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Nancy was a pioneer and was active in leading and organizing the colony while still in Robertson County, Tennessee.

Nancy's four brothers, Reverend Elijah, Warrenton 3rd, Benjamin and William Spiller with a large company of other families left in a long 200 wagon train called Spiller by some and Duncans wagon train by others. They were the leaders in this colony along with Captain John Phillips who served and fought in the war of 1812. They thought they were coming to the Spanish Territory but this land was not a part of the Lousiana Purchase.

The story of their trek westward has been handed down in Nancy Tippy's family as follows:

This trip was a great undertaking, There were many preparations for this dangerous trip overland. The women spun and wove and made plenty of clothing, They dried pumpkins, Apples, Etc.....They selected the best seeds, Dried venisen and smoked hog meat, They selected the best cows which had been trained to pull the lighter covered wagons where the women and children slept at night.
They were well guarded by the young ladies sweethearts and the husbands of the other women.
In front and back of them were the heavier wagons drawn by large bulls and a few oxen and horses, Stallion's and mare's. The women looked after the extra ammunition, Rifles and shotguns, Most of the women could shoot deer. They could hunt Wild Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Even Bear, Wolves, Panthers or Indians. If they were attacked by Indians these women and girls could load the extra guns and even bring down a redskin if necessary. They had 40 large white dogs trained to give notice if Indians were near and would kill an Indian by taking him by the throat or the back of the neck.

Nancy was a very sucessful doctor, She knew all the Medicinal Herbs and how to use them and how to treat the sick and wounded, Many a pioneer mother owed her life to her. After entering Illinois Territory they soon established homes on Phelps and Herrins Prairies, Their land entries were made in 1818-19.
They were all land owners and never belonged to the hunter class who never accumulated much property.

They settled near what is now Creal Springs and then west of Marion to what was probably Bainbridge.
Abraham Tippy, then Tippie, had a Medicinal Spring on his farm or tract of land that the Kaskaskia Indians called "Good Spring" and later called Creal Spring, The waters cured several people, Including the Governor of the Territory's son Charles Peebles.

• Married: in North Carolina or Tennessee ¹

1. John TIPPEY b: 17 DEC 1792 in Tennessee
2. Leannah Nichols TIPPY b: ABT. 1797 in Tennessee
3. Sarah TIPPY b: ABT. 1800 in Tennessee
4. Sally Elizabeth TIPPY b: ABT. 1801 in Tennessee
5. James TIPPEY b: ABT. 1802 in Tennessee
6. Lurana TIPPY b: ABT. 1804 in Tennessee
7. William TIPPY b: ABT. 1805 in Tennessee
8. Abner TIPPEY b: 12 MAY 1805 in Tennessee
9. Elija TIPPY b: ABT. 1809
10. Braxton Lee TIPPY b: ABT. 1812 in Tennessee
11. Abraham TIPPY b: ABT. 1817 in Illinois
12. Isaac TIPPY b: ABT. 1820 in Illinois
13. Nancy Minerva TIPPY b: ABT. 1822 in Illinois

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   Text: Date of Import: Oct 8, 2001