Edward Sizemore

1785 - 1880  (95 years)

• Name	Edward Sizemore  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1785  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Lee County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Race	American Indian: Cherokee  [4]
  FSID	L6JG-2FX
  Death	10 Oct 1880	Lee County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I10029	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	George Edward Sizemore,   b. 1750, Halifax County, Virginia, USA d. 13 Jul 1822, Clay City, Webster, Kentucky, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Mahala Jackson,   b. 1743, Massachusetts, USA d. 1760 (Age 17 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Polly Blecher,   b. Alabama, USA
  Children	1. William Riley Sizemore,   b. 1820, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA d. 1874, Iron County, Missouri, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 1850 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Death - 10 Oct 1880 - Lee County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~l Armbruster (Cherokee) Armbruster Ancestor (Cherokee)

  
  

  Arms Icons & Insignia

  Seal-Cherokee Nation Seal of the Cherokee Nation September 6, 1839

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  History-Pittsylvania County Edward Sizemore in the History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Edward SIZEMORE http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20446349536&indiv=try [S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 31, Lee, Virginia; Roll: M432_955; Page: 319B; Image: 167. 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: District 31, Lee, Virginia; Roll: M432_955; Page: 319B; Image: 167 [S857] History of Pittsylvania County Virginia. THE HISTORY of PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA 1746, Edward Sizemore enters 400 acres on the South side Banister River beginning a little below the little Rock House about the mouth of little Polecat.Dawes Commission Index, 1896 "Ned" probably moved from Halifax Co VA with the New River Settlers, in 1767 near the border of Fincastle/Montgomery Co VA & Surry Co NC. Present day this area is Ashe Co NC and Grayson Co VA. A tax list 1771-4 of Surry Co NC, records Edward Sizemore. According to legend, Edward "Ned" Sizemore was hung by Benjamin Cleveland in a corn field near Wilkesboro NC about 1780. One Witness was James Gwynn. History-Pittsylvania County Edward Sizemore in the History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia [S4250] Melungeon DNA Project, (Name: Melungeon DNA Project;), Melungeon DNA Project: James Sizemore. The results of James Sizemore's Y-STR test shocked many but simply confirmed what others in the family had known all along. Most Sizemores are Native American. Q3 is the only haplogroup exclusively associated with American Indians. Subsequently, three other Sizemores/ Sisemores matched our subject and a large Sizemore Surname DNA Project was undertaken. This project found several distinct Sizemore lines, with the apparently largest being ours. James Sizemore traces his lineage back to a William Ephraim Sizemore born about 1700 who married Winifred Green, the daughter of Henry Green (whose will William Sizemore witnessed in 1761) and Elizabeth Griffin. According to family tradition, the family always lived on the frontier, which moved, beginning across the river from Jamestown in Surry County and later becoming fixed in Pittsylvania County, finally in Kentucky. http://www.melungeons.com/articles/melungeondnaproject.htm#Sisemores Seal-Cherokee Nation Seal of the Cherokee Nation September 6, 1839 History-Sizemore Indian Blood James Sizemore's Indian Blood -- http://www.melungeons.com/articles/melungeondnaproject.htm#Sisemores