Col. Valentine Sevier

Valentine Sevier

• Birth:  Sep. 23, 1747 Rockingham County Virginia, USA
• Death:  Feb. 23, 1800 Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
• Cemetery: Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery County Tennessee, USA Plot: Section 01, Row 5
• Parents: Valentine Sevier, Joanna Goad
• Married: Naomi Douglass

Brother of Governor John Sevier, the first governor of the State of Tennessee.Fought in Revolutionary War and the Battle of Kings Mountain. 

Colonel Valentine Sevier, Jr. was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1747. He met and married Naomi Douglas in 1767, they has fourteen children. He moved from Virginia to the Watauga River Valley (Present Day Elizabethton, Tennessee). Col. Sevier fought in the Revolutionary War against the British and Loyalists. Col. Sevier also fought in many of the Indian Wars across East Tennessee. After the war he moved his family to Clarksville, Tennessee, but there were frequent Indian attacks. It was on this spot on November 11th, 1794 that his family was attacked by Indians and several were killed. Col. Sevier lived until February 23rd, 1800, when he died after a lingering illness. Col. Sevier was Dale's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather.

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• from Sevier Revolutionary War Soldiers

VALENTINE SEVIER was born in what is now Rockingham County, Virginia, about 1747, and settled at an early period in East Tennessee. He was a Sergeant, and one of the spies, at the battle of Point Pleasant, where, says Isaac SHELBY, "he was distinguished for vigilance, activity, and bravery." He subsequently served in the Indian wars in East Tennessee, and commanded a company at Thicketty Fort, Cedar Springs, Musgrove's Mill, and King's Mountain. He was the first Sheriff of Washington County, a Justice of the court, and rose in the militia to the rank of a Colonel. He removed to the mouth of Red river on Cumberland, now Clarksville, where he was attacked by Indians, November eleventh, 1794, killing and wounding several of his family. After long suffering from chronic rheumatism, he died at Clarksville [Montgomery Co, TN], February twenty-third, 1800, in his fifty-third year; his widow surviving till 1844 in her one hundred and first year, His younger brother, Robert SEVIER, who also commanded a company at King's Mountain, and was mortally wounded in the conflict, was previously much engaged in ridding the Watauga and Nolachucky region of Tories and horse thieves.

(Excerpted from King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the Events Which Led to It by Lyman C. Draper, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1881, pp. 418-424)

The said Valentine Sevier is the ancestor who assisted in establishing the American Independence, while acting in the capacity of Captain of Volunteers from Washington Co., NC, Magistrate and Sheriff.

ANCESTOR'S SERVICES
My ancestor's services in assisting in the establishment of American Independence during the War of the Revolution were as follows:

Valentine Sevier 1749 was in Battle of Point Pleasant. He commanded Oct 7, 1780 a company under his brother Col. John Sevier at Battle of King's Mountain. Capt. Valentine Sevier was one of the early settlers of Tennessee County, he served his country faithfully both in Indian Wars and the War of Independence, was prominent in Civil affairs of Washington Co., N.C. and took an active interest in the settlement of the State of Franklin. Soon after the fall of which in 1788 he emigrated to Cumberland River Country near Clarksville, Tenn. See Ramsey Annals of Tennessee p. 619 for letter written Col. John Sevier by his brother Capt. Valentine Sevier in which he referred to their ancient parents.

See DAR National Numbers 26123 - 97258 - 101570

References:
p. 223 "The King's Mountain Men" by Miss Kati White
Draper's "King's Mountain and Its Heroes"
Gilmer's Rear Guard of Revolution p. 93-96
Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee pp. 241-619
John <Tertwood Mone> pp. 232-246
Tennessee "The Volunteer State"
DAR National Number 235185

My Revolutionary ancestor was married
to Naomi Douglas at __, 1767

CHILDREN OF REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTOR
Names Birth Married
Betsy Sevier Feb 13, 1768 Charles Snyder
John Sevier (Devil Jack) Sept 1769 Susannah Conway
Ann Sevier Mar 1771 Thomas Grantian
Valentine Sevier 1773 Killed by Indians
William Sevier Feb 1775 Killed by Indians
Robt Sevier twins Feb 1775 Killed by Indians
James Sevier Susan Warren
Rebecca Sevier Nov 1782 Rector
Joseph Sevier Sept 1788 Killed by Indians

Signed: Mrs Julia Sue Herring Barry

Subscribed and sworn to before me at Jackson, Tennessee this 25th day of May A. D. 1927

Sources

1. DAR Ancestor #: A102097
2. Findagrave record # 5425161