Abraham Sevier (1760 - 1841)

Born 14 Feb 1760 in Shenandoah, Shenandoah County, Virginia, British Colonial America

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Died 18 Jun 1841 at age 81 in Overton, Clay County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Abraham Sevier is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102089.

Abraham Sevier was born 14 Feb 1760, in Shenandoah, Shenandoah County, Virginia. He was the son of Valentine Sevier and Joanna Goad. He married Mary Little about 1784, in Tennessee. Abraham Sevier passed away 18 Jun 1841, in Overton, Clay County, Tennessee. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

1830 United States Federal Census

Name: Abraham Sevier

Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Overton, Tennessee

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1

Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1

Free White Persons - Under 20: 1

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1

Total Free White Persons: 4

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4 ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

1840 US federal Census

Name: Abraham Sevier

Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Greene, Tennessee

Free Colored Persons - Males - 36 thru 54: 1

Free Colored Persons - Females - 36 thru 54: 1

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1

Total Free Colored Persons: 2

Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2 ^{[9] [10]}

US Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land

Name: Abraham Sevier

Pension Year: 1833

Application State: Tennessee

Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File

Archive Publication Number: M804

Archive Roll Number: 2152

Total Pages in Packet: 34 ^{[11] [12] [13]}

US Revolutionary War Pensioners

Name: Abraham Sevier

Year Range: 1833-1848

Pension Office Place: West Tennessee, Tennessee, USA ^{[14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}

It should be noted, Abraham was the younger brother of Governor John Sevier.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75846211/abraham-sevier : accessed 21 February 2022), memorial page for Abraham Sevier (14 Feb 1760–18 Jun 1841), Find A Grave: Memorial #75846211, citing Knight-Sevier Cemetery, Pickett County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Donald Rich (contributor 47237248).
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KVKV-VGH
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14469479/person/434695220/facts
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1323345/person/-1952779868/facts
5. ↑ 1830; Census Place: Overton, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 179; Page: 184; Family History Library Film: 0024537
6. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8058&h=735430&ssrc=pt&tid=14469479&pid=434695220&usePUB=true
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5W-7DK
8. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBQ-9DNY?i=25&cc=1803958
9. ↑ 1840; Census Place: Greene, Tennessee; Page: 21; Family History Library Film: 0024546
10. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8057&h=3418042&ssrc=pt&tid=14469479&pid=434695220&usePUB=true
11. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
12. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1995&h=53893&ssrc=pt&tid=14469479&pid=434695220&usePUB=true
13. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Sevier-81
14. ↑ The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 4
15. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1116&h=149172&ssrc=pt&tid=14469479&pid=434695220&usePUB=true
16. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Sevier-81-1
17. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-2NYM
18. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WB-HGH?i=365&cc=2069831

• Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Baltimore, MD: 1974. v. 4.
• Sevier, C. B. and Madden, N. S. S.. Sevier Family History. Washington, D. C.: N. S. Madden. 1961.