Governor William Benjamin Blount
1749 - 1800 (50 years)
1. Governor William Benjamin Blount was born on 26 Mar 1749 in North Carolina, USA (son of Colonel Jacob Blount and Barbara Gray); died on 21 Mar 1800 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA; was buried in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- DAR/SAR: Daughters of the American Revolution #: A011522 -- Sons of the American Revolution #: P-116776
- _MILT: 2 Jul 1772, North Carolina, USA; American Army - Revolutionary War; Staff Officer and Paymaster
- _ELEC: 1787, North Carolina, USA; Member of the Constitutional Convention and Signer of the US Constitution -- Governor of the Southwest Territory (Later Tennessee in 1796) - Also US Senator from Tennessee
- Census: 1790, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
- Occupation: 1790, North Carolina, USA; Land Speculator
William married Mary Mosely Grainger in 1778 in North Carolina, USA. Mary was born in 1761 in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA; died on 7 Oct 1802 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA; was buried in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Colonel Jacob Blount was born in 1726 in Bertie County, North Carolina, USA (son of Thomas Blount and Ann Elizabeth Reading); died on 17 Aug 1789 in Pitt County, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Blount Hall Cemetery, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- DAR/SAR: Daughters of the American Revolution #: A011497 -- Sons of the American Revolution #: P-116753
- Residence: Bef 1762, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA; Blount Hall
- _MILT: 16 May 1771, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Provincial Militia - Fought with Governor Tyron's Militia against the Regulators in the Battle of Alamance
- _ELEC: 1775, North Carolina, USA; Member of the Provisional Congress
- _MILT: 1776, North Carolina, USA; American Army - Revolutionary War; Colonel, North Carolina Continental Line
- Census: 1790, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
Colonel married Barbara Gray in 1748 in North Carolina, USA. Barbara was born in 1728 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Barbara Gray was born in 1728 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1763. Children:
- 1. Governor William Benjamin Blount was born on 26 Mar 1749 in North Carolina, USA; died on 21 Mar 1800 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA; was buried in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Thomas Blount was born about 1687 (son of Captain Thomas Blount and Mary Lee); died in 1729. Thomas married Ann Elizabeth ReadingNorth Carolina, USA. Ann was born about 1690 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA; died about 1742 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Ann Elizabeth Reading was born about 1690 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA; died about 1742 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 2. Colonel Jacob Blount was born in 1726 in Bertie County, North Carolina, USA; died on 17 Aug 1789 in Pitt County, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Blount Hall Cemetery, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA.
Generation: 4
8. Captain Thomas Blount was born about 1650 in Worcestershire, England (son of Captain James John Blount and Ann Willis); died on 28 Mar 1706 in North Carolina, USA. Notes:
Died:
(Cabin Ridge Plantation, Kendricks Creek, former Albemarle County)Captain married Mary Lee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Mary Lee Children:
- 4. Thomas Blount was born about 1687; died in 1729.