{"id":19134,"date":"2014-10-29T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=19134"},"modified":"2014-10-29T07:05:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T12:05:44","slug":"history-lecture-at-apsu-to-examine-states-first-governor-john-sevier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/29\/history-lecture-at-apsu-to-examine-states-first-governor-john-sevier\/","title":{"rendered":"History lecture at APSU to examine state\u2019s first governor, John Sevier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/stand_alone_AP.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> \u2013 In 1794, a man named Valentine Sevier sent an urgent letter from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/2014\/10\/20\/clarksville-beginnings-early-history-sevier-station-part-1\/\" >his home along the Cumberland River<\/a>, in what is now Clarksville, to his brother John. In it, he described <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/2014\/10\/27\/clarksville-beginnings-part-2-revisiting-massacre-sevier-station-words\/\" >a recent attack by Native Americans on their small settlement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers, he wrote, \u201cscalped my daughter Rebecca. I hope she still will recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/John-Seiver-Lecture-at-APSU.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-287400\" title=\"History lecture On John Sevier at APSU November 12th, 2014.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/John-Seiver-Lecture-at-APSU-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"History lecture On John Sevier at APSU November 12th, 2014.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><!--more-->Valentine sought comfort from his older brother, John Sevier\u2014a famous solider and frontiersman, who would become Tennessee\u2019s first governor.<\/p>\n<p>In the late eighteenth century, most of the settlers living in the area knew his name. The moniker still pops up on maps and buildings around the state, but John Sevier\u2019s legend has diminished over time.<\/p>\n<p>At 4:00pm on November 12th, Gordon T. Belt, director of public services for the Tennessee State Library and Archives, will discuss his new book, \u201cJohn Sevier: Tennessee\u2019s First Hero,\u201d in the Austin Peay State University Morgan University Center, Room 303. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the APSU Department of History and Philosophy and the APSU Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society.<\/p>\n<p>In his preface to the book, Belt said he relied on \u201cfolklore, anecdotes, family narratives and historical accounts\u201d to gain a \u201cgreater understanding of Sevier\u2019s life and legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on this event, contact Dr. Minoa Uffelman, APSU associate professor of history, at <a href=\"mailto:uffelmanm@apsu.edu\">uffelmanm@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN \u2013 In 1794, a man named Valentine Sevier sent an urgent letter from his home along the Cumberland River, in what is now Clarksville, to his brother John. In it, he described a recent attack by Native Americans on their small settlement. The attackers, he wrote, \u201cscalped my daughter Rebecca. 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