General John Tipton. U. S. Senate
Donator of the Tippecanoe Battle Ground to 
      The State of Indiana. 

Was a native of East Tennessee of the State of Tennessee.
He was born in Servier [?] County – in the month of
August 1786.  His father Joshua Tipton was a native
of the State of Maryland – having been killed by the 
Indians in the month of April 1793.  Genl. Tipton was 
- A man without the advantages of early education
who depended upon his own energies – and muscular
powers – following a life of hard labor.  Came to the 
Indiana Territory in 1807- - Settled at Brinly’s [?] Ferry –
on the Ohio river – Harrison County.  Purchased fifty acres
of land of Brinly [?].  A widowed mother, two sisters, and a half
brother constituted the Tipton family. This land was paid
for by Chopping and splitting rails at fifty cents per hundred.

              He volunteered and entered the Company of “Yellow jackets”
Captain Spier Spencer’s famous company of Mounted
riflemen – At Fort Harrison – when the army had halted
on route for Prophet’s Town – Tipton was appointed Ensign
of the company.  It is said that Spencer’s company suffered so
much in the battle there not more than seventeen of the company
escaped – being either killed or wounded.

             Tipton was advanced in rank in the Indiana malitia [militia] –
in the several gradations – at last receiving the honor & glory
promoted to – a Major Generalship.  This was in 1822.

             In 1814 – he was elected Sheriff of Harrison County.