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Solemn interment of Gov Sevier's remains in Knoxville
Knoxville reports the solemn interment of John Sevier, founder and first governor of Tennessee, with thirty thousand spectators viewing the procession from Chattanooga to Knoxville. Gov. Taylor and staff led the funeral cortege, the casket lay in state, and speeches lauded Sevier as the founder of Tennessee and hero of King's Mountain.
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God Bless Her
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