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The Tipton Family of Washington County, Tennessee |
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Jonathan Tipton, Sr. Many details of his life are controversial. His children included: Thomas Tipton (1693) Jonathan settled in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He died in Maryland in 1757. |
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 The Maryland Gazette Annapolis, Maryland January 27, 1757 |
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Jonathan Tipton was born about 1699 in Maryland His children included: Colonel John Tipton (1730), They lived in Baltimore County, Maryland. The family moved to the Watauga settlement in the early 1780s. Jonathan Tipton, Jr. was probably the Major Tipton who was a member of the militia who burned Cherokee towns in 1781.
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John Tipton was born on August 15, 1730 in Baltimore County, Maryland. His first wife was Mary Butler. Mary was born in 1732 and was the daughter of Thomas Butler. Mary and John's children probably included: Samuel Tipton (1752, married Jemima Suttee Little and Susannah Reneau), Mary died in childbirth in 1776. John's second wife was Martha Denton Moore. She was the daughter of Abraham Denton and Mary Odell. Her first husband was James Moore. Her children from her first marriage are detailed on James Moore's page. Martha and John had a son, Abraham, who was named in honor of his half brother who died in 1782. John was a captain in Lord Dunmore's war in 1774 and was a lieutenant in the Shenandoah County, Virginia, militia during the Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1776 and 1778-1781. In 1778, a Joseph Tipton took the oath of allegiance in what would become Washington County, Tennesee. In 1782 Jonathan Tipton was security for the appearance of John Odell to the Washington County Court. Captain Abraham Tipton served in the Virginia State Regiment in Clark's Expedition against the Indians in the northwest and was killed near the Falls of the Ohio, September 2, 1782. In 1783, he moved to the Watauga Settlement and lived on Turkey Creek, eight or ten miles east of Jonesborough. "The Battle of the State of Franklin" took place at John Tipton's house in 1788. North Carolina authorities seized some of the people John Sevier had enslaved. Sevier and his supporters came to the Tipton house to reclaim them. The North Carolinians rebuffed them and this signaled the end of the State of Franklin. John was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly as senator and representative in 1786-1787. In 1791, Captain Jacob T. Tipton was killed in St. Clair's defeat which is also known as the Battle of the Wabash. It was fought on November 4, 1791 in the Northwest Territory. The U.S. Army faced the Western Confederacy of Native Americans. In January, 1795 Caleb Odell sold William Boring 76-3/4 acres on Brush Creek, for 55 pounds. The land bordered Charles Reneau/Reno. The deed was witnessed by Thomas Gourley and John Tipton. He was in the Tennessee State Senate from 1796 to 1799. He died on August 9, 1813 in Washington County, Tennessee.
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Joseph Tipton was born about 1738 in Baltimore County, Maryland. He married Elizabeth Denton. Elizabeth and Joseph's children may have included: Elizabeth Tipton (1757, married Charles Reno/Reneau), In 1774 they sold their land in Virginia, and moved to the Watauga Settlement where they were members of the Sinking Creek Baptist Church. In 1780, Joseph was probably a captain at the Battle of Kings Mountain. In 1784 Joseph voted against the formation of the State of Franklin. They moved from Washington County to Warren County, Tennessee before 1820. |
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He came to Fort Watauga in 1775. |
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©Roberta Tuller 2020
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