John Tipton | |
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| Born | August 15, 1730 Baltimore County, Maryland, United States |
| Died | August 9, 1813 (aged 82)[1] Washington County, Tennessee, United States |
| Resting place | Tipton-Haynes Cemetery Johnson City, Tennessee |
| Spouse | Mary Butler (m. 1751) Martha Denton Moore (m. 1775) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service | Virginia militia |
| Years of service | 1774–1782 |
| Battles / wars | Dunmore's War • Battle of Point Pleasant (1774) American Revolutionary War |
John Tipton (August 15, 1730 – August 9, 1813) was an American frontiersman and statesman who was active in the early development of the state of Tennessee. He is best remembered for leading the opposition to the State of Franklin movement in the 1780s, as well as for his rivalry with Franklinite leader John Sevier. He served in the legislatures of Virginia, North Carolina, the Southwest Territory, and Tennessee, and was a delegate to Tennessee's 1796 constitutional convention. Tipton's homestead still stands and is managed as the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site.
- ^ William B. Nicholson, Profiles of Early Tennessee Leaders, 1780–1861 (Nicholson, 1977), p. 40.