User:LloydTaylor1/George "All" Sizemore

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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]

Occupation

George "All" Sizemore was a professional prizefighter. He killed William Twitty in the ring. [1][verification needed][improper synthesis?]

Sizemore Indians struggle for identity and acceptance

A group of Indians escaped 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
]

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

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]

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]

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?]

Notes

  1. ^ [Kentucky Explorer, November 1997 Interview with FELIX T. BEGLEY, Bull Creek, 27 March 1898]
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Brewer, Mary T. (1978). Rugged Trail to Appalachia. pp. 131–132.Who is publisher? What is isbn?

Bibliography

  • 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."

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.

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