The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03
JOHN 6. BLOUNT
ANDDANlELBOONp
Blazing a Trail Through I'll.
Unknown. The Trip from
North Carolina to Ken.
lucky.


John ray BloUnt. the ..-
jacob Blount and Rar}ar. az ...
Wife, was born Sept - @S -
Rosefield, BERTHE COUNTY. N,-+'-. =
una the home Of his mat4ro.I -.1'-
father, John Gray-geatfSn'. 7i"t1-
scotland who had emigrata5 ta .hl
COUNT. III LIZ. The early Ifa 3
iohn Gray BlOunt was nassl, ',
Blount Hall, the seat Of bts s~SS S.I at
"ell-knoWn place in its day si+..
on the old colonial road-,ha '-a[+o
way from Petersburg to Nv -
VIA HaGfax.-(ColoutaI Raoort'' T'.
North Carolina, Vol. NV, p. 80
AS a mere boy, he Was cn4,,,.s
with wonderful energy and grp4I ~ '
dependence or spirit, and a, tbs ~,
or fourteen, determined to WI
tune by his own efforts. re uo,-
New Bern and learned SURVEYING 49,,
der Mr.. Abner Neale. a Surveyor go
eral in the Province of that por,o+
1855. We do 0 know the lane-h ~:
time that he remained in New Ro,1
II vicinity; it was said. hy the ott..
members OF the family. that he 49,.
~coInpanied Boone 10 Kpntncly VINO,
about seventeen years of age. Ynnnr
Blount was ready for the pxpprip1rc
In love with his surveying, fuU nt
energy, anxious for adventure. na
was eager to plunge into the ..r.5r.
forests with q man like Daniel Rome
And, to his last day this was ? tins
upon which his emo loved 70 I'm
ger. Though, he was L mar OF e.
ceedins modesty as TO his own
achievements, his daughter. plsa
Patsey 3. Blount, has often told me-
that b had heard the story Of his
travels with Daniel Boone from hfg
own lips. It was with great pride
that she would recount to us his ad.
ventures. and the hardships that he
endured in crossing the mountaiHx
and blazing UP d path through th9
| unknown, and in places. almost im.
pregnable forests. filled with lurs,og
dangers from Indians and wild ami
mails.
She would never fail 10 SDoaA ~
the time when IN the solemn awe y
the great forest he had acted o. par
sons clerk to the first couple mar
ried In Kentucky, Daniel Boon OH
Chatting as parsOn. The hunters
jacket worn by John Gray Blolut on
his trip with BoOne was carefully
preserved and treasured by his d. -u-
ter until the War Between the States
when that with other aluab relics
vas destroyed by the Yankee uWaI
ers who took possession OF her NOME
during the year i862-l864.
In 1777, during the EeVolutIon
John Gray Blount went to The West
Indies on a mission for tbs state d
North Carolina TO purchase supplies
for the Provincial Government It'
also acted as Deputy Pag1nastcI IN The
Revolution, and CornmiSsary for ti1
District of Washington. \. e.. a01
in many ways assisted the Pau49t
Army in the WA against the Brush
Tt has been surmised by some L"a.
his ~extenive Land grants were III i4E'
obtained for meritorious serfte'S To-
Ae American Cause. His lard h'o-
ings are estimated to have e4'"...t
in extent the area or the S-a'' gu
Connecticut. He was q man OF 2'.t'
influence and business capac'':. W.
carried on what was for dat p'r''o
an extensive import and export tr1.8
with Great Britain, Europe, a"o lb7
West Indies, the larger ships ti.'I-
ing through the Port Of Qtfag"h' IL
will be remembered that Fo< 't.'l
Martin in a letter to ioFl '1!
main, dated Jan. g, l77S. say 80
contemplate Port Of OcTtrof'
become a great channel OF ~"pl.. ''
the Rebels while the NOR" ""l+''"'t
bic ports Of the continent nl'-
WATCHED Oy tue NltS = EN
Rec. vol. XIII, p. 1877.
We have in u possessioo p gap. %,
the "Union," a paper pUbN-h'p
Washington. N. c.. bearln2 4@-'
1892, and in the account
Fourth Of July GRAFTON by Mf ''
Hanrahan occurs this m7fl.''
John Gray Blount who Va j."
at the celebration: "Th"re Is
our assembly to whom &c
turn but with feelings % a"Ia
for his patriotic virtues; or Ia
fought il defense OF Il h9rr-'. Wv.
our dearest rights; this SAG
Revolution, an honored clti1-"
town who acted the part OF
clerk to the adventurous I''
uniting in the bands Of we'd"
first white couple ever fE-f''
the (now) State of KenturAs. -
John Gray Blount Vas
Sept. II, 1871, 10 Mar .e
daughter of Col. Miles Ha5. ~
died Jan. ,. 1893. H va. md
the first settlers Of N-ss@.nS'.-~. -
the house 10 Which he hi' *
bride-l1S1-Was on" - ti Ing.
built in thai town. II is stl-+ -