Thomas Blount (statesman)
Thomas Blount (May 10, 1759 – February 7, 1812) was an American Revolutionary War veteran and statesman from the state of North Carolina.
Biography
He was born at Blount Hall, in what is now Pitt County, North Carolina and was educated at home.
At the age of 16, Blount entered the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Captured during the conflict, he was among those prisoners of war shipped to England for detention. After the war, he returned to North Carolina. He engaged in the mercantile business in Tarboro a rapidly growing port city on the fall line. In 1788, he was elected to the State House of Commons.
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving during 1793–1799, 1805–1809, 1811–1812 (he lost elections in 1802 and 1808). He died in office and is interred in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C..
He was the brother of William Blount and the uncle of William Grainger Blount. His wife, Mary J. Sumner, was the daughter of Jethro Sumner.[1][2]
His home at Tarboro, The Grove, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[3]
References
- ^ "Thomas J. Sumner Blount". geni.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Nash, Jaquelin Drane. "Blount, Mary ("Jackie") Sumner". ncpedia.org. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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- 1759 births
- 1812 deaths
- People from Pitt County, North Carolina
- North Carolina Democratic-Republicans
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
- People of North Carolina in the American Revolution
- Continental Army soldiers
- Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives