Wiley Tipton (abt. 1785 - bef. 1850)

Born about 1785 in Watauga Valley, North Carolina USA [uncertain]

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Descendants

Died before 1850 before about age 65 in North Carolina

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Biography

Wiley Tipton, son of Jonathan Tipton (ACF) and Keziah (Robertson) Sevier, was born about 1785 in the part of the Watauga Valley that was to become Washington County, Tennessee. He moved, along with his parents and siblings, to Yancy (then Buncombe ) County, North Carolina ca. 1798. Sources [2], [3]

Wiley Tipton married Anna McKinney ca. 1803 in Yancy County, North Carolina. U S and International Marriage Records Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records,1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004),

• Marriage^[1]

The census information on the ages of Wiley and Anna is contradictory. Both the *[2}1810 US Census and *[3}1820 US Census list their ages as under 45, which is in keeping with dates of birth in the period 1785 to 1786. The *[4]1840 census gives Wiley's age as 70-80, which puts his date of birth between 1760 and 1770, a period that is way too early because Major Jonathan Tipton was only 20 in 1770. The *[5]1850 census data for Anna (which is in agreement with her 1840 census age bracket) puts her age at 74. That would make her 44 in 1820 and marginally likely to still be bearing children. The evidence explained is that the 1840 and 1850 census data pertaining to the ages of Wiley and Anna Tipton is in error.

• 1810 US Census^[2]
• 1820 US Census^[3]
• 1840 US Census^[4]
• 1850 US Census^[5]

The census records indicate that Wiley and Anna had 11 children, six boys and five girls. The Rev. S. J. D. Tipton, a great-grandson of Major Jonathan Tipton, lists the children of Wiley and Anna Tipton as Wiley, John, Jackson, Samuel, Joseph, Jonathan, Rosey, Sally, Cussau, Dosie, and Anna. The census records tend to confirm the names of the sons listed by Rev. Tipton but differs from the order of birth given by Rev. Tipton in that the first four children appear to have been girls. The ages of the sons of Wiley and Anna has been determined on the basis of 1850 census data and hopefully are within a year of the right dates of birth. The dates of birth of the daughters (except for Anna) were estimated using earlier, much coarser, census data. Consequently, not even the order of birth of the girls is certain. The birthdates of those daughters whose married names are known can be ascertained from the 1850 census. [5], [7]

Several of Wiley and Anna Tipton's sons were active in the Civil War and the indications are that two lost their lives in that conflict. [6], [7]

• 6. ^[6]

The Rev. Samuel Davis Tipton reported that "Wiley Tipton...was hit in a fight and died." The date of Wiley Tipton's death appears to have been between 1840 and 1850 because he appears in the 1840 census but not the 1850 census. His widow, Anna Tipton, is to be found living with a married daughter, Cassau Honeycutt, and her husband Uriah Honeycutt in the 1850 census. [4], [5], [6], [7]

• 7. ^[7]

The question is raised in the reference as to whether the fight was a personal one or a war. The date of Wiley's death and his age at that time lead one to conclude that, if he were killed in a fight, it was, most likely, a personal one. [6], [7]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, Source number: 917.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1 ;[1]
2. ↑ 1810 US Census Year: 1810; Census Place: Buncombe, North Carolina; Roll: 39; Page: 253; Image: 00144; Family History Library Film: 0337912; [2]
3. ↑ "US Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch [3] : 16 July 2015), Wiley Tipton, 1820.
4. ↑ 1840 US Census Year: 1840; Census Place: Yancey, North Carolina; Roll: 374; Page: 257; Image: 1004; Family History Library Film: 0018098; [4]
5. ↑ 1850 US Census; Year: 1850; Census Place: Yancey, North Carolina; Roll: M432_649; Page: 405A; Image: 316; Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives; Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch; [5]
6. ↑ We Tiptons and Our Kin; Author: Ervin Charles Tipton; San Rafael, CA; Tipton, ©1975; Tennessee State Library & Archives Nashville, TN 37243 United States; Card Catalog Number: 929.273 T499tc Family History Library United States; Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Family History Library United States & Canada Film 928226 Item 2; p. 983. This book has excerpts from some letters written in 1908 from Elizabeth "Lizzie" Tipton who was a daughter of Rev. Samuel Davis Tipton to a Mrs. Nancy M. Jones, a Tipton genealogist. One letter stated that Rev. Samuel D. Tipton's father was Charles Sevier Tipton and that Maj. Jonathan Tipton was Rev. S.D. Tipton's great-grandfather. Lizzie Tipton wrote the letters after talking to her father Rev. S. D. Tipton so she got the information directly from a person that had direct knowledge of his ancestors. The original documents are in the Mary McCown Collection at the East Tennessee State University's Archives of Appalachia PO Box 70295 | 344 J L Seehorn Rd. Johnson City, TN 37614 archives@etsu.edu Phone: 423-439-4338 | Fax: 423-439-4126
7. ↑ Tipton the First Five American Generations: Author: Charles Dawes Tipton, (Baltimore, MD Gateway Press ; Garland, TX (2009 West Shore, Garland 75043): Gateway Press, Inc.Baltimore, MD; Original is from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 1998). Dewey Decimal Class # 929/.2/0973; Library of Congress # CS71.T592 1998. Copies of this book can be found in libraries throughout the US.