Person:Reading Blount (1)

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Reading Blount
  • HReading BlountAbt 1774 - Abt 1808
  • WAthalia RobertsBef 1775 - Aft 1824
m. 1800
  1. William Reading Blount1802 - 1877
Facts and Events
Name Reading Blount
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1774 Possibly Pennsylvania
Marriage 1800 Bourbon Co., Kentuckyto Athalia Roberts
Death? Abt 1808 Bourbon Co., Kentucky

According to several WorldConnect databases, Reading was the son of Reading Blount and Abigail Ambrose of North Carolina. Reading and wife Athalia Roberts had at least 5 children: William Reading 1802-1877; Azariah 1803; Abigail 1804; Delila 1806-1871, m. James Roberts in 1824; and Anna E. 1807-. {'Schmidt', by Larry Crawford, WorldConnect database, <www.rootsweb.com>, 30 Aug 2004}

 NOTE: The name can be spelled as Blunt or Blount.
 According to a 'Diana's Genealogy' website, Reading died in Fairfield Co., Ohio. His daughter Abigail married Isaac Prather in 1821 and son Azariah married Nancy Garrison in 1825 -- both in Nicholas Co., Kentucky. {<http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/GenealogyHome.shtml>, 13 Nov 2007}
References
  1.   WorldConnect or database. (available free of charge, as of Aug 2004, through <www.rootsweb.com> or <www.ancestry.com>).
  2.   Diana Gale Matthieson. Diana's Genealogy (re Blount family). (<http://dgmweb.net/genealogy}).