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George All Sizemore biography (draft)

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George "All" Sizemore was born between 1750 and 1754 in Mecklenburg, Virginia. He died
July 13, 1822 in Clay County, Kentucky at the age of 72. George and his wife Aggie were the
first residents of what is now Hyden, Kentucky. Descendants of George and his wife Agnes are
the pioneer settlers of Leslie County, Kentucky.[citation needed]

Contents[hide]
• 1 Occupation
• 2 Sizemore Indians struggle for identity and acceptance
• 3 First residents of Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky
• 4 History and Kidnapping of George's mother Susan Caroline "kidnapped white girl"
• 5 History and Kidnapping of George's first wife Agnes Cornett Shepherd "kidnapped
Indian girl"
• 6 Notes
• 7 Bibliography
[edit] Occupation
George "All" Sizemore was a professional prizefighter. He killed William Twitty in the ring. [1]
[verification needed][improper synthesis?]
[edit] Sizemore Indians struggle for identity and acceptance
A group of Indians escaped the Trail of Tears. They were taken in by a family named Sizemore
in the Whitetop Mountain area of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. They took the last
name of Sizemore.[citation needed] The Indians now known as Sizemore intermarried with the
Cherokee Indians in the area. Sixty years after the Trail of Tears they became known as the
Whitetop Laurel Band of Cherokees.[citation needed] They were never registered in the Eastern
band of Cherokee Census. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians denied the applications of
2175 Whitetop Sizemores to apply for Cherokee Nation funds.[citation needed] Some said they
belonged in the Muscogee (Creek) Indian nation.[who?] They avoided the Indian census both to
avoid having their farms stolen and because they were passing for white in Kentucky. [2][non-
primary source needed][self-published source?] Other Sizemores joined the Métis and the
Melungeon.[citation needed] For Indians assimilated into white culture, Indian women could
marry white men but not Indian men.[citation needed] Many Sizemores applied for government
funds with enrollment applications ECAs. Most were denied because they were not on a
previous census.[citation needed]
[edit] First residents of Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky
"In 1778 George All and Agnes lived in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia where Edward was
born. Later they settled at the mouth of Rock House Creek in what is now Leslie County,
owning most of the land opposite the town of Hyden. This land was later owned by a son, John
"Rockhouse" Sizemore and wife, Nancy. who built the first permanent home there...Nancy was
a daughter of John Bowling and Martha Jefferson. According to the Dickey Diary, Martha was a
sister of President Thomas Jefferson, but according to John Asher she was a niece." [3]
[edit] History and Kidnapping of George's mother Susan Caroline "kidnapped white girl"
Ms. Brewer states p. 209-212: "In the meantime, in another part of the area (Kentucky) the
Cherokee Indians had also captured a white girl. One Indian Chief, seeing her beauty, became
desirous of possessing her for his own and took her into his teepee. However, his love was short
lived for the girl's brothers made pursuit and brought the girl back to her own people, but under
her heart she carried the child of the Indian Chief. This child was given the name of George All
Sizemore."[non-primary source needed][dubious – discuss]
[edit] History and Kidnapping of George's first wife Agnes Cornett Shepherd "kidnapped Indian
girl"
Following is an excerpt from an article on the George All Sizemore and Aggy Shepard
connection to the Creeks and the Whitetop Laurel Band of Cherokees.[attribution needed] "The
marriage of George "All" Sizemore to Aggy Shepard originated from a raid of Indians on the
white men's camp where they captured a white girl. In retaliation, the white men followed and
rescued the girl and captured an Indian girl who was later given to a white family to raise
(Aggy). Aggy is thought to have been a Creek Indian.[by whom?] George lived in both the
white man's world, and the Whitetop Cherokee tribe throughout his life." She was known as
Aggy Shepherd (her Indian name)[dubious – discuss] and also Aggie Cornett (her white name).
Many researchers believe Agnes was full Creek Indian. [who?]
[edit] Notes
• ^ [Kentucky Explorer, November 1997 Interview with FELIX T. BEGLEY, Bull Creek,
27 March 1898]
• ^ [1]
• ^ Brewer, Mary T. (1978). Rugged Trail to Appalachia. pp. 131-132.Who is publisher?
What is isbn?
[edit] Bibliography Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate
any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles.
• http://www.geocities.com/ringfingers/whitetop4.html
• Brewer, Mary T. "Of Bolder Men" (A History of Leslie County). Ms. Brewer states in
her preface: "One of the most important additions to this story is the diary of Rev. John
Jay Dickey, an itinerant preacher who traveled in Clay and Leslie Counties from 1890 to
1898. He interviewed many people and wrote down what he learned. This diary is
preserved in the Genealogical Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Stidham, Sadie W. Trails into Cutshin Country: A History of the Pioneers of Leslie
County, Kentucky. Corbin,
Kentucky, 1978, p. 86
• The Rural Kentuckian.
 • "White Top Cherokee" oral tradition in our family. Vol 1 page 171 bears the testimony of
Whitetop Chief William H.
Blevins: "The word 'Chief' in my application, means that I am chief of the White Top Band of
Cherokee Indians, an organization of the principal Cherokee Indians living about White Top,
and was perfected about ten years ago. We organized so as to demand our rights in a body. We
thought we had not been getting them before. In 1896, we wanted to go to the Indian Territory,
and organized for that purpose. When the band was first organized there were about 2175, I
believe. They were all Sizemore descendants. No one else was allowed to become a member if
it was known. I have read the Decree of the Supreme Court of the United States referred to in
my application, and have it at home. My father, Armstrong Blevins, I do not think was a party to
the treaty of 1836 and 1846. I am putting my own interpretation on the decree."
• http://www.geocities.com/luvacuzn5/SizemoreJohnNancyBowling.html
• Di ckens Diary pgs. 2204-2205
• "Sizemore Legend and Fact (Ron Blevins website)
• Indian Funds Enrollment Applications ECAs #10133, 12477, 5113
• Kentucky Explorer, November 1997 Interview with FELIX T. BEGLEY, Bull Creek, 27
March 1898:
I was born 6 March 1834 in Leslie Co., then Perry, near the mouth of Cutshin. My great
grandfather BEGLEY came from Ireland. He was a weaver by trade. He came with my
grandfather and is buried on Cutshin. He had a by-word, “damn-an-it”. He spoke broken
English. My grandmother was Minnie SIZEMORE. She was a daughter of “Old George of All”
SIZEMORE, who came with my grandfather, William BEGLEY, from Hawkins Co., TN. He
had children as follows; Henry, John, Ned, and George; Minnie (William BEGLEY), Rhoda
ROBERTS), Ruth (John JONES), and Susan BOLLING. “Old George of All” was a hairy man
and a prize fighter. He wounded William TWITTY in a fight, so that he died. SIZEMORE
nursed TWITTY and would cry and tell him he had nothing against him, asking him to fight
him again if he got well. SIZEMORE is a Cherokee Indian name. He is said to be half or more
Indian. The SIZEMORES are very numerous in the mountains. The SIZEMORES settled first
on Middle Fork, they went to Clay, Floyd, and other counties.
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~craingen/DNAindex.html
• http://www.sizemorednaproject.com/history_surname.html
• http://boards.ancestry.com/localities
.northam.usa.special.secreeks/150.156.538.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx
• http://carolyndavidsonhicks.com/ ?p=134
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sizemoregenealogy/diaries/dickey.ht
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• "Rugged Trail to Appalachia" by Mary T. Brewer, published in 1978 pages 131 and 132
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• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/z/Bobbie-Sizemore-elswick/WEBSITE-
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