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Lost on the Tennessee River in a canoe in Indian Territory; burial location not identified in Find-a-Grave in Jul 2021
If the Patriot died in the TN River the high probability would be that the incident occurred near Fort Southwest Point at what is now Kingston, TN in Roane, Co
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John McEver is also known as McKeever was born bef. 1757 in Great Britain, died 1807-'08 while crossing TN River upon Avery's Trace, as a traveler. [Fort Blount an Army outpost 10 mi. west of Gainesboro on the Cumberland River was logically an immediate destination. (Williamsburg, a town developed around the fort), served as the Jackson Co., seat from 1807 to 1819