Sevier County is credited to being formed on September 18th, 1794 (About). Although, Sevier County’s formation can be further traced back in time according to a Sevier County historian, Beulah Linn. She states that Sevier County’s initial birthday is nearly a decade before the formation in 1794. According to her, Sevier County was first formed under the failed State of Franklin in 1785, nine years before its official formation in 1794. This is seen when Sevier County held its first court at “Samuel Newell’s Station on Boyds Creek in March 1785” (Linn). Counties all throughout America were formed based on the very same principle, a court house. So, a court convened and so did a new county to have this new court preside over it. The boundaries that make up Sevier County, were pulled from the neighboring Jefferson County to give way to this new court. Sevier County’s boundaries have remained unchanged throughout its inception (About). …show more content…
We know little about these Natives because of their material culture and lack of record keeping through written forms. During the middle of the 1500’s when Spanish exploration for gold was in full swing, Hernando de Soto and Juan Pardo both passed through what is now Sevier County. During this time, they reported that a minor Muskogean chiefdom, Chiaha, controlled the land. Later, during the period near the end of 1600’s, the Chicakamauga faction of the Cherokee controlled much of that land. The Chicakamauga used this land primarily for hunting grounds rather than settlement. Though, when foreign settlers tried to colonize the land, they fought in retaliation. The fighting even continued during times of peace until they were removed from their own land by the United States government in 1738, for what is now known as the Trail of Tears