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Sarah Anne Wood m. Dec 23, 1834 Franklin Co. NC b. Jun 18, 1815 Norfolk VA d. Apr 29, 1883 Wilson NC | George Washington Lafayette b. Oct 7, 1837 near Nashville NC d. Nov 28, 1895 Wilson NC |
Benjamin James b. Feb 4, 1840 d. Dec 20, 1863 |
Angelina b. Aug 12, 1841 d. Nov 20, 1841 |
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William Henry b. Aug 4, 1843 d. after Apr 1886 |
Mary Jane b. May 25, 1845 |
Thomas Spencer b. Nov 25, 1847 d. Aug 29, 1848 |
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John Wood b. Nov 6, 1849 |
Sarah Caroline b. Oct 16, 1851 |
Virginia b. Nov 22, 1853 |
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Joseph Roane b. Nov 25, 1855 |
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Benjamin H. Blount appears in a list of Postmasters in Nash Co. NC, appointed
Jun 11, 1833, and serving until Apr 1837. |
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Benjamin was Clerk and Master of Equity, then later, Commissioner of Wilson County, NC. |
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1872 Map of Wilson shows the location of Ben Blount's property on Barnes
Street between Spring and Goldsboro streets. |
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Son William Henry Blount was editor and columnist for the Wilson Advance
and the Wilson Mirror. |
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Son William married Mary Delia Harris. When she died in Apr 1886, she left a will
dated Mar 1886 recorded in the State of North Carolina. Her mother Sarah J. Harris
died at her home in South Carolina in December 1885, leaving a will recorded in the
state of South Carolina. Mary Blount was her only child, but the next of kin, Sarah
Harris' sister Caroline Walker claimed the inheritance. William Blount instituted
a suit against the other heir that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in
Blount v. Walker heard on April 7, 1890. |
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Tombstones of Benjamin and his wife
Sarah Anne both buried in
Maplewood Cemetery in Wilson NC. |
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Sources: BB&T, Our Account; A History of BB&T, 12 ed., 2012, pp. 25-29. Legal Information Institute, Blount v. Walker, Apr 7, 1890, website. List of Postmasters 1832-1971, Nash Co. NC, Records of the PO Dept., National Archives, Wash. DC, ancestry.com, website. Eaton, L. Claud, Jr., Our Tree, Alston... Blount...Davis...Pitchford...& related families, publ., by author, Vallejo, CA, 199?, p. 177. William S. Wood, comp., Descendants of the Brothers Jeremiah & John Wood, Press of Charles Hamilton, Worcester, Mass., 1885; pp.191-193. Tombstone, Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson NC. |
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