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  • Jessie Stone Tipton

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    After a long hiatus I am finally updating my "Tipton Tales and Trails" blog. Why has the update been so long in coming? A simple answer, spring and summer barged into my life. Comes the nice weather, I'm either outside working in my garden, taking a walk in the development' [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2009, 12:58pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Widow's Claim for Pension Benefits

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    This is the third in a series of blog postings on my great-great grandmother's application for Civil War Widow's pension benefits. Martha Bailey Tipton was her name and she applied numerous times for pension benefits after her husand and my great-great grandfather John [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2009, 11:43am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • The Death of John Tipton b. 1830 d. Nov. 18, 1863 Part III

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    The following is part three of my posting to this blog of my great-great-great grandmother Martha “Patty” Bailey Tipton’s application for a Civil War widow’s pension benefit due the death of my great-great-great grandfather John Tipton.

    I have tried to translate the [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 11:01am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Captain McLaughlin's Affidavit

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    The following is an affidavit by Captain Nelson McLaughlin attesting to the service and death of my great-great grandfather John Tipton (1828-Nov 18, 1863) during the Civil War. His widow (and my great-great grandmother, Martha Bailey Tipton 22 Sep 1830 – 22 Dec [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2009, 1:11pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • John Tipton, Union Soldier

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    John Tipton was my great great grandfather. He was born about 1828 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. He died November 18, 1863 near Rock Creek, Tennessee. He was ambushed and killed by a Confederate Calvary while he was recruiting volunteers for the Union [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2009, 11:27am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Uncle John and Cousin Bud Tipton

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    John Hannum Tipton was born August 29, 1922 near in Raleigh, North Carolina along with his fraternal twin brother, Richard Berry Tipton. John was the sixth of eleven sons of Fieldon Jacob (04 Jun 1884 – 08 May 1939) and Hester Lewis Tipton [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2009, 6:14pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Tipton Family Research 2009

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    This is the year that all my Tipton family research is coming together. Now that I’m retired, I can devote more time to researching our common Tipton family [...]
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    Posted: January 12, 2009, 9:50am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Searching For My Roots, Part I

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    Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of my life has been the discovery of my “roots.” I feel secure in the knowledge that if I accomplish nothing else in my life, I have achieved one of the greatest goals known to man. Those of you [...]
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    Posted: January 03, 2009, 2:11pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Cynthia Abigail Tipton Gouge

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    Cynthia Abigail Tipton, “Abby” as she was known by those who knew her, was born in Hollow Poplar, North Carolina, August 29, 1880. She died April 30, 1971, in Jennersville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

    She married David Gouge (b. 5 Mar 1881, d. [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2008, 12:12pm EST
    by Ron

  • Lorenzo Dow Tipton

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    Every now and then a Tipton family researcher will run into a dead end on researching one of their ancestor’s origins. One such case is that of Lorenzo Dow Tipton (pictured at left with his third and last wife, Martha Hooks, the picture [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2008, 6:36pm EST
    by Ron

  • Ezekiel Tipton 1874-1959

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    Recently I received an inquiry from a lady in Colorado. She was inquiring about her great-great grandfather, Ezekiel Tipton. Below is her e-mail:

    Hi, my name is Pam. My great-grandfather was Ezekiel Tipton, born 1871 in TN or NC (records show different locations.) [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2008, 9:26pm EST
    by Ron

  • The Downside of Genealogy Research

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    Today I received an e-mail from a William Tipton. I don't know Mr. Tipton personally, but I assumed that at one time he sent me an e-mail or an inquiry to one of my Tipton family web sites. All Tiptons that I receive e-mails from I' [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2008, 5:17pm EST
    by Ron

  • Visit to Cousin Elsie Mae Gouge Kilby

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    In 1994 I began my research into my Tipton family genealogy. For many years I had wondered where my father came from. All I knew was that he was a “hillbilly” from Pigeon Roost, North Carolina. He and his eight brothers and parents moved to [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2008, 11:09pm EST
    by Ron

  • Tipton Graves

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    Here I am pictured at my grave site at the Northwood Cemetery in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. All I need now is a headstone. I haven't decided yet on what I want for my permanent memorial. I do know that I want something unique for my counterpart' [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2008, 10:46am EDT
    by Ron

  • Find A Grave

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    My distant cousin (our great-great-great-fathers were brothers) Tim Tipton has a passion. He searches for Tipton graves to take pictures for his book he hopes to publish in the future. For many years I have also trolled through cemeteries in search of [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2008, 10:09am EDT
    by Ron

  • Isaac Walter Tipton, Sr.

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    Eight years ago yesterday, my Dad passed away. It is a day that I will never forget. Isaac Walter Tipton, Sr. (4/18/1920 - 8/20/2000)was born near Pigeon Roost, North [...]
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    Posted: August 21, 2008, 9:27am EDT
    by Ron

  • The Four John Tiptons

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    As any professional or amateur genealogist has discovered, family members with the same names are perhaps the greatest challenge in researching their family history. In the Tipton family, next to Jonathan Tipton, perhaps the most common [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2008, 8:50am EDT
    by Ron

  • Bruce Tipton

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    October 15, 1931
    To
    June 28, 1995

    On this July 4th, I remember another July Fourth holiday thirteen years ago. On July 3rd of [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2008, 12:11pm EDT
    by Ron

  • George Britt Tipton

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    Anne Tipton ( 21 Aug 1935 )sent to me the following story about her beloved father, George Britt Tipton (31 Mar 1897 - 28 Dec 1969). Anne is my cousin through her grandfather Dove William Tipton (11 Nov 1875 - 22 Jul 1951) [...]
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    Posted: June 20, 2008, 10:47am EDT
    by Ron

  • Pop

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    Eight years ago, on a warm and humid August day, my father Isaac Walter Tipton, Sr. (18 Apr 1920 - 22 Aug 2000), passed away in [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2008, 8:05am EDT
    by Ron

  • Fishing Rodeo

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    The Tipton men have always loved to fish. My previous blog featured my cousins Steve and Tom Tipton on a fishing trip. [...]
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    Posted: May 20, 2008, 5:23pm EDT
    by Ron

  • Tipton Fishing Outing

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    Tiptons have always loved to fish. Yesterday my cousin Steve Tipton sent me these pictures of him and our cousin Tom Tipton (along with other friends) on a fishing outing at Little [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2008, 8:52am EDT
    by Ron

  • The Pop-Pop Look

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    In my last blog entry I made reference to “The Look” that my father, Isaac W. Tipton, Sr. (18 Apr 1920 – 22 Aug 2000) would give to me if I said or did something that he didn’t like. My cousin Dick Tipton [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2008, 9:45pm EDT
    by Ron

  • Tipton Humor

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    As any true Tipton knows there is that "Tipton Humor." There are two types of Tipton Humor. There is the risqué (being polite here) humor. Then there is the other type of Tipton Humor is the practical joke. That is the humor I will talk [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2008, 11:04am EDT
    by Ron

  • Hiram Barnett

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    August 15th, every other year, Colonel John Tipton’s birthday is celebrated at the Tipton-Haynes Historic site in Johnson City, Tennessee. Thus it was in August of 1996 that I made plans to drive to Johnson City and [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2008, 10:17am EDT
    by Ron

  • Goodbye Uncle Aster

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    The next day, the three of us (my brother John, his wife Barbara, and I) checked out of the Hampton Inn Hotel in Johnson City. We loaded up our van and drove down Roan Road the few miles to Erwin, Tennessee, and Aster Lewis’s [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2008, 4:11pm EDT
    by Ron

  • More Pigeon Roost Cemetery

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    After reading my blog on the Pigeon Roost Cemetery, I realized there are more memories and pictures of my visit in the spring of 1994 to Pigeon Roost that I want to share, with you, the reader of this [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2008, 4:49pm EDT
    by Ron

  • Pigeon Roost Cemetery

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    Sometimes, when in search of one’s roots, unexpected but just as rewarding paths turn up. Our goal when [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2008, 9:40pm EDT
    by Ron

  • A Love Story

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    I’m taking a temporary departure from my narrative of searching for my Tipton roots in the foothills of North Carolina. Our goal was to see where my father, Isaac Walter Tipton, Sr. (April 18, 1920 – August 22, 2000) [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2008, 10:49am EDT
    by Ron

  • Pigeon Roost

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    John backed out of Uncle Aster’s driveway. Uncle Aster was going to show us the way “up the mountains.” Since we were on the Tennessee side of the mountains, we had to cross [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2008, 9:15am EDT
    by Ron

  • Aster Lewis

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    A new day dawned over Johnson City, Tennessee. On this spring day in April 1994, my brother John and I were about to embark on a journey that we would have thought impossible a few years before. We were actually going to see [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2008, 10:43pm EDT
    by Ron

  • Daisy Buckles

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    On an early spring afternoon in April of 1994, my U.S. Air flight from Philadelphia International Airport touched down at the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport. As I was waiting for my suitcase to slide down the luggage carousel, the automatic doors to the [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2008, 5:34pm EDT
    by Ron

  • Mission Statement

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    After receiving a request from a visitor to my website for documentation for proof of her Tipton ancestor I feel it is time to post a mission statement to my “Tipton Tales and Trails” website. The purpose of this website is to share [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2008, 12:10pm EDT
    by Ron

  • Who Is My Great Grandfather?

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    Finding the name of my great grandfather was my next challenge into researching my family tree. No one seemed to know his name. Neither my Mother or Father knew his name. I asked my cousin Charles Tipton. Charles has provided much of our Tipton line [...]
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    Posted: April 05, 2008, 10:11pm EDT
    by Ron

  • Bumpy Start

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    Well folks, it's been about a week since I setup this new Tipton website. There have been a few late nights at the computer fine tuning this blog as well as another "Tipton Tales and Trails" blog posted under another server (to which [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2008, 10:06pm EDT
    by Ron

  • Fieldon Jacob Tipton, Sr.

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    To continue where I left of with my previous blog, once I added my father’s name and birth date to my Family Tree Maker software computer program, I was now faced with the dilemma of how to get information from him of his father, Fieldon [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2008, 9:38pm EDT
    by Ron

  • How Does One Build A Family Tree?

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    After a hiatus from building my family tree on the Family Tree Maker software, I have begun to rebuild it. I first began building my family tree back in 1994 on my old Dell computer. Where does one start? I started with my [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2008, 3:43pm EDT
    by Ron

  • Tipton Tales and Trails Website Up and Running

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    Well folks, I did it! The new Tipton Tales and Trails website is up and running. After many years of thinking about it I finally took the plunge. I have to admit I was somewhat intimidated about starting a website. Back in 1996 [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2008, 2:59pm EDT
    by Ron
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