Other names: Old Knox County Courthouse

What:
Cemetery

Where: 35.9611944 -83.9165725, present grave of John Sevier

Maps: [map notes]

• 35.9611944 -83.9165725, John Sevier, present grave, Knoxville TN
• ACME Mapper.
• National Map
• Google
• GNIS detail for old Knox County Courthouse. Note mapping options.

• 32.4522222 -85.8766667, John Sevier, original grave, Fort Decatur AL
• ACME Mapper.
• National Map
• Google
• GNIS detail for Fort Decatur AL. Note mapping options.

• 32.4522222 -85.8766667, Tuckabatchie, major Creek population center near Fort Decatur AL
• ACME Mapper.
• National Map
• Google
• GNIS detail for Tuckabatchie. Note mapping options.

  Sources:

  • Sevier, John (1745-1815)
    • Bio
      • John Sevier.
      • from PatriotResource.com
      • "The Seviers of Tennessee", The SAR Magazine, Spring 2002 Vol. XCIVI, No. 4. Regretfully, the images are missing.
      • From the Biographical Directory of the American Congress. Died and buried at Ft. Decatur (Macon Co.) Al in 1815. Reinterred at Old Knox County courthouse in Knoxville in 1889.
      • From TNGenWeb
      • John Sevier was approximately 35 years old in 1780, and was approximately 70 years old when he died.
    • Grave
      • Locating Sevier's remains at Ft. Decatur site in 1889. Grave was unmarked except for a burnt log. Search for "alabama".
      • Pictures of Sevier and his grave from FindaGrave.com.

  • Grave is beneath John Sevier monument on courthouse grounds. See pictures, above.

  • Sevier's original grave (unmarked) was, for decades, at Fort Decatur, Macon County AL, overlooking the major Creek population center of Tuckabatchie.

  • Accurate gps mark is needed.

  • Baxley, SCAR. Search for sevier. 24 returns. All are relevant.

  • Sherman's Calendar.... Search for sevier. 29 returns, all are relevant.
    Sevier, John, 37, 142, 144, 169, 188, 189, 192, 198, 200, 207, 213, 241, 281, 465.
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  Confidence level: 4