Occupation shown as JRO; he moved from NC to KY in 1800 , History of KY says Joseph Taylor or Rev. Chas. Wesley were related to Lord Wellington
Ancestry records show Joseph was born in 1751 in Orange, VA. Joseph and Sarah with many children moved from NC to Kentucky in 1806. They settled on Swan Creek later named Taylor's Branch.
Marriage Notes for Joseph Sr. Taylor and Nancy WALKER-279853
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Marriage Notes for Thomas Best and Mary Ann JONES-279855
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Marriage Notes for John Patrick Sr. and Wilmouth -279861
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Marriage Notes for John Kendrick and Amy FOX-279859
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John born 1783 in VA married Mary Cockrell which family probably came out of Fairfield District, South Carolina. John Tipton is reputed to have gone there starting several family connections. John and Mary resided on Hinkson Creek. The 1850 Census reports their three chidren: Benjamin R., Oliver and Jemima. There were others of whom we do not have records.
War of 1812, Private
He served as a private in Captain Micajah McClenny's Company, Battalion of Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia commanded by Major Peter Dudley, War of 1812. There is no account of battles or military exploits, nor is there indication that he ever applied for a pension . The record is almost self-explanatory as it is shown below. He was paid for two months at the rate of $8.00 per month from September 20, 1814 to November 20, 1814. His allowance for his hores was .40 a day to total $24.00 an amount more than double that allowed him personally. He was discharged in Detroit leaving him 400 miles from home. He was allowed 40 cents per day for the use of his horse,it was assumed he could travel 20 miles each day, he was allowed 25 cents for rations, he was allowed 28 day for the return trip and the total asllowance came to $25.20 which added to his pay gave him a total of $66.00 for his adventure.
Lived in Mt. Sterling. Rev. Joseph P. Howe, minister of the Springfield Church Bath County, Kentucky performed the ceremony for this union. "See Presbyterian Historical Society Recordes", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Shortly after his birth his mother died. He grew to manhood in Madison county, Kentucky. While yet younger, he left home to work and shift for himself. While working in the harvest field of William Tipton , a cousin, he met his future wife, Sarah Lee Tipton, daughter of his cousin, William. So the romance begun in the harvest field, resulted in his marriage to Sarah Lee, in the late summer of 1808. They soon established their at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Alexis proved himself a good business man and despite the fact that he reared a large family and died comparatively young, at the age of 57, was for his day a wealthy man. He was elected sheriff of Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1827 and served 8 years, appointing his oldest son William Lemmon Tipton as his deputy. He died January 12, 1843, at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and is buried there. Sarah Lee, his wife, was born Aug 25, 1786 in Virginia and died there at Lexington, Kentucky, July 12, 1866 and is buried at Mt. Sterling. He is listed in 1830 Cencus Mt. Sterling County, Kentucky and 1850 Scott County, Kentucky census.
Montgomery Co., KY Will Bk. E, Pg. 83:
Mentions wife, Sarah; my eight children Rebecca L. Reynolds, Matilda Tipton, Sabra Oldham, Mahala Donnohue, Jabez M. Tipton, Mary Tipton, Burwell S. Tipton, and Sarah Ann Tipton; son, William L. Tipton, to receive $1.00 ("I have advanced more for him already . . . in the payment of security debts.") Executor: Alexander Lindsey. Witnesses: James Howard, James Lindsay Signed 4 Sep 1841 -- Proved 1 Feb 1843From Letters of French Tipton
ALEXIS, youngest of the first wife's children, removed to Montgomery County, was sheriff, a farmer, and got rich. Methodist. Had 10 children.
One of these Jabez M., lives at Covington, Tennessee, is a banker, and has children and grandchildren. All Methodist, but mixed in politics--- I mean Uncle Alexis's family.One daughter married O'Donohough of Greencastle, Indiana, and has children and grand children.
One daughter married a Reynolds, and a son, Ed, lives in Missouri.
Burwell has a daughter, Mrs. Bettie Lindsay, who lives in Sturgeon, Missouri. William went west.
Sarah died in Greencastle, IN at the home of D. D. Donohue, a son in law.She died at her son-in-law home, D. C. Donohue.
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RELI Methodist