| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1745-09-23 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Rockingham_County,_Virginia 
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                                | gptkbp:children | 10 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1815-09-24 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Fort_Decatur,_Alabama 
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                                | gptkbp:education | self-educated 
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                                | gptkbp:ethnicity | English descent 
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                                | gptkbp:governor | gptkb:Tennessee 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | frontier defense against Native Americans leadership in the Watauga Association
 role in the State of Franklin movement
 
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                                | gptkbp:legacy | Sevier County, Tennessee named after him Sevierville, Tennessee named after him
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives 
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                                | gptkbp:militaryConflict | gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War gptkb:Battle_of_Kings_Mountain
 
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                                | gptkbp:militaryRank | Brigadier General Colonel
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | dueled with Andrew Jackson led Overmountain Men at Kings Mountain
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | U.S. House Representative from Tennessee first Governor of Tennessee
 founder of the State of Franklin
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:soldier gptkb:Hunter
 gptkb:politician
 
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                                | gptkbp:parent | gptkb:Joanna_Goad_Sevier gptkb:Valentine_Sevier
 
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                                | gptkbp:party | gptkb:Democratic-Republican 
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                                | gptkbp:predecessor | office established 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Protestantism 
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                                | gptkbp:restingPlace | gptkb:Knoxville,_Tennessee 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | John Sevier signature.svg 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Catherine_Sherrill gptkb:Sarah_Hawkins
 
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                                | gptkbp:stateRepresented | gptkb:Tennessee 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:Archibald_Roane 
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                                | gptkbp:termEnd | 1801 1809
 
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                                | gptkbp:termStart | 1796 1803
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:National_Statuary_Hall_Collection gptkb:Battle_of_King's_Mountain
 gptkb:Sevierville
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | John Sevier 
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