Blount
Family History
Andrew
Blount:
b.
abt 1793
d. Dec.
11, 1865 aged 72y,6m,20d
Died in
Blackford Co. Indiana
Burried:
Blountsville Cemetery, in the town of
Blountsville,
Stoney Creek
Twns. Henry Co. Indiana
Parents:
William
Blount Sr. and Mary (McCoy) Blount
William
Blount Sr. purchased the n/w 1/4 of
Section
28,
Twp. 17,
Range 10, being 160 acres
on
17 Oct. 1821. This was in Henry Township and his Co.
of residence
at the time of this
purchase
is listed as being
Wayne Co.
Indiana.
William
Blount Sr. also purchased the e/ne part of
Section
31, Twp. 17, Range 11, being 80
acres on
the same date, same Township.
Andrew was
a Veteran of the War of 1812
Founder
of the town of Blountsville and the first
to purchase
land in Stoney Creek Twns.
Henry Co.
Andrew Blount
purchased the e/nw part of
Section
35,
Twp. 19,
Range 11, being 80 acres on
11
Nov. 1822. His Co. of residence is listed
as being
Wayne Co. at the time of this purchase.
This was
the first and only purchase of land in
Stony Creek
Twp. for that year. Andrew's
cabin was
the only dwelling here until 3 or 4 more
settlers
arrived a year or two later.
Additonally,
Andrew purchased the e/ne part of
Section
35, Twp 19, Range 11, being 80
acres on
23 July 1833
and
the sw/se
part of Section 26, Twp. 19, Range 11,
being 40
acres on 19 Oct. 1833.
Married:
Sarah (Sally)
Warren on March 7, 1816 in
Wayne Co.
Indiana.
Sarah was
b. abt. 1797
d. June 12, 1874 aged 77y,8m,13d
Died in
Blackford Co. Indiana
Burried:
Blountsville Cemetery, in the town of
Blountsville,
Stoney Creek Twns. Henry
Co. Indiana
Parents:
James and Sarah (Williams) Warren
Note: Sarah
(Williams) Warren was condemned by the
Quaker church
for marrying out of
unity when
she married James Warren.
Sarah (Williams)
Warren's parents were:
David and
Deborah (Horser) Williams
James Warren's
parents were:
William
and Ann Warren
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CHILDREN
of Andrew
Blount and Sarah (Warren) Blount:
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1. Warren
Blount
b. abt.
1817 perhaps in Wayne Co. Indiana
d. April
14, 1894 aged 77y,1m,28d
Burried:
Blountsville Cemetery, in the town of
Blountsville,
Stoney Creek Twns. Henry
Co. Indiana.
Warren Blount
purchased the w/ne part of
Section
36, Twp. 19, Range 11, being 80 acres
on 13 Jan.
1836. Blountsville,
Stony Creek
Twp., Henry Co. Indiana.
Married:
Nancy Bedwell
b. abt.
1818
d. April
28, 1894 aged 76y,5m,3d
Burried
in Blountsville Cem.
Nancy's
Parents:
Jonathon
and Keturah Bedwell
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Children
of Warren and Nancy (Bedwell) Blount
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Malinda
Blount (grandaughter of Andrew Blount)
b. 1835
d. Oct.
28, 1887 at the age of 52
Burried
in Blountsville Cem., Blountsville,
Henry Co.
Indiana
Married:
Birtis Bird
on 1/20/1854
b. 10/22/1828
in Warren Co. N.J.
d. 8/26/1917
at the age of 88.
His parents:
Joseph and Rachel Bird
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Children
of Birits Bird and Malinda (Blount)Bird:
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Cooper Bird:
b. 6/2/1855
Theodore
Bird: b. 10/19/1858
Orilla Bird:
b. 8/29/1860 - d. April 21, 1897
Jerome Bird:
b. 6/29/1862
Alvis Bird:
b. 9/1/1867
Hattie Bird:
b. 2/15/1872
Florence
Bird: b. 7/17/1875
Danny L.
Blount (female)
(grandaughter
of Andrew Blount)
b. abt.
1837
d. Oct.
20, 1870
Married:
F.H. Davisson
Andrew Jackson
Blount (grandson of Andrew Blount)
b. 1839
d. 1919
Burried
in Blountsville Cem.
Pvt. Co.
D. 26th Indiana Inf.
Married:
Mary Lee
Yockey
b. 1849
d. 1928
Her parents:
Abraham
and Eliza (Hoover) Yockey
John Wesley
Blount (grandson of Andrew Blount)
b. 1847
d. Jan.
1, 1920
Burried:
Blountsville Cem.
Married:
Frances
?
b. 1857
d. 1941
Thomas Jay
Blount (grandson of Andrew Blount)
b. Jan.
1850
d. Sept.
29, 1890
Burried;
Blountsville Cem.
Thomas was
a lawyer who became temporarily
deranged
and was taken to the
state asuylum
at Richmond Indiana where he was
beaten to
death by a guard.
Jerome T.
Blount (grandson of Andrew Blount)
b. abt.
1852
d. June
20, 1876 aged 24y,21d
Burried:
Blountsville Cem.
Sarah Ann
Blount (grandaughter of Andrew Blount)
b. abt.
1853
d. July
27, 1856 aged 3y,22d
Burried:
Blountsville Cem
Mary E.
Blount (grandaughter of Andrew Blount)
b. abt.
1856
d. June
19, 1862 aged 7y,6m,8d
Burried:
Bloutsville Cem.
George Washington
Blount (grandson of Andrew Blount)
b. ?
d
?
Married:
Reform Burch
b. abt.
1839
d. Oct.
21, 1873 aged 34y,1m,28d
Her parents:
William
and Mary Burch
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2. Mary
Blount
(daughter
of Andrew and Sarah (Warren) Blount)
b. abt.
1819
d. Jan.
16, 1871
Burried
in Blountsville Cem.
Married
John Finch
b. Feb.
7, 1813
d. May 23,
1865
Burried
in Sugar Grove Cem. Clay Twns.
Wayne Co.
Indiana
John's Parents:
Thomas Hamilton
and Elitha (Hallman) Finch
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Children
of Mary (Blount) Finch and John Finch:
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Forrest
Rose Finch (grandaughter of Andrew Blount)
b. abt.
1858
d. Feb.
23, 1865 aged 6y,6m,13d
Laura Finch
(grandaughter of Andrew Blount)
b. ?
d.Sept.
6, 1869
William
Finch (grandson of Andrew Blount)
b. 1837
d. 1902
Married:
Mary ?
