Knox County TN Archives Military Records.....Sevier, John 
Revwar - Pension 
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COL. JOHN SEVIER



     Col. John Sevier's children applied for revolutionary pension and the

certificate was issued May, 31, 1839. He served as Commissiary and Colonel

during the Revolution and was one of the Colonels in command in the battle of

King's Mountain. He conducted two campaigns against the Cherokee Indians. He was

the first Militia General of the State of Tennessee and the first Governor of

the State. He died near Fort Decatur, Ala., Sept. 24. 1815. He married his

second wife, Catherine Sherrill, in Tennessee in 1780 and she died in

Russellville, Ala., Oct. 2, 1836, aged 80 years, therefore born 1756. James

Sevier testifies to his father's services.



    Note:-The Sevier family was large and a full sketch of Gov. John Sevier

would require much space. For detail of the family history see Notable Southern

Families Volume IV, The Sevier Family, Lookout Publishing Company.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. I



by Zella Armstrong



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