Sevier

[ suh-veeer ]

noun

1. John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.

Example Sentences

At first they were slow to understand, thinking, as Sevier told me afterward, that I was pointing out some game.

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Mooney, Robertson and young Sevier were now running for the camp, passing between the Ohio bank and the marsh.

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Here it remained until March 1st, when it returned to camp at Fort Sevier.

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"A great day's work in the woods," was Sevier's remark when speaking subsequently of this battle.

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It was that of John Sevier and the "bonnie Kate," famous to this day for leaping stockades and six-barred fences.

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