Said to have died in Montgomery Co., TN, but he is not found in the 1830 census of Tennessee.

1.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):  not found.

2a.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311):

1790

Blount, Wiley

NC

Beaufort Co.

p. 7

2b.  1790 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found in index, and I checked every page of Beaufort Co., NC, and there is no Wiley BLOUNT.  There is a Frederick BLOUNT and a Joshua BLOUNT, but no Wiley — and no page 7, nor is he the only one indexed on page 7 who is not there.

3.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312):  not found, but no TN schedules exist.

4.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313):  not found, but the TN census was destroyed, except for Rutherford Co. 

5a.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund CD-314):  not found.  Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (surnames A-H are missing from the index). 

5b.  1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #8 of 32; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820

TN

Montgomery Co.

p.

Wilie Blount

000001-00010-0-600-3250-6131

These data indicate:

No., Race, Gender	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 white male	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= Willie (b. 1768)
1 white female	26-44	1775-1794	= Mary
6	people in agriculture
3 male slaves	13 and under	1806-1820	= ? ? ?
2 male slaves	14-25	1794-1806	= ? ?
5 male slaves	26-44	1775-1794	= ? ? ? ? ?
6 female slaves	13 and under	1806-1820	= ? ? ? ? ? ?
1 female slave	14-25	1794-1806	= ?
3 female slaves	26-44	1775-1794	= ? ? ?
1 female slave	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= ?

6.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830	Blount, Willis	NC	Beaufort Co.	Chocowmitz	p. 48
1830	Blount, Wylie	FL	Jackson Co.		p. 90
1830	Blount, Richard B.	TN	Montgomery Co.		p.  7
1832	Blount, Richard B.	TN	Montgomery Co.

Could either of the above be our subject?  The only BLOUNT in Montgomery Co., TN, was Richard Blackledge BLOUNT, our subject's nephew. 

7.  Helen M. Blount Prescott.  1902.  Blount and Blunt.  Press of W.F. Roberts, Washington, DC.  [This is not a book, but a one-page pedigree chart.] 

8.  Stanley J. Folmsbee.  1979.  "Blount, Willie..."  Page 184 in William S. Powell, ed.  Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.  Vol. 1.  University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC.  Folmsbee cites the following sources:

9.  Allen Johnson, et al.  1929  Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. 2.  C. Scribner, New York, NY.

10.  Elizabeth H. Peeler.  1942.  "The Policies of Willie Blount as Governor of Tennessee."  Tennessee Historical Quarterly, v. 1.

11.  Emails from Kyle VanLandingham.