Governor William Benjamin Blount
1749 - 1800 (50 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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. 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. 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. Captain married Mary Lee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Mary Lee Children:
- 4. Thomas Blount was born about 1687; died in 1729.