Governor John Sevier's original gravesite, just before disinterment at Fort Decatur, Alabama.
Governor Thomas Seay of Alabama, Governor Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee, and others who attended the ceremony, are standing around the grave. Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee; he died in Alabama in 1815, while traveling through the state. Sevier's remains were taken to Knoxville, Tenn...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/18111 |
| Summary: | Governor Thomas Seay of Alabama, Governor Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee, and others who attended the ceremony, are standing around the grave. Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee; he died in Alabama in 1815, while traveling through the state. Sevier's remains were taken to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was reburied on the grounds of the Knox County Courthouse. |
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