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Parentage and offspring

Drebfiadrok - you are having difficulty reading the family pedigree on the rootsweb site. John Sevier's father was Valentin 'The Immigrant' Sevier, who came from London. Valentin 'The Immigrant's father was Valentin 'The Hugenot' who was born in France.

Also, Sevier may or may not have had eighteen children, but please do not replace one unsources speculation with another. It would have been better to strike the whole sentence out.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:40, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have now sourced the eighteen children - perfectly possible as he had two wives.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:59, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sevier / Severe surname is Anglicized from Xavier -- would it be more accurate to say Basque or "of Navarre" rather than Spanish? As well, Jean Valentine de Xavier apparently was born in Pamplona, Navarra, and the family moved to France with other Hugenots, though one would want better documentation prior to editing that in. JC Shepard (talk) 22:44, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tagging

Please discuss your concerns here, and see if we can fix the article up rather than drive-by tagging--Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:59, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

State of Franklin

The article says that both Tennessee and Franklin sent representatives to Congress. Did Congress seat the representatives from Franklin? Were they allowed to vote?

Monuments

A bronze statue of John Sevier was contributed by Tennessee to the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (see Wikipedia entry "National Statuary Hall" for confirmation). Wethierfelder (talk) 02:04, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Added a small line about the monument on John Sevier's grave in Knoxville and it's claim that his birthdate was 1744 (not 1745). I think it's more appropriate for the 'monument' section as opposed to the 'family' section as it was later moved to. Thoughts? --Jblackst (talk) 13:49, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Removed paragraph

I've removed the following for now:

Much like the Sally Hennings/Thomas Jefferson descendants, there are currently several lines of families who claim to descend from John Sevier and an unknown Cherokee Indian woman. Their daughter, Winney Alice Sevier, was left at the Henry Campbell farm in Russell County, Virginia, when the mother could no longer care for her. She fell in love with one of the boys who lived on the farm, Abraham Campbell, and they married and lived in a house on the adjacent farm.

If a very reliable source for this (i.e., not genealogical sites or self-published works) can be found, feel free to re-add it to the "Family" section. Bms4880 (talk) 20:07, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cherokee and Chickamauga wars

I wonder if it is worth mentioning Oconostota and how he helped to negotiate peace between the Cherokee and America. John Sevier was instrumental in these battles, and he had interactions with chief Oconostota. Speaking of a peace treaty between the newly formed United States and the Cherokee nation gives the Cherokee people sovereignty in the narrative that isn't shown currently. Schoenjr (talk) 16:29, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

John Sevier wife

John Sevier saved his wife 138.43.158.175 (talk) 14:07, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]