is a younger brother of the Edward Sizemore # 23 herein who died in Hawkins Co, TN by 1810. I would guess that this practice of referring to George as George Edward comes from a few ECA's filed by descendants of his second youngest child Owen Sizemore which make reference to Owen's father as Ned Sizemore, saying "claimed by some that Ned is nickname for George Edward. Several ECA's use the name of his wife interchangeably as Anna Hart or Elizabeth Hart, leading this researcher to wonder if he was possibly married to two Hart sisters named Anna and Elizabeth.)"[35]


Sources

  1. ↑ Sizemore DNA Results (FamilyTreeDNA)
  2. ↑ 1790 USA Census of Stokes County, North Carolina; on FamilySearch database with images (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-ZBX : accessed 11 Mar 2021) citing NARA#M637; roll#7; FHL#568,147; p541; for George Sizemore
  3. ↑ 1800 USA Census of Morgan, Ashe County, North Carolina; on FamilySearch database with images (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-J3T : accessed 28 Mar 2016) citing NARA#M32; roll#29; image#51; p87; for George Sizemore & wife @45+ with 4 children; Ancestry Record 7590 #308868
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY8-34SN?cc=1803959&wc=22HB-Y6S%3A1584071002%2C1584071014%2C1584070607 : 14 October 2022), North Carolina > Stokes > Not Stated > image 2 of 13; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 1820 Census of Ashe County, North Carolina; on FamilySearch database with images (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL3-RQ1 : accessed 28 Mar 2016)
  6. ↑ Letter in Draper Manuscript collection; more citation details needed
  7. ↑ Applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, relating to enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes under the Act of 1896 : NARA, M1650 (RG 75), William W. Baldwin application file 794, Note: This affidavit is a digitized copy of the same 1888 deposition of Elisha Blevins mentioned by William H. Blevins "Chief of White Top Cherokee" in his Sizemore deposition of 1908
  8. ↑ Final report at melungeon
  9. ↑ Jewel-M-Butts-2 Family tree (unsourced) on Genealogy.com; Appalacion Connections; better source sought
  10. ↑ As implied by Chapter 1 Sizemore Legend and Fact a Discussion Paper Excerpted from Indian Ned Sizemore The Legend and the Legacy, by Ron Blevins Sep 1998, 1st Revision Oct 1998, 2nd Rev.1999, 3rd Rev. 1999, Showing # 21 George Sizemore born ca. 1750 probably in Halifax Co., Virginia.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 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
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 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
  13. ↑ Fold3.com, Eastern Cherokee Application-ECA 9048 Virginia Sizemore Cline of Vaughan, Nicholas Co., WV, b. 1836, daughter of George J. Sizemore and Jinney Baldwin, showing grandparents as George and Elizabeth Sizemore and their children as Lydia Sizemore, Sarah Ann Sizemore, Ned or Edward Sizemore, Elizabeth Sizemore, Owen Sizemore, and George J. Sizemore her father
  14. ↑ Virginia Cline - ECA 9048 Showing Lydia as a daughter of George and Elizabeth Sizemore
  15. ↑ Virginia Cline - ECA 9048 Showing Sarah Ann as a daughter of George and Elizabeth Sizemore
  16. ↑ Fold3.com, Eastern Cherokee Application "ECA" # 12455 (see #41553) for Z.T. [Zachariah Taylor] SIZEMORE of Diana, Webster County, West Virginia, born 28 Nov 1848, Wyoming County, Virginia, now West Virginia, son of Tobias SIZEMORE and Lydia MITCHELL gives ancestry as father Tobias Sizemore who was the son of Edward (or Ned) Sizemore whose father's name was George Sizemore Great grandfather his father's name being Edward or Ned Sizemore the great-great grandfather.
  17. ↑ Virginia Sizemore Cline - ECA 9048 showing Ned or Edward Sizemore as the son of George and Elizabeth Sizemore
  18. ↑ Virginia Sizemore Cline - ECA 9048 showing Elizabeth as a daughter of George and Elizabeth Sizemore
  19. ↑ Virginia Sizemore Cline - ECA 9048 showing Owen Sizemore as the son of George and Elizabeth Sizemore
  20. ↑ Virginia Sizemore Cline - ECA 9048 showing her father George J. Sizemore as the son of George and Elizabeth Sizemore
  21. ↑ Fold3.com Eastern Cherokee Application ECA #13329 Owen J. Sizemore, showing parents as George J, Sizemore and Jenny BAULDIN gives ancestry as father George J. Sizemore a son of George Sizemore and George Sizemore a son of old Ned Sizemore.
  22. ↑ Chapter 2 - Sizemore Legend and Facts by Ron Blevins, pg 101, citing 1793, File # 1134, Warrant Entry #286 dated May 1, 1793, Grant # 1329 dated December 6, 1794
  23. ↑ Family Search.org Wilkes County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, Vol A1-B1 1778-1896, Film 20132, Filed of Record in Wilkes County Register’s Deed Book B1, page 475 and 473, State of North Carolina Land Grant No 1329.
  24. ↑ Family Search.org Wilkes County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, Vol D 1796-1799, Film 20133, Filed of Record in Wilkes County Register’s Deed Book D, page 413, State of North Carolina Land Warrant No. 7545
  25. ↑ George Sizemore to John Cox, Being 34 acres taken off of 100 acre tract of Sizemores Filed of Record in Wilkes County Register’s Deed Book D, page 347, Dated April 28 1798, proven April Term 1798
  26. ↑ State of North Carolina Land Grant 186, Entry No. 440 Entered April 2, 1799, issued 23 November 1801. Showing the land in Ashe County, North Carolina identifying Elias Baldwin and Peter Hart as chain carriers
  27. ↑ George Sizemore to Thomas McGinsey Being 66 acres of land on Prators Creek, Ashe County, North Carolina. Filed Ashe County Register’s Deed Book V, page 478, Dated: November 15, 1800, Proven: November Term 1811
  28. ↑ State of North Carolina Land Grant 338, Entry No. 459 Entered September 29 1801, issued December 14, 1802. Identifying land on Brushy Fork of Prators Creek. Showing Elisha Baldwin and Edward Sizemore as chain carriers
  29. ↑ George Sisemore to Stephen Hart, 50 acres being the South Side of Bakers Ridge… Crab Fork Prators Creek Filed of Record Ashe County Register’s Deed Book D, page 232, Dated March 10, 1808 , proven August Term 1810
  30. ↑ Charles Lewis to George Sisemore, Being 200 acres on The low North of Elk Ridge… Filed of Record Ashe County Register’s Deed Book D, page 85, Dated November 8, 1808, proven November Term 1808.
  31. ↑ George Sizemore to Daniel Jones being 30 acres Filed of Record Ashe County Register’s Deed Book M-2, page 223, Dated July 27, 1814, proven November Term 1814
  32. ↑ State of North Carolina Land Grant 911, Entry No. 2752 for 150 acres in Ashe County North Carolina to George Sisemore Entered November 8, 1814, issued November 27, 1816. Identifying land on Cranberry Creek & Dicks Branch, Showing Wells Blevins and George Sizemore as chain carriers
  33. ↑ FamilySearch.org, (Database with images) Ashe County, North Carolina Court Minutes 1821-1826, microfilm 008195458, Image 164 of 511; accessed 12/27/2022. Showing Elizabeth Sisemore as widow of George Sisemore. Image 160 of 511 showing date of court as 10 May 1824.
  34. ↑ Some of these affidavits may be located in Reinstatement applications for John Blevins 756, John Baldwin 57, J.C. Baldwin 58, Elizabeth Hurley 489, OP Hart 59, Riley Blevins 3100, etc., link
  35. ↑ SIZEMORE Legend & Fact pdf by Roy Blevins

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Jennifer Campbell
On the part in the biography that reads as follows: "There was a separate George Sizemore, son of John Sizemore who was of Halifax Co., Virginia.[citation needed] This George appears to have moved to Stokes Co., North Carolina where he is listed in the 1790 US Federal Census and is deceased prior to 1812.[citation needed]" I think it is very unlikely, though not impossible, George Sizemore of Halifax was the person listed in Stokes, NC. George's sons Burgess Byrd, b. 1786, and Anderson Perry, b. 1794, list their birthplace as Virginia in later censuses. George's brothers, Joseph and John, were later in Stokes making some connection to that location for the Halifax, VA family, but it seems more likely that it was another George Sizemore, not George of Halifax, who is enumerated in Stokes in 1790.
posted by Jennifer Campbell
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Thanks for this, Jennifer. I concur with you. I cleaned up the narrative and added the link to George Sizemore, son of John and of Halifax, VA. It does appear he remained there.

I don't think we have a profile for the George Sizemores of Stokes.

I did some additional cleanup.

I'd love it if someone who understands DNA could add a DNA section under Research Notes, pulling together the DNA bits that are scattered throughout the narrative.

And there are still some "citation needed" scattered throughout. If you or others can help with that, that would be great.

Thanks.

posted by Jillaine Smith
Jennifer Campbell
I find one thing in the biography that still creates confusion. It is for citation #10. "At no time in any record has there been evidence or reference to George Sizemore (of Ashe Co., NC) being originally of Halifax, Virginia.[10]" As Lilly Martin has already stated, Halifax was created from Lunenburg in 1752. If this George had been born in 1750 in Lunenburg, and the *exact* location of his birth is unknown, it could very well have been what was just shortly later Halifax, making that statement in the biography just add to the confusion created by same places being known by different names depending on the time frame due to county formations. Maybe it could clear up some confusion to note which counties were formed out of Lunenburg County (which was originally very large) over the years and include Halifax (1752), Mecklenburg (1764), Charlotte (1764) and then Pittsylvania (also used in some Sizemore biographies) was created from Halifax in 1766. I think a lot of confusion results from possibly being the same location but different people using the current county vs. what it was at the time, or even what it was called at just one other point in history. https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Virginia_County_Creation_Dates_and_Parent_Counties
posted by Jennifer Campbell
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Jennifer, good point. Would you be willing to rewrite that section?

I'm recovering from bronchitis (and the side effects of the antibiotics) and don't feel all that well, plus, I think you really understand this better.

Thanks in advance... (I hope)

posted by Jillaine Smith
Martin-17123 Lilly Martin
I am a Sizemore researcher. I have tied the OSBORNE origins with the SIZEMORE origins in Virginia, and later in Ashe Co NC. Same families, smae migration route, and two separate marriages establish this connection.

I believe that Ephraim Osborn-2384 is the son of John Osborne born about 1690 at Henrico Co, VA and who bought 400 acres at Amelia Co VA in 1738 along side the William Sizemore-380 family who also bought there in 1737.

http://www.directlinesoftware.com/Pool/nottoway.txt

This is just WEST of the city of Richmond, VA.

The Sizemore family left there in 1741 to settle at Wynne's Creek, Banister River, Brunswick Co VA, which became Lunenburg Co in 1746, and finally Halifax Co VA in 1752.

I believe the Osborne family also left Amelia Co VA and settled simiarliy with the Sizemore family, and furthermore, when members of the Sizemore family, such as George Sizemore-29 left Virginia to settle at Ashe Co VA, they were still with the same Osborn family.

Ephraim Osborne-2336 married Mary Brock-3920, d/o Susannah Sizemore-2528, d/o Henry Sizemore-691, s/o William Sizemore-380 who bought his land in Amelia Co VA long with John Osborne, as I previously described. Ephraim Osborne-2336, s/o Ephraim Osborne-2384

Sarah A. Sizemore, d/o George Sizemore-29, married Elias Osborne-3911, s/o Jonathan Osborne-1310, s/o Ephraim Osborne-2384

George Sizemore-29, s/o Edward Sizemore-38, s/o Henry Sizemore-691, s/o William Sizemore-380 and Margery Owen-4843

I would suggest any dedicated Osborne researchers comb records in Amelia Co VA in the 1730-50 period looking for land bought and sold, next go through records of land on Wynne's Creek, Banister River, which was Lunenburg Co VA in 1746, but became Halifax Co VA in 1752. It remains Halifax still today. This is on the NC-VA border, just north of the present town of Halifax, VA which sits just North of the city South Boston.

I imagine you will find an Osborne family there, a son or grandson of the man I mention in Amerlia Co VA, and that Osborne man or men, would be the ones in the 1770-80 period give or take left Virginia and went due West to Ashe Co NC and set up household, and the rest is history.

In other words, the Sizemore family in Ashe Co NC is originally from Wynne's Creek, Banister River, VA and settled in Ashe Co NC. It is there that the Sizemore family and Osborne family had 2 separate marriages.

Best regards, Lilly Martin (descendant of John Swindle, Jr of Cranberry Creek, Ashe Co NC)

posted by Lilly Martin
Martin-17123 Lilly Martin
The 1790 voters list of Hawkins Co TN lists an Edward Sizemore and a George Sizemore. Because the George Sizemore-29 (Ashe Co NC) was living in Ashe Co NC, and not in Hawkins Co TN in 1790, we might guess that George is a different man than #29.

I believe we must suspect that the George Sizemore in 1790 at Hawkins Co TN voter list could be George (All) Sizemore-1198 who left Hawkins Co, TN with the Begley family and moved to Clay Co KY and settled and died there.

  1. 29 and #1198 share identical Y-DNA, but are two separate men, same name of George, and similar birth years.

While #29 had brothers in Hawkins Co TN, he himself was not living there in 1790, but George #1198 was. We do not yet know what ancestor connects #1198 (Clay Co KY) to #29 of Ashe Co NC and the others who descend from #38.

posted by Lilly Martin
edited by Lilly Martin
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Sizemore-1198 and Sizemore-29 do not represent the same person because: 1198 settled in Kentucky and married Agnes (possibly Shepherd); 29 settled in Ashe Co, NC and married Anna/Elizabeth Hart
posted by Jillaine Smith
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
For anyone watching this profile, please know that I'm going to be working this weekend to "detangle" what had been a bad merge. Things may look messier before they are fixed. Your patience is appreciated.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
UPDATE: as of 1pm EST on 17 Dec 2022, I have detangled the two different George Sizemores and (I hope) attached the correct children to each. Ihave cleaned up each of the George profiles and each of their wives. Outstanding is that Kentucky George has two profiles representing his wife Agnes (one an Unknown); y'all need to decide if you can confirm her maiden name.

The two sets are now:

1. George "All" Sizemore-1198 of Kentucky married to Agnes either Unknown or Shepherd (very little support for Cornett)

2. George Sizemore-29 of Ashe, NC, mostly likely candidate for the son of Edward "Old Ned" although there's some doubt about that.

There is more work to be done. Another researcher has shared additional sources for Ashe Co., NC George (this profile) that need to be added.

I'd also appreciate a review of the children of each to make sure I got them right. Many of them need better sourcing to support their origins.

I am going to ask a project leader to protect both of these so a bad merge does not happen again.

posted by Jillaine Smith
Troy Sims
Vol.1 pp.126-180 SIZEMORE; pp.363-368 CREEK FILE TESTIMONY, SIZEMORE.

Pruitt- Abstracts of Land Entries: Rutherford Co., NC 1779-1795:

  1. 94: Oct. 10, 1779 GEORGE SISEMORE enters 100A in Rutherford Co on waters of Sandy Run waters of main Broad R includes the improvement where he lives transfered to Mr. KERCONDOL and into Mr. GAGE and to Jas JONES' name by order granted.

Rutherford Co. p. 53. January term 1771. On motion of Waightstill Avery, or'd that George Sizemore have letters of administration on William Shepherd dec, sec. John Walker Esq'r, Joseph Green. p. 75.

posted by Troy Sims
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Troy [or anyone else who might know since Troy hasn't been on wikitree for a couple of years], I am trying to incorporate this into the bio, but having difficulty understanding the source citations. In your first line you refer to "Vol. 1 pp. 126-180..." etc. Volume 1 of what, please?

Then there's a second citation for Pruitt. What is the "94" a reference to? A page # in Pruitt? An entry number?

And then there's the third item about the Jan 1771 term. Can you provide more details about what you're calling "Rutherford Co. p. 53"?

I just want to make sure that we convey clearly the source of this data so others may find it. Thank you.

posted by Jillaine Smith
Edward Tillman Jr
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25642915

I too have dna connections to George through his son John Rockhouse ( my 5th gr grandfather) from his son Hiram C Tackett ( my 4th GGF ) and want to have the "correct" info on my Ancestry and wiki tree which seem to be conflicting about Georges wife...Im showing Agnes Cornett Shepherd as wife and Elizabeth Hart as his mother.This info is from 9 other public Ancestry Trees "hints"...Thanks for any help

posted on Sizemore-603 (merged) by Edward Tillman Jr
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Edward,

There was a bad merge done about the time you posted this message back in 2019. I'm following up to let you know we've detangled-- hopefully accurately-- the bad merge. Please take a look now, and feel free to update your question.

posted by Jillaine Smith
[Living Wright]
Jillaine, I was involved with Melungeon research back in the 1990s. The early Sizemore ancestry was *not* Melungeon. I mentioned this in my 2011 Sizemore message posting.

There's a FTDNA project if anyone is interested: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/coremelungeon/about/background

posted by [Living Wright]
[Living Wright]
Jillaine, have you read my article on the early records? http://www.sizemorednaproject.com/history_surname.html

And the udate? https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.sizemore/2834/mb.ashx

posted by [Living Wright]
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Not sure how I missed this. Joy, I can't get through to the first link. Any possibility of copying your article into a wikitree freespace page?

The second link contains a list of records in which some Sizemores appear. Thanks for compiling those. What do you deduce from that set of records?

posted by Jillaine Smith
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Joy, unfortunately, no sources are cited on the message board set of posts you linked to. It would be great to find actual original sources or some other hard evidence of the facts and children.
posted by Jillaine Smith
[Living Wright]
When the Sizemore DNA project was started in 2002, our goal was to see if we could determine which of the early 1730s & 40s recorded VA Sizemore men fathered each of the *documented* lines of the Sizemore men b. 1748-50s. The numerous records show these men were considered *white* by that time period. Nothing has been found in the genealogical *records*, to date, that name the wives, parents, or siblings of these men! In a 1747 VA record, Margery is stated as being the mother of a George (b.1726 or earlier). In 1753 Henry Sizemore & Elizabeth Rhodes were cited for "living in adultery".

Genealogical research indicates The Most *Recent* Common Ancestor (TMRCA) for *some* of the participants in our largest hg Q group are: Ephraim Sizemore b. 1748 d. 1836 Spartanburg Co., SC Continue here: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?o=10&m=2726&p=surnames.sizemore

posted by [Living Wright]
[Living Wright]
The *known* children of George & Anna were:

Catherine md. James Hart Lydia md. James Blevins Sarah md. Elias Osborne Elizabeth md. Rev. Solomon Stamper Edward B. md. Annie Baldwin Owen md. Rebecca Anderson Rev. George J. md. Jennie Baldwin

posted on Sizemore-603 (merged) by [Living Wright]
[Living Wright]
This is actually the George of Ashe Co., NC. in the FTDNA Sizemore project. His parents are UNKNOWN, as are his siblings. He did *not* have a middle name or title. His wife was Anna Hart, also no middle name. Their son George was known as Rev. We also have mtDNA results for Anna and she did not have direct line female NA ancestry.

https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/sizemore-dna/dna-results

posted on Sizemore-603 (merged) by [Living Wright]
Holtz-78 Kelly (Holtz) Stamper
Do any of those tested for DNA have any Native American DNA? My husband (Jack Stamper) does not per the AncestryDNA test.
posted on Sizemore-603 (merged) by Kelly (Holtz) Stamper

Rejected matches › George Sizemore (1783-1864) › Edward Sizemore (abt.1725-1780) › George All Sizemore (abt.1750-1822)

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