William Blount was a very wealthy and a signer of Declaration of Independence. George Washington appointed him as governor of Territory South of River Ohio. He was a Tennessee State Senate after 1787. He was expelled by a legislature for helping the British to conquer Spanish Florida.
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William Blount was a delagate for North Carolina. He supported the making of the Constitution. He was a federalist.
William Blount, the first and only governor of the Southwest Territory and he was expelled from the Senate on a charge of treason.Richard Dobbs Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina and was the 8th governor of North Carolina. He was 29 when he signed the US Constitution. He died in 1802 after a duel with John Stanly who had defeated him in the 1800 election for the US House of Representatives. That duel lead North Carolina to pass a law that outlawed that custom.Hugh Williamson who was born on the Pennsylvania frontier can be considered an international citizen and was one of the greatest intellectuals to sign that document. He taught Mathematics, was the author of Letters of Sylvius, was a licenced member of the clergy, held a degree in medicine from the University of Utrecht and was a member of the American Philosophical Society.
Sorry to say Bessie Blount Griffin died December 30, 2009. She was 96 when she died. She livied a long life and we can too. Lets follow her example and lets try to live longer than 96. She will be missed by her family and she should be missed by everybody else. Especcially to people with fedding tubes and neck braces. Bessie invented all those objects. LETS MISS BESSIE BLOUNT GRIFFIN!
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