GGWC Charles Worth Blount

Biography:

Lt Colonel Charles Worth Blount was born in 1721 in Chowan County, North Carolina, the child of John and Elizabeth. He married Mary Clayton Skinner Blount and they had many children together. He then had one son with Mary Clayton. He then had one son and two daughters with Mary Clayton.

Charles Worth Blount was Sheriff of Chowan County, North Carolina in 1755 and 1756, and his brother Joseph was Sheriff in 1757.
He was a member of the Rebellious Assembly at New Bern in 1746. Came to Assembly from Edenton in his sloop bringing John Craven, John Benbury, and Petter Payne. He was Chairman of the Comm. of Safety 1776. Judge Admiralty Court, Member Vestry, St. Paul's, Edenton. Commissioner to finish St. Paul's Church and to build Chowan County Court House. He acquired about 1740, lived and died at "Blount Place" on west edge of Edenton, now Cheshires Hill.
- Chairman of Salt Committee
- Chairman, Committee of Safety
- Judge of Court Admiralty

Service: Member of the Committee of Safety and the Capital Provincial Congress 1776; Captain in the 2nd Regular NC Troops

SAUNDERS, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 10, PP 214-15, 499, 501; CLARK, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 14, P 333; NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS #134, ROLL #S.115.69

Lt Colonel Blount died in 1784 in North Carolina, at the age of 63, and was buried in the Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethel, North Carolina.

Charles Worth Blount

Birth: 2 Mar 1721 / Perquimans / NC

State of Service: NC

Spouse: Mary Clayton

SAR Patriot #: P-116746 DAR #: A011489

Death: 11 Mar 1785 / Perquimans / NC

Qualifying Service: LTC / Patriotic Service

Children: Martha Ann, Edmund, Elizabeth Worth, Sarah

Patriotic Service Description: Militia, Member of Committee of Safety, Edenton District Member of Provincial Congress

Sources:

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004; Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672 pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998

SAUNDERS, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 10, PP 214-15, 499, 501; CLARK, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 14, P 333; NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS #134, ROLL #S.115.69