in Dunmore'a war in 1771 and, afterward, from the opening of the Revolution
in 1775 until tin- close of the Indian wars in Tennessee a period extending over
nearly twentj years was the acknowledged leader or organizer in every impor-
tant Indian campaign along the Tennessee border. His services in this connection
have been already noted. He also c manded one wing of the American forces
al the battle of King's mountain in 1780, and in 17s:; led a body of mountain men to
the assistance of the patriots under Marion. At one time during the Revolution a
Tory plot to assassinate bim was revealed by the wife of the principal conspirator.
In I77!i he had been commissioned as commander of the militia of Washington
county, North Carolina — the nucleus of the present stair of Tennessee-a position
whirl i he had already held by coi n consent. Shortly after the close of the Revo-
lution lie Ih'IiI for a short time the office of governor of the seceding "state of
Franklin." for which he was arrested and brought to trial by the government of
North Carolina, but made his escape, when the matter was allowed to drop. The
question of jurisdiction was Snally settled in 1790, when North Carolina ceded the
disputed territory to the general government. Before this Sevier had been commis-
sioned as brigadier-general. When Tennessee was admitted as a stair in L796 he was
elected its first (state) governor, serving three terms, or six years. In 1803 he was
again reelected, serving three more terms. In lsi l he was elected to Congress, \\ here
he served two terms and