Back again, I was just checking the SEVIER FAMILY HISTORY WITH THE LETTERS OF GEN. jOHN SEVIER.. We got it from Nancy Sevier Madden at a Sevier Family Reunion in Gatlainburg, Tenn. On page 221 it states that Sarah was a child of Joseph Hawkins and Sarah Marlin. i think the Marlins were neighbors of George Washington. Her biography says Joseph Hawkins had established a large trading postin a stockade or fort in what was then Fredrick County, Virginia When Indians attacked, John left Sarah with her father's store and led a group of local farmers in an attack on the Indians. He took most of the bullets, so Sarah began melting lead to pour more bullets for her family and 2 or 3 neighbors. She was small and light, but far from frail- she ran things after that when her husband took on added military duties and followed him to Fort Nollichucky. She died in Tennessee somewhere in a Fort while under Indian attack and after childbirth attack and John saw that all 10 of their children were present at her secret burial outside the fort and in blinding rain and lightning. She was noted for her hospitally towards Gen. McDowell and all others driven from homes by Indians. ( One of John's grandsons, Daniel, was a half Cherokee Governor of Arkansas). Another, Augustus King was a Missouri Governor whose family came to Stephenville, Texas to escape Missouri turmoil. Some claim Richard King of the King Ranch in Texas was a Sevier descendant. Now- Brace yourself- John appointed my wife's ancestor as sheriff and on the first Commisioner's court of Knox County. that was Jeremiah Jack, elder of Holston Presbyterian Church, where John sometimes visited. Jeremiah's kin were Col. Thomas Gillespie and George Gillespie of Gillespie's Fort, who, with John and under Jackson's orders sacked and burned the Blue Cherokee Peace City of Refuge, Etowa, and scatterred the ashes. Some Seviers and Wylys were in Texas before 1845. . One more- Grandad Henry Carey of Arkansas had a great Uncle James, apparently the same one as the James Carey who was already in Tennessee and was hired as a Cherokee translater. Sevier mentions him in his letters. Nancy Creedmore (White or Smith?) in her book called KNOXVILLE said that James Carey was a mesenger for the frontier militia. He had a letter which some say he was supposed to have burned about negotiating with the Spanish to keep the Mississippi open to the Gulf. Colonial Gov. William Blont, now Senator, was the intended recipient of the message. Stories differ as to how, but the letter Carey was carrying showed up on the floor of the U.S. Senate, and was being read when Blont and his brother Willie, his secretary, returned from a rest room break, hhich was no doubt outside. Charges were brought to impeach Blonty. He returned to Knoxville and refused to return to Washington. An arrest warrant was issued by the U.S.Senate and the man sent to do the arresting was accompanied by a large group of friends of Blont with rifles, constantly reminding him William Blont was not leaving knoxville under arrest or the arresting officer would not return to Washington. He finally took the hint and left. (Willie Blont pronounced his name Wyly) in closing, it seems my great great grandad James T stone and Neil McLennan of Waco, who helpped organize Erath County, Texas, where the Stones and Careys settled. Both Mr. Stone and Mr. McLennan were born in Flat Rock Creek, Bedford., so my history is not a straight chart but more like the swirls we did as handwriting, constantly looping and connecting. Take care charles Augustine Wyly On Sun, 05 Sep 1999 15:50:43 +0000 Harold Miller <[email protected]> writes: >At 02:16 PM 9/5/99 -0500, you wrote: >>Good Afternoon, >>I noted you had a Hawkins in your last note on German immigrants in >Ky. I >>am descended from Sarah Hawkins, first wife of Gov. & Gen. John >Sevier. >>He left Virginia Military Institute at age 17, speaking 6 languages >and > > >I only had to get as far as the first sentance, Charles, and I was >shouting >- 'Yes, Yes..... > >Seiver was with Peter Turney in a lot of stuff. I have followed him, >because Peter was always near by. I have loved the story of how he >met his >second wife, think they aught to make it into a movie for the romance >channel. I have not read your message in detail, but sure I will be >getting >back to you. Yes, this is the group ole Peter Turney hung out with, >he was >sheriff in Lost State of Franklin...a real political animal. I am >from his >brother Henry who was with the Cumberland Group. So we will swap info >on >Shelby, Campbell, Looney, etc. Never have so many future leaders come >from >such a small group as the ones who set up the country of Franklin, or >from >their sons who watched them in action. Real political people I >guess. > >Sarah stayed in VA, do you know more about where she was living? I >understand she was not strong, so he went to the frontier without her, >and >she later died in VA. > >Wasn't one of the Hawkin men married to daughter of Joist Hite? > >Mary > > > >==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to >[email protected] if you are subscribed to the >list, >or [email protected] if you are subscribed to the >digest. >In the body of your message put only the word unsubscribe >