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March 21, 1800 (50 years old)
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Aries
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Celebrities born on March 26
Born in 1749
Born in Windsor, North Carolina
Aries named William
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First name William
William Blount was an American politician and land speculator who signed the American Constitution. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and led North Carolina's efforts to ratify the 1789 Constitution at Fayetteville. He subsequently served as the sole governor of the Southwest Territory and played a leading role in helping the territory join the Union as the state of Tennessee. He was chosen as one of the first US senators from Tennessee in 1796. Born into a well-known family in North Carolina, Blount served as a payer during the American War of Independence. He was elected to the North Carolina Legislature in 1781, where he remained either for most of the decade, except for two terms in the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1786. Blount a encouraged attempts in the legislature to open up the lands west of the Appalachians to settle.
BornApril 6, 1749, (March 26, 1749 (O.S.)), Windsor, Province of North Carolina, British America
DiedMarch 21, 1800, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting placeFirst Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Spouse(s)Mary Grainger Blount
RelationsThomas Blount (brother), Willie Blount (half-brother), William Grainger Blount (son), Pleasant Miller (son-in-law), Edmund P. Gaines (son-in-law)
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byJoseph Anderson

About William Blount

Politician William Blount was born on March 26, 1749 in Windsor, North Carolina, United States (He dies at the age of 50, on March 21, 1800).

North Carolina delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and one of the signers of the United States Constitution. From 1796 to 1797, he was the first US Senator for the state of Tennessee.

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William Blount before becoming famous

William Blount was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1749 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a paymaster for the 3rd North Carolina Regiment.

Achievement of William Blount

He lobbied Congress to open the territories west of the Appalachians to settlement, and as Governor of the Southwest Territory, he negotiated the Treaty of Holston in 1791, which gave the United States dominion over thousands of acres of Indian land.

William Blount's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was the son of Jacob and Mary Gray Blount, and he married Mary Grainger, with whom he had a son named William Grainger Blount.

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Both he and US President James Madison signed the United States Constitution.

James Madison (1751 - 1836) (US President)
James Madison (1751 - 1836)

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William Blount Income & Net worth

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