John Gray Blount Jr. was born 1785 in Washington, Beaufort County, NC the 3rd of 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls) born to wealthy businessman John Gray Blount Sr. and his wife, Mary Harvey. His father was the largest ever private land owner in North Carolina, and by some accounts,the largest land owner in the entire United States in his time. John Sr. possessed large tracts of land in the eastern and western counties of North Carolina, and in Tennessee. It has been said that his holdings extended from the Atlantic to the Mississippi.
He was the paternal grandson of Col. Jacob Blount & Barbara Gray of "Blount Hall", Craven (now Pitt) County, NC; and gr-grandson of Thomas Blount Jr. & Anne Elizabeth Reading of Bath, NC. He was a direct descendant of Captain James Blount, who came to Virginia from England in 1655, and died in Albemarle in 1686, an officer in the Life Guards of Charles II. He was also a grandson of John Gray, a "Scottish gentleman," who settled in Bertie County; and of Lionel Reading, who settled on Pamlico River in 1701, and on whose plantation Fort Reading was erected in 1711. Lionel Reading was a leading citizen of that time, and his name appears as a member of the Assembly that appealed to the Lords Proprietors against Cary. On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandson of Col. Miles Harvey & Elizabeth Baker of "Harvey Hall", Perquimans County, NC.
Little has been recorded in history about John G. Blount, Jr, and perhaps it was hard to stand outside his father's shadow. One can only imagine the expectations that were placed on the six sons of John Gray Blount Sr. (1752-1833), who by every account was a man of great force of character and indomitable energy who must have exerted the same traits on his children.
Major John Gray Blount Jr. earned his rank from his service in the War of 1812, in which he served with his younger brother, Gen. William Augustus Blount.
In 1816, the 27-year old married 17-year old Sarah "Sally" Lee Haywood, daughter of the prominent Sherwood Haywood & Eleanor Hawkins of Raleigh. Just one year after their marriage, Sally's older sister. Nancy Ann Hawkins Haywood, would marry John Blount's younger brother, Gen. William Augustus Blount.
John & Sally resided an his family's estate in Chocowinity, with frequent trips to Raleigh, as John spent his time helping to manage his father's vast business and plantation holdings.
The couple would be married for just 12 years before John's premature death in 1828 at age 46. History records that there were no surviving children from this marriage. His 29-year old widow would marry again in 1834, to Gavin Hogg of Scotland, a 46-year old widower, who was a prominent and successful Raleigh attorney. This second marriage was also childless, but Sally became stepmother to Gavin's only son, Dr. Thomas Devereaux Hogg, who was only 11 years old when Sally came into the household.
He was the paternal grandson of Col. Jacob Blount & Barbara Gray of "Blount Hall", Craven (now Pitt) County, NC; and gr-grandson of Thomas Blount Jr. & Anne Elizabeth Reading of Bath, NC. He was a direct descendant of Captain James Blount, who came to Virginia from England in 1655, and died in Albemarle in 1686, an officer in the Life Guards of Charles II. He was also a grandson of John Gray, a "Scottish gentleman," who settled in Bertie County; and of Lionel Reading, who settled on Pamlico River in 1701, and on whose plantation Fort Reading was erected in 1711. Lionel Reading was a leading citizen of that time, and his name appears as a member of the Assembly that appealed to the Lords Proprietors against Cary. On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandson of Col. Miles Harvey & Elizabeth Baker of "Harvey Hall", Perquimans County, NC.
Little has been recorded in history about John G. Blount, Jr, and perhaps it was hard to stand outside his father's shadow. One can only imagine the expectations that were placed on the six sons of John Gray Blount Sr. (1752-1833), who by every account was a man of great force of character and indomitable energy who must have exerted the same traits on his children.
Major John Gray Blount Jr. earned his rank from his service in the War of 1812, in which he served with his younger brother, Gen. William Augustus Blount.
In 1816, the 27-year old married 17-year old Sarah "Sally" Lee Haywood, daughter of the prominent Sherwood Haywood & Eleanor Hawkins of Raleigh. Just one year after their marriage, Sally's older sister. Nancy Ann Hawkins Haywood, would marry John Blount's younger brother, Gen. William Augustus Blount.
John & Sally resided an his family's estate in Chocowinity, with frequent trips to Raleigh, as John spent his time helping to manage his father's vast business and plantation holdings.
The couple would be married for just 12 years before John's premature death in 1828 at age 46. History records that there were no surviving children from this marriage. His 29-year old widow would marry again in 1834, to Gavin Hogg of Scotland, a 46-year old widower, who was a prominent and successful Raleigh attorney. This second marriage was also childless, but Sally became stepmother to Gavin's only son, Dr. Thomas Devereaux Hogg, who was only 11 years old when Sally came into the household.
John Gray Blount Jr. was born 1785 in Washington, Beaufort County, NC the 3rd of 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls) born to wealthy businessman John Gray Blount Sr. and his wife, Mary Harvey. His father was the largest ever private land owner in North Carolina, and by some accounts,the largest land owner in the entire United States in his time. John Sr. possessed large tracts of land in the eastern and western counties of North Carolina, and in Tennessee. It has been said that his holdings extended from the Atlantic to the Mississippi.
He was the paternal grandson of Col. Jacob Blount & Barbara Gray of "Blount Hall", Craven (now Pitt) County, NC; and gr-grandson of Thomas Blount Jr. & Anne Elizabeth Reading of Bath, NC. He was a direct descendant of Captain James Blount, who came to Virginia from England in 1655, and died in Albemarle in 1686, an officer in the Life Guards of Charles II. He was also a grandson of John Gray, a "Scottish gentleman," who settled in Bertie County; and of Lionel Reading, who settled on Pamlico River in 1701, and on whose plantation Fort Reading was erected in 1711. Lionel Reading was a leading citizen of that time, and his name appears as a member of the Assembly that appealed to the Lords Proprietors against Cary. On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandson of Col. Miles Harvey & Elizabeth Baker of "Harvey Hall", Perquimans County, NC.
Little has been recorded in history about John G. Blount, Jr, and perhaps it was hard to stand outside his father's shadow. One can only imagine the expectations that were placed on the six sons of John Gray Blount Sr. (1752-1833), who by every account was a man of great force of character and indomitable energy who must have exerted the same traits on his children.
Major John Gray Blount Jr. earned his rank from his service in the War of 1812, in which he served with his younger brother, Gen. William Augustus Blount.
In 1816, the 27-year old married 17-year old Sarah "Sally" Lee Haywood, daughter of the prominent Sherwood Haywood & Eleanor Hawkins of Raleigh. Just one year after their marriage, Sally's older sister. Nancy Ann Hawkins Haywood, would marry John Blount's younger brother, Gen. William Augustus Blount.
John & Sally resided an his family's estate in Chocowinity, with frequent trips to Raleigh, as John spent his time helping to manage his father's vast business and plantation holdings.
The couple would be married for just 12 years before John's premature death in 1828 at age 46. History records that there were no surviving children from this marriage. His 29-year old widow would marry again in 1834, to Gavin Hogg of Scotland, a 46-year old widower, who was a prominent and successful Raleigh attorney. This second marriage was also childless, but Sally became stepmother to Gavin's only son, Dr. Thomas Devereaux Hogg, who was only 11 years old when Sally came into the household.
He was the paternal grandson of Col. Jacob Blount & Barbara Gray of "Blount Hall", Craven (now Pitt) County, NC; and gr-grandson of Thomas Blount Jr. & Anne Elizabeth Reading of Bath, NC. He was a direct descendant of Captain James Blount, who came to Virginia from England in 1655, and died in Albemarle in 1686, an officer in the Life Guards of Charles II. He was also a grandson of John Gray, a "Scottish gentleman," who settled in Bertie County; and of Lionel Reading, who settled on Pamlico River in 1701, and on whose plantation Fort Reading was erected in 1711. Lionel Reading was a leading citizen of that time, and his name appears as a member of the Assembly that appealed to the Lords Proprietors against Cary. On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandson of Col. Miles Harvey & Elizabeth Baker of "Harvey Hall", Perquimans County, NC.
Little has been recorded in history about John G. Blount, Jr, and perhaps it was hard to stand outside his father's shadow. One can only imagine the expectations that were placed on the six sons of John Gray Blount Sr. (1752-1833), who by every account was a man of great force of character and indomitable energy who must have exerted the same traits on his children.
Major John Gray Blount Jr. earned his rank from his service in the War of 1812, in which he served with his younger brother, Gen. William Augustus Blount.
In 1816, the 27-year old married 17-year old Sarah "Sally" Lee Haywood, daughter of the prominent Sherwood Haywood & Eleanor Hawkins of Raleigh. Just one year after their marriage, Sally's older sister. Nancy Ann Hawkins Haywood, would marry John Blount's younger brother, Gen. William Augustus Blount.
John & Sally resided an his family's estate in Chocowinity, with frequent trips to Raleigh, as John spent his time helping to manage his father's vast business and plantation holdings.
The couple would be married for just 12 years before John's premature death in 1828 at age 46. History records that there were no surviving children from this marriage. His 29-year old widow would marry again in 1834, to Gavin Hogg of Scotland, a 46-year old widower, who was a prominent and successful Raleigh attorney. This second marriage was also childless, but Sally became stepmother to Gavin's only son, Dr. Thomas Devereaux Hogg, who was only 11 years old when Sally came into the household.
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