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For many years, only those living near the Smoky Mountains and Cades Cove stood on its tallest peaks and gazed at the wonder of hill upon hill, valley on valley.These people were Cherokee natives, hunters, loners, and explorers. Although the coves afforded an entry to the mountain’s wonders, they were hard to get to. Not for the lumbermen, coming from the north who cruised the timber, opened the deep mountains, and welcomed the visitors.But with the arrival of the lumber companies and steam locomotives thousands of acres were cleared. The beauty of the area caused an influx of visitors and soon there was a whisper of a national park. This grew to a loud roar, and the establishment of a park commission. Although Cades Cove was included in the Cammerer map for the park, the inhabitants were promised this was not so. Sadly, it was.Matthew Tipton, the pastor of one of the churches, lived in Tipton’s Sugar Cove with his wife, Abigail. Their children were Matty, Hannah Elizabeth, and Jacob David Tipton.Tipton’s Sugar Cove had been in his family for a hundred years. With tough labor, the property supplied his every need. Could he give up something that he’d grown to love—the acres he planned to leave to his children?As pastor, he often read these words to his congregation. “Matthew 6: 19-21 says, Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”He had a decision to make, and as someone who followed Christ, who had deep faith in his Heavenly Father’s provision and in prayer, he waited for God to supply the answer?

1500 years ago, or thereabouts, a family set sail from the cold, windswept marshes of Frisia on the coast of what is now Northern Germany and crossed the North Sea to Brittania (England) in search of a new life. This tribal family settled on the River Tame and farmed in the West Midlands of England. The tribal chief's name was Tybba. The settlement was known as Tybba's Tun (Tybba's farm or village) or Tybbington and finally Tipton.After living in Brittania (England) for over a thousand years, they were known as gentlemen, meaning men of some wealth. A descendant of this family would make another journey across a greater expanse of water, to the West Indies. He and his family would eventually establish a home in Jamaica. Working through fact and fiction, legend and lore, and including people both real and imaginary, this Two-Part Book explores their stories from the first settlement on the River Tame to the first descendant to step foot on the Chesapeake Bay. Jonathan Tipton, born in Jamaica, was a real man and the first ancestor of this family to establish his home in a land soon to be known as the United States of America.The name of this epic story is The Tipton's of Tybbington-Before and Beyond. It is written by one of Jonathan's descendants, and is included in The Tipton Chronicles.

In 2008, hairstylist Amanda Weathers was a happy widow. As a Christ-follower, she attended Church-on-the-Hill, participated in youth activities, and helped in the church's music ministry. Luke Avery, the music minister, was a widower with a child. His declaration of love and unexpected proposal turned Amanda's life upside down. Realizing she loved Luke, she accepted his proposal and found herself immediately in a multitude of his personal problems. This culminated in a situation where she momentarily lost faith and trust in him. For the first time, after my engagement to my music minister, Luke Avery, I doubted. As uncertainty reared its ugly head, I wondered at the folly of selling my lovely house, taking in four strange children under my wing, and marrying a man who seemed to drag a heap of baggage and family problems behind him. What if this relationship fell apart like Humpty Dumpty? What if it couldn't be mended? This whirled around in Amanda Weather's mind.