Capt.
Abraham
B
Tipton
Born about in Shenandoah, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Tipton
and Mary (Butler) Tipton
Brother of
Susan (Tipton) Bolin, Samuel Tipton, Benjamin Tipton, William Tipton II, Isaac Perry Tipton, Jacob Tipton, John Tipton Jr [half], Thomas Tipton and Jonathan Tipton IV
Died
at about age 22
in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 May 2013
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Biography
Born ABT 1758. [1]
Event: 2nd Lieutenant of 12th Virginia Regiment. Military 1776[2] Captain in VA regiment in Clark's expedition. Military[3]
That it appears, from the petition, that Abraham Tipton entered the service of the United States, in the fall of 1776, as a Lieutenant, under Captain Jonathan Langdon, in the continental line of Virginia, and attached to the 12th regiment; and he served nearly two years in that regiment - was in the battles of Germantown and Brandywine - and then resigned; that, not long thereafter, he entered the service again as a Captain, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crockett - was marched to the falls of Ohio, and was killed in battle on the 2d September, 1781.... and left neither widow nor child.[4]
Died ABT 1781. Note: Killed near present-day Louisville, KY while serving with George Rogers Clark.[5][6]
Sources
- Find A Grave Memorial# 74382163 (Maintained by: David Best)
- 'Public Document printed by order of The Senate of the United States - First Session of the 28th Congress... Vol 1V' Pp 199 - Washington DC - December 4, 1844.
- Source: S85 Wm. "Fighting Billy" Tipton Geni Profile TID 0 Footnote Wm. "Fighting Billy" Tipton Geni Profile ShortFootnote Geni.com Bibliography Geni.com Geni.com Page Geni.com
- Source: S86 An American Family HIstory TID 0 Footnote An American Family HIstory ShortFootnote www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com Bibliography www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/Tipton www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/Tipton Page www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/Tipton
- Source: S87 Those Who Served - Denton Family TID 0 Footnote Those Who Served - Denton Family ShortFootnote www.dentongenealogy.org Bibliography www.dentongenealogy.org/They served www.dentongenealogy.com Page www.dentongenealogy.com
- George Rogers Clark's papers
July 10, 1781: Duplicate filming. Officer receipts for shirts, thread and cloth. Names: Major George Walls, Lieut. Isaac Browning, Capt. John Chapman, Capt. Thomas Young, Capt. Abraham Tipton
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Homer Hopper for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Homer and others.
- ↑ Source: #S86 www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/Tipton Page www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/Tipton
- ↑ Source: #S87 www.dentongenealogy.com Page www.dentongenealogy.com
- ↑ Source: #S87 www.dentongenealogy.com Page www.dentongenealogy.com
- ↑ Entered by Homer Hopper.
- ↑ Source: #S86 www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/Tipton Page www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/Tipton
- ↑ Source: #S87 www.dentongenealogy.com Page www.dentongenealogy.com
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- James Henderson
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I1, FTDNA kit #63358 - Richie Tipton :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-Y17672, FTDNA kit #794214
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~1.56%
C.b. Bullock :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #109972
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~0.78%
Greg Myers :
23andMe, GEDmatch BU6583629 [compare]
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~0.78%
Eugene Kohlbecker :
23andMe, GEDmatch A453251 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A453251 [compare], Ancestry member ekohlbecker
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A453251 [compare], FTDNA kit #B165555
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~0.78%
James Dunlap :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Susan (Foster) Grayson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Sgrayson7990
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~0.78%
Charlotte (Gilliam) Fultz :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PY941741C1 [compare]
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Judy Scott :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member scottjma
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~0.78%
Kathy Everett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mommakatintn
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Tipton-1143 and Tipton-414 appear to represent the same person because: same/similar dates, same father (merge proposed)
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Abraham is 14 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan, 19 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 13 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 25 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 22 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 11 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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