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Author: David Paul Hammett
James Sevier was born on 25 Oct 1764 in Augusta, now Rockingham Co., Virginia. He died on 21 Jun 1847 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee. He was the son of John Sevier and Sarah Hawkins. On 29 Mar 1789, in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee he married Nancy Conway.
Children of James and Nancy were: Elizabeth Conway 1790-, Sarah Hundley 1792-1869, Maria Antoinette 1794-, Minerva Grainger 1796-1861, Pamela Hawkins 1798-1822, Susannah Brown 1800-1846, Elbert Franklin 1802-1862, Eldridge Gerry 1805-1864, Clarissa Carter 1807-1871, Louisa Maria 1811-1827, and Mary Malvina 1814-1887.
Much information regarding James Sevier is available in the Sevier Family History, Cora Bales Sevier and Nancy S. Madden, 1961.
Major James Sevier, son of Gen. John Sevier, wrote Dr. L. C. Draper, “In all the Indian wars from the year ’80 to the year ’88, as well as to Kings Mountain and a campaign to South Carolina, I was with my father, shared in all the dangers and difficulties that awaited our thin situation.” James was Clerk of the Washington Co, TN from 09 Nov 1790 until his resignation in 1836.
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