Geneva County AlArchives Biographies.....Blunt, Thomas 1829 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   THOMAS BLUNT, farmer and mill-owner of Geneva county, was born in Washington
county, Ga., in 1829. He is a son of James and Mary (Davis) Blunt, the former of
whom was born in North Carolina, where he grew to manhood. He removed to Georgia
when a young man, where he married, and adopted farming as his vocation, in
which he was eminently successful. In 1845 he removed to Alabama, locating first
in Dale county, in that part of which is now a part of Geneva county, on a claim
to which he added from time to time until he became a large land holder, and
remained a planter until his death, in 1852. In politics he was a whig. Miss
Mary Davis, his wife, early allied herself with the Primitive Baptist church,
retaining her membership until her death, in 1854. Thomas Blunt resided with his
parents until 1842, when he removed with them to Decatur county, Ga., and three
years later moved with them to Alabama. He engaged in farming here on his own
account, and remained thus engaged until the outbreak of the war. In 1861 he
enlisted in company F, Fifty-third Alabama cavalry, under Col. M. W. Hannon, and
served until the surrender, taking part in many of the important battles of the
war. He was paroled at Augusta, Ga., in April, 1865, and immediately returned to
his home. Having in his youth learned the trade of blacksmithing, he immediately
upon returning home from the war began farming and at the same time opened a
blacksmith shop on his farm. He soon afterward bought a plantation adjoining his
home place, and has ever since carried on farming extensively. In 1851 he was
married to Miss Rebecca Tindall, daughter of Jeremiah Tindall. She was born in
Dale county, grew to womanhood there, and was married in her eighteenth year.
She became the mother of three children, two of whom still survive, viz.: John
M., and James W. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and
died in 1855. Mr. Blunt was married September 30, 1856, to Mrs. Rebecca (Britt)
Turner, widow of Eldridge Turner, and daughter of William Britt. She had one
child by Mr. Turner. who still survives, viz.: Willie E. Turner. She was born in
Worth county, Ga., and at the age of fourteen came to Alabama with her parents,
who settled in Dale county-that part of it which is now part of Geneva. She was
married to Mr. Turner in her sixteenth year. He lived but one year after their
marriage, and she was married to Mr. Blunt in her twenty-fourth year, by whom
she became the mother of seven children, all of whom survive. viz.: George W.,
Luke M., Thomas, Jessie G., John R, Sarah, and Frank M. Thomas Blunt is a
Jeffersonian democrat, and has been a Mason since 1867. He is also a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church, south. He has a fine plantation of between 300
and 400 acres of land, and is recognized as one of Geneva county's model
farmers. In 1891 he bought a cotton gin and erected it on his premises at a cost
of $1,000. He now operates this gin to its full capacity, ginning from 500 to
700 bales of cotton per year. He has always taken an active part in the
upbuilding of church and school, and also in the advancement of the material
interests of the county.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1032-1033
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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