Thomas Blount was born in Virginia and arrived in North Carolina by 1680. A resident of Chowan Precinct, Blount served as a justice of the local court in 1694. In 1696 he moved to Perquimans Precinct, where he served as a member of the North Carolina Council. From 1698 to 1701 he was a member of the North Carolina General Court and he later returned to Chowan Precinct. He died in Chowan in about March 1706.