Edward ‘Tory Ned’ Sizemore

Edward (Ned) Sizemore, nickname "Tory Ned" was born about 1730, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia (alternate birth location: Hanover County, Virginia). His father was William Sizemore and his mother was Winifred Green. Ned married Elizabeth Rachel Jackson in 1748, in North Carolina. (alternate date 1738). Ned died 13 Jul 1790, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and was said by daughter to be buried in Solomon Stamper Sr Old Indian Cemetery, Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, North Carolina. (Probably Old Ned Sizemore who was hanged by Col. Ben Cleveland on the Tory Oak in Wilkesboro, N.C., though witnesses could not remember his last name.