Author: Gordon T. Belt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781626191303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book sheds new light on John Sevier, founding father of the state of Tennessee. A celebrated soldier, admired politician and founding father of the state of Tennessee, John Sevier led an adventurous life. He commanded a frontier militia into battle against British Loyalists at Kings Mountain. He waged a relentless war against the Cherokees in his effort to claim America's first frontier. He forged the state of Franklin from the western lands of North Carolina and later became Tennessee's first governor. Following his death, Sevier's accomplishments faded from public memory, but years later, writers resurrected his image through romanticized accounts of his exploits, relying heavily on folk tales and recollections from aging pioneers. Thus, life and legend intertwined. Join authors Gordon T. Belt and Traci Nichols-Belt as they examine John Sevier's extraordinary life through the lens of history and memory, shedding new light on this remarkable Tennessee figure.
John Sevier
Author: Gordon T. Belt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781626191303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book sheds new light on John Sevier, founding father of the state of Tennessee. A celebrated soldier, admired politician and founding father of the state of Tennessee, John Sevier led an adventurous life. He commanded a frontier militia into battle against British Loyalists at Kings Mountain. He waged a relentless war against the Cherokees in his effort to claim America's first frontier. He forged the state of Franklin from the western lands of North Carolina and later became Tennessee's first governor. Following his death, Sevier's accomplishments faded from public memory, but years later, writers resurrected his image through romanticized accounts of his exploits, relying heavily on folk tales and recollections from aging pioneers. Thus, life and legend intertwined. Join authors Gordon T. Belt and Traci Nichols-Belt as they examine John Sevier's extraordinary life through the lens of history and memory, shedding new light on this remarkable Tennessee figure.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781626191303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book sheds new light on John Sevier, founding father of the state of Tennessee. A celebrated soldier, admired politician and founding father of the state of Tennessee, John Sevier led an adventurous life. He commanded a frontier militia into battle against British Loyalists at Kings Mountain. He waged a relentless war against the Cherokees in his effort to claim America's first frontier. He forged the state of Franklin from the western lands of North Carolina and later became Tennessee's first governor. Following his death, Sevier's accomplishments faded from public memory, but years later, writers resurrected his image through romanticized accounts of his exploits, relying heavily on folk tales and recollections from aging pioneers. Thus, life and legend intertwined. Join authors Gordon T. Belt and Traci Nichols-Belt as they examine John Sevier's extraordinary life through the lens of history and memory, shedding new light on this remarkable Tennessee figure.
John Sevier as a Commonwealth-builder
Author: James Roberts Gilmore
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ISBN:
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Alphabetical List of Private Claims which Were Brought Before the Senate...from 1903 To...1905
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Claims
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Nolichucky Jack
Author: John T. Faris
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
ISBN: 9781570720949
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The thrilling tale of a little-known American hero, John Sevier, whom his devoted followers nicknamed “Nolichucky Jack.”
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
ISBN: 9781570720949
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The thrilling tale of a little-known American hero, John Sevier, whom his devoted followers nicknamed “Nolichucky Jack.”
The Overmountain Men
Author: Pat Alderman
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
ISBN: 9780932807168
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Originally published 1970 without index.
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
ISBN: 9780932807168
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Originally published 1970 without index.
History of the Lost State of Franklin ...
Author: Samuel Cole Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This imposing volume covers almost all primary sources pertaining to Connecticut men in the Revolution which were still extant at the time of the book's original publication in 1889, including original minutes of the General Assembly and Governor's office, original rolls, pay rolls, accounts, diaries, maps, the papers of George Washington and Connecticut Revolutionary governor John Trumbull, and numerous other collections both privately and publicly held.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This imposing volume covers almost all primary sources pertaining to Connecticut men in the Revolution which were still extant at the time of the book's original publication in 1889, including original minutes of the General Assembly and Governor's office, original rolls, pay rolls, accounts, diaries, maps, the papers of George Washington and Connecticut Revolutionary governor John Trumbull, and numerous other collections both privately and publicly held.
The Sevier family in six parts
Author: Zella Armstrong
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ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Notable Southern Families
Author: Zella Armstrong
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Vol. 5 by J.P.C. French and Z. Armstrong, v. 6 by J.P.C. French.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Vol. 5 by J.P.C. French and Z. Armstrong, v. 6 by J.P.C. French.
American Historical Magazine
Author: William Robertson Garrett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The American Historical Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description