Person

John Sevier

1745–1815 · 18th century

John Sevier was a frontier soldier and politician who fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. He served as governor of the breakaway State of Franklin from 1785 until it collapsed in 1788. When Tennessee became a state in 1796 he was elected its first governor, later serving in the United States Congress.

John Sevier
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State of Franklin

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