William Wanton Rodman, a New York merchant, moved to Washington, N.C., in 1810., where he married Polly Ann Blount, daughter of John Gray Blount. William Blount Rodman (1917-1893), the eldest son of William Wanton Rodman and Polly Blount , was an attorney in Washington, N.C. He served as a Democratic elector for John Breckinridge in 1860 and as a Confederate elector for Jefferson Davis in 1861. He commanded Confederate troops at New Bern, N.C., and Mechanicsville, Va., and subsequently became a military judge for the Army of Northern Virginia. William Blount Rodman II (1862-1946), the eldest son of Rodman and Camilla Dudley Holliday Croom, was an attorney who served as mayor of Washington (1891-1894), chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party Congressional Committee (1890-1904), chairman of the Beaufort County Democratic Executive Committee (1898-1904), and a member of the Democratic Party State Executive Committee (1892-1904). William Blount Rodman III [Jr.] (1889-1976), son of Rodman II and Adelaide Fulford Rodman, was an attorney, Naval officer during World War I, mayor of Washington (1919-1920), and was elected to the state Senate (1937-1939). He was president of the North Carolina Bar Association, member of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission (1945-1950), and representative from Beaufort County in the North Carolina General Assembly (1950-1955). He served as state attorney general during 1955 and associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1956-1965).
From the description of William Blount Rodman papers, 1783-1976 [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 436454355
