Most have never really known what they were, other than a generic sense of being “Indian”. Gatherings have brought to to light a large number of Sizemore-related people who want to know who they are, and why they have been labeled so many things throughout history. The answer came out of a recent movement of mixed-ancestry people in this region who are reclaiming the epithet “Melungeon”. Most Sizemores have wondered which one is true for a long time, and just recently the answer has presented itself complete with some documentable proof. Throughout history, our Sizemore family of southern Appalachia has been variably referred to as Melungeon, Mestee, Metis, Indian, part-Indian, mulatto, Stick People, white and in one branch of which I am aware, black. Sally Sizemore and her husband William “Blackhawk” Sizemore. …and the oft-mentioned Whitetop Laurel Band of Cherokees an effort at rediscovery and reconnection The Metis Heritage of the Sizemore Family
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