Washington County TN Archives Military Records.....Sevier, James 
Revwar - Pension 
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JAMES SEVIER



    James Sevier applied for revolutionary pension while living in Washington

County, Tenn. Dec. 11, 1832. He was born in Virginia in 1764. He enlisted in

North Carolina troops while living in that part of North Carolina which became

Tennessee in 1780 in his uncle Capt. Robert Sevier's company and was in the

battle of King's Mountain where Capt. Robert Sevier was mortally wounded. Other

officers were Col. John Sevier, Maj. Jesse Walton and Maj. Jonathan Tipton. He

enlisted again in Capt. Landon Carter's company and was in the battle of Boyd's

Creek. He enlisted for the South Carolina campaign and his officers were Col.

John Sevier, Lieut. Col. Charles Robertson, Maj. Valentine Sevier and Maj.

Jonathan Tipton, They joined Gen. Greene and were sent on to join Gen. Francis

Marion. He was with a party that captured 100 British soldiers near Monk's

Corner. He enlisted again in 1782 in Col. John Sevier's Cherokee Indian

Campaign, serving in Capt. Alexander Moore's Company. Other Captians in this

campaign were Capt. Samuel Wear and Capt. Robert Bean.



    Note:-James Sevier was the second son of Gov. John Sevier and his first

wife, Sarah Hawkins Sevier. He married Nancy Conway, daughter of Col. Henry

Conway. See Notable Southern Families, Vol. IV., The Sevier Family.



Additional Comments:
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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. I



by Zella Armstrong



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