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William Blount (/ b l ĘŚ n t / BLUNT; April 6, 1749 – March 21, 1800) [1] was an American politician, landowner and Founding Father who was one of the signers of the Constitution of the United States.
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). Blount, a Founding Father of the United States, a signer of the United States Constitution, and a U.S. Senator from ...
The property is a living museum [3] that recreates the year 1791, when American Founding Father William Blount was in residence as governor. [4] It is next to the DeVault-Massengill House . References
The Founding Fathers of the United States, often simply referred to as the Founding Fathers or the Founders, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for ...
The Annapolis Convention, formally titled as a Meeting of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government, was a national political convention held September 11–14, 1786 in the old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House [1] in Annapolis, Maryland (The Maryland Society, Sons of the American Revolution claim the location was at Mann's Tavern [2] [3] where some of the delegates ...
He became a protégé of William Blount, one of the most powerful men in the territory. [31] Jackson was appointed attorney general of the Mero District in 1791 and judge-advocate for the militia the following year. [32] He also got involved in land speculation, [33] eventually forming a partnership with fellow lawyer John Overton. [34]
Emily’s father, Oliver, works as a barrister, a.k.a. a type of U.K. lawyer, and is the son of former British Army officer Major General Peter Blunt.
William Grainger Blount (1784 – May 21, 1827) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1815 to 1819. He is the son of Southwest Territory governor William Blount and nephew of Tennessee governor Willie Blount , serving under the latter as Tennessee Secretary of ...