For following account, see the Tipton Hazelton Payne Barr Families by Ellen Mae Rose and George H. Rose, 1976, Provo, UT. Pp. 27-35.
Colnel John Tipton was born August 15, 1730, son of Jonathan Tipton and his wife Elizabeth. Some give 1732 as the year of his birth but 1730 seems to be correct. There has ben a great deal of confusion as to his father; some argue that he was the son of Mordecai Tipton. This is incorrect becauwes Mordecai Tipton was born April 18, 1724 and was only six years old when Col. John Tipton was born. Further confusion has arisen from the fact that General John Tipton, Senator from Inidana, in response to an inquiry from Lyman Draper declared that Colonel John Tipton was his uncle. Since Senator John Tipton (Also known as General Tipton) was the son of Joshua Tipton who was the son of Mrodecai Tipton, we fall back on teh original problem of reconciling their ages as set down above. It may be that General John Tipton neglected to say that Colonel John was his great uncle. A John Tipton was born August 15, 1730 to Jonathan Tipton (1639 - 1757) and his wife, Eliabeth Tipton. This John was the great uncle of Senator John Tipton. (For some particulars of this John Tipton and his family see The Parish Family, pg. 370. See also The Massingills, pg. 824 by S. E. Massengill.)
Colonel John Tipton was one of the founding fathers of the town of Woodstock in Shenandoah Co., VA. He was vestryman of Beckford Parish. He became one of the gentleman justices of Dunmore County, and was a signer of Rights which was drawn just as the clouds of Revolutionary War were darkening. He took part in the Battle of Point Pleasant, probably a Captain under General Andrew Lewis. He also served as:
1) Member of the Committee of Safey and Correspondence for Shenandoah Co., VA
2) Recruiting officer for the Continental Army.
3) Member of Virginia Meeting in Wiliamsburg, May 6, 1776.
4) High Sherriff of Shenandoah Co.
Col. John Tipton moved to Watuga Co. about 1783 which marked the end of the Revolutionary War. He came into the new area of Tennessee as probably the ablest and most experienced person there. In 1787 he was made Colonel of Militia for Washington Co. He also held a commission as Colonel from teh colonial government. It appears that he came into the area of Washington Co., Tennessee in 1783. He sold his land in Shenandoah Co., VA that year and within the year purchased 724 acres in Washington County. Here he became the opposition leader to the proposal to organize Tennessee territory as a new state. He felt that the area was too sparsely settled and would have many serious problems as a sovereign state. In the course of this opposition he incurred the enmity of General Sevier. There were several encounters between them. On one occation Sevier's men attacked Colonel Tipoton's home with firearms. Sevier's men were worsted and Seveir's son was captured.
The view of history is that Tipton was right in opposing the state of Franklin. Except for the extraoridnary attitude of the North Carolina legislature in reversing itself and restoring Sevier to position and respectablity it would seem that Colonel John Tipton would have been Tennessee's first govenor.
After the new government for Tennessee was organized, Colonel John Tipton represented Washington County in the senate in 1786 and 1788. He continued to be elected until 1790. He, as chairman of the committee of Petitions and Memorials gave loyal and devoted attention to claims aroising from services in connection with the war. He retained the loyalty and support of those who knew him. He was a member of the first Territorial Assembly 1793 and continued through the sessions of 1794 and 1795.
Colonel John Tipton married Mary Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, about 1750. Thomas Butler was killed by the Indians on his farm on Cedar Creek, SHenandoah County, VIrginia. Colonel John Tipton and his wife, mary (Butler) Tipton were parents of nine sons: Samuel, Benjamin, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, John, Thomas and Jonathan.
Mary Butler Tipton died in Shenandoah County, June 8, 1776. Colonel John Tipton married (2) Martha (Denton) Moore. She was the widow of Dr. James Moore of Shenandoah County, July 22, 1777. They had a son Abraham who was named for the second son of Colonel Tipton by his wife, Mary. Theis first Benjamin Tipton was a militia captain. He was killed in Clark's expedition against the Indians in 1782. Captain Jacob Tipton, the sixth son of Colonel John Tipton and his wife Mary, was killed by Indians at St. Clair's defeat Nov. 4, 1791 when he was aobut twenty four. Two of Colonel Tipton's brothers, Joseph and Jonathan, were prominent in the affairs of Virginia and Tennessee. Jonathan wa a major at the battle of King's Mountain.
John was said to be at least 6 feet tall, slender as a young man but over weight in his later years. He was described by Colonel William Martin as having keen eyes, round face and ruddy complexion.
When Dr. Draper asked Col. Tipton's youngest son, Johnathan, teh leading traits of his father's character, he said he was honorable and kind, but when opposed, ambitious and determined, but having the ascendency of benevolence and mercy.
Colonol Tipton's home in Tennessee was on Sinking Creek, Washington Co., about 2 miles south of the present Johnson City. General Thomas Love, a contemporary, described his house as follows:
"Colonel Tipton's house was a large size house, some 25 by 30 feet, hewed logs, a story and a half, no windows below, a two or three window holes, round, in each gable and above, a door in front."
The house still standing but the logs have been covered with weather boarding. It is said that the bullet marks made during the Sevier skirmish may be seen in the logs beneath. The house is located on the left of the highway and of the line of the CC & O Railway running from Johnson City to Erwin.
Colonel Tipton died in August 1813, and his wife, Martha, are buried on the lawn of his estate. The estate later passed into the possession of David Haynes and became the home of London C. Haynes, the orator and Confederate States Senator from Tennessee.
Those interested in a quite full account of the activities of Colonel John Tipton are referred to The Massengills, Massengales and Varients by S. E. Massengill.
U. S. Sentor John Tipton
Senator John Tipton was the son of Joshua Tipton and grandson of Mordecai Tipton. He was the nepherw of our ancestor, William Tipton of Montgomery County, Tennessee. He was the nephew, or great nephew, of Thomas Tipton who when one hundred years old made application for a pension referred to his nephew, U.S. Senator John Tipton, and to his brother, William Tipton of Montgomery County, Kentucky. Joshua Tipton was killed by the Indians at Pigeon Creek on April 18, 1793.
In 1807, John Tipton, son of Joshua, settled in Harrison County, Indiana at what was known as Brinley's Ferry. His two sisters, half brother and mother accompanied him. He acquired fifty acres by splitting rails. He joined the militia and became a member of Captain Spencer's Yellow Jackets. He wa made ensign in the Tippecanoe campaign and on the death of the company commander he was promoted to command his company.
In the course of time he was called upon to conduct campaigns against marauding Indians. He commanded at Fort Vallonia. ON March 23, 1813 he and his company set out to repel a band of marauding Indians. As Tipton's men approached, the Indians fled on a raft across White River to an island. Tipton divided his men, surprised the Indians killing one and shooting others in the water. In the course of this battle Tipton had commanded absolute silence. ONe big talkative fellow insisted on talking as he pleased. Tipton disarmed him, tied him to a tree while bullets flew all around, and so, enforced discipline. To this day the scene of this battle is known as Tipton's Island.
On April 24, 1813 John Tipton addressed the following letter to acting Govenor Gibson:
"Since I have had command of the militia stationed on the frontier of Harrison and Clark Counies, of which I have made a correct report to Col. Robert M. Evans, believing it his duty to make report to you. On the 18th of March one man was killed and three wounded near this place (Vallonia). At that time I was not here. On my return trip I took twenty nine men and went up Driftwood twenty five miles. I met a party of Indians on an island in the river -- a smart skirmish took place; abd ub twenty minutes I defeated them; killed one dead on the ground and saw some sink in the river; and I believe all that made their escape by swimming the river, if any done so, lost their guns. I lost no men killed or wounded. On the 16th instant two men werekilled and one wounded eight miles southwest of this place, and five horses stolen. I immediately took thirty one men and followed them three days, notwithstanding we hd five large creeks to raft, and many to wade waist deep, and every day heavy rain. The third day I directed my spies to march slow (as my horses were much fatigued) and not try to overtake them until night. But contrary to my orders they cam up with one who had stipped to fix ihs pack and fired on him. From this motion they think him mortally wounded, as he fell, but raised and run away. They all left their horses and other plunder; and hte ground being hilly we could not catch them as they were on high hills and we were in a deep hollow except the spies. Had it not been for my orders being disobeyed, I owuld certainly have killed them all at their camp the ensuing night. In their way out they passed the Saline Salk Creek and there took an old trail leading directly to the Delware towns; and while the Govenment is supporting one part of that tribe the other is murdering our citizens.
"It is much to be desired that those rascals, of whatever tribe they be, harboring about those towns should be routed, which could be done with one hundred men in seven days. If htere is not effective measures taken to guard this place the whole of Clark and Harrison Counties will break. It is rumored that when the militia come out the rangers will be dismissed. IF so our case is a dangerous one as it is hard for mounted men to range through the wswammps an dbackwater of Drivtwood and Muscatintuck rivers as they have been, most of the season, more than a mile wide, by reason of low marshy bottoms that overflow, and many times three or four miles wide. They (the Indians) come in and secreete themselves on some high ground surrounded with water, and by help of bark conoes come in and do mischief, and until I came out could not be found. Since I came out they ahve made two attempts to take off the horses. The first time on the 12th instant. I took all and followed them with footmen. The last time we lived three days on a littel venison, without bread or salt; and I believe if there are to be rangers there should be spies of young and hardy footmen who oculd lay and scout through the swamps and thickets like the Indians do, and then we'll be secure -- not else. I have been constantly out for the last eight days, on foot, wading and rafting the creeks; have seen much signs of Indians, such as camps where they have lain, killed hogs and cattel to live on, and made many conoes to approach our settlements; and I am conscious if you ahd not ordered out the additional companies and made those excelelnt arrangements of the 9th of February, the whole frontier would have been murdered ere now. The citizens are now living between hope and despair waiting to nkow their doom."
This letter appears in HISTORY of FREEMASONRY in Indiana by Daniel McDonald, Indianapolis, 1898.
During the first half of the year 1813 Tipton took part in several expeditions against the Indians. IT will be recalled that Tecumpseh, the Indian Chief, had worked out an alliance with the British. This accounted in great measure for the Indian hostility in Indiana. At the declaration of peace ending the War of 1812, President Monroe promoted John TIpton to the rank of brigadier general.
With the wars behind him, General John Tipton returned to Harrison County. In the course of time he held the following offices:
1) Sheriff of Harrison County -- 1816-1819.
2) Member of Commission to locate state capital -- Jan 11, 1820.
3) Started on his mission with Govenor Jennings -- May 17, 1820.
4) Re-elected to state legislature -- 1821.
5) On commission to fix boundary between Indiana and Chicago -- 1822.
6) Appointed general agent for Pottawatomie and Miami Indians by President Monroe. He then moved to Ft. Wayne -- 1823.
Onthe death of United States Senator James Noble, Tipton's friends urged him to seek the office. He declined saying he could serve his country best as Indian agent. He did, however, at the entreaty of friends, permit his name to be placed in nomination. At this time, all United States Senatos were elected by the state legislature as was provided by the United States Constitution, since amended to provide for elections by popular vote. Seven ballots were taken, in the course of which, Tipton's support steadily rose from just one vote on the first ballot to fifty five on the seventh and deciding ballot.
Genearl John Tipton took his seat in the United States Senate January 3, 1832. He was quite active in connection with Indian affairs. He sought to encourage the Indians to settle disputes between themselves. His participation in debates is recorded in Congressional Debates VIII, Pp. 978 & 991.
Looking back on the life of Genearl John Tipton, we recognize that he rose to public notice because he understood the ways of the Indian and had the energy and cunning to defeat them at their own game. Settler's looked upon him as their ableprotector. He was a keen marksman, a leader among men, a man of good judgement, and with all, a pretty good student.Line in Record @I6304@ (RIN 288625) from GEDCOM file not recognized:
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Many articles have been written on Colonel John Tipton. He is most noted for being a founding father of Tennessee. He helped to draft the constitution, when Tennessee became a state in 1796, and was a Senator in the first and second state legislatures. He was described as a Strong, self-reliant, ambitious, hot- headed, unrelenting dispenser of Justice. To Col. John Tipton, Tennessee owes much.
Bet. 1795 -1796, Singer of Tennessee's Constitution.
TIPTON FAMILY OF TENNESSEE
The character of no man in the early settlement and organization of the State of Tennessee has been so willfully and so cunningly misrepresented by some of her earlier historian, so atrociously distorted by some of their lesser informed successors as has that of Colonel John Tipton, the leader of the opposition party in the rise and fall of the State of Franklin.
In reputation of the flagrantly unjust characterization of Tipton as given by James Gilmore (Edmound Kirke) in his book "John Seivier as a Commonwealth Builder", the historical reliability and integrity of which author President Theodore Roosevelt discredits absolutely in his " Winning of the West", and in belated justification of the services of this staunch and feqrless stateman to the Commonwealth of Tennessee, Tipton and a history of the Tipton familyy; the data herein contained is gathered from his unfinished manuscripts in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the county recorded of Washington Counties,Virginia and those of Baltimore County, Maryland; the records in the State Library of Virginia and the land office of Annapolis, Maryland; and a series of six articles written by M. Selden Nelson of Knoxville, Tenessee, foe the Knoxville Sentinel of the following dates, March 18th, April 4, 11th, 18th, 25th, May 2nd and May 9th 1908.
Colonel John was born August 15, 1730 in Baltimore County, Maryland of lineage, his ancestors settled in that province before 1700. Records have 1668 as time of arrival in America. He moved from Baltimore county about 1750 with his father. They settled on Cedar Creek, five and one-half miles southeast of Woodstock. When in 1772 Dunsmore, County (the name later being changed to Shenandoah) was cut off from Frederick County, John Tipton became prominently identified with the political, military and church history of the new county. From its organization in 1772 to 1781, he was Justice in the court, serving also for a time as Clerk of the Courts, in 1781, he was elected by the people of Shenandoah to the House of Brugesses and was reelected each succeeding term to the highest position of Honor certainly as late as 1780 and likely until his departure for Tennessee.
Like his Maryland ancestors, he was a staunch supporter of the Church of England; from the establishment of the Parish of Beckford in Shenandoah 1771, we find John Tipton one of its ten vestrymen. In military affairs he was likewise prominent, in the establishment of the American Independence John tipton's service were two-fold; he was both active in convention and alert in the field. June 16, 1774 he, with the pastor-soldier General Peter Muhlenberg, was a leader in the public meeting at Woodstock, and was one of the composers and signers of the "Committee of Safety and Correspondence" in Shenandoah County, which "committees of correspondence made the Revolution possible" stated Albert Bushnell Hart, and two years later, we find John Tipton a member of the famous Virginia Convention which began its sessions in appointment in 1778 as Lt. Col. of the Militia of Shenandoah, while the State Ledgers, Receipt and Auditor's books in the Treasures Books in the Tenessee Office in Richmond repeatedly attest his activity in recruiting and maintain the Continental Army under the authority of both State and United States government warrants, and his participation in the expedition of 1774 culminating in the Battle of Point Pleasant.
In the fall of 1783, Colonel John Tipton moved to Washington County, North Carolina, now Tenessee and settled on Sinking Creek, nine miles each of Jonessboro, where he lived until his death in (August ) 1813. The following year we find him elected to the conventions of the Western County, a confessed opponent in the separation of this district from parent state North Carolina, Kirke and even Ramsey would make it appear the Colonel tipton was a first enthusiastically in favor and active in the establishment of the State of Franklin; Hayes the earliest historian, who knew these pioneers, shows Colonel John Tipton was not for this Cause. At the convention of 1784, his position was clearly stated; Ramsey States " on motion of Mr. Cocke, whether for or against ourselves in a separate and distinct state, independent of the territory of North Carolina, at the time, with thirteen others recorded on the negative siede. "No historian has yet given this noble man his true record. He was far-sighted and knew that it would come when this part of North Carolina, then known as Washington County, would someday peaceably and without violating the laws of the land, be made into a separate state, and he lived to see that time come and was animportant factor in the formation of the laws of the State. He in course, during the trouble of the State of Franklin, represented a prince; le that caused the greatest civil war ever known. He held to the Alexander Hamilton idea of a strong central government, and it was in this section of East Tennessee in the days of seccession where the union sentiments was strongest,. Accordingly it is not surprising that while some of the Tipton's descendants fought in the Confederate service, the preponderance were in favor of the union.
Under North Carolina's authority, Colonel Tipton was a Justice of the Courts of Washington County, and in 1786 was first chosen Senatorfrom that county to the Legislature of that state and continued to be re-elected to that Senate until 1790 when the cession of the Western Territory of Noth Carolina was accepeted by the Federal Government and created into the Territory South of the River Ohio, "Early in 1787 John Tipton had been appointed Colonel of the Militia of Washington County, by commission from North Carolina, and in February 1787, was qualified in this capacity. In 1788, Colonel John Tipton and his brother Joseph Tipton, were elected to the convention held at Hillsboro, North Carolina, july 1788, to vote upon the adoptionj of the Fderal Consitution by that state. Their vote as that of the majority was cast against its adoption until certain amendments should be made.
Ramsey by implication, Kieke by willful misrepresentation would make it appear all active opposition and violence in the last two years of the existence of the State of Franklin was by tipton, and the adherents of the North Carolina Government, yet the very letters of Colones Hutching to Gov. Casell of date April 1, 1787, and that of General Evan Shelby to the Governor of Noth Carolina of the date May 4 1787, inserted by Remsey in his annals of Tennessee (pages 360-364) disprove this condition most emphatically.
In 1788, strained relation between Governor John Sevier and Colonel John Tipton had reached a point that when they finally met on the street they decided to settle their differences in the old fashioned way. Its is said that Colonel Tipton was powerful man and was soon the victor over his old enemy.
Afterward, Governor Sevier started to the home of Colonel Tipton with some of the state troops under his control; he reached the neighborhood of Colonel Tipton's house early in the morning and ordered Tipton to surrender. Tipton had about forty-five of his friends and neighbors congregated in his house to help him. When Sevier sent word for him to surrender, he sent an answer, "Hell No!), in less than two hours you will be surrendering to me!." He had sent for reinforcements.
Sevier thought that he had all passes to the Tipton house guarded from reinforcements but Tipton had already sent for them. Sevier ordered his men to charge and a battle was fought and two or three men were killed or wounded. Just as Sevier started to charge, snow fell so thick and fast that you could hardly tell one person from another and soon Major Pemberton and General Ruthledge came with sufficient forces to defeat Sevier and to take eighteen prisoners, among them were three of Sevier sons.
Some historians have intimated that Col. Tipton offered to do harm to Sevier's sons, but there is no proof to this statement. They cannot support it with facts. Sons and grandsons alike deny most emphatically that the lives of Sevier's sons captured in the skirmish that followed were threatened by Tipton. colonel J. C. Tipton in the East Tennessee Edition of Illustrated History of Tennessee 1888, sites that a man named Webb, brother of one of the mwn killed at the time by Sevier's party, swore vengeance upon Sevier's sons, but was severly reprimanded by Tipton and Advised that the man who inflicted injury upon them would have to answer to him for such infamy- alettle from Colonel john's son, Jonathan to Lyman Draper al so disaproves this harsh judgement of Colomel John- in which he says; " Sevier's sons were treated well and let go in peace." it is known fact in the Tipton Family that Colonel Tipton out of the generosity of his heart gave a Negro slave to the needy widow of one of the men killed.
In 1790 the cession of the Western districts of North Carolina was acknowledged by Federal Government and created in the Territory South of the River Ohio. When in 1793 tha assembly and legislative Council, John Tipton was one of the two elected from Washington County to first Territorial assembly. He continued a member of its sessions thourght 1794 and 1795, being one of the corporators of the Washington College established in 1795.
In 1796, the territory was found to contain more than the number of inhabitanst requisite to authorize the formation of a state government. As heretofore Washington County deemed, John Tipton one of her ablest men worthy of her trust and honor, and was, accoedingly one of the five persons chosen to represent Washington County in the convention to meet at Knoxville for the purpose of forming a constitution of permanent form of government. On motion of that body to proceed to appoint two members from each county to drasft a constitution and that each county name the members, John Tipton, with James Stuart, was chosen from Washinton County, thier two members of this committee which was to draft the first constitution of the State of Tennessee.
Of this constitution of the State of Tennessee formed by convention of 1796, Thomas Jefferson said"The least imperfect and most republican of the systems of government adopted by any of the American State's"
To the First Legistature of the State of Tennessee Colonel John Tipton was elected Sentor from Washington County, again to the second assembly which closed 1799 he was her representativfe in the Senate, this being his last public service. At the age of six-seven, having served twenty-seven years in Legiislatures and Conventios in the State of Virginia and Norht Carolina, in the Territory South of the River Ohio and in the State of Tennessee, he retired from public life to his home on Sinking Creek several miles southeast of the present town of Johnson City, where he first settled in 1783.
Colonel John Tipton was married 1750-51 to Mary Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, who was killed by Indians on his farm on Cedar Creek Shenandoah County, Virginia the beginning of the Revolutionary War. She was bore him nine sons, to wit: Samuel, Benjamin, Abraham, William, Isaac, Jacob, John, Thomas and Jonathan, Mary died in Shenanddoah County, Virginia, June 8 1776, July 22 1777. Colonel John Tipton was married to Martha Denton Moore, widow of Dr. James Moore, Shenanddoah County, by her he had one son whom he called Abraham for his son Captain Abraham Tipton who was killed in Clark's Expedition against the Indans in 1782, Martha is buried on his farn in Sinking Creek, on the hill above the hisoric old house that still stands to day practically unchanged since its erection before 1800. Hereafter the death of old Col. John, his son John Tipton of Sullivan County, lived until his death in 1813, after which the home was sold to David Haynes and later became the home of "Tennessee's Silver-tom=ngues." Landon C. Haynes.
Tipton-Haynes Historic Site Located in Washington County, Tennessee.
The Home was written up in "The History of Tennessee Home and Gardens" in 1936 and was republished by permission by the "GardenStudy Club" of Knoxville, Tenessee. The hime stands at the base of Burralo Mountain and near Buffalo Creek both of which took their names from a great buffalo trail which rouneded the mountain. The old grove of Chinquapin trees that so well concealed Sevier forces drawn up front was destroyed in large part when the right of was cleared for Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohipo Railroad; But many yet remain close by the old house.
The home, built in 1783, was patterned after the home od Williamsburg, Virginia. It was skillfully put together with a colonial porch. Acentral hall with a steaircase leads up to rooms above. With kitchen and dining room all connected by a covered porch way extending the fullwidth of the building,. The workmanship on the stone chimneys and the foundations of the house can scarcely be found today. There were traces of very old scrubs and flowers about the angle of the ell and the old graveyard on the hill that betoken the great age of the garden that once was there. Today the house is much as it was then, only the logs are coverd with board. The race track is no more , the large old barn has been toren away in recent years, but close to its foundation there may be yet seen the long grain cribs and the rolling meadow where grazed royal ansestors of Tennessee's Kings of Turfdom. Althouth a very busy man in civil and political life, he had time to indulge in blooded hores stock. He was a great lover of fine horses and broght with him from Virginia imported thorought bred that were raced byTipton Slves against the best of the land even so far south as South Carolina did General Wade Hampton bring his horses and Negro to challenge their merits. He was the owner of the renowned stallion Diamede. The proof that the stallion passed from ownership of Col. Tipton to his son Abraham was in the Washington County Tennessee Inventories & Settlements of Estates and loose records in Clearks Office, Jonesboro, Tennessee. Estate of Abraham Tipton, December, by James I. Tipton, Adm. October term, 1822 listed in sale a long list of Mares put to Diamede, in 1819. Also Don Quixote whose pedigree is advertised in the Knoxville Gazette of February 24, 1808; and according to the autobiography of Dr. A. Jobe, he was the owner of "Tipton's Irish Grey", the greatest Quarter horse known at that time.
Daniel Boone Followed the buffalo trials on his earliest trips into Tennessee County and had a hunting lodge at a cold spring on the Tipton premise. Nearly one hundred years before Boone in 1673, James Needham and Gabriel Arthur were the first of the English speaking race to view the Tennessee Valley, and passed here on their way to the Cherokee towns on the little Tennessee River. These facts which are set forth in Judge William Book "Dawn of Tennessee History" demonstrates that this is truly one of the most historic spot in the State of Tennessee.
Today, the occupants of the old house will show you the room where Colonel John Tipton died, the spot where a famous battle took place; and in walking there voices from the past seem to say. "Cherish your State and Nation, your freedom was bought was with a price".
A monument was dedicated on October 12, 1946 in Col. John's memory near Johnson City, Tennessee opposit the old Tipton home on the Ashville National Highway.
Not only to Col. John Tipton and his two brothers, Joseph, and Major Jonathan, does Tennessee owe ; But to their descendants afterthem. The Archives of our State and Nation, are full of their deeds of vator and heroism. There are sixteen Counties, towns, and railway stations in the United States named for the Tipton family. Four are in Tennessee, aTipton, Tiptonville, Tipton Stati0on and Tipton County. The name has been preserved in more lasting form than shafts of marble.
Of Colones John Tipton's sons, six were in the Revolutionary War- Samuel, Benjamin, Captain Abraham, William. Isaac and Captain Jacob, while three of them, Samuel, John of Sullivan County and Jonathan maintained al most un brokenly to 1830 the prestive of the family in the Legislature of the State of Tennessee. Col. John Tipton was a man of many talents and there is not room here to tell of his many exploits... as a Ststeman, Soldier, and planter.
There is a monument at his old home the "Tipton- Haynes Place" on Ashville national highway 1 mile south of Johnson City, Tennessee.
He moved to 9 miles east of Jonesboro then NC in 1782 and lived ther until death in 1813.
Colonel John Tipton was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War.