Abraham Tipton
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Abraham Tipton (1794 - 1868)

Abraham Tipton
Born in Carter, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 9 Mar 1817 in Carter, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 73 in Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

Abraham Tipton was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.
Abraham Tipton was a Tennessean.

Abraham Tipton was born on August 27, 1794 in Carter County, Tennessee to Samuel Tipton and Susannah Reneau.

Abraham married Martha Patsy Lacey on March 9, 1817 in Carter County, Tennessee. The result of their union was a daughter named Nancy Jane Tipton, born November 7, 1818 in Carter County, Tennessee.

Abraham served as Sheriff and Justice of the Peace of Carter County for many years, being elected Sheriff in 1836. He was also elected to the State Senate in 1849.

Abraham passed away on July 2, 1868 in Carter County, Tennessee and is buried at Arney Cemetery.

Sources

  • [1] History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present ..., Volume 4, page 1296.
  • "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4NN-FZL : 20 July 2016), Abraham Tipton and Patsy Lacy, 09 Mar 1817; citing Carter, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 222, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 847,608.
  • [2] Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed at the General Assembly, Number X, January 24, 1848, listing Abraham Tipton as Sheriff of Carter County, Tennessee.
  • "United States Census, 1850," Abraham Tipton in household of Thomas C Johnson, Carter county, Tennessee, United States; citing family 73, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1860", Abram Lipton, 1860.
  • "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch, Abraham Tipton, 1868; Burial, Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States of America, Arney Cemetery; citing record ID 96486132.




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