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| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixteenth Generation60. Capt. Jacob
TIPTON1 was born in
1765 in Sheandoah, VA. He died on 4 Nov 1791 in St Clair's defeat.
Jacob enlisted in the military 19 Mar 1791. He was an impatient man and wanted
to get on with the fighting, for his company was slow in getting to the front,
so he left his company and joined the Militia stating, "I came here to fight
and I will do it". He fell in battle, mortally wounded and his last words
were "My brave fellows, I am a dead man, fight on bravely, do all you can
for your country." This battle is known in history as "St. Claire's
Defeat".Tipton County was named for him. He seemed to have a premonition
of his fate, for as he rode off to battle, from his home he turned and called
to his wife saying that if he should be killed, she should name their son Jacob.
This she did and he became Gen. Jacob Tipton.
Capt. Jacob TIPTON and Mary BRADFORD were married on 3 Mar 1788.
Mary BRADFORD was born in 1766. Capt.
Jacob TIPTON and Mary BRADFORD had the following children:
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