Valentine
D
Fant
Born in South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Abner Fant Sr.
and Jane P. (Unknown) Fant
Brother of
Elijah Fant, Nancy Mae (Fant) King, David H. Fant, Abner Fant Jr., Jane P. Fant, William Fant, Martha Catherine Fant [half], Judson Fant [half], Ann (Fant) Massey [half] and Sarah Ann (Fant) Martin [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Nevitt) Fant
— married
about 1819 [location unknown]
Husband of
Esther Cleveland (Moore) Fant
— married
1837 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Nevitt Fant, Elijah M Fant M.D., Benjamin F. Fant, Valentine D. Fant Jr., Jane E. (Fant) Clinkscale, Amanda S. (Fant) Sassard, Woodward Abner Fant, Preston Calhoun Fant, Emily T. (Fant) Vandiver, Joseph Reed Fant Sr. and Marion L. Fant
Died
at about age 55
in Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jun 2017
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Biography
When Valentine D. Fant was born in 1800 in South Carolina, his father, Abner, was 24 and his mother, Jane, was 20. He married Esther C. Moore on June 11, 1837, in his hometown. They had nine children in 24 years. He died on April 19, 1855, in Anderson, South Carolina, at the age of 55, and was buried there.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81697379/valentine-d-fant: accessed 03 August 2022), memorial page for Valentine D. Fant (1800–19 Feb 1855), Find A Grave: Memorial #81697379, citing First Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by John Burgess (contributor 47495171).
- Year: 1810; Census Place: Fairfield, South Carolina; Roll: 62; Page: 610; Image: 00206; Family History Library Film: 0181421
- 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Fairfield, South Carolina; Page: 48; NARA Roll: M33_118; Image: 251
- "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGY-WX8 : accessed 3 August 2022), Vlmetine D Fant, Anderson, South Carolina, United States; citing 120, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 173; FHL microfilm 22,507.
- "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY1-9BG : accessed 3 August 2022), V D Fant, Anderson, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 116, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q8-XZK : accessed 3 August 2022), V D Fant, Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965; Marriage Records From the Pendleton Messenger
- "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N963-QZZ : accessed 3 August 2022), Valentine Faut in entry for Joseph R. Faut, 1916.
- South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980; Letters, Vol 1-3, 1840-1868. Administrators and Guardians Records, 1840-1869; Author: South Carolina. Court of Ordinary (Anderson District); Probate Place: Anderson, South Carolina
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Valentine by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Valentine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Valentine by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Valentine:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Carol Bentley 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Bruce Mixon :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Lynda (Fant) Hill :
23andMe, GEDmatch DB6746430 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tasha (Dickson) Rackley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member a7xtasha85
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