Posted in Deaths, Military, tagged Crockett, Jackson, Langdon, Tipton on June 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
William “Fightin’ Billy” Tipton was one of the sons of Col. John Tipton. I’ve done a few posts on the Tipton family before and while at the Tennessee State Archives recently, I noticed an article in the Blount Journal about Fightin’ Billy. The article appeared in the Fall 2005 issue and is very interesting.
In the [...]
Posted in Websites/Resources, tagged Tipton on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve added a new link to the Bibliography page of this blog – a website with information about Col. John Tipton and sons. On a previous blog entry, I’d posted some information about the Tiptons summarizing some resources online and John, a descendant of Tipton, commented and put a link to his website dedicated to [...]
Posted in Military, tagged Tipton on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In an earlier post this month, Polly inquired about George Washington Tipton, whom she believes may be a son of Lt. Benjamin William Tipton & Rebecca Cusick. George Washington Tipton died in Blount County in 1807 and is buried in Ellejoy Cemetery.
Source: Photo from FindAGrave
It looks like this Tipton line is of interst to many; [...]
Posted in Query, tagged Cusick, Reneau, Tipton on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Polly has made the following inquiry
“I am researching Tipton families of Blount Co TN, especially ancestors of George Washington Tipton 1807-1886 and Martha (unkn). I have pictures of grave markers in Morgan Co AL where he was buried in Crawford Cemetery. I think he was the last son of RS Lt. Benjamin William Tipton and Rebecca Cusick. George W [...]
Posted in Celebrities, tagged Craig, Cunningham, Dearing, Farmer, Foster, Goodard, Hackney, Henry, Kirckpatrick, Lamar, Matthews, McBath Eagleton, McDowell, McTeer, Rowan, Tipton, Wright on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Notable Men of Tennessee, a book that was published in 1912, has been digitized by Google and is in the public domain. It contains sketches of individuals from Tennessee. The full-text of the book can be downloaded as a PDF file from Google Books.
There are not character sketches from Blount County, but there is [...]
