Person in the county’s record
1745–1815 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
6 works about John Sevier are indexed here, as is one work by Sevier.
Works about or by John Sevier. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
John Sevier, leader of the State of Franklin, is among the writers in Samuel Johnston's March 1788 papers. Other names include John Baptista Ashe, Benjamin Hawkins, Thomas Pinckney, James White and Richard Winn, with Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek affairs and Hillsborough also present. Thirty-four images.
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Letters to and from Governor Samuel Johnston in December 1788, 32 images. Richard Winn is among the writers, and John Sevier, the French Broad River country and the State of Franklin figure, along with Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek affairs. Johnston's administration saw Sevier arrested and Franklin come apart. Hillsborough is named.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sevier, John, 1745-1815.
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Petitions the General Assembly rejected or left unanswered at its 1788 session, in 54 images. They include depositions from Greene County defending John Sevier in a case over the killing of Native Americans, a tabled memorial of William Attmore, and rejected petitions from Joel Morton and Joseph Stacy. Other matters touch militia, land titles, debt, pardons and Orange County.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sevier, John, 1745-1815.
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Miscellaneous General Assembly papers from 1784, 25 images, dealing with deeds, land grants, taxes and soldiers. James Murray and John Sevier are named, and the places include Burke, Wilkes and Orange counties, Edenton and Hillsborough.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sevier, John, 1745-1815.
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Resolutions of the House of Commons, February 12 to 14, 1781, among them a request for an express rider to General Greene for the latest news and a summons for Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Taylor to appear before the next Assembly. Cornwallis, King's Mountain and militia matters figure in them. 79 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sevier, John, 1745-1815.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Joint resolutions of August 12 to 19, 1778, from the House of Commons at Hillsborough, among them an increase in North Carolina's delegates to Congress, army provisions and clothing, and a petition of Jonathan Dunbibbin. Other matters include loyalists, papermaking, powder magazines and the brig Pennsylvania Farmer. 108 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sevier, John, 1745-1815.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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