Edward "Old Ned" Sizemore

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Information on Cherokee heritage from https://whitetoptribe.org/about/?fbclid=IwAR1_sNFKufZdbQxbxqaTPVzI4... We are direct descendants of The Whitetop Tribe originally established in 1896. The tribe was then located in the tristate area of the Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee borders. The original tribe’s citizens were mostly Sizemores who were descendants of George All Sizemore and other Sizemore ancestors. Between 1896 and 1908 approximately 2000 citizens of this group submitted applications to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but all were denied for various reasons. Among the reasons was the fact that the Sizemore family was not on the Dawes or any Indian census rolls. Although the applications were denied, The Bureau of Indian Affairs acknowledged that these applicants were likely descendants of a tribe that once resided in Virginia.

A recent Sizemore DNA project tested the male Y-DNA from descendants of George All Sizemore and has shown and proven without a doubt that George All Sizemore and several other Sizemore lines are Native Indian. The Whitetop Band of Native Indians are the direct descendants of Native American Sizemores.

Our tribe is located in South Eastern Kentucky where many of our Sizemore ancestors settled and where hundreds still live today. Our ancestors fought a cause and now it is time that we inherit this cause and fight for what belongs to us. We are Native Indians by virtue of the blood from our ancestors and we demand our sovereign rights. We are The Tribe of the Whitetop Band of Native Indians.

From https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/a/n/Donald-N-Pantheryates/GENE8-000...

Descendants of Michael Sizemore

9.EDWARD4 SIZEMORE (HENRY3, WILLIAM2, MICHAEL1) was born Abt. 1720 in ,Henrico, Virginia, and died Abt. 1780 in Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina.He married ELIZABETH RACHEL JACKSON Abt. 1747 in ,Lunenburg, Virginia. Note: she cannot have been the daughter of Dorcas Greene & William Jackson.

From Sizemore Legend and Fact:

Few researchers encounter as much challenge in separating fact from legend as does the Sizemore family researcher. For over two hundred years there has been a widespread tradition of Cherokee Indian ancestry in multiple branches of the Sizemore family. This writer works on the premise of “Where there’s smoke, There’s fire”. As such I strongly believe that there are one or more Indian connections in various branches of this family. BUT, I have NOT succeeded in proving the exact individual and generation where the Indian blood line enters this family.

12. Edward "Old Ned" Sizemore1; born prior to 1725; possibly died 1780; is first found in Lunenburg, VA records in 1746. He apparently remained in Virginia for at least three years to 1749, then possibly moved to South Carolina for about 15 years, then to Georgia for about 8 years, then was on a Surry Co, NC Tax List in 1774, and in Virginia signing a loyalty oath in 1776, and in court there for his Tory activities in 1779. Records indicate that Ned, and his sons Owen and George were apparently Tories during the Revolutionary War, and it is possible that Ned was "the Tory Sizemore" hung by Col. Benjamin Cleveland in Wilkesboro, NC in 1780. Virginia records show that Edward Sizemore was closely connected with the Green, Griffin and Jackson families.

In all probability, Ned was the son of one of the four Sizemores who appear in the first land records of Lunenburg County, VA in 1741, i.e. William, Mary, Ephraim or Henry Sizemore.

It should be noted that a 1753 court record in Orange County, NC refers to Ephraim Sizemore as a mulatto, the designation then used for any person of mixed race whether it be Black, Indian or otherwise. In fact, I don't consider it out of the realm of possibility that all of the Sizemores who have claimed Indian ancestry may be descendants of Ephraim.

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His father, William, was 14 and his mother, Winifred, was 20. He married Anna Elizabeth "Aruna Hart" JACKSON* in 1742 in North Carolina. They had 16 children in 37 years.

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Recorded in Google Books Shawnee Heritage X S-T 1700-1750

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The picture shown labeled as George "All" Sizemore is actually half of a picture of my 2 relatives. This black and white picture of the man with the white beard is not George "All" Sizemore. This picture is actually half of a picture of Owen and Edward Sizemore, who were twins. Edward was my great,

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Death

Possibly hung by Col. Benjamin Cleveland

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The Metis Heritage of the Sizemore Family …and the oft-mentioned Whitetop Laurel Band of Cherokees an effort at rediscovery and reconnection In the late 1830’s, Sizemores are said to have taken in Cherokees who escaped the Trail of Tears. This is the point at which many may have literally become Cherokee. Mom Feather, Chief Elder of the So

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Tandy Bennett - Sizemore Case - 21 March 1908 Deposition No. 30508 No. 30508

TANDY BENNETT, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

My name is Tandy Bennett. I live in Stokes Co.; my postoffice is Mispeh, N. C.; I am going on 67 years old.

According to what I ha

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William Henry Blevins - 11 April 1908 - Sizemore Case Deposition: No. 8584 Sizemore

No. 8584

William H. Blevins, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

I am 67 years of age. I live in Washington County, Va., I reckon. I have lived in Va. about 15 years. I was born in A

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!BIR-MAR: Information from Betha Leck (H

!BIR-MAR: Information from Betha Leck (Harvey) Connor. Date of birth is estimated. !BIR-MAR: History of the Walker Family 1734-1990; Glennis R. Walker; P.O. Box 155; Cool Ridge; WV; 25825; (304)787-3444.

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The Metis Heritage of the Sizemore Family In their testimony to join the Eastern Band of Cherokees, Sizemores said that they were of Indian blood. But either not of what particular tribe, or of tribes that were not Cherokee. A census of the C

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Possibly the "Tory Sizemore" hung by Col Benjamin Cleveland

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Life Sketch

THE HISTORY of PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA

1746, Edward Sizemore enters 400 acres on the South side Banister River beginning a little below the little Rock House about the mouth of little Polecat.Dawes Commission Index, 1896

"Ned" probably moved from Halifax Co VA with the New River Settlers, in 1767 near the border of Fincastle/Montgomery Co VA & Surry Co NC. Present day this area is Ashe Co NC and Grayson Co VA. A tax list 1771-4 of Surry Co NC, records Edward Sizemore.

According to legend, Edward "Ned" Sizemore was hung by Benjamin Cleveland in a corn field near Wilkesboro NC about 1780. One Witness was James Gwynn.

Death of Edward "Tory" Sizemore:

Old Ned and his sons had signed a Tory Bond, or treaty if you will, that stated if they were caught fighting against the Revolution, they were subject to execution. Old Ned, Tory Ned or Tory Sizemore, was captured at the Battle of Kings Mountain, along with his sons. Ned was executed the first day and his sons were to be executed the next day, but somehow managed to escape during the night.

Hanging of the Tories after the battle of the battle of Kings Mountian: from page 11 of Abiud Fairchild's Revolutionary War Pension file. He writes about Col. Cleveland executing Tory prisoners. That was in October of 1780 in Wilks County, North Carolina, the same year and place that Old (Tory) Ned Sizemore died.

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Indian blood? Is the following information for him, or the Cherokee boy born in about 1750 who was named after, and raised by, him? The information is as follows: NED SIZEMORE Cherokee 4451as outlined in the article in "Distant Crossroads" on the Genealogy of the family of Owen and Elizabeth Bingham Sizemore. Senior Ned was reputed to be a full blooded Indian. Over 2000 of the descendants of Owen, and his brothers George, and Lydia Sizemore Blevins (wife of James Blevins) filed Eastern Cherokee Application beginning in 1906. (E.C.A.'s in National Archives, Washington, DC.)

George Sizemore who supposedly was of Native American descent. George was a wagonmaster who led a lot of the renegade Cherokee out of trouble spots to avoid being marched to Oklahoma.

George Edward “Tory Ned or Old Ned” Sizemore
BIRTH 1725
Lunenburg County, Virginia, USA
DEATH Mar 1780 (aged 54–55)
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
BURIAL
Solomon Stamper Sr Old Indian Cemetery
Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, North Carolina

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Children
John Henderson Sizemore
1744–1803

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George Edward Sizemore
1750–1822

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Sarah Sizemore Osborne
1770–1820