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There are several Fannin connections to this area at that time
There was a Claim made to the British Government by Sylvester and James Fannin. The heirs of Sylvester and James Fanning claim 2000 acres on Loftus Cliffs, 7 July 1804. Reported 28 April 1807. The heirs of Sylvester and James Fanning claim 2000 acres by virtue of a complete Britich title in favor of sd. Sylvester and James Fanning 15 Dec. 1768. There is no evidence that JAmes and Sylvester Fannin ever got to Mississippi.
However , there is a Joseph D. Fannin who is moving west at about this time. Joseph D. is shown as serving in the war of 1812 in Lt. Col. Nixon's Regiment of the Mississippi Militia. This was raised in the Natchez area.
There is also Mary Fannin, who marries Lewis Kuhn or Coon in 1811 in South Carolina and is reputed to have died in Woodville, Wilkerson Co. Miss. in 1815 in a posting by Elaine English. She would ave been a "Kuhn" but other Fannins could have followed.
Much of the area around Natchez was settled before 1800 by tories who used British citizenship while the area was still nominallly claimed by Britain. Britain later ceded the rights to Spain who briefly held NAtchez until put under pressure by the yound U.S. Therefore, many clains are either of English or Spanish origins.
Also, many early references to this land call it West Georgia, when the state claimed it briefly. I even have a Miller relative who noted himself as being from Georgia on the Census in the 1850's while he was obviously from what became southern Mississippi
Joseph D. Fannen/Fannin seems to be a good candidate. He had military service and would not be the only Fannin to claim colonelship as his right. Perhaps he was the heir of James and Sylvester?
MAybe this will give someone some place to start.
Tom
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