Overview

Location

Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., NC

Date Constructed/ Founded

1795

Associated Surnames

Blount, Bridgers, Wilson

Historical notes

The Blount-Bridgers House is a Federal style plantation house built ca. 1808 by Thomas Blount, a prominent Edgecombe County businessman and United States Congressman. "The Grove," as it was known then, was built on a 296 acre tract of land purchased in 1795. Thomas Blount occupied the house from 1808-1812, Louis Dicken Wilson from 1831-1847, and Col. John Luther Bridgers, from 1850-1880.

Associated Slave Workplaces

Blount Hill Plantation (Pitt Co. NC)

Associated Free Persons

• Thomas Blount (b.1759-d.1812) - owner; born at Blount Hill Plantation

• General Louis Dicken Wilson (b.1789-d.1847) - owner

• Col. John Luther Bridgers (b.1821-d.1884) - owner

Associated Enslaved Persons

1790 Slaves of Thomas Blount

From the 1790 Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC

• Thomas Blount: 27 slaves

1810 Slaves of Thomas Blount

From the 1810 Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC

• Thomas Blount: 31 slaves

Research Leads and Plantation Records

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Miscellaneous Information

• The Plantation of the Blount-Bridgers House was known as "The Grove"
• The plantation house was built ca. 1808

References

• Ancestry.com Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Bridgers, John Luther
• Explore North Carolina: Blount-Bridgers House/Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery. http://www.visitnc.com/tools_search_detail.asp?Propertyid=7118
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Thomas Blount. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000569
• Wilson Historic Preservation: General Louis Dicken Wilson. http://www.wilsonnc.org/departments/developmentservices/HistoricPreservation/GeneralLouisDickenWilson.asp
• 1790 Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC
• 1810 Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC

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