Willie Blount

Willie Blount
3rd Governor of Tennessee
In office
September 20, 1809 – September 27, 1815
Preceded byJohn Sevier
Succeeded byJoseph McMinn
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office
1807–1809
Personal details
Born(1768-04-18)April 18, 1768
Bertie County, Province of North Carolina, British America
DiedSeptember 10, 1835(1835-09-10) (aged 67)[1]
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting placeGreenwood Cemetery
Clarksville, Tennessee
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
SpouseLucinda Baker[1]
RelationsWilliam Blount (half-brother), Thomas Blount (half-brother), William Grainger Blount (nephew)

Willie Blount (April 18, 1768 – September 10, 1835)[2] was an American politician who served as the third Governor of Tennessee from 1809 to 1815. Blount's efforts to raise funds and soldiers during the War of 1812 earned Tennessee the nickname, "Volunteer State."[3] He was the younger half-brother of Southwest Territory governor, William Blount. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.

  1. ^ a b Tennessee State Library and Archives, Governor Willie Blount Papers, 1964, 1988. Retrieved: July 10, 2012.
  2. ^ Some sources list Blount's year of birth as 1767; his tombstone gives his date of birth as April 18, 1768.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference owens was invoked but never defined (see the help page).