When I visited Blount some years back, a local reference book on Blount town names mentioned that a good many folks served in the Mexican War c. 1848. Those returning spoke highly of the land in the TX territory and Mexico, specifically Chalpultepec. Not only did they name a place for the Mexican village, many of them headed for that wonderful TX land, notably for me, Jefferson Harvey Cornelius, son of Aaron, son of William. Barbara Hunt Gothie