Blount family of North Carolina
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- William Blount (1749-1800) — Born in Windsor, Bertie
County, N.C., March 26,
1749. Son of Jacob Blount and Barbara (Gray) Blount; married, February
12, 1778, to Mary Grainger; brother of Thomas
Blount; half-brother of William
Blount (1768-1835); father of William
Grainger Blount. Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1781, 1783; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-83, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1788; Governor of
Southwest Territory, 1790-96; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1798-1800; died in office 1800. Presbyterian.
Became involved in a conspiracy
to turn Florida over to British control; when this plot was uncovered
in 1797, was expelled
from the U.S. Senate; afterwards, on July 7, 1797, he was impeached,
but the Senate dropped the matter for lack of jurisdiction. Died in
Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., March 21,
1800. Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. Blount counties
in Ala.
and Tenn.
are named for him.
- Thomas Blount (1759-1812) — of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C. Born in Craven County (part now in Pitt
County), N.C., May 10,
1759. Son of Jacob Blount and Barbara (Gray) Blount; brother of
William
Blount; married to Jacky Sullivan Sumner; uncle of William
Grainger Blount. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1788; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-99, 1805-09, 1811-12
(at-large 1793-97, 9th District 1797-99, at-large 1805-07, 3rd
District 1807-09, 1811-12); died in office 1812. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
7, 1812. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- William Blount (1768-1835) — also known as Willie
Blount — of Tennessee. Born in Bertie
County, N.C., April 18,
1768. Son of Jacob Blount and Hannah (Baker) Blount; half-brother
of William
Blount (1749-1800); married 1809 to Lucinda
Baker; great-great-grandfather of Harry
Hill McAlister. Superior court judge in Tennessee, 1796; member
of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1807-09; Governor of
Tennessee, 1809-15; defeated, 1827; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834. Died near
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
10, 1835. Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Tenn.;
reinterment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
- William Grainger Blount (1784-1827) — of Tennessee.
Born near New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., 1784.
Son of William
Blount; nephew of Thomas
Blount. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1811; secretary of
state of Tennessee, 1811-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1815-19. Died May 21,
1827. Interment at City
Cemetery, Paris, Tenn.
- Harry Hill McAlister (1875-1959) — also known as
Hill McAlister — of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn. Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 15,
1875. Great-great-grandson of William
Blount; married, November
27, 1901, to Louise Jackson. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1911-13; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1916;
Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1918-20; Tennessee
state treasurer, 1919-27, 1931-33; Governor of
Tennessee, 1933-37. Christian.
Died October
30, 1959. Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political
graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February
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