Ancestral Stories- “Sitting in the Governor’s Chair”
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Ancestral Stories- “Sitting in the Governor’s Chair”

  Have you ever been to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee? How about Sevierville, also in Tennessee? They are BOTH in Sevier County Tennessee. It was named after John Sevier.   This is the story of Linda’s relative. (Hughes-Snodgrass-Sevier line)   John Sevier Linda’s 4th Great Grandfather   John Sevier, pioneer, soldier, statesman and a…

Bath Township Part 3

(see note at bottom)   THE VILLAGE OF BATH. Bath was laid out in 1836 for John Curtain, who owned the land. It was surveyed by Abraham Lincoln, Deputy Surveyor of Sangamon County ; and the plat of the original fifteen blocks, surveyed by the martyred President, is now in the possession of Maj. Gatton,…