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Descendants of John Fannin

Generation No. 2

2. Bryant⁷ Fannin (John⁶, Bryant⁵, Achilles⁴ Fanning, Bryan³, Laughlin² Fannin, Thomas Amis¹ Fanning) was born 27 Jun 1801 in Wythe CO., VA., and died 06 Nov 1872 in Garner Creek, Boyd CO., KY.. He married Mary "Polly" Smith 12 Jan 1824 in Lawrence CO., KY., daughter of Amous Smith and Mary Smith. She was born 1806 in Wythe CO., VA., and died 10 Feb 1874 in Graner Creek, Boyd CO., KY..

Notes for Bryant Fannin:
BIO: BRYANT FANNIN WAS BORN IN WYTHE COUNTY, VIGINIA ON JUNE 25, 1801.
HE WAS THE SON OF JOHN FANNIN, SR., BORN JULY 30, 1779 AND DIED ON JUNE 25, 1853, HIS MOTHER WAS MRS. KEZIAH, BORN DECEMBER 23, 1783, IN WYTHE CO., VA., AND DIED OCT 31, 1854, IN LAWRENCE CO., KY.
HIS PARENTS MOVED FROM VIRGINIA TO LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY ABOUT 1819.
HIS FATHER'S WILL IS RECORDED IN THE LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY WILL BOOK 1, PAGE 43, AND CAN BE FOUND IN THE COURT HOUSE AT LOUSIA, LAWRENCE COUNTY.
HIS FATHER JOHN FANNIN, SR., BEQUEATHED PART OF HIS ESTATE TO JOHN FANNIN, JR.; BRYANT FANNIN; THE HEIRS OF PHILLIP FANNIN, DECEASED; THE HEIRS OF ISAAC FANNIN, DECEASED; THE HEIRS OF STEPHEN FANNIN, DECEASED; SARAH, THE WIFE OF GEORGE HOWE; ABSOLUM STEWART AND HIS WIFE AMY FANNIN STEWART; AND THOMAS PITTS AND HIS WIFE MARY FANNIN PITTS.
FROM THE EARLY LAWRENCE COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, BOOK NUMBER 1, BRYANT FANNIN MARRIED POLLY SMITH FEBRUARY 12 1824. IN ACCORDANCE WITH MARRIAGE BOOK 1, PAGE 10, OF THE LAWRENCE CO., KY RECORDS; SARAH FANNIN MARRIED GEORGE HOWE ON OCTOBER 20, 1836; AMY FANNIN MARRIED ABSOLUM STEWART ON DECEMBER 18, 1838; AND MARY FANNIN MARRIED THOMAS PITTS ON FEBRUARY 13, 1845; ISAAC FANNIN MARRIED SARAH ROSS ON NOV. 9. 1830, LAWRENCE CO., KY. (SEE VOL 1, PAGE 72); JOHN FANNIN, JR. MARRIED MARGARET FERGUSON IN 1834, VOL 5, PAGE 113, AND LATER JOHN FANNIN, JR. MARRIED CYNTHIA SKEENS REYNOLDS IN 1873, VOL 5, PAGE 198; STEPHEN S. FANNIN MARRIED JANETTA HARTLEY ON MARCH 25, 1841 IN GREENUP COUNTY, KY., AND PHILLIP MARRIED REBECCA ABOUT 1830 IN LAWRENCE CO., KY.
ALSO, BY DEED DATED MARCH 27, 1839, BRYANT FANNIN PURCHASED FROM WILLIAM G. CARTER 500 ACRES OF LAND ON THE PIDGEON ROOST FORK OF GARNER CREEK, THEN IN CARTER COUNTY, NOW BOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY. BOTH BRYANT AND MARY (POLLY) SMITH, HIS WIFE, WERE BORN IN VIRGINIA IN 1801 AND 1806 RESPECTIVELY.
BRYANT FANNIN SON OF JOHN FANNIN, SR. HAD THE FOLLOWING
BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
1. JOHN FANNIN JR.
2. PHILLIP FANNIN.
3. ISAAC FANNIN.
4. STEPHEN FANNIN.
5. SARAH FANNIN.
6. AMY FANNIN, MARRIED ABSOLUM STEWART. ABSOLUM AND AMY FANNIN HAD A SON WILLIAM RILEY STEWART WHO MARRIED MARY ELLEN LAMBERT, AND THEY HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED ANNA MARY STEWART THAT MARRIED FRANK NEWBERRY ADKINS AND THEY HAD A DAUGHTER, BELVA ADKINS THAT MARRIED MEREDITH FRANKLIN LEADINGHAM WHO HAD A SON NAMED MEREDITH PAUL LEADINGHAM, WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE LEADINGHAM AND ALLIED FAMILIES GENEALOGY.
7. MARY (POLLY) FANNIN.
SEE LISTING OF BRYANT AND MARY "POLLY SMITH FANNIN'S CHILDREN LISTED BELOW IN THE 1850 CENSUS.
QUOTE:
ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE IN THE BOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY NEWS DATED NOVEMBER 19, 1872, WHICH STATES BOYD CO-THE PEOPLE OF GARNER HAVE LOST ONE OF THEIR NOBLEST CITIZENS WHEN COL. BRYANT FANNIN DIED SUDDENLY IN HIS RESIDENCE ON 11/6/1872. THOSE WHO SAW THIS HALE OLD GENTLEMAN IN HEALTH ON THE MORNING OF THE 6TH BEHELD HIM AT THE DECLINE OF THE EVENING, A LIFELESS CORPSE. HE WAS STRUCK WITH NEURALGIC PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK, WHICH RAN UP INTO HIS HEAD, THEN DOWN INTO HIS BODY AND BACK TO HIS HEART, PARALYZING IT, THUS CAUSING HIS DEATH INSTANTLY. COL. FANNIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS I THE COUNTY, AND WAS 71 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH (BORN 6/26/1801), VA. MARRIED 1823 POLLY SMITH, ESJ).
UNQUOTE:
THE MARRIAGE LICENCE WAS ISSUED OCT 8, 1823 AND THEY WERE MARRIED FEB 12, 1824.

ALSO FROM AN E-MAIL RECEIVED FROM PATRIC FANNIN OF IRONTON OHIO ON NOV ERBER 29, 2002, THE FOLLOWING IS ON FILE IN THE LAWRENCE CO., KY RECORDS IN MARRIAGE BOOK 1.
I DO CERTIFY THAT BY VIRTUE OF A LICENCE ISSUED BY THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, I DID ON THE 8 DAY OF OCT 1923 SOLEMNIZE THE RITES OF MATRIMONY BETWEEN THE WITHIN NAMED MR. BRYANT FANNON AND MISS POLLY SMITH OF SAID COUNTY. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN THE CHRISIAN CHURCH THIS 12 DAY OF FEBRUARY 1824, SIGNED R. BURNS.

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM:

1. NEWS PAPER ARTICLE WRITTEN FOR THE ASHLAND DAILY INDEPENDENT BY
EVELYN SEYPHERS JACKSON, ON THURSDAY JUNE 9. 1977.
2. INFORMATION COMPUTERIZED BY MEREDITH PAUL LEADINGHAM OF FREDERICK, MD. 21701 IN 1994.
3. SEE THE 1850 CENSUS OF CARTER CO., KY. FOR BRYAN FANNIN, AGE 48, FARMER WITH 3,000 ACRES AND BORN IN VIRGINIA.
HIS FAMILY DURING THE 1850 CENSUS WAS;
MARY SMYTH AGE 43. BORN IN VIRGINIA.
LINDSEY 18, BORN IN KENTUCKY.
ALMIRA 13, BORN IN KENTUCKY.
WILLIAM 7 BORN IN KENTUCKY.

FROM THE CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY CENSUS IS LOOKS LIKE DAVID FANNIN
AGE 50 ALSO CAME FROM VIRGINIA WITH BRYANT AND DAVID'S FAMILY WAS:
JULIA AGE 47, BORN IN N.C.
BURRELL AGE 27, BORN IN KENTUCKY.
JOSEPH AGE 22, BORN IN KENTUCKY.
MATILDA AGE 19, BORN IN KENTUCKY.
SUSANNA AGE 15, BORN IN KENTUCKY.
JOHN AGE 12, BORN IN KENTUCKY.
LEAR AGE 10 BORN IN KENTUCKY.
DAVID, JR. AGE 8 BORN KENTUCKY.
JAMES AGE 4, BORN IN KENTUCKY.
FROM THE AGES OF DAVID'S CHILDREN THEY MIGRATED FROM VIRGINIA
AROUND 1823.
1820 AND 1823 WAS THE TIME WHEN MOST FANNIN'S MIGRATE FROM WYTHE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA TO LAWRENCE, AND CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY.
4. E-MAIL FROM PATRIC FANNIN, IRONTON, OHIO ON NOV 29, 2002.
5. UPDATED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2002 FROM INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM PATRIC FANNIN.

COPYRIGHT 2002 IN THE PAUL LEADINGHAM AND ALLIED FAMILIES GENEALOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED B THE AUTHOR AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

More About Bryant Fannin:
Burial: 1872, Family Cemetery on Piegon Roost, Boyd CO., KY.

More About Mary "Polly" Smith:
Burial: 1874, Family Cemetery on Piegon Roost, Boyd CO., KY.

Children of Bryant Fannin and Mary are:

+	11	i.	Lindsay⁸ Fannin, born 1831 in Lawrence CO., KY..
	12	ii.	Almira "Elmera" Fannin, born 04 Apr 1837.
	13	iii.	William M. Or K. Fannin, born 1843.

3. Joseph⁷ Fannin (John⁶, Bryant⁵, Achilles⁴ Fanning, Bryan³, Laughlin² Fannin, Thomas Amis¹ Fanning) was born Abt. 1802 in Wythe CO., VA., and died 17 Jul 1846 in Lawrence CO., KY.. He married Elizabeth Kitchen 16 Mar 1841. She was born Abt. 1802, and died 1850 in Lawrence CO., KY..

Notes for Joseph Fannin:
JOSEPH FANNIN'S MARRIAGE TO ELIZABETH KITCHEN IS RECORDED IN THE LAWRENCE CO., KY. MARRIAGE BOOK 1. HIS NAME IS RECORDED AS JOS. FANNIN. IT STATES THAT THE MARRIAGE WAS SOLMOMIZ BETWEEN JOSEPH FANNON AND ELIZABETH KITCHEN ON THE 19 FEBRUARY 1833, BUT I HAVE THE MARRIAGE DATE AS 1822?

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM
1. MARRIAGE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM PATRICK FANNIN VIA E-MAIL ON 27 SEP 2002.

Children of Joseph Fannin and Elizabeth Kitchen are:

+	14	i.	Rachel Emeline⁸ Fannin, born 1820 in Lawrence CO., KY..
+	15	ii.	Bryant Fannin, born 1825 in Lawrence CO., KY..
+	16	iii.	Rachel Fannin, born 1826 in Lawrence CO., KY..
	17	iv.	Achilles Fannin, born 1829 in Lawrence CO., KY..
	18	v.	William Jefferson Fannin, born 1831 in Lawrence CO., KY.. He married Mary Jane Queen 21 Dec 1853 in Lawrence co., KY.; born Abt. 1834.
+	19	vi.	Julia Jane Fannin, born 14 Jun 1832 in Lawrence CO., VA.; died 03 Jul 1916 in Arlington, Tarrant CO., TX..
+	20	vii.	Isaac Newton Fannin, born 26 Apr 1833 in Carter CO., Ky (Now Lawrence CO., KY.); died 12 Dec 1909 in Lawrence CO., KY..
+	21	viii.	Lucinda Fannin, born 1835 in Lawrence CO., KY..
+	22	ix.	Mahala Fannin, born 1837.
	23	x.	Sarah Ann Fannin, born 1839.

4. Isaac⁷ Fannin (John⁶, Bryant⁵, Achilles⁴ Fanning, Bryan³, Laughlin² Fannin, Thomas Amis¹ Fanning) was born 12 Sep 1808 in Wythe, CO., VA., and died 27 Jul 1845 in Lawrence CO., Ky.. He married Sarah Sophiah Ross 09 Nov 1830 in Lawrence CO., KY., daughter of John Ross and Mary Davis. She was born 14 Apr 1810 in Augusta CO., VA., and died 16 Jul 1878 in Lawrence CO., Ky..

More About Isaac Fannin:
Burial: 29 Jul 1845, Stewart/Fannin Cemetery Route 3, Lawrence CO., KY.

More About Sarah Sophiah Ross:
Burial: 17 Jul 1878, Stewart/Fannin Cemetery Route 3, Lawrence CO., KY.

Children of Isaac Fannin and Sarah Ross are:

+	24	i.	John D.⁸ Fannin, born 15 Sep 1831 in Lawerence CO., KY.; died 20 Nov 1899 in Bolts Fork Boyd CO., KY..
+	25	ii.	Joseph Lewis Fannin, born 07 Sep 1833 in Lawerance CO., KY.; died 18 Nov 1889 in Lawerance CO., KY..
+	26	iii.	Keziah E. Fannin, born 1835 in Lawerance CO., KY.; died 1917 in Lawerance CO., KY..
+	27	iv.	Mary H. Fannin, born 01 May 1838 in Lawrence CO., KY.; died 22 Jul 1873 in Lawrence CO., KY..
+	28	v.	Phillip Strother Fannin, born 16 Apr 1844 in Lawrence CO., KY.; died 21 Aug 1936 in St. Petersburg, FL```.

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