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    John Sevier (September 23, 1745 – September 24, 1815) was an American soldier, frontiersman, and politician, and one of the founding fathers of the State...
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    when Tennessee was known as the Southwest Territory. He was replaced by John Sevier, the state's first governor. Other notable governors include Willie Blount...
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  • state came from Arthur Campbell of Washington County, Virginia, and John Sevier. They believed the Overmountain towns should be admitted to the United...
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    Alcoa Greenway Bicentennial Greenbelt Park Amerine Park Everett Park John Sevier Park Pearson Springs Park Sandy Springs Park Jarvis Park Average temperatures...
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    John Sevier Home, is a state historic site in south Knox County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The site was the home of John Sevier (1745–1815)—a...
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  • Valentine Sevier II (1747–1800) was a pioneer settler on the Tennessee frontier and a younger brother of John Sevier, the state's first governor. Sevier was...
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    John Sevier Fossil Plant, commonly known as John Sevier Steam Plant, was a 0.88-gigawatt (880 MW) coal-fired power plant located in Hawkins County, Tennessee...
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    administration. These included John Sevier, James Robertson, Griffith Rutherford, James Winchester, Archibald Roane, John McNairy, Joseph McMinn and Andrew...
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    Sevier County (/səˈvɪər/ sə-VEER) is a county of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 98,380. Its county seat and largest...
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  • requires two witnesses to the act itself, or a confession in open court. John Sevier, then governor of the State of Franklin and later the first governor...
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    militias led by Benjamin Cleveland, James Johnston, William Campbell, John Sevier, Joseph McDowell and Isaac Shelby rallied to attack Ferguson and his...
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  • and John Sevier, who told of an ancient white race, according to later published sources who mention Sevier's letters. Barton, Marbury, and Sevier lived...
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  • John Sevier is an census-designated place in central-eastern Knox County, Tennessee. It is 9.3 miles (15.0 km) northeast of downtown Knoxville. The John...
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    from 1801 to 1803. He won the office after the state's first governor, John Sevier, was prevented by constitutional restrictions from seeking a fourth consecutive...
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    McKay and as Timmy Cabot in Lassie. Sevier was born in Ajax, Ontario, the son of Lynda and Bruce Sevier. Sevier scored a modelling job at the age of...
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    British Crown for several years. Many Overmountain Men, including John Sevier, John Rhea, and Isaac Shelby, went on to play prominent roles in the establishment...
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    State Route 168 (SR 168, known as Governor John Sevier Highway) is a state highway in Knox County, Tennessee, that is 18.1 miles long. Its western terminus...
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  • had 50 governors, including the incumbent, Bill Lee. Seven governors (John Sevier, William Carroll, Andrew Johnson, Robert Love Taylor, Gordon Browning...
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    The Sevier River (pronounced "severe") is a 400-mile (640 km)-long river in the Great Basin of southwestern Utah in the United States. Originating west...
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    by numerous members of the prominent Sevier family, who were longtime planters. They are descended from John Sevier, a veteran of the American Revolution...
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  • Granduncle of Ambrose Hundley Sevier. Henry Conway (1749–1812), Treasurer of the State of Franklin (1787) and close friend of John Sevier; grandfather of James...
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    John Sevier is a bronze sculpture depicting the American politician of the same name by Belle Kinney and Leopold Scholz, installed in the United States...
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    baby names in the US. Furthermore, the Sevier family name, possibly most famous in the United States for John Sevier (1745–1815), originated from the name...
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    once there. During the Revolutionary War, a battle between forces of John Sevier's Washington District Regiment and those of Chief Dragging Canoe of the...
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  • he was a 4th great-grandson of John Sevier, a governor of Tennessee. He also descends from Mayflower passenger John Alden, which is where his middle...
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    Andrew Greer, John Roddye, and John Sevier. James Smith was probably the court's first clerk, replaced by Sevier in 1775. When Sevier was elected to...
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  • Sevier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801–1848), American politician from Arkansas Charlotte Sevier (1847–1930)...
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    former U.S. senator and frontiersman, William Cocke (the incumbent, John Sevier, was term-limited). Population shifts had begun to favor Middle and West...
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  • movement in the 1780s, as well as for his rivalry with Franklinite leader John Sevier. He served in the legislatures of Virginia, North Carolina, the Southwest...
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    starred in "Chucky Jack", an outdoor drama about Tennessee Governor John Sevier, at the old Hunter Hills Theater in Gatlinburg. Cullum was married to...
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