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From: "Charles A. Wyly" <>
Subject: Re: Valentine Sevier
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 17:52:13 -0600


Hi, not sure, but I think you are right. John had a brother and a son
named Valentine. Seems one of his brothers passed the name on to some
of his kin. As you know, one of his half Cherokee grandsons was Arkansas
Governor and Sevier County, Arkansas, near Texarkana, is named for him.
Another of his descendants Augustus King was Missouri Governor and
carpetbaggers were so bent to point blame fingers while stealing
everything in sight that a group of this King family came to Erath
County, Stephenville, Texas as Abstract lawyers and related interests.
There were honest Northern soldiers who tried to follow the spirit of
Lincoln's pardons, but they were not unaminous on that point. I have
reason to believe Richard King of the Texas King Ranch was of this
Missouri family, but it has not been proven on record.

One of John's brothers died from injuries at King's Mountain and one of
his sons was caught by John after the battle, killing the Tories who had
killed his Uncle.

Several Wyly family Trees, some drawn by memory, show John's mother was
Johannah Goad and John's grandparents in England were Mary Smith and
Valentine Sevier #1. These charts have either an unknown or some very
long lifespans, but Valentine's records showed his ancestor to be Pierre
D' Xavier, nephew of Henry IV and brother to St. Francis Xavier. Nancy
and Cora did go to Pamplona, Spain and found the Xavier and Royal Burbon
records and hired a Basque speaking Priest to translate. They go down to
Pierre. These notes and photo of the Xavier Castle in Navarre are in the
back of her book. One of Pierre's brothers went from Paris to Russia to
escape the massacre. Some Seviers of an older generation were already in
England and well established when Pierre got there from a short stay in
Belgium.

Sarah Hawkins Clark's mom Elizabeth Sevier died when Sarah was 7 and
while she was living with her sons and their children, she told them she
lived with her grandad in Knoxville area and married James R. Wyly in "
The Governor's Mansion" home (some say the Governor's Mansion in
Knoxville, but it was not finished. Could they have been married in The
Colonial Governor's Mansion, William Blont's home?) Her grandsons came to
Erath ancd Bosque County in 1868 telling stories when I was small their
Grandma Sarah was repeating from her Grandad Sevier. Remember also, that
John had a daughter named Sarah Hawkins Sevier after his first wife. If
two Sarah's lived in the Sevier- home, with Bonny Kate Sherrill Sevier,
it must have been confusing. for a few short years. 1918 records from
Florence Underwood Eastman and Benjamin Franklin Wyly, Sarah's son born
Tennessee and co- owner of Atlanta Wyly Wholesale Grocery until 1890 -
Letter mailed from Mineola , Texas to L.D. Wyly Sr. in Seneca, S.C. say
Gov. Sevier adopted Sarah and gave her the Sevier name. Are any adoption
papers on file that far back? Also , I have a tintype of Sarah and a
baby, 1820's and another copy of a painting or Daugerotype of James
Rutherford Wyly and Sarah Clark Wyly with two infants in their laps- the
Tintype is from records of Mattie Roberts Somerville of West Monroe, La.
It is the same black headed long haired woman in both pictures- very
straight and dignified appearing. Were those Eastman kin messing with
early photography that far back? There were no cameras until about 1860
of the box type. One of Sarah's daughter married anJudge Underwood and
their daughter Florence married an Eastman.

Take care,
Charles A. Wyly

Any input on the above?

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 15:31:51 EST writes:
>In a message dated 02/09/2000 10:24:49 AM Central Standard Time,
> writes:
>
>> it says John Sevier was born Harrisburg, , Rockingham County
>Virginia
>> 9/23/1745. His dad and he at one time ran frontier inns , stores,
>and
>> taverns. One set of records shoew his dad Valentine
>
>Do I remember my Tennessee history correctly that there was a
>Valentine
>Sevier killed by Indians in the area of Middle Tennessee that became
>Montgomery Co? It was first Davidson, then Tennessee Co., and finally
>
>Montgomery. Would he have been John Sevier's brother?
>
>In light of your many Tennessee roots, another book that might
>interest you
>is _The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture_, published by
>Rutledge
>Hill Press for the Tennessee Historical Society and still available
>for sale
>from the Society.
>
>Joyce
>

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