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John Sevier
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John Sevier was an American soldier, frontiersman, and politician, and one of the founding fathers of Tennessee. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he played a leading role in Tennessee's pr
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1792
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1792
Sketch in Goodpasture's History of Tennessee (1903), showing Sevier pulling Catherine Sherrill to safety during the Cherokee assault on Fort Watauga
Sketch in Goodpasture's History of Tennessee (1903), showing Sevier pulling Catherine Sherrill to safety during the Cherokee assault on Fort Watauga
Howard Pyle drawing in an 1885 edition of Harper's Magazine, showing a romanticized account of Sevier's 1788 escape from North Carolina (he was never
Howard Pyle drawing in an 1885 edition of Harper's Magazine, showing a romanticized account of Sevier's 1788 escape from North Carolina (he was never tried by the state)
Portrait of Sevier by Washington B. Cooper
Portrait of Sevier by Washington B. Cooper
Cherokee–American wars
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The Cherokee–American wars, also known as the Chickamauga Wars, were a series of raids, campaigns, ambushes, minor skirmishes, and several full-scale frontier battles in the Old Southwest from 1776 to
The Cherokees are Coming!, an illustration depicting a scout warning the residents of Knoxville, Tennessee, of the approach of a large Cherokee force in September 1793
The Cherokees are Coming!, an illustration depicting a scout warning the residents of Knoxville, Tennessee, of the approach of a large Cherokee force
A commander of Fort Patrick Henry sent Henry Timberlake as a token of friendship after the Anglo-Cherokee War. Timberlake later took three Cherokee to
A commander of Fort Patrick Henry sent Henry Timberlake as a token of friendship after the Anglo-Cherokee War. Timberlake later took three Cherokee to London, 1763.
An 1851 history painting portrays Boone's first crossing of the Cumberland Gap with a party of settlers in 1773. (Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers thro
An 1851 history painting portrays Boone's first crossing of the Cumberland Gap with a party of settlers in 1773. (Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap, by George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851)
Artist's impression of the capture of Jemima Boone by Cherokee Indians in 1776, painted by German-American artist Charles Ferdinand Wimar in 1853.
Artist's impression of the capture of Jemima Boone by Cherokee Indians in 1776, painted by German-American artist Charles Ferdinand Wimar in 1853.