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Sevier's Birthplace

Shenandoah County · 7 mile south of New Market. · location approximate

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Near here was born John Sevier, pioneer and soldier, September 23, 1745. He was a leader in the Indian wars and at the battle of King's Mountain, 1780. He was the only governor of the short-lived state of Franklin and the first governor of Tennessee. Sevier died in Georgia, September 24, 1815.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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