Joseph Bateman,

      Maybe the following will help:

“40. JACOB BLOUNT SENR. (OR)

6 Oct 1765.  Sick & weak in body.  To my wife HANNAH BLOUNT I negro wench Ruth, 1 negro girl Venus. To my son JACOB BLOUNT I negro man Jonas.  To my son WILLIAM BLOUNT 1 mulatto boy Moses.  My negro boy Lenon(?) to be divided between my wife & my sons SAMUEL & WILLIAM BLOUNT.  My wife HANNAH BLOUNT to have the use of the house & plantation where I now live & after her death or moving from it, it is to go to my son WILLIAM BLOUNT.  My livestock & household goods to be divided among my 3 sons JACOB, SAMUEL, & WILLIAM BLOUNT.  My sons JAMS & THOMAS BLOUNT & my daughters PENELOPE GAULSBURRY, ELIZABETH OATS, & MARY FULCH to have 10 shillings proclamation money each.  To my son JACOB BLOUNT 1 negro fellow Jack.  To my son SAMUEL BLOUNT 1 negro boy Davey.  My negro wench Phillis be sold & the money divided between my sons JACOB & SAMUEL BLOUNT.

Executors: My wife, my son JACOB BLOUNT, STEVENS LEE Esq, Mr. WILLIAM CURRELL, EVAN JONES.  JACOB BLOUNT.  Wit: Exum Lewis; Friley Jones, Henry Gray.  Probated March Term 1766.” [*]

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* Tyrrell County, NC Wills 1729-1811

Best Regards,

Sam M. Blount, Jr.