John 'Rockhouse' Sizemore

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About John 'Rockhouse' Sizemore

Son of George 'Chief of All' Sizemore and Agnes Cornett Sizemore (Shephard)

Husband of Patience Sizemore and Nancy (Bolling/Bowling) Sizemore

First resident of Hyden,KY born between 1770-1776

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Birth: 1770 Wilkes County North Carolina, USA Death: 1850 Hyden Leslie County Kentucky, USA

Family links:

Parents:
 George All Sizemore (1750 - 1822)
 Agnes Shepherd Sizemore (1750 - 1839)

Burial: Presbyterian Church Cemetery Leslie County Kentucky, USA

Created by: Sherry (Tackett) Plowman Record added: Apr 16, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 35940852

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JOHN ROCKHOUSE6 SIZEMORE (GEORGE ALL5, JAMES4, HENRY3, WILLIAM2, MICHAEL1) was born 1776, and died 1839. He married NANCY BOWLING 1804 in Ky.. She was born 1783, and died 1875 in Leslie Co., Ky..

Notes for JOHN ROCKHOUSE SIZEMORE: There is a modern marker with the legend: John Rockhouse Sizemore 1770-1850 First Resident of Hyden, Kentucky (Chief Rolling Thunder Justice).

Child of JOHN SIZEMORE and NANCY BOWLING is:

	i.	 	JAMES "FIDDLING JIM"7 SIZEMORE, b. 1820; d. 1904; m. MARY POLLY COLLETT; b. 1823.


He was 3/4ths Cherokee Indian.

He can to Leslie County, Kentucky in 1817. A settled at the mouth of Rockc astle Creek, now Hyden.

The book "Rugged Trail to Appalachia" by Mary T. Brewer, published in 19 78 states on pages 131 and 132 "In 1778 George All and Agnes lived in t he Shenandoah Valley in Virginia where Edward was born. Later they settl ed in what is now Leslie County, owning most of the land opposite the to wn of Hyden. This land was later owned by a son, John and wife, Nancy. w ho built the first permanent home there...Nancy was a daughter of John a nd Martha (Jefferson) Bowling. According to the Dickey Diary, Martha w as a sister of President Thoma Jefferson, but according to John Asher s he was a niece."

Came to Leslie County, Kentucky in 1817. He settled in the mouth of Rock H ouse Creek now called Hyden, Kentucky.

Buried: In the cemetery behind the Presbyterian Church at Hyden.



Fiddlin Jim



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Birth: 1770 Wilkesboro Wilkes County North Carolina, USA Death: 1850 Hyden Leslie County Kentucky, USA

Son of George "All" Sizemore and Agnes (Shepherd) Husband of Nancy Bowling

Family links:

Parents:
 George All Sizemore (1750 - 1822)
 Agnes Shepherd Sizemore (1750 - 1839)

Spouses:

 Alsey Tackett (1800 - ____)
 Nancy Bolling Sizemore (1783 - 1877)*

Children:

 Mary Sizemore Asher (1807 - 1870)*
 Mahala Sizemore Couch (1814 - 1863)*
 Susan Sizemore Sizemore (1816 - ____)*
 James Sizemore (1820 - 1904)*
 Carroll Sizemore (1825 - 1872)*

Siblings:

 John Sizemore (1770 - 1850)
 Winifred Minerva (Winnie) Sizemore Begley (1772 - 1855)*
 Edward Sizemore (1778 - 1855)*
 George Goldenhawk Sizemore (1783 - 1864)*
 Susan Sizemore Bowling (1784 - 1862)*
 Rhoda Sizemore (1789 - 1825)*
 Henry Sizemore (1790 - 1871)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Presbyterian Church Cemetery Hyden Leslie County Kentucky, USA

Created by: Sherry (Tackett) Plowman Record added: Apr 16, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 35940852


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John 'Rockhouse' Sizemore's Timeline

1770
1770
Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
1807
February 23, 1807
Clay County, Kentucky, United States
1811
1811
Clay County, Kentucky, United States
1813
1813
Clay County, KY, United States
1815
1815
Clay County, Kentucky, United States
1815
Clay County, Kentucky
1816
May 1816
Tennessee, United States
1817
1817
Clay County, Kentucky, United States
1818
February 25, 1818
Lee County, Virginia, United States