Person:Abraham Tipton (3)

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Petition to Legitmatize [sic] Abraham TIPTON's Child. 1814 . . . Abraham TIPTON a citizen of the County of Washington represents to your worships that he has had four illigettimate [sic] children by a woman formerly of the name of Polly BOREN with whom he has lately intermarried. The names of which said children has went by are Kitty BOREN, Abraham BOREN, Isaac BOREN and Kacob [sic] BOREN. Your petitioner further represents that he has also had an illegitimate child by a woman of the name of Hannah COOK, the name which the child has went by is Anny COOK. Your petitioner is desirous of ligetimitating [sic] said children so that they can inherit his estate in the same manner as if they had been born in lawful manner & also to have the names of said children altered. . . he also prays that the names of said children may be altered as follows that is to say the name of Kitty BOREN to that of Kitty TIPTON, the name of Abraham BOREN to that of Abraham TIPTON, the name of Isaac BOREN to that of Isaac TIPTON, the name of Jacob BOREN to that of Jacob TIPTON, and the name of Anny COOK to that of Anny TIPTON. / Feb. 12, 1814 / Abraham Tipton / Feby Session 1814.

1814. Abraham TIPTON having presented the following petition to this court to have certain illegetimate [sic] children therein maintained legitimatized & their names altered. It is the opinion of the Court that the prayer of the petition be granted the reasons in said petition contained being in the opinion of the Court sufficient for granting the same. . . --"Miscellaneous Records" from Washington Co., TN (the late Mary Hardin McCown was in charge of this project). Bulletin, published by Watauga Association of Genealogists, Upper East Tennessee, v.23, no.2 (1994): 93-100 (typescript courtesy Marian Carter Ledgerwood, August 25, 2000).

Tipton Family Genealogy Forum. Posted by Debbie <dgtipton@juno.com>, July 19, 2000, message #1115. Abraham TIPTON II had four [five] children out of wedlock. He filed a petition in Washngton Co., TN, to legitimize these children: Anne COOK (mother - Hannah COOK), Catherine, Abraham H., and Isaac Gilbert BOREN [and Jacob] (mother - Mary "Polly" BOREN), five days after he married Mary BOREN. They had two more children: Jacob Jackson and Leona. After Abraham II died his widow Polly TIPTON married Mark MORGAN. They moved to Monroe Co., TN.

For more family details, see message #1116 at http://genforum.genealogy.com/tipton/messages/1123.html and others.

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