I have put up this page mainly because someone asked me about the family name and I am forced to admit I have never come across it in my research of the Washington Township area, so I am basically posting here all of the information given to me by the querent in hopes that someone else out there can add to it. Some of the information below comes from the Sevier Family History by Cora Bales Sevier and Nancy Sevier Madden.

Major John Sevier, jr.was the third son of Gen. John Sevier, Revolutionary War hero and later governor of Tennessee. John, jr. was born Jun 8 1766 in Frederick (now Shenandoah Co.) Virginia. He married Rebecca Richards in 1794, of the famed family that owned Batsto, Atsion, Pleasant Mills, and other places in the region. Her father was William Richards. Evidently he was not exactly a favorite son in law to the Richards clan, but he left children with the family after the death of his wife. According to Pierce's Iron in the Pines, they had seven children. John was a freeholder in Washington Township in 1806 and 1807 and 1809. In 1818, he served as township assessor and later overseer of highways. He probably engaged in some kind of cattle raising, as 1803 Township records identify his cattle marks (according to Pierce).

Rebecca died in 1809, at the age of 35. She is buried in the graveyard at Pleasant Mills. Supposedly, he remarried VERY soon afterwards, to one Sophia Garoutte, daughter of a Pleasant Mills innkeeper. John died in 1845 between Jonesboro and Greenville, Tennessee.

MISSING SEVIER FAMILY:
Another visitor to this page has inquired as to one John Alexander Sevier (b. 25 Dec 1819, d. 12 Feb 1899). All we know is that his mother is said to have died at an early age, and he went to live with neighbors. Possibly he was born in Virginia or Tennessee and later moved to Ohio. If you have any info on this man, please send me an e-mail.
I have received an e-mail from a descendant of John A. Sevier, who informs me he died in Montgomery County, Kansas and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kansas.

Another researcher has recently pointed out that John A. Sevier married Margaret Gordon and had 11 children. One shared his name, John Alexander Sevier, and married Emily Beck. They were the parents of Sue Ray Sevier and Jess Sevier.

There is also a John A. Sevier born earlier in West Virginia, son of Robert, son of William (brother of Valentine.) This family turned up in Ohio sometime around 1813. I've wondered if more complete information wouldn't solve this mystery.

If anyone out there knows anything else about this family, please send me an e-mail.