AbstractsLaw & Legal Studies

John Sevier – A Re-evaluation

by Robert C. Peters




Institution: North Texas State University
Department:
Year: 1971
Keywords: Sevier, John; Indian fighter
Record ID: 1540710
Full text PDF: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131379/


Abstract

The purpose of this study will be to examine, once again, and chapter by chapter, those chief areas of controversy in Sevier's life, and in the process to arrive at some conclusions as to where the criticism is justified and, just as importantly, where the critics may have overstepped their bounds. For the sake of completeness and historical perspective, this re-examination will also include brief chapters on Sevier's ancestry and early life and his last years in the United States House of Representatives.