John Tipton (Tennessee)
| John Tipton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 15, 1730 Baltimore County, Maryland, United States |
| Died | August 9, 1813 (aged 82) Washington County, Tennessee, United States |
| Resting place | Tipton-Haynes Cemetery Johnson City, Tennessee |
| Residence | Tipton-Haynes Place |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Butler (m. 1751) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
|
| Service/branch | Virginia militia |
| Years of service | 1774–1782 |
| Battles/wars |
Dunmore's War • Battle of Point Pleasant (1774) American Revolutionary War |
John Tipton (August 15, 1730 – August 9, 1813) was an American frontiersman and statesman who was active in the early development of the state of Tennessee. He is best remembered for leading the opposition to the State of Franklin movement in the 1780s, as well as for his rivalry with Franklinite leader, John Sevier. He served in the legislatures of Virginia, North Carolina, the Southwest Territory, and Tennessee, and was a delegate to Tennessee's 1796 constitutional convention. Tipton's homestead still stands, and is managed as the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site.
John Tipton was born in 1730 in Baltimore County, Maryland, one of eight children of Jonathan Tipton, a farmer, and Elizabeth (Edwards) Tipton. His ancestors hailed from England, and his paternal grandfather migrated to Maryland from Jamaica. In 1747, his family moved to the Shenandoah Valley, then on Virginia's western frontier.
Tipton married Mary Butler in 1751, and they had nine sons: Samuel, Benjamin, Abraham, William, Isaac, Jacob, John, Thomas and Jonathan. By the late 1750s, Tipton as a young man owned a 181-acre (73 ha) farm along the Shenandoah River in Frederick County, where he raised crops and livestock, and produced whiskey. In 1761, he supported George Washington's campaign for the House of Burgesses.
When Dunmore County (modern Shenandoah County) was created from Frederick in 1772, Tipton was appointed justice of the peace in the new county by Virginia governor Lord Dunmore. In June 1774, Tipton was elected to the county's Committee of Safety, and helped craft the Woodstock Resolutions, which denounced the British Crown's actions in closing the port of Boston. He was also elected to the county's seat in the House of Burgesses. During Dunmore's War later that year, Tipton served as a captain under Andrew Lewis, and saw action at the Battle of Point Pleasant in October.
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