George Adams Blount (1846-1925) was born on September 25, 1846, in Savannah, Georgia. He was the only child of Anna Richey Gale and George Lucena Blount. George A. Blount's grandfather George Mathias Blount, was from a large North Carolina family. George M. Blount's sister, Sally M. H. Blount, lived in Clinton, Jones Co., Ga., with a cousin, James Blount. It is for this Blount family that the town of Blountsville, Georgia is named. George A. Blount joined the Confederate army in September 1862, and returned home to Savannah, Georgia, after the war. In March 1866, his father died suddenly; so to support his grandmother, he went to work for the Central Rail Road and learned the blacksmithing trade. On February 9, 1871, he married Emma Pearce Ingram, a native of England. He became a Baptist minister at Bethel Church in Savannah in 1874. He died on October 11, 1925 in Pompano, Florida, and is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah, along with his wife and other relatives.
This collection contains the correspondence of George A. Blount's parents, George L. Blount and Anna R. Gale, and grandmothers, Jane E. White and Jannet Gale. It also contains the letters of his great-aunt and great-uncle, Sally M. H. Blount and Benjamin Blount. George A. Blount has also left some material from his Civil War service, most notably his statement of military service for the Confederate Veterans' Association. Additionally, there are some genealogical and legal material in the collection, as well as a couple of newspaper clippings. George A. Blount had taken the time to annotate much of the correspondence and papers in his possession. The only artifacts in the collection are two clippings of hair, one identified as being from Maria, a friend of Anna R. Gale, given to her on January 20, 1846. The other was not positively identified, but could possibly be from George Mathias Blount, given to his sister Sally M. H. Blount in 1817.
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[item identification], Blount family papers, MS 1550, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Gift of Jane D. Field, 1994.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Correspondence, 1820-1904 |
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George A. Blount letters, 1893-1904
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| | George A. Blount to Emma Ingram, undated |
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| | Helen Prescott to George A. Blount, 1893-1895 |
| | | | 4 letters: 15 September 1893; 27 September 1893; 27 March 1894; 6 May 1895. |
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| | Henry to George A. Blount, 1904 June 14 |
| | | | Written from Ebenezer, Ga., 14 June 1904. |
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| | David B. Morgan to George A. Blount, 1904 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 2 letters: 30 May 1904; 7 July 1904. |
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| | Rick Baker to George Blount, 1904 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 25 October 1904; 1 November 1904. |
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George Lucenia Blount Letters, 1844-1847
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| | Annotated envelope |
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| | To Anna Richey Gale, poem, undated |
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| | To Anna R. Gale, February 1844 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., February 1844. |
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| | To Anna R. Gale, 1844 May 23 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 23 May 1844. |
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| | To Jannet Gale, 1844 June 10 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 10 June 1844. |
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| | To Jannet Gale, 1845 September 27 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 27 September 1845. |
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| | To Jane E. White, 1847 February 18 |
| | | | Written from Scriven Co. [sic], Ga., 18 February 1847. |
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Anna Richey Gale letters, 1844-1846
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| | To Jannet Gale, 1844 July 12 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 12 July 1844. |
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| | To George L. Blount, 1845 January 31 |
| | | | Written from St. Simon's Island, Ga., 31 January 1845. |
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| | To Jannet Gale, 1845 August 16 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 16 August 1845. |
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| | To Jannet Gale, 1845 August 22 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 22 August 1845. |
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| | To George L. Blount, 1846 January 11 |
| | | | Written from St. Simon's Island, Ga., 11 January 1846. |
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George Mathias Blount's Sibling's letters, 1817-1821
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| | Annotated envelopes (2) and 1 blank envelope |
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| | From Sally Maria Harramond Blount, 1817-1821 |
| | | | Written from Clinton, Jones Co., Ga., 4 letters: 13 July 1817; 8 September 1817; 9 December 1817; 5 December 1821. |
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| | From Benjamin Blount, 1820 May 24 |
| | | | Written from Darian [sic], Ga., 24 May 1820. |
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George A. Blount's Grandmother's letters, 1844-1856
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| | Jane E. White to Jannet Gale, 1844 June 10 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 10 June 1844. |
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| | Jane E. White to George L. Blount, 1856 August 13 |
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| | Jannet Gale to Anna R. Blount, 1844 May 1 |
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| | Jannet Gale to Jane White, 1844 May 9 |
| | | | Written from St. Simon's Island, Ga., 9 May 1844. |
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| | Jannet Gale to Anna R. Blount, 1845 February 29 |
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| | Jannet Gale to George L. Blount, 1844 June 27 |
| | | | Written from Frederica, Ga., 27 June 1844. |
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| | Jannet Gale to Anna R. Blount, 1845 August 20 |
| | | | Written from St. Simon's Island, Ga., 20 August 1845. |
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| | Jannet Gale to George L. Blount, 1845 September 3 |
| | | | Written from St. Simon's Island, 3 September 1845. |
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| | Jannet Gale to Anna R. Blount, 1847 February 1 |
| | | | Written from Frederica, Ga., 1 February 1847. |
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Letters from friends, 1838-1846
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| | Florence to unknown recipient, undated |
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| | From ? Brown to Anna R. Gale, 1838 September 29 |
| | | | Written from St. Mary's, Camden County, Ga., 29 September 1838. |
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| | From Deborah Gould to Anna R. Blount, 1845 November 12 |
| | | | Written from St. Simon's Island, Ga., 12 November 1845. |
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| | Maria to Anna R. Blount, 1846 January 20 |
| | | | Written from Savannah, Ga., 20 January 1846 |
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| 7 | | Three unidentified poems, undated |
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| 8 | | Hair clippings |
| | | | One clipping is from a Maria, give to Anna R. Blount on January 20, 1846; the other is not positively identified, but is possibly from George Mathias Blount, given to his sister, Sally Maria Harramond Blount in 1817. |
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Genealogical material, 1818-1917 |
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Family history papers
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| | 2 annotated envelopes |
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| | Births list |
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| | Marriages list |
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| | Deaths list |
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| | Blount Genealogical Chart by Helen Prescott |
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| | Hand copied bible record |
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| | Annotated note of George L. Blount by George A. Blount |
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| | "A Statement of My Family and the Various Relations" by George A. Blount |
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Legal material
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| | 2 annotated envelopes |
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| | Reminder for Jane E. White to pay a dog tax, 1878 April 15 |
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| | Laurel Grove Cemetery Receipt for George T. Blount, 1872 August 5 |
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| | Doctor's statement of death of Emma Blount, 1917 March 26 |
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| | Marriage certificate of George Blount to Jane Lucena, Camden Co., Ga., 1818 January 7 |
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| | Marriage certificate of Thomas H. White to Jane E. Blount, Chatham County, Ga., 1840 December 9 |
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| | Deed of Savannah property from George A. Blount to William O'Brian, March 1899 |
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| | Deed for plot #1359 in Laurel Grove Cemetery, 1867 June 1 |
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| | Inventory of the estate of Thomas Lucena, and attached memorandum, 1825 June 6 |
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| | Statement of property by Jane E. White, 1868 March 27 |
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| | Letters Testamentary of George A. Blount for the estate of Jane E. White, 1896 February 4 |
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| | Certified copy of the will of Jane E. White, Chatham County, Ga., 1885 December 9 |
| | | | Written December 9, 1885 and probated July 11, 1896. |
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| | Letters Dismissory of George A. Blount for the estate of Jane E. White dismissing Blount from all liabilities as executor of White’s will, 1899 March 7 |
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