This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mvhayv Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.special.secreeks/150.156.538.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: fROM RON BLEVINS: 1. Joy King has always dealt in facts, not theory. Thus when she provides Sizemore information, you can just about take it to the bank. 2. There are DNA participants of three different Sizemore men named George who were all born close to 1750 and whose DNA indicates a very strong probability that the three George's were closely related. These three George's are: * George Sizemore who went to South Carolina * George Sizemore (my ancestor) who married Anna Hart and was the father of Catherine Hart, Sally Osborne, Lydia Blevins, Elizabeth Stamper, Edward B. Sizemore b. 1788, Owen Sizemore born 1793 and George J. Sizemore born 1797. A majority of the 2,200 Sizemore related ECA's were filed by descendants of this George, with most of the ECA's incorrectly referring to him as Ned or Old Ned. It is very possible that George's father was named Edward, thus possibly Ned. George had a brother Owen and a probable older brother Edward, both of whom moved to Hawkins Co, TN. Owen, born ca. 1755, moved from Ashe Co, NC to Hawkins, TN about 1802 while probable older brother Edward was in Hawkins County by 1790. George, Owen and Edward were Tories in the Revolution. Shortly after signing an oath of allegiance in Virginia they are found in Loyalist pay records in SC. Older brother Edward is possibly the father of: * George All Sizemore born ca. 1750/55 who moved from Hawkins Co, TN to Clay Co, KY shortly after 1800. There is circumstantial evidence that this George and Edward are the same George and Edward who appear in records of Tryon Co, NC 1771-1778. George Sizemore was issued letters of administration on the estate of William Shepherd in Tryon County in January 1772. George All Sizemore was purportedly married to Agnes Shepherd. The manuscript that I have worked on "off and on" since 1970 is tentatively titled "Indian Ned Sizemore-the Legend and the Legacy". In a presentation at the Ashe Co, NC Heritage Festival several years ago, I made the points contrary to legend that: 1. Ned Sizemore was not a chief as claimed in some ECA's 2. Ned Sizemore was not Cherokee as the mixed blood in the Sizemore family occurred at least 20 years or perhaps much more before the Sizemores were within 200 miles of Cherokee Territory 3. Ned Sizemore as claimed in hundreds of ECA's was not even Ned, he was George 4. Ned Sizemore was not primarily Native American. The children from whom the ECA claims were made all married white, were land owners and some were church members, not something our WASP ancestors would have been likely to accept for a full blood Indian. 5. There is little question that there is mixed blood in the Sizemore family, but the derivation and timing of that mixed blood has not been proved. 6. The first record I have located of mixed blood in the Sizemore family is in a 1753 Orange Co, NC record that reads in part "20 Sep. 1753 - Mary Torrington petitions this court praying that an orphan female child, called Sarah Torrington taken from her in a forcible manner by a certain Ephraim Sizemore, a mulatto & be bound to Miles Parker" RLB an Ephraim Sizemore resided close to Sizemores named Edward, George, William, Henry, etc. in 1740's Halifax Co, VA Enough for now. It is easy to conclude that more folks want to subscribe to the Sizemore legend that to the few facts that are difficult to document. Ron Blevins Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.