The Sizemore family of Clay County also has a long oral family tradition of their kinship ties to Red Bird. Although there is not a single Sizemore on either the Baker or Dawes Cherokee Final Rolls, many members of the Sizemore family applied for enrollment on the Eastern Cherokee Roll of 1909, known as the Guion Miller Roll. While all of their applications were rejected, others submitted to the Choctaw and Creek Dawes Final Roles were accepted. Indeed, Martha Sizemore and Alex Sizemore are listed on the Choctaw Final Roll. Ten Sizemores are listed on the Creek Final Roll:
Cumseh Sizemore (no enrollment number)
Dave Sizemore (no enrollment number)
David Sizemore (no enrollment number)
Elenor Sizemore (no enrollment number)
Lindey Sizemore (no enrollment number)
Lucy Sizemore (no enrollment number)
Nicey Sizemore (enrollment number 9064)
Sam Sizemore (no enrollment number)
Stephan Sizemore (enrollment number 1668)
William Sizemore (enrollment number 8962)
The Creek and Clay County Sizemore connection is quite old and well documented. In January 1822, the Clay County Court was informed that a man named Pickney from Alabama came to the home of James Sizemore and dropped off his five year-old mixed-blood Creek son named George. His mother was a Creek named Anny (White 1932). Five years earlier, 1817, about the time of George's conception, Major General Pickney presented and liquidated the Creek treaty at Fort Jackson, Alabama. One year later, on December 8, 1818, Author Sizemore testified in the Claims of Friendly Creeks Paid Under the Act of March 3, 1817. Four years after that, Pickney shows up in Clay County at the home of James Sizemore with a Creek child name George.
Today, it is the fervent hope of both the Sizemore and Brock families that Red Bird's memory, as well as the places where he was murdered and buried are treated with dignity and respect. They are sacred places.
