Rev War soldier. Shoemaker and farmer and minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Buried w/Mary Beck/2nd wife. Dwelt in GA until after 1783 then removed to KY and some years later , to White County, IL.
Maybe born NC
~Strong feeling of joy when LWS was baptized for this ancestor.!
Perhaps born Chowan, Albemarle, NC
A prominent minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church of southern Illinois, USA.
Died young.
Died young.
NOT-A-MATCH: This individual is not the same as William /SLOCUM/ ?-?, PAF ID {B859BA19-0424-40D2-A4A1-4AB2A5DE4A6B}
Died young.
A prominent minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church of southern Illinois, USA.
Resides at Rosita, Custer, Colorado, USA.
Died young.
Died young.
Mentioned in his grandfather Anthony's will. He moved soutward and signed a petition in 170 6 for a Court in the Neuse River Region. Some of his land went to his uncle John, who in tur n, willed it to his son, Josias' cousin.
Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount, Immigrant; by Robert Fredrick
Pfafman 9/3/1983.also Blounts of Pitt County, NC; Pitt Co. Historical Society, Greenvile, NC
1978; by C. Sylvester Green.Birthdate confirmed by Pitt Co. Book see above
Perhaps killed with his father, in the Indian massacrees of 1711.
Settled on a plantation about a mile and a half south of Dudley Station, NC. He entered t h e Revolutionary Army at an early date and was a Lieutenant at the Battle of Moore's Creek . H e rose to the rank of Colonel by the end of the war. He was a member of the NC House o f Comm ons from 1812 to 1818. Slocum's Creek, which flows into the Neuse river about 15 mile s belo w New Bern,NC was named in his honor. (Presently runs through the Cherry Creek Marin e Air Sta tion)
Dudley might be Dudley Station. There is a great legend told of her bravery and stamina in the Rev. War when she rode 60 miles in the night, to the aid of her husband's embattled company, and treated the wounded all day and rode home again that night.