Sarah Jane Hawkins had complications with the birth of her tenth and last child. No time frame is given other than the vague 'had just given birth'. They family were compelled to fort, and made the rough six mile journey to the Fort built in the gap between the mountains six miles south of Jonesborough, to protect that first town in the vicinity. She made it to the fort, alive, but early one morning she passed away. Since John Sevier had only moved his family to what was then called Liberty, now in the Telford area, in the Spring and was up building his mills on the north fork in the late Spring when he got word the Cherokee were approaching, it can be safely assumed Sarah died as late as May of the year, 1780.. John buried her after sunset that very same day. He and a small contingency of Militia left the fort, after dark, and traveled deep into the forest surrounding the fort, which belonged to the Cherokee. They completed the burial in a thunderstorm and rain. All ten children were present a John's insistence to honor their mother. The militia men smoothed over the grave and sprinkled leaves over the unmarked area to keep the Cherokee from discovering her remains. They never did find the place where they laid her to rest and to this day, the site is still unknown. It is said the farm where her second child, James Sevier, resided was near where his mother was buried. He wanted to be close to her. So, please remove this nonsense about her being buried in the family cemetery. It just isn't correct.
