Family Group Sheet
NameValentine Sevier
Birth1 Feb 1701/1702, St. Giles Parish, London, England
Death30 Dec 1803, Carter City, Carter Co., Tennessee
Other spousesJemima Young
Marriage1744, Brunswick Co., Virginia
SpouseJoannah Goad, 7G Aunt
Birth1 Nov 1723, Bedford Co. (then Brunswick Co.), Virginia
Death1773, Virginia
FatherJohn Goad (1700-1771)
MotherCatherine [Goad] (~1703->1738)
Children
1 MGov. John Sevier, 1C7R
Birth23 Sep 1745, New Market, Rockingham Co., Virginia
Death24 Sep 1815, near Fort Decatur, Georgia
SpouseSarah Hawkins
2 MCol. Valentine Sevier, 1C7R
Birth1747, Rockingham Co., Virginia
Death23 Feb 1800, Clarksville, Tennessee
SpouseNaomi “Amy” Douglass
3 MCapt. Robert Sevier, 1C7R
Birth1749, Rockingham Co., Virginia
Death16 Oct 1780, the Battle of King’s Mountain
SpouseKeziah Robertson
4 FMary “Polly” Sevier, 1C7R
Birthabt 1752, Rockingham Co., Virginia
Deathbef 1804, Rockingham Co., Virginia
SpouseCapt. Robert Rutherford
SpouseWilliam Matlock
6 MCharles Sevier, 1C7R
Birthabt 1757, Rockingham Co., Virginia
7 FBethenia Sevier, 1C7R
Birthabt 1759, Rockingham Co., Virginia
8 MAbraham Sevier, 1C7R
Birth14 Feb 1760, Shenandoah Co., Virginia
Death18 Jun 1841, Overton Co., Tennessee
SpouseMary Little
9 FElizabeth Sevier, 1C7R
Birthabt 1762, Rockingham Co., Virginia
10 FSophia Sevier, 1C7R
Birthabt 1764, Rockingham Co., Virginia
Notes for Valentine Sevier
Most information on this family is taken from Joe Payne’s web page.84
Valentine immigrated to the United States about 1740, settling first in Orange County, Virginia. Shortly after his marriage to Joanna Goad, the couple moved to Culpepper Co., Va, and later to Rockingham Co., Va, where John Sevier, their eldest child and the most famous member of their family, was born September 23, 1745. Valentine Sevier arrived at Watauga Settlement on December 25, 1773 accompanied by 4 sons and 3 daughters, to join his third son Valentine, who was already there. He took the oath of allegiance on August 27, 1778. He died at the Watauga Settlement in Carter County.
Valentine immigrated to the United States about 1740, settling first in Orange County, Virginia. Shortly after his marriage to Joanna Goad, the couple moved to Culpepper Co., Va, and later to Rockingham Co., Va, where John Sevier, their eldest child and the most famous member of their family, was born September 23, 1745. Valentine Sevier arrived at Watauga Settlement on December 25, 1773 accompanied by 4 sons and 3 daughters, to join his third son Valentine, who was already there. He took the oath of allegiance on August 27, 1778. He died at the Watauga Settlement in Carter County.
