Record #:

15653

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

The Blount family of Beaufort County is one of the country's oldest, most numerous, and most influential families. John Gray Blount built the sixth house at the Forks of the Tar in 1778, and it became the meeting place of eastern North Carolina's great men--statesmen, leaders of church, state, business, and agriculture.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 23 Issue 9, Sept 1955, p34, il

Subject(s):

Blount family--Beaufort County; Blount, John Gray, 1752-1833