John Sevier
22 documents

Peace Negotiations With Cherokee, Troop Preparations & Recent Flood
06/05/1791 Autograph Letter SignedApologizes for ill health; discusses goods to be offered to Cherokee Indians, and expects a peace delegation from them shortly. Informs about the raising of troops and troop movements and equipment. …
King's Mountain Papers- No image
Notification of Divide in Cherokee Nation
09/13/1792 Printed DocumentSevier invited to join council held in Cherokee nation in town of Chota. At council Sevier was notified that the five lower towns had declared war on United States, J. Watts heads party. Hostile …
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Their Ardor and Spirit Were Well Checked
10/25/1793 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentGeneral Sevier reports on successful military actions against the Cherokee and Creek Indians in which towns and prisoners were taken and food and provisions destroyed. He believes Indian morale has …
Printed Versions 
Rapacious Nature of the Indians
07/20/1796 Autograph Draft Letter SignedSevier discusses his experiences with the tribes on the southwestern frontier. He stresses that though the settlers are not always blameless respecting the confrontations between them and the Indians, …
Timothy Pickering Papers
Action on the Southwestern Frontier
08/15/1796 Autograph Draft LetterGovernor Sevier discusses action on the southwestern frontier, some of which may require a response by the militia.
Timothy Pickering Papers
Their Situation is Deplorable, Etc.
08/22/1797 Autograph Draft Letter SignedSevier reports that the Commissioners will soon finish the boundary line. However, a number or respectable inhabitants have the misfortune of being left within the Indian claim and many of them have …
Stanley F. Horn Collection
Protection of the Frontier
01/17/1797 Typed letterSevier proposes that the protection of the frontier can be accomplished by the militia, including three companies of infantry and a troop of horse.
Timothy Pickering Papers
Murders Committed in a Time of Profound Peace
06/06/1797 Typed letterSevier comments on murders committed by settlers and by Indians and emphasizes that there is blame on both sides.
Timothy Pickering Papers
Expenditures and Pay of the Militia
04/11/1797 LetterWhatever errors that may have existed in the accounts was probably due to the fact that both the Secretary of War and the Accountant of the War Department have been appointed subsequent to the year …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Alliances with Neighboring Spanish Governments
04/24/1797 Autograph Draft LetterSevier discusses the potential of forming alliances with neighboring Spanish governments as a means of protecting the southwestern frontier.
Timothy Pickering Papers
Account of John Sevier
04/01/1797 Contemporary Copy of Letter SignedSevier discusses his account and assures Simmons that he will send his papers by safe conveyance as soon as it's feasible.
Post Revolutionary War Manuscripts, 1784-1811. (RG94) (M904)- No image
[Untitled]
01/17/1797 Cited letter or documentLetter, CITATION only. Cited in McHenry to Sevier, 04/20/1797.
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Protecting the Interests of the General Government
09/18/1798 Autograph Draft Letter SignedGovenor Sevier assures McHenry that neither Zacharia Coxe nor anyone else would be permitted to make settlements unless permitted to do so by the General Government.
Timothy Pickering Papers
Malignant and Ambitious Desires
01/22/1798 Autograph Draft Letter SignedGovernor Sevier warns of the malignant and ambitious desires of France.
Timothy Pickering Papers- No image
Letter Citation
02/05/1798 Cited letter or documentCited in McHenry to Jackson, Anderson and Claiborne, 03/07/1798. President received letter from authors regarding aggression against Judge Campbell made by Lieut. Col. Butler. Letter sent to Butler, …
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Letter to Secretaries of State and War Concerning Position in Provisional Army
04/25/1799 Autograph Letter SignedReports himself prepared to accept a commission in the provisional army, which he had been nominated before, should that force actually be approved. Discusses his usefulness in the Tennessee region, …
King's Mountain Papers
