Like much of Sevier County, Emert's Cove was a Cherokee hunting ground before the colonization of the area. After the Battle of Boyds Creek and several violent incidents between the Cherokee and the settlers to the west in what is now Cocke County, the Cherokee were induced to sign the Treaty of Dumplin Creek in 1785, ceding what is now Sevier County to the State of Franklin.Treaty of Dumplin Creek, hmdb.orgThe Treaty of Dumplin Creek, loststate.weebly.com Among the first Euro-American settlers to move into the newly gained territory was Frederick Emert (1754–1829), who arrived with his family sometime between 1785 and 1793.Charles Elder and Randy Elder (editors), "Sevier County," Goodspeed's History of East Tennessee (Nashville: Elder Book Publishers, 1972).
Like much of Sevier County, Emert's Cove was a Cherokee hunting ground before the colonization of the area. After the Battle of Boyds Creek and several violent incidents between the Cherokee and the settlers to the west in what is now Cocke County, the Cherokee were induced to sign the Treaty of Dumplin Creek in 1785, ceding what is now Sevier County to the State of Franklin.Treaty of Dumplin Creek hmdb.orgThe Treaty of Dumplin Creek, loststate.weebly.com Among the first Euro-American settlers to move into the newly gained territory was Frederick Emert (1754–1829), who arrived with his family sometime between 1785 and 1793.Charles Elder and Randy Elder (e,ditors), "Sevier County," Goodspeed's History of East Tennessee (Nashville: Elder Book Publishers, 1972).