Conrad Tippong, Revolutionary War Patriot

Conrad Tippong.  Born 1743 in Philadelphia, PA and died 28 Aug 1838 in Lincoln/Catawba Co., NC.  He fought in NC militia line during the Revolutionary War and served in the Battle of King's Mountain, SC.  "TIPPONG, Conrad, NC Line, S7729, appl 10 Feb 1833 Lincoln Co NC aged 88, sol was b some 3 or 4 miles from Philadelphia PA & he lived in Lincoln Co NC at enl[istment].  Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol I: A-E, Abstracted by Virgil D. White.  He is buried in the Old Tipps/Huit Graveyard in Catawba Co.,  NC, with only a few of the markers surviving.  Conrad Tippong's marker is transcribed as "Sacred to Memory of CONRAD TEPPOUG, Died August 28 1838 Aged 25 Years."  In fact, he would have been 95. 

George Wilfong, Revolutionary War Patriot

George Wilfong.  Born ca 1740, died 3 Nov 1818, Lincoln/Catawba. Wilfong married Mary M. Poff in 1759. "Among those serving in the engagement [of King's Mountain] which soundly discouraged the Britishers were Major George Wilfong, Captain John Sigmon, Captain Peter Mull, Captain William Sherrill, Lieutenant Isaac Van Horn, Palsor Sigmon, Daniel Whitener, Abram Whitener, John Dellinger, Michael Cline, Benedict Hahn, Michael Shell, Joshua Hahn, John Setzer, Francis McCorkle, John Wilfong, John Wilson, Andrew Wilson, Christian Arney, Samuel Caldwell, Caspar Bolick, Martin Coulter, Benjamin Bowles, Conrad Tippong, John Turbyfill, Conrad Yoder, John Dobson, Jacob Lutz, Simon Haas, Uriah Sherrill, Philip Fry, John Haas, and William Simpson."  A History of Catawba County, Catawba County Historical Association, Inc. 1954.  

John Wilfong, Revoluntionary War Patriot

John Wilfong. "John was born April 8, 1762 and died 1838.  He enlisted in McDowell's regiment under Captain Sigman and Lieutenant Van Horn.  He was wounded in the left arm at Kings Mountain and went home the day after the battle, but was at Eutaw.  He married Hannah Sigmore, and his son John married Lavina Sumay."  He is buried at Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Newton, NC.  The King's Mountain Men, Katherine Keogh White.  DAR Patriot Number is A125459.