tipton's eldest son, samuel (1752–1833), is considered the founder of elizabethton, tennessee. he deeded the land on which the city was founded in the 1790s as tiptonville. tipton's son, jacob (1765–1791), was killed at st. clair's defeat in 1791. he was the second son to die in war. tipton county, tennessee, is named in jacob's honor.