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Blount County, Tennessee, is named after Blount, as is the town of Blountville in Sullivan County. Grainger County and Maryville are both named after his wife, Mary Grainger Blount. [16] William Blount High School and Mary Blount Elementary School, both in Blount County, are named after Blount and his wife, respectively.
The Blount Mansion, also known as William Blount Mansion, located at 200 West Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, was the home of the only territorial governor of the Southwest Territory, William Blount (1749–1800).
The property is owned by the State of Tennessee and has been operated by the Rocky Mount Historical Association, a non-profit organization in partnership with the Tennessee Historical Commission, since 1962. The property is a living museum [3] that recreates the year 1791, when American Founding Father William Blount was in residence as ...
Willie Blount (April 18, 1768 – September 10, 1835) [2] was an American politician who served as the third Governor of Tennessee from 1809 to 1815. Blount's efforts to raise funds and soldiers during the War of 1812 earned Tennessee the nickname, "Volunteer State." [3] He was the younger half-brother of Southwest Territory governor, William ...
Location of Blount County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Blount County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
The home of William Blount from 1792 to his death in 1800. A Continental Congressman of the Congress of the Confederation and the Constitutional Convention where he represented North Carolina, Blount then became governor of the Southwest Territory, led Tennessee to statehood, and later served in the US Senate. 3: Chucalissa Site: Chucalissa Site
William Blount (1749–1800), statesman, governor and senator; Willie Blount (1768–1835), early governor of Tennessee; Julian Bond (1940–2015), activist, politician; born in Nashville; Alexander Bonnyman Jr. (1910–1943), decorated U.S. Marine; raised in Knoxville; Arna W. Bontemps (1902–1973), poet and novelist; Maci Bookout, reality TV ...
Governor William Blount served from 1790 to 1796, when Tennessee was known as the Southwest Territory. He was replaced by John Sevier , the state's first governor. Other notable governors include Willie Blount (William's half-brother), Sam Houston (better known for his role as the President of the Republic of Texas ), and future U.S. Presidents ...