JOSEPH SHAW BLOUNT was born 1835 in Washington County, Alabama and died Bef. 1883 in Texas. He was the fourth son of John Thomas Blount and Clarissa Ann Cartwright.  He married MARY JANE YATES July 13 1854 in Leake County, Mississippi. She was born Abt. 1838 in Mississippi.
More About JOSEPH SHAW BLOUNT:
Census 1: 1840, Neshoba County, MS, Page 134a
Census 2: 1850, Neshoba County, MS, Page 118a, August 2, 1850
Census 3: 1860, Montgomery County, TX Montgomery P.O., Page 89d, June 18, 1860
Census 4: 1870, Texas
Military service: Civil War

More About MARY JANE YATES:
Census: 1860, Montgomery County, TX Montgomery P.O., Page 89d, June 18, 1860

More About JOSEPH BLOUNT and MARY YATES:
Marriage: 1854, Mississippi

Children of JOSEPH BLOUNT and MARY YATES are:
i. JAMES S. BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1856, Mississippi.

More About JAMES S. BLOUNT:
Census: 1860, Montgomery County, TX Montgomery P.O., Page 89d, June 18, 1860

ii. SARAH BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1862, Texas.
iii. CHARLES BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1865, Texas.
iv. MARY BLOUNT, b. Abt. 1868, Texas.