This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACI/1563 Message Board Post: I am told that John Sevier, the first Governor of Tennessee laid out the town of New Market, Virginia when he was about 18 years of age. Does anyone know about this. John Sevier was born in Rockingham County, VA and later when to Tennessee where he became an outstanding leader.