Shortly after his birth his mother died. He grew to manhood in Madison county, Kentucky. While yet younger, he left home to work and shift for himself. While working in the harvest field of William Tipton , a cousin, he met his future wife, Sarah Lee Tipton, daughter of his cousin, William. So the romance begun in the harvest field, resulted in his marriage to Sarah Lee, in the late summer of 1808. They soon established their at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Alexis proved himself a good business man and despite the fact that he reared a large family and died comparatively young, at the age of 57, was for his day a wealthy man. He was elected sheriff of Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1827 and served 8 years, appointing his oldest son William Lemmon Tipton as his deputy. He died January 12, 1843, at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and is buried there. Sarah Lee, his wife, was born Aug 25, 1786 in Virginia and died there at Lexington, Kentucky, July 12, 1866 and is buried at Mt. Sterling. He is listed in 1830 Cencus Mt. Sterling County, Kentucky and 1850 Scott County, Kentucky census.
Montgomery Co., KY Will Bk. E, Pg. 83:
Mentions wife, Sarah; my eight children Rebecca L. Reynolds, Matilda Tipton, Sabra Oldham, Mahala Donnohue, Jabez M. Tipton, Mary Tipton, Burwell S. Tipton, and Sarah Ann Tipton; son, William L. Tipton, to receive $1.00 ("I have advanced more for him already . . . in the payment of security debts.") Executor: Alexander Lindsey. Witnesses: James Howard, James Lindsay Signed 4 Sep 1841 -- Proved 1 Feb 1843From Letters of French Tipton
ALEXIS, youngest of the first wife's children, removed to Montgomery County, was sheriff, a farmer, and got rich. Methodist. Had 10 children.
One of these Jabez M., lives at Covington, Tennessee, is a banker, and has children and grandchildren. All Methodist, but mixed in politics--- I mean Uncle Alexis's family.One daughter married O'Donohough of Greencastle, Indiana, and has children and grand children.
One daughter married a Reynolds, and a son, Ed, lives in Missouri.
Burwell has a daughter, Mrs. Bettie Lindsay, who lives in Sturgeon, Missouri. William went west.
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EVEN Revolutionary War Vet.Line in Record @I18179@ (RIN 300500) from GEDCOM file not recognized:
EVEN Daughter of Revolution Patriot Index
From Family Treemaker webpage of Miall Cedilote
Page: 238
Shortly after his marriage to Elizabeth Mitchell he his family, and father John Tipton started to move to Ky. but the Indians were so threatening at that time that they returned to Maryland. But shortly thereafter they started again with his 3 boys by Rebecca Lemmon, his new wife Elizabeth and his father John Tipton. They went by wagon from Maryland to Pittsburg Penn. then down the Ohio River to Limestone (Maysville Ky.) by boat, then overland by wagon to Lexington Kentucky where for a short time they lived in a log cabin on the grounds occupied in 1882 by a large store-house of Appleton & Lancaster. In a few months they moved to Madison County Ky. (about 15 miles). Daniel Boone was still living there at the time. Jabez owned land on Otter Creek near Boonesboro Ky. His closest neighbor was General Greene Clay under whom several of his sons served in the war of 1812. his land joined that of Henry Noland containing 100 acres, purchased June 7, 1796.Note: I Winfred C. Tipton was born and raised in Lee County Ky. about 45 miles up river from Boonesboro, which is about 5 miles from Richmond Ky. just off interstate 75. I have been there many times and there was'nt anything there except a Plaque by the road and a Beer Bar until the TV series about Daniel Boone. After that the influx of tourists caused the area to build up and I understand that they are trying to restore Boonesboro.
Madison Co., KY Will Book B, pp 495-496, 4 Feb 1818.
Revolutionary soldier. Took the Oath of Allegiance, 1778, in the State of Maryland.Part of this info is from Denise Gilliland- densig@unicomp.net
Copy is in Alexis Lemmon file.Jabez Murray, son of John and Martha (Murray) Tipton was born November
17, 1754 in Baltimore County, Maryland and his marriage there to Rebecca
Lemmon on January 16, 1781 is recorded in the Baltimore County annals.
(Daughter of Alexis Lemmon. Alexis Lemmon is believed to have been an
officer in the militia as early as 1773. William Tipton stated that he
served under "Captain Lecky Lemmon who later resigned" and whose company was
a part of the regiment of Colonel Thomas Gist. Rebecca Tipton was mentioned
in the will of Alexis Lemmon which was probated July 20, 1786 in Baltimore
County, Maryland.) Because the marriage was performed by a Baptist
minister, Rev. Davis it seems unlikely that Jabez was a Quaker as suggested
by some. Jabez and Rebecca Tipton had three children prior to her death on
August 10, 1786. Jabez Tipton remarried about 18 months later to Elizabeth
Mitchell, daughter of Thomas (b. 6/8/1743) (d. 1830) and Ann (Preston)
Mitchell (b. 1744) (d. 1/12/1767). (Thomas Mitchell was the son of Richard
Mitchell (b. 8/26/1710) (d. 1750) and Elizabeth Williams (b. 1711) (m.
1/31/1733 at St. George's Parish). Elizabeth was the daughter of John and
Mary (Wheeler) Williams (m. 12/6/1706)). Jabez and Elizabeth had 15
children and Elizabeth was still alive and residing in Madison County,
Kentucky at the time of the 1850 census.
Shortly after his second marriage, Jabez Tipton and his family started
on a move to Kentucky but turned back because the Indians were so
threatening. After the Indian threat subsided, he reinitiated his move to
Kentucky, accompanied this time by his wife, and the three children from his
first marriage, and this father, John Tipton. The journey entailed travel
by wagon from Baltimore to Pittsburgh (The two routes from Baltimore to
Pittsburgh at that time entailed following either Forbe's road (from
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, roughly the same as US 30) or Braddock's Road
(roughly US 40 from Hagerstown, Maryland, to Union Town, Pennsylvania, then
PA 51)) down the Ohio River (by raft?, barge?) to Limestone (now Maysville),
Kentucky, and thence overland to Lexington where they lived for a few months
before moving to a "plantation" on Otter Creek in Madison County, Kentucky.
(According to J. H. Bell op. cit. (p. 60), Daniel Boone was still in
residence in that county.)
The transaction in which Jabez Tipton acquired the Otter Creek property
was recorded in Jun 1796 (Madison County, Kentucky Deed Book C, p. 717); his
father acquired nearby property about the same time. One of the close
neighbors to Jabez Tipton was General Green Clay, and three of Jabez
Tipton's sons, Moses, Esrum, and Daniel are supposed to have served under
General Clay in the Northwest Campaign of the War of 1812.
Jabez Murray Tipton died in Madison County, Kentucky on December 25,
1818. His will documented February 4, 1818 was probated in Madison County
on January 4, 1819. (Madison County, Kentucky Will Book B, p. 495).
Mentioned in the will were his "wife Elizabeth" and "my three eldest sons
namely, Moses, Alexous and Esrum"; "Thomas M. my next son", and "my next son
Daniel". Those mentioned got specific inheritances; "all the rest of my
children" to share equally in the remainder of the estate.Reference: The First Five American Generations by Charles D. Tipton, page
193.
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Jabez Murray Tipton 11/17/1754 Baltimore County, Maryland 12/25/1818 Madison
County, KentuckySYNOPSIS:
Jabez Murray Tipton did not serve in the military. He is thought by some to
have been a Quaker, but there are indications that he was not. However, he
did take the Oath of Allegience in 1778 in Maryland and is credited by the
DAR with patriotic service during the war.Reference: The First Five American Generations by Charles D. Tipton, page
332.More About Jabez Murray Tipton:
Emigration 1: 1783, Signed oath of allegiance for State of Maryland15
Emigration 2: 1778, Oath of Allegiance for State of Maryland16
Military service 1: DAR Index Public Service for Maryland: DAR ID Number
8952217,18
Military service 2: 1783, Signed oath of allegiance19
Property 1: 1789, Acquires property in Madison County, Kentucky20
Property 2: 07 Jun 1796, 100 acres on Otter Creek, near Boonesboro,
Kentucky21
Residence 1: Aft. Jan 1768, Tried to move to Kentucky but returned to
Maryland
Residence 2: Madison County, Kentucky21
Residence 3: Bef. Dec 1788, Maryland to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to Ohio
River to Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) then to Lexington, Kentucky21
Signer: 1777, Maryland Oath of Allegiance22
Taxed: 1783, Hartford County, Maryland23
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------Jabez Tipton migrated to Kentucy with his wife Elizabeth, his 3 sons by his first wife Rebecca, and his father John Tipton. They tried first shortly after his marriage to Elizabeth but turned back due to severe Indian threats. Their second attempt was successful, and they traveled by wagon from Maryland to Pittsburgh, PA, then down the Ohio River to Limestone (Maysville, KY) by boat, then overland by wagon to Lexington, KY. After a few months in Lexington, they moved to Madison Co, KY where Daniel Boone was living at the time. Jabez land on Otter Creek near Boonesboro, KY, on 7 June, 1796. Several of his sons served under the command of their neighbor General Greene Clay during the War of 1812.
"Jabez Murray Tipton with his wif and father left the shores of the Chesapeake shortly after the Revolution, went by wagon to Pittsburgh, where they embarked on the Ohio river, but owing to the hostility of the Indians returned to Maryland. Soon, again, however, they repeatd the effort and reached Maysville, Kentucky, then called Limestone. Thence they proceeded to Lexington, seeing Indians on the way, and took up their abode in a cabin that stood on the ground that was once, and maybe now, occupied by a large storehouse of Appleton and Lancaster. In a few months they removed to a point east of Lexington,and after a brief stay there, came to Madison County, while Daniel Boone was there.
Jabez Murray Tipton was married the second time, his first wife being dead, to Elizabeth Mitchell of Maryland, February 17, 1788. By her he had fifteen children. Elizabeth Mitchell was born September 2, 1767 and died sometime in 1854. Their children:
1. Erson. 2. Joel. 3. Anna. 4. Thomas. 5. Daniel. 6. Elizabeth. 7. Martha. 8. Joe. 9. Elhanan. 10. Sarah. 11. Mary. 12. Clemong. 13. Elijah. 14. Nenus P. 15. Darius Bernard."
from "A Memorial Message, Family History and Heavenly Thoughts, Charles L. Tipton" by Letcher H. Tipton (Letcher was Charles' son, and the small book was written for his father's funeral).
William Tipton Jr. married Sarah Brown. Both were buried in the family plot on his father's farm. There is a compltee record of hi sland transactions in the court house at Mt. Sterling.
FROM THE BOOK TIPTON FAMILY BY W. HORD TIPTON:
He fought in the "Battle of the River Raisin". He fought in the French and Indian war under General William Henry Harrison's brigade. Served two terms in the War of 1812, and was a survivor of "Dudley's Defeat".
Margaret Downing widow of Captain William Downing. Came to Maryland in 1668 on the ship "Friendship" of London.
Margaret Downing widow of Captain William Downing. Came to Maryland in 1668 on the ship "Friendship" of London.