Richard Sizemore (abt. 1795 - abt. 1865)

Born about 1795 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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Descendants

Died about 1865 at about age 70 in Henagar, DeKalb, Alabama, United States

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Biography

That Richard was son of Ephraim with identified siblings is supported by the research of Joy King:

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. [No Date JK]

List of expenses (unable to read), sworn to before James Ford on 16th ? 1836 and signed (by mark) STEPHEN SIZEMORE.

Greenville Mountaineer, 24 April 1840, State of South Carolina, Spartanburgh District.

STEPHEN SIZEMORE, Applicant, vs. JOHN SIZEMORE and others, Defendants. Summons in Partition.

It appears to my satisfaction, that RICHARD SIZEMORE and the heirs of SARAH KITCHENS, deceased, reside without the limits of this state . . . division or sale of real estate of EPHRAIM SIZEMORE, deceased .

(by Joy King, June 2019)

He married Elizabeth Ann Forester.^{[citation needed]}

The death record of their daughter Malinda (who married a Cooper) identifies her parents as Richard Sythmore and Bettie Ann Foster.^[1]

In 1860, Richard (57), Elizabeth (55) and Malinda (12) Sizemore were enumerated in Northern Division, DeKalb, Alabama, United States^[2]

Richard died in 1865 and was buried at Pea Ridge Cemetery in Henagar, DeKalb, Alabama, United States.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDTY-4CK : Thu Nov 16 16:36:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Malindy Cooper and Richard Sythmore, 1938.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBZ-9S5T?cc=1473181&wc=7QN3-GGX%3A1589422203%2C1589422314%2C1589422221 : 24 March 2017), Alabama > DeKalb > Northern Division > image 30 of 95; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16562487/richard_l-sizemore: accessed February 24, 2024), memorial page for Richard L. Sizemore (1803–1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16562487, citing Pea Ridge Cemetery, Henagar, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Jamie Brooks (contributor 46618298).

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 April 2017, 22:17), entry for Richard L. Sizemore(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHZ9-1Q6); contributed by various users.
• Rootsweb ancestry from Don Yates to Greg Preast Preast-2 25 April 2019. Link?