William Blount
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William Blount (1749 – 1800) was an American statesman and land speculator, as well as a signer of the United States Constitution.
He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led efforts in North Carolina to ratify the Constitution in 1789 at Fayetteville.
He later served as the state of Tennessee's first governor and was instrumental in helping the territory re-integrate into the Union.
In 1796, Blount, born to a wealthy North Carolina family, served as a paymaster during the American Revolutionary War.
He was elected to the North Carolina legislature in 1781, where he served in one role or another for the majority of the decade, with the exception being two terms in the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1786.
Blount pushed for a vote in the legislature to unlock the Appalachian lands west of the Appalachians.
Blount, the governor of the Southwest Territory, successfully negotiated the Treaty of Holston in 1791, gaining thousands of acres of Indian lands under US jurisdiction.
His volatile land investments put him in debt, and in the 1790s, he plotted with Great Britain to capture Louisiana in the hopes of raising western land prices.
He was barred from the Senate and became the first federal official to face impeachment when the scheme was exposed in 1797.
Blount remained popular in Tennessee and spent time in the state senate during the last years of his life.
Early life
Blount was born in Rosefield, the home of his maternal grandfather, John Gray, near Windsor, North Carolina, on Sunday. 5 He was Jacob Blount (1726–1789) and Barbara Gray Blount's eldest child. The Blounts had gradually risen to prominence in the first half of the 18th century, when William's grandfather and father had slowly accumulated the family fortune. Jacob Blount founded Blount Hall in Pitt County, North Carolina, in the years following William Blount's birth.: 7
Outside of tutors, William and his brothers received no formal education but were instrumental in their father's company ventures at a young age. Jacob Blount raised livestock, cotton, and cigarette, as well as a running a mill and horse racing track for the local population. 7 His land acquisitions, many thousands acres by the time of the 1760s, taught his sons the benefits of aggressive land speculation.: 11
The Blounts remained loyal to the North Carolina government during the Regulator Movement of the late 1760s and early 1770s. As it marched to defeat the Regulators at the Battle of Alamance in 1771, Jacob Blount, a justice of the peace, provided Governor William Tryon's army with supplies. William Blount, along with his brothers Jacob and John Gray Blount, were among Tryon's troops, but they saw no action.: 17
Later life
Though Blount's national reputation was tarnished, he was still popular in Tennessee. On his return to Knoxville in September 1797, he was paraded triumphantly through the city by James White and James Stuart. Andrew Jackson, Joseph Anderson, Joseph White, James White, Charles McClung, and William C. Claiborne, the bulk of his old Tennessee friends, remained loyal and helped with his local fame. Blount took on a staciously pro-Western stance.: 325–328
In 1798, Congress appointed commissioners to survey the boundaries established by the Treaty of Holston in the United States and Cherokee territories. Blount and Sevier sent agents to harass the commissioners, fearing that the commissioners would control the boundary in a way that favored the Cherokee over the settlers. 335 To further advance Western interests, they sent senators to federal treaty talks at the Tellico Blockhouse in 1798, causing federal negotiators to resign in congress and confusing Cherokee officials.: 337
Elisha Hall, one of the commissioners, accused Blount of attempting to defame the treaty, and Blount sued him for libel. 337 After Judge David Campbell dismissed the complaint, Blount requested Campbell's impeachment, naming him a "meddling blockhead." 339 – In October 1798, William Blount was elected to Knox County's state senate seat following James White's resignation. He was named Speaker of the Senate on December 3, 1993. 339 He spent his first few days in office fighting for Judge Campbell's impeachment. On December 17, the House voted to impeach Campbell, but the Senate suspended him on December 26.
An epidemic swept through Knoxville in March 1800, and many members of the Blount family became sick when he died on March 11, 1800. 345 He was buried at the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, just a few blocks from his home in Knoxville. Willie, the half-brother, combined the family estate and took responsibility for Blount's children's education.