No. 14225         Action:   Rejected

Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D.C.
SIR:
        I hereby make application for such shares as may be due me of the fund appropriated by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, in accordance with the decrees of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905
and May 28, 1906, in favor of the Eastern Cherokees. The evidence of identity is herewith subjoined.

1. State full name–
       English Name: Wood Sizemore
       Indian Name:  have none
2. Residence:  Keyford (Kayford)
3. Town and post office: Kayford
4. County: Kanawha
5. State: West Virginia
6. Date and place of birth: October 2nd 1852 - Floyd Co. Kentucky
7. By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more than one relative living in 1851, set forth each claim separately: By being the son of Black Hawk a Cherokee Indian and his ?? ?? as well
8. Are you married? Yes
9. Name and age of wife or husband:  My wife's name Martha Sizemore
10. Give names of your father and mother and your mother's name before marriage.
        Father—English name: William Sizemoore
    
    Indian name:  Black Hawk
        Mother—English name: Martha Sizemore
    Indian Name:  had none
    Maiden Name: Martha Milam
11. Where were they born?
        Father: In North Carolina. in ??? near to the state line
        Mother: Dont Know but think was Floyd County Kentucky
12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?
        Father: Floyd County Ky
        Mother: Floyd County Ky
13. Date of death of your father and mother–
        Father: in the fall of 1873      Mother: in 1860 I think

14. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where: No - not that I know of
15. Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if not living, the date of death:
    

    Name.	Born.		Died.
    (1) John Sizemoore	about 1840		still living
    (2) William Sizemoore	" 1842		still living
    (3) Susanna Sizemoore	now Susanna Oney abt 1844
    (4) Hiram Sizemoore	about 1846		died in ????
    (5) Wood Sizemore	" 1852		this applicant
    (6) Add Sizemore	died as infant

16. State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both father's and mother's side, if possible.
    

    Father's side		Mother's side
    Unknown		I cannot state positively

17. Where were they born?  Unknown
18. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?  Unknown
19. Give names of all their children and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths:
    
    (1)  English name          
    Indian Name          
    Residence          
    (2)  English name:             
    Indian name:  unknown  
    Residence            
    (3)  English name              
    Indian Name:              
    Residence            
    (4)  English name:              
    Indian Name:              
    Residence            
    (5)  English name              
    Indian Name               
    Residence            
20. Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits ? If so, state when and where:
    No have not. So far as I recall

21. To expedite identification, claimants should give the full English and Indian names, if possible, of their paternal and maternal ancestors back to 1835:
     

REMARKS
(Under this head the applicant may give any additional information that he believes will assist in proving his claims.)

In about 1870 a man whom I understood to be a Govt agent came to our people in Floyd County Kentucky and ?? us to go to the Indian Territory & get some land. He said we was entitled to each one 160 acres & I understood For Sizemore has give our ?? ?? of his ?? also.

NOTE –Answers should be brief but explicit: the words "Yes," "No," "Unknown," etc., may be used in cases where applicable. Read the questions carefully.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1907.

My commission expires
January 1st , 1909

AFFIDAVIT
(The following affidavit must be must be sworn to by two or more witnesses who are well acquainted with the applicant.)

Personally appeared before meJames Adams and T L Kinney, who, being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acquainted with Wood Sizemore who makes the foregoing application and statement, and have known him for 39 years and 6 years, respectively and know him to be the identical person he represents himself to be, and that the statements made by him are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in this claim.

My commission expires
January 1st, 1909

NOTE –Affidavits should be made, whenever practicable, before a notary public, clerk of the court, or before a person having a seal. If sworn to before an Indian agent or disbursing agent of the Indian service, it need not be executed before a notary, etc.

Appln. #14225.

May 18, 1907.

B. W. Moore,
Montgomery,
West Virginia.

Sir:-
   Your letter of May 10, 1907, addressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has been referred to this office for reply.
   Relative to the application of Wood Sizemore, you are advised that this claim has not yet been given special consideration, as the Court of Claims in its order of April 29, 1907, an abstract of which is herewith inclosed, has extended the time for filing application to August 31, 1907, and until the applications have all been filed it will be impossible to give final consideration to any of them. As there are already over 22,000 applications on file and the claimants are widely scattered through the United States, it will necessarily take considerable time to have all of these cases adjudicated, and until they are so determined no money can be distributed.
   If there is anything further required in connection with the claim of Wood Sizemore you will be notified.
   All communications relative to this matter should be addressed to this office.

Very Respectfully,

Special Commissioner