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| | The Blount Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | James Blount and sons, James and Thomas, migrated to the Isle of Wight, VA, and later to Albermarle County, NC. |
 | | John Blount (1718-1790) and his son, Philip Blount (1740-1801), settled in Bladen County/Robeson County, NC, in the mid 1700's (Reference: Notes on Blount Ancestry, pp 81-85, by James Blount MacLeod). |
 | | Letters written by Elias Blount to his brother, James Blount, in North Carolina dating from his arrival in Tennessee in the early 1830's to his death in 1870, described the fertile land along the Tennessee River, the abundance of wild life, and everyday adventures in their new home. |
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