Thomas Blount
Abt 1687 - 1729 (42 years)
1. Thomas Blount was born about 1687; 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]
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.
- 2. Colonel Jacob Blount
Generation: 2
2. Colonel Jacob Blount (1.Thomas1) 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. 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]
Children:
- 3. 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.
Colonel married Mary Adams on 12 Aug 1787 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born in 1735; died on 17 Aug 1789 in Pitt County, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Colonel married Hannah Salter about 1763. Hannah was born in 1726; died in 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Generation: 3
3. Governor William Benjamin Blount (2.Colonel2, 1.Thomas1) 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. 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]