John A. TIPPEN

1825 - 1880  (54 years)

• Name	John A. TIPPEN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	26 Nov 1825	Pendleton, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  ADOP	1877	Freestone County, Texas, USA
  		Adoption record for Samantha ANDERSON (nee CARROLL) and John + Nancy TIPPEN Know all men by these presents, that I Samantha Anderson for and in consideration as herein after set forth have this day given to John Tippen and Nancy Tippen - his wife, my three children names as follows: John. Mary and William and I hereby agree that the said John Tippen and wife shall have full control and management of said children as if they were their own, and to adopt them as their own if they see fit. Now the consideration of said gift is that the said John Tippen and wife agrees to take care of said children as they should be, and to see that they are properly brought up, and they agree to treat them as their own children, and also I not being able to take care of said children as they should will turn them over to the said John and Nancy Tippen that they may be properly cared for. Samantha Anderson Witnesses: C. Y. Mansing and R. T. Jones
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  Died	05 Apr 1880	Upper Keechi Creek, Freestone, Texas, USA   [3]
  Buried	Freestone County, Texas, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I103	Rosita's Family
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Mathew Thompson TIPPEN,   b. Abt. 1806, Pendleton, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 19 Jul 1883, Goliad, Texas, USA  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Rebekah BURRISS,   b. 25 Mar 1806, Anderson, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1890, Decatur, Wise, Texas, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy GORMAN,   b. Abt 1816, Georgia USA ,   d. 12 Mar 1890, Buried in Tippen Cemetery Freestone County, Texas USA  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Married	Bet. 1846–1850	Texas, USA
  Children	1. John W. Anderson TIPPEN,   b. 8 May 1880, Texas, USA ,   d. 15 April 1932, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA  (Age 51 years)  [Adopted]
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rachel Samantha CARROLL,   b. 03 Jun 1846, Alabama, USA ,   d. 12 Jun 1927, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Rose or Rusia TIPPEN,   b. May 1874, Freestone County,Texas, USA ,   d. Abt. 1908, Texas, USA  (Age ~ 33 years)   2. William Thomas Anderson TIPPEN,   b. 29 Dec 1875, Texas, USA ,   d. 25 May 1958, Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas, USA  (Age 82 years) + 3. Marie or Mary Ann Carroll ANDERSON,   b. 02 Jan 1876, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA ,   d. 02 Dec 1935, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA  (Age 59 years)   4. Rebecca Anderson TIPPEN,   b. Abt. 1879, Texas, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1958, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA  (Age ~ 79 years)   5. John W. Anderson TIPPEN,   b. 8 May 1880, Texas, USA ,   d. 15 April 1932, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Adoption by Nancy TIPPEN (nee GORMAN) of Rachel Samantha ANDERSON (nee CARROL) children after the death of Nancy's husband, John TIPPEN Know all men by these presents, that I Nancy Tippen surviving widow of John Tippen deceased, and resident of said county and state, having no children or child of my own and being affectionately attached to Mary Ann, William and Rebecca Anderson and John Anderson, children of Samantha Anderson, also of said county and state, and alsining? to adopt said children of the said Samantha Anderson as my legal heirs, as it was the intention of my said husband John Tippen dead to have done for himself and jointly with myself adopting them as such, do therefore in accordance with the statute of said state in such case made and provided, here by this solemn act of writing for myself deliberately and firmly adopt the said Mary Ann Anderson, William Anderson and Rebecca Anderson and John Anderson as my true and lawful heirs and giving to them the name of myself and said deceased husband, to wit: Mary Ann Tippen, William Tippen, and Rebecca Tippen and John Tippen to have and to enjoy the right to assert all the rights, benefits, and privileges of legal heirs of myself both in love and equity, as fully, truly and perfectly in every respect, as if they were my own children and born unto my said deceased husband and myself during our marriage In testimony whereof I I have hereunto set my hand and seal using a ? for ? on this the 8th day of May 1880. Nancy Tippen
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• Notes

  John A.C. Tippen, Sr born Nov 26, 1825 in Anderson Dist, South Carolina and died April 5, 1880 in Upper Keechi Creek, Freestone Co Texas. John was a farmer and stock raiser and owned land in many counties in Texas. He was a Mason. John and his wife Nancy Gorman had no children and contracted with Rachel Samantha Carroll Anderson, on Nov 25, 1876 in Freestone Co., Texas, to adopt her children John, Mary and William and raise them as their own, as Rachel stated she could no longer care for the children. The adoption was completed in May 1880 after John A.C. Tippen's death by his widow Nancy Gorman Tippen. John Anderson Tippen Jr died in Sept 1876 two months prior to the contract and Samantha had two more children, Rebeca in 1879 and John W in May of 1880 when the adoption was finalized. Rachel continued to live with Nancy Gorman Tippen and the childred till Nancy died and with the children till Rachel died Nancy and Rachel are buried side by side. Courtesy of Find A Grave contributor Don R Haynes

  
  

• Sources

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