(1768-04-18)April 18, 1768 Bertie County, Province of North Carolina, British America
Died
September 10, 1835(1835-09-10) (aged 67)[1] Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting place
Greenwood Cemetery Clarksville, Tennessee
Political party
Democratic-Republican
Spouse
Lucinda Baker[1]
Relations
William Blount (half-brother), Thomas Blount (half-brother), William Grainger Blount (nephew)
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 Blount. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
^ abTennessee State Library and Archives, Governor Willie Blount Papers, 1964, 1988. Retrieved: July 10, 2012.
^Some sources list Blount's year of birth as 1767; his tombstone gives his date of birth as April 18, 1768.
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WillieBlount (April 18, 1768 – September 10, 1835) was an American politician who served as the third Governor of Tennessee from 1809 to 1815. Blount's...
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Archibald Roane, future congressman John Rhea, and Blount's younger half-brother, future governor WillieBlount. Jackson served as a district attorney for the...
candidate and incumbent member of the Tennessee House of Representatives WillieBlount defeated fellow Democratic-Republican candidate, former United States...
Governors Association. Retrieved July 5, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 1467. "WillieBlount". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 5, 2023. "Wednesday...
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accurately stated in Gen. Jackson's letter to governor of Tennessee, WillieBlount, written a few days after the battle. Click here to see a hand-drawn...
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Tennessee legislature authorized Governor WillieBlount to raise 5,000 militia for a three-month tour of duty. Blount called out a force of 2,500 West Tennessee...
many Tennesseans enlisted in the military in response to Governor WillieBlount's call for volunteers. In 2003, a resolution of the 103rd General Assembly...
Franceshunter.wordpress.com. December 13, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2015. WillieBlount, Messages of the Governors of Tennessee, 1796–1821, ed. R.H. White,...
5th district Newton Cannon and former Democratic-Republican Governor WillieBlount. On election day, 2 August 1827, Democratic-Republican candidate Sam...
he had purchased a farm. In 1792, Southwest Territory governor William Blount appointed McMinn justice of the peace for Hawkins County, and McMinn represented...
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state, some government was organized to administer the territory. William Blount was appointed as the first official governor of Tennessee, James White became...
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