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Joseph Lipps Fanning Sr. (abt. 1766 - 1849)

Joseph Lipps [uncertain] "Old Joe" Fanning Sr.
Born about in North Carolinamap
Son of and
Brother of [half], , , [half] and
Husband of — married 8 Apr 1790 in Montgomery County, Virginiamap
Husband of — married about 1820 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 83 in Franklin, Arkansas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Joseph Fanning was born in 1766 in what was then the Carolina Colony, later North Carolina. [1] He was the son of John Fanning (1737–1813) and Elizabeth Ann Lipps (1744–1767) and Twin to his brother Jacob Fanning (abt.1766-abt.1816).

Joseph grew up in southwest Virginia. Land located on Chestnut Creek, which is a branch of the New River, and is now situated in Carroll County, Virginia.

Marriage

Joseph married twice:

  1. Barbara (Davis) Fanning (1774-1818) circa 1790
  2. The widow Mary (Unknown) Fanning (1792-)

Children

Known children include:

  1. John
  2. Robert,
  3. George,
  4. Joseph Jr.,
  5. Abraham,
  6. Jacob,
  7. Mary Walker,
  8. Delilah Houston,
  9. Sampson,
  10. Davis
  11. Andrew Jackson Fanning.

Residence

Joseph grew up in southwest Virginia, on land located on Chestnut Creek, which is a branch of the New River, and is situated in modern day Carroll County, Virginia. After his marriage to Barbara they settled into Wythe County, Virginia, for twenty years, and then to Giles County, Tennessee around 1810 to settle on Congressional Land, on an area that had been especially set aside for various American Indian tribes by the United States Congress.

During 1818 The Fannings began migration into what was then Madison County, Illinois with the area becoming a part of Morgan County, Illinois. The area of their settlement became known as Fannings Point. In 1824 Joseph moved the rest of the family into that area. They did not like the cold winters so Joseph moved the family into Carroll County, Arkansas, about 1825. In 1827 Joseph returned to Morgan County, Illinois, and was elected as the county's first Constable. Then from 1830 until August 1839 he served the area as Justice of the Peace and as such he inherited the title of "Esquire Fanning".

Joseph migrated to Osage Township, Carroll county, Arkansas, where he is found on the United States Census of 1840. [2]

Death

Joseph died in 1849, in Arkansas and is buried in the Rockhouse Cemetery in Rockhouse, Madison county, Arkansas. [3]

Researchers Notes

  • Other possible birth info: 1771 in Virginia

Joseph Lipps Fannin(g) was born in 1765, in Fincastle county, Virginia, a son of John Fanning and Elizabeth Ann Lipps. On April 8, 1790, in Montgomery county, Virginia, "Joseph Fannin" married "Barbara Davies." [4] [5] https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/9HHF-SK4: FamilySearch.org gives Wythe, Virginia as place of birth, however, Wythe County was formed from Montgomery County in 1790.

Sources

  1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88522458/joseph-fanning
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : 2 March 2021, Joseph Fanning, Osage Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 50, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm
  3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88522458/joseph-fanning
  4. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8J-KRX : 29 January 2020), Joseph Fannin, 1790
  5. ↑ Early Adventures on the Western Waters: Mary B. Kegley, Vol. II: R975.57702, K26E: March 23, 1983, page 122. (Virginia). Montgomery County Reel 38, Marriage Bonds 1789-1796. April 8, 1790

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Brooks-23576 Sheila (Brooks) Paul
Actually, there is DNA evidence that Elizabeth Lipps is the mother of Mary Elizabeth, John Jr., and Joseph Lipps. If you click on this WikiTree link https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Lipps-170/890 or go to Elizabeth's page and click the mitochondrial test results link, you can see for yourself. The evidence has been sitting there all along.
posted by Sheila (Brooks) Paul
Catherine (Fanning) Stoppel
There is NO EVIDENCE that John Fanning wife surname was LIPPS. CONSTANT posting does not correct this problem. Elizabeth name has NEVER been identified as LIPPS.

JOSEPH AND JACOB FANNING have NOT been identified as TWINS. This in only THEORY.

posted by Catherine (Fanning) Stoppel
Shoults-17 Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Fanning-1786 and Fanning-435 do not represent the same person because: On both Find A Grave and FamilySearch.org, John and Elizabeth had twins born in 1765/66, Jacob and Joseph
  • Jacob Fanning married Nancy (unm) and had three sons: Joseph, born 1807, Benjamin, born 1810 and George Washington Fanning, born 1812
  • Joseph Fanning, married Barbara Davies and became the father of at least nine children. He died in 1849, in Arkansas Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88522458/joseph-fanning
posted by Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Gill-3793 Jo Gill
Fanning-435 and Fanning-1080 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate, same spouse
posted on Fanning-1080 (merged) by Jo Gill

Rejected matches › Jacob Fanning (abt.1766-abt.1816)

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