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John BLOUNT
Sarah E. VAIL
Husband:  John BLOUNT
Birth:  ca. 1690s
Death:  1753/4, Chowan Co., NC
Residence:  inherited Mulberry Hill, Edenton, Chowan Co., NC 
Father:  John BLOUNT
Mother:  Elizabeth DAVIS
Marriage:
Wife:  Sarah E. VAIL
Death:  aft. 8 Dec 1753
Children (birth order unknown, born ca. 1720s-30s):
1.  James BLOUNT
2.  Frederick BLOUNT
3.  Wilson BLOUNT 
4.  Elizabeth BLOUNT
5.  Martha BLOUNT
6.  Mary BLOUNT


Sources:

1.  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.] 

2.  J. Bryan Grimes.  1910.  North Carolina Abstract of Wills, 1690-1760.  E.M. Uzzell Publ., Raleigh, NC.
BLOUNT, JOHN.  Chowan County.
December 8, 1753.  April Court, 1754.
Sons: JAMES (plantation and three negroes), FREDERIC (four negroes), WILSON (three negroes).
Sister-in-law: Mrs. MARY MOOR.
Daughters: ELIZABTH, MARTHA, MARY.
Wife: SARAH (three negroes).
Chaise, boat, blacksmith tools and watch ordered sold.
Brothers: CHARLES BLOUNT and JOSEPH BLOUNT (executors).
Witnesses: J. HALSEY, JNO. SMITH, JOHN BEASLEY, RICHARD DUNBAR.
Clerk of the Court: WILL HALSEY.
The following item may be of interest: "My Will and desire is * * * * That no Stranger shall be admitted to live on any part of the back land to destroy the timber and that no Person shall on any Consideration whatsoever be admitted to live on any part of my land excepting an overseer."

3.  Sarah McCulloh Lemmon.  1979.  "Blount, Frederick..." Pages 177-178 in William S. Powell, ed.  Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.  Vol. 1.  University of South Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, SC. Lemmon cites the following sources:

  • Chowan County Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
  • Sarah McCulloh Lemmon, ed.  1971.  The Pettigrew Papers, Vol. 1, 1685-1818.  State Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.
  • Raleigh Register, 26 Sep 1823.
4. John B. Flowers III & Jaquelin Drane Nash.  1979.  "Blount, John..." Page 179 in William S. Powell, ed. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.  Vol. 1.  University of South Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, SC.  Flowers and Nash cite the following sources:
  • Stuart Hall Hill Papers, Vol. 2, Sec. 1, at North Carolina State Library, Raleigh, NC.
  • George Holmes.  1964.  History of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Edenton.
  • North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, "scattered issues."
  • William L. Saunders & Walter Clark, eds.  1886/1888/1905. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina.  Vols. 1-4, 6, 24.
5.  Emails from Kyle VanLandingham.

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