Andrew Jackson Sevier

Andrew Jackson Sevier, Jr. , was the sheriff of Madison Parish in the delta country of northeastern Louisiana, having served from 1904 until his death in office thirtyseven years later at the age of sixtynine. He was a direct descendant of John Sevier, a fighter in the American Revolution who served as governor of Tennessee and is the namesake of Sevierville in Sevier County in eastern Tennessee.

Sevier was born to the former Columbia Dobyns and Andrew Sevier, Sr. , in Port Gibson in Claiborne County in southwestern Mississippi. He came to Madison Parish when he was five years of age and lived first with his parents at Millikens Bend and then the parish seat of government, Tallulah. He had six siblings. His mother died when he was eleven years of age apparently his father did not remarry and was a widower for thirtyfive years. The senior Sevier was a Confederate taken as a prisoner of war in the American Civil War. Sevier, Sr., served from 1883 to 1887 on the Madison Parish School Board and from 1909 to 1913 on the Madison Parish Police Jury.

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