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	William Blount - LoveToKnow 1911
		WILLIAM BLOUNT (1749-1800), American politician, was born in Bertie county, North Carolina, on the 26th of March 1749.
		In 1797 his connexion became known with a scheme, since called "Blount's Conspiracy," which provided for the co-operation of the American frontiersmen, assisted by Indians, and an English force, in the seizure on behalf of Great Britain of the Floridas and Louisiana, then owned by Spain, with which power England was then at war.
		Blount was enthusiastically supported by his constituents, and upon his return to Tennessee was made a member and the presiding officer of the state senate.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Blount (426 words)

	WILLIAM BLOUNT
		Indeed, Blount had led the fight in North Carolina for ratification of the new Constitution because he, like many of his fellow veterans, had already come to realize that the various political and economic promises of independence could be fulfilled only by a strong, effective union of all the states.
		Although a regimental paymaster was not a commissioned officer with command responsibility on the battlefield, Blount served under a warrant on the regimental staff and drew the same pay and allowances as a captain.
		Blount and his comrades had participated in one of the key battles of the war.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/RevWar/ss/blount.htm (1778 words)

	William Blount - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Blount, (March 26 (sometimes given as April 6), 1749 – March 21, 1800) was a U.S. statesman.
		Blount was born near Windsor, North Carolina in Bertie County into a family of distinguished merchants and planters who owned extensive properties along the banks of the Pamlico River.
		Blount was the father of William Grainger Blount (1784-1827), Tennessee state representative and U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1815-1819.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Blount (890 words)

	Tennessee history, preservation and educational artifacts
		William Blount was born on March 26, 1749 in Bertie County, NC in the Palmico Sound region near the coastal town of Wilmington.
		William Blount tossed his hat into the ring for the seat of U.S. Senator from North Carolina, but lost the seat and returned to his comfortable home in the state and his four children – a son, named William Grainger Blount, was born in 1784 and an infant named Richard.
		Blount was chosen to preside over the committee and, when the state constitution was drafted in Blount’s office, it was immediately taken to Philadelphia –; then serving as the nation’s capitol.
	www.vic.com /tnchron/class/Blount.htm (3134 words)

	William Blount Writings and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		William Blount was the great-grandson of Thomas Blount, who came from England to Virginia soon after 1660 and settled on a North Carolina plantation.
		William, the eldest in a large family, was born in 1749 while his mother was visiting his grandfather's Rosefield estate, on the site of present Windsor near Pamlico Sound.
		Appointed as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention at the age of 38, Blount was absent for more than a month because he chose to attend the Continental Congress on behalf of his state.
	www.lexrex.com /bios/wblount.htm (525 words)

	Blount, William
		The Impeachment of Senator William Blount was the first impeachment in the history of the United States.
		On July 5, 1797 a motion in the House called by Samuel Sitgreaves of Massachusetts called for the impeachment of William Blount, Senator of Tennessee, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
		Blount had sent a letter, describing the method that was going to be used to rid Florida and Louisiana of Spain, to James Carey, a U.S. interpreter to the Cherokee nation.
	library.thinkquest.org /25673/blount.htm (296 words)

	William Blount (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		William Blount, (March 26 (sometimes given as April 6), 1749 - March 21, 1800) was a U.S. statesman.
		Blount was born near Windsor, North Carolina in Bertie County into a family ofdistinguished merchants and planters who owned extensive properties along the banks of the Pamlico River.
		Blount is the father of William Grainger Blount (1784-1827), Tennessee state representative and U.S. Representative from Tenessee, 1815 - 1819.
	www.therfcc.org /william-blount-46547.html (903 words)

	William Blount - theBlountWeb! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		North Carolinian William Blount fought in the Revolutionary War, and remained in public service for the rest of his career.
		After actively seeking the position of Governor of the western territory south of the Ohio River, Blount was awarded the position by President George Washington in 1790; the position of Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern Department automatically accompanied the position of Governor.
		Blount served in the Continental Congress 1783-1784 and 1786-1787.
	www.blountweb.com /williamblount (253 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: BLOUNT, THOMAS WILLIAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Blounts were a family of some means and in addition to their town house in San Augustine owned a plantation on Patroon Creek in the east end of the county.
		Blount was shortly exchanged and returned to the army as ordnance officer under Col. William R. Miles during the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
		Blount was married to Mary Rather of Shelby County and was the father of four children.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/fbl32.html (673 words)

	William Blount
		BLOUNT, William, statesman, born in North Carolina in 1744; died in Knoxville, Tennessee, 21 March 1800.
		He was a delegate from North Carolina to the old congress in 1782-'3 and 1786-'7, member of the assembly from Newbern in 1780 and 1784, a signer of the federal constitution in 1787, and in1790 was appointed governor of the territory south of the Ohio.
		He was secretary to his brother William while the latter was territorial governor of Ohio, and afterward removed to Montgomery County, Tennessee, and was soon returned to the legislature.
	www.famousamericans.net /williamblount (441 words)

	William Blount, Signer of Constitution, Expelled From U.S. Senate
		North Carolina sent five delegates: William Blount, William R. Davie, Alexander Martin, Richard D. Spaight, and Hugh Williamson, [each state had one vote and therefore could send any number of delegates.] Davie and Martin left before the meeting ended and therefore did not sign the final document.
		Blount is a character strongly marked for integrity and honor.
		Blount, a lawyer [ahem], remained active in politics beyond North Carolina and in 1790 he was appointed governor of the territory south of the Ohio.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/history/blount.html (848 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: William Blount
		He said almost nothing in the debates and signed theConstitution reluctantly--only, he said, to make it "the unanimous act of the States in Convention." Nonetheless, he favored his state's ratification of the completed document.
		Two years earlier, Washington had appointed Blount as Governor for the Territory South of the River Ohio (which included Tennessee) and also as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern Department, in which positions he increased his popularity with the frontiersmen.
		A letter he wrote alluding to the plan fell into the hands of President Adams, who turned it over to the Senate on July 3, 1797.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/B/blount/blount.htm (536 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Blount
		Blount, Stephen William (1808-1890) — also known as Stephen W. Blount — of Texas.
		Son of Jacob Blount and Barbara (Gray) Blount; brother of William Blount; married to Jacky Sullivan Sumner; uncle of William Grainger Blount.
		Blount, William (1767-1835) — also known as Willie Blount — of Tennessee.
	www.politicalgraveyard.com /bio/blount.html (605 words)

	Descendants of James Blount
		Blount who was a very great sharer in that loss, and was as strongly persuaded as any man that ye people in ye canoe were indeed murdered and himself and family was in as great danger as any in the Government.
		The Blount family moved to Florida in 1835 and are shown on the 1840 census of Columbia County, and the 1850 census of Hamilton County.
		Jacob Blount died prior to 1860, as Hannah Blount, age 64 is shown residing with her son, Hugh B. Blount on the 1860 census of Hamilton County.
	www.lamartin.com /genealogy/blount.htm (14232 words)

	Thesis on William Blount
		"WILLIAM BLOUNT" William Blount's great-grandfather, Thomas Blount, came to the Americas from England in 1660.
		William was the eldest in his family, and was born in 1749 while his mother was visiting her father-in-law's Rosefield estate.
		William was said to have received a good education although little is known.
	www.emailessay.com /paper/William_Blount-72752.html (189 words)

	Biography of William Blount, TNGenNet Inc. TNGenWeb Project, Autobiographies, Biographies, and Diaries of Our Ancestors.
		William Blount and his brothers, John Gray, Reading, Thomas, Jacob Jr., and his half brothers Willie and Sharpe Blount controlled vast tracts of land in North Carolina and Tennessee and became one of the wealthiest landholding families in nineteenth century America.
		Blount had large holdings of land in western country and has been called one of the major land speculators of his time; president company organized in 1783 for promotion of the “Muscle Shoals Scheme” to develop lands lying in the Great Bend of the Tennessee River (in present day Alabama, but then Georgia’s western lands).
		William Bount was the father of William Grainger Blount, and half-brother of Willie Blount.
	www.tngenweb.org /bios/b/blount.html (634 words)

	Alabama Academy of Honor: William Houston Blount (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		William Houston Blount of Birmingham was born in Union Springs, Alabama, January 3, 1922, the son of William Madison and Clarabel Chalker Blount.
		Blount became a partner in Blount Brothers Corporation, Montgomery, and president and director of the Southeastern Sand and Gravel Company, Tallassee, and vice president of Southern Cen-Vi-Ro Pipe Company, Birmingham.
		Blount has been active in the work of the Boy Scouts of America, having served as president of the Birmingham Area Council and as a member of the Executive Board and National Council representative.
	www.archives.state.al.us /famous/academy/wh_bloun.html (348 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > William Blount: A Featured Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Before coming to the Senate, William Blount established a distinguished record of public service in the Revolutionary army, the North Carolina legislature, the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention.
		His time in the Senate was short-lived, however, due to his involvement in a plan to secure Spanish territory west of the Mississippi for the British, in an apparent effort to improve the value of his own land holdings.
		Blount became the first person to be expelled from the Senate, and the only senator ever impeached by the House of Representatives.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/generic/Featured_Bio_Blount.htm (156 words)

	C.W. Harris: William D. Blount, Principal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Blount is a native of New Bern, North Carolina.
		Blount taught for several years in North Carolina before entering the District of Columbia Public School System.
		Blount is currently, the principal of C.W. Harris Elementary School.
	www.melanet.com /harris/blount.htm (177 words)

	St. Michael's Cemetery Foundation, Inc. of Pensacola, Florida
		Alleged corporate influence by the Liberal Democrats, suggested that W.A. Blount’s pass to the convention at the expense of the L and N railroad was influence peddling and the Liberal’s demanded Blount to retire his seat at the convention.
		Although Blount voted conservative during most of his time as a state legislator, he had definite opinions of the populace.
		Thomas Muir, Jr., William Alexander Blount: Defender of the Old South and Advocate of a New South, 1979, 2.
	www.stmichaelscemetery.org /bios/WABlount.htm (3604 words)

	Errors doom Admirals against William Blount : Baseball : Knoxville News Sentinel
		On Sunday night, the damper on their hopes came from William Blount, which defeated the host Admirals 8-3.
		William Blount eventually built a 5-3 lead going into the top of the seventh, when Cory Endsley tripled.
		William Blount finished the game with 11 hits, while Garland scattered nine hits in a complete game.
	www.knoxnews.com /kns/preps_baseball/article/0,2555,KNS_21738_5524279,00.html (741 words)

	Blount, William on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Blount handled this dual position successfully until financial difficulties forced him into a plan whereby frontiersmen and Native Americans were to help the British conquer Spanish Florida and Louisiana.
		Before the plan was discovered he presided over the Tennessee constitutional convention (1796) and became one of the state's first U.S. Senators.
		While impeachment proceedings (later dropped) were being instituted, Blount was elected (1798) to the Tennessee senate and was chosen its speaker.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Blount-W1.asp (373 words)

	thedailytimes.com - Maryville sweeps William Blount (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Lady Rebel junior swiped a William Blount inbounds pass and hit a layup with six minutes remaining, completing a four-point Maryville swing in two seconds.
		William Blount (5-5, 1-2) got a strong night from its backcourt, with guards Audra McBrayer, Cassie Moulton and Angela Puleo going for 17, 12 and 10 points, respectively.
		After a Huffstetler putback closed William Blount to 45-40 with five minutes left, Buckley popped for a 3-point bomb in front of the Maryville student section, steadying the Rebels' legs.
	www.thedailytimes.com /sited/story/html/151291 (705 words)

	William Blount Summary
		Blount, William Excerpt from "Treaty with the Cherokee"; Published in Law and Treaties, edited by Charles J. Kappler, 1904 The Southern frontier tribes of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole historically held large areas of...
		William Blount, (March 26, 1749(O.S.)/ April 6, 1749 (N.S.) – March 21, 1800) was a United States statesman.
		He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention for North Carolina, the first and only governor of the Southwest Territory, and Republica...
	www.bookrags.com /William_Blount (132 words)

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