When Kentucky was first being settled, emigrants from either North Carolina or Tennessee, headed by a
man named Cornett, reached the Kentucky River late one evening. They decided to camp and wait until
daylight before crossing the river. They had wives, children, livestock and equipment with them. After supper
they were sitting around their campfire talking, when suddenly Indians dashed into camp and captured two
of the girls. Three of the white men saddled horses and went after the Indians. Late in the night they caught
up with the Indians, who were not expecting pursuit and had made camp. The men advanced near enough
to see the girls asleep on pallets near the fire. Each man agreed to dash in and grab one of the girls. This
they did and got away without a fight. When they came to their camp the men discovered that they had also
captured a little Indian girl. The next morning, after crossin the river, the emigrants decided to keep the Indian
girl. Mr. Cornett agreed to take her and raise her. In the meantime, in another part of the area, 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. (Information from Pleasie Woods, deceased.)
When George All grew to manhood he married the Indian girl whom Mr. Cornett had raised. George All and Agnes Shepherd thus became the progenitors of the Leslie County Sizemores. Shepherd was Agnes' Indian name. She was sometomes called Shepherd and sometimes Cornett.
mtDNA test on direct female descendants of Agnes through her daughters Susan Bowling, Winnie Begley, and Rhoda Sizemore (which match each other) have proven that Agnes is of "western European" (Caucasian or white) descent. The above story is fiction.
man named Cornett, reached the Kentucky River late one evening. They decided to camp and wait until
daylight before crossing the river. They had wives, children, livestock and equipment with them. After supper
they were sitting around their campfire talking, when suddenly Indians dashed into camp and captured two
of the girls. Three of the white men saddled horses and went after the Indians. Late in the night they caught
up with the Indians, who were not expecting pursuit and had made camp. The men advanced near enough
to see the girls asleep on pallets near the fire. Each man agreed to dash in and grab one of the girls. This
they did and got away without a fight. When they came to their camp the men discovered that they had also
captured a little Indian girl. The next morning, after crossin the river, the emigrants decided to keep the Indian
girl. Mr. Cornett agreed to take her and raise her. In the meantime, in another part of the area, 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. (Information from Pleasie Woods, deceased.)
When George All grew to manhood he married the Indian girl whom Mr. Cornett had raised. George All and Agnes Shepherd thus became the progenitors of the Leslie County Sizemores. Shepherd was Agnes' Indian name. She was sometomes called Shepherd and sometimes Cornett.
mtDNA test on direct female descendants of Agnes through her daughters Susan Bowling, Winnie Begley, and Rhoda Sizemore (which match each other) have proven that Agnes is of "western European" (Caucasian or white) descent. The above story is fiction.
When Kentucky was first being settled, emigrants from either North Carolina or Tennessee, headed by a
man named Cornett, reached the Kentucky River late one evening. They decided to camp and wait until
daylight before crossing the river. They had wives, children, livestock and equipment with them. After supper
they were sitting around their campfire talking, when suddenly Indians dashed into camp and captured two
of the girls. Three of the white men saddled horses and went after the Indians. Late in the night they caught
up with the Indians, who were not expecting pursuit and had made camp. The men advanced near enough
to see the girls asleep on pallets near the fire. Each man agreed to dash in and grab one of the girls. This
they did and got away without a fight. When they came to their camp the men discovered that they had also
captured a little Indian girl. The next morning, after crossin the river, the emigrants decided to keep the Indian
girl. Mr. Cornett agreed to take her and raise her. In the meantime, in another part of the area, 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. (Information from Pleasie Woods, deceased.)
When George All grew to manhood he married the Indian girl whom Mr. Cornett had raised. George All and Agnes Shepherd thus became the progenitors of the Leslie County Sizemores. Shepherd was Agnes' Indian name. She was sometomes called Shepherd and sometimes Cornett.
mtDNA test on direct female descendants of Agnes through her daughters Susan Bowling, Winnie Begley, and Rhoda Sizemore (which match each other) have proven that Agnes is of "western European" (Caucasian or white) descent. The above story is fiction.
man named Cornett, reached the Kentucky River late one evening. They decided to camp and wait until
daylight before crossing the river. They had wives, children, livestock and equipment with them. After supper
they were sitting around their campfire talking, when suddenly Indians dashed into camp and captured two
of the girls. Three of the white men saddled horses and went after the Indians. Late in the night they caught
up with the Indians, who were not expecting pursuit and had made camp. The men advanced near enough
to see the girls asleep on pallets near the fire. Each man agreed to dash in and grab one of the girls. This
they did and got away without a fight. When they came to their camp the men discovered that they had also
captured a little Indian girl. The next morning, after crossin the river, the emigrants decided to keep the Indian
girl. Mr. Cornett agreed to take her and raise her. In the meantime, in another part of the area, 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. (Information from Pleasie Woods, deceased.)
When George All grew to manhood he married the Indian girl whom Mr. Cornett had raised. George All and Agnes Shepherd thus became the progenitors of the Leslie County Sizemores. Shepherd was Agnes' Indian name. She was sometomes called Shepherd and sometimes Cornett.
mtDNA test on direct female descendants of Agnes through her daughters Susan Bowling, Winnie Begley, and Rhoda Sizemore (which match each other) have proven that Agnes is of "western European" (Caucasian or white) descent. The above story is fiction.
Gravesite Details
Use photo with caution - same photo is posted to her mother-in-law Elizabeth; both died before the first person photo in Philadelphia in 1839; ks.
