Born in Brownsville, Tennessee ; Wife of Finis E. Lack. ; Descendant of Capt. Robert Sevier, of Virginia. ; Daughter of Valentine Brickle Sevier and Mary Whitehead, his 2nd wife. ; Granddaughter of John Sevier and Elizabeth Brickle, his 2nd wife. ; Great granddaughter of Charles Sevier (b. 1774) and Elizabeth Watt, his wife. ; Great great granddaughter of Robert Sevier and Keziah Robertson, his wife.
Robert Sevier during the Revolution was active in clearing the Wautauga region of Tories. He was mortally wounded at King's Mountain, where he commanded a company under his brother John and died at the foot of the mountain. He was born in Virginia.