Jerry Summers: Blount - Schoolfield - Trump Saturday, February 13, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers What do the above-mentioned powerful individuals have in common? William Blount (1749-1800) was a signer of the United States Constitution, originally from North Carolina and served as the only governor of the Southwest Territory. He would eventually be elected as one of Tennessee’s initial United States Senators in 1796. He also was a land spectator and obtained millions of acres in Tennessee and the West. Blount was responsible for the creation of the City of Knoxville, named after United States Secretary of War Henry Knox, and he built a mansion in that community that still stands as a historical structure.
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