Overton-Washington County TN Archives Military Records.....Sevier, Abraham 
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ABRAHAM SEVIER



   Abraham Sevier applied for revolutionary pension while living in Overton

County, Tennessee, in 1832. He was born February 14, 1760, in Shenandoah County,

Virginia. While he was a resident of Washington County, N. C., later Tennessee,

he served with North Carolina troops, as follows: in the summer or fall of 1778,

as a spy under Ensign Robert Sevier in service against the Indians: in the

spring of 1779 he served three months in Captain Valentine Sevier's company,

Colonel Evan Shelby's regiment; he marched to the Cherokee Nation, killed "a few

Indians" and took some prisoners; in the summer of 1780 he served three months

in Captain Valentine Sevier's company, Colonel Charles McDowell's regiment, and

was in two engagements with the British at Moffett's Iron Works: in the fall of

1870 he was in Captain Valentine Sevier's company. Colonel John Sevier's

regiment, and was in the battle of King's Mountain; later in 1780, he served a

month in Captain Landon Carter's company, Colonel John Sevier's regiment, and

was in an engagement with the Indians on Boyd's Creek. In the fall of 1781 he

served four months in Captain Valentine Sevier's company.



   In the fall of 1782 he served four months in Captain George North and Captain

James Richardson's company, under Colonel John Sevier, in pursuit of the

Cherokees, and was in the engagement on Lookout Mountain. He died in Overton

County, June 18, 1841.



Note:- Abraham Sevier was the son of Valentine Sevier and Joanna Goode Sevier,

and was the brother of Captain Robert Sevier, Captain Valentine Sevier, and

Colonel John Sevier.



   He married Mary Little, and had nine children: Elizabeth, Mary Ann, John (d.

in infancy), Jemima Douglass, Joanna Goode, Valentine, Rebecca Richards, Abraham

Rutherford and Catherine Sherrill.



   It is interesting that he refers to the engagement on Lookout Mountain in the

fall of 1782 (September 20). This was during the last campaign of the

Revolution, and the engagement was the last battle of the Revolution.





Additional Comments:
From:



Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution

PAMPHLET NO. V

Compiled From Pension Statements

By

Zella Armstrong





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