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Tom,
Excellent welcome and advice. I would underscore that the spellings are no indication of belonging. Often variant spellings were introduced by clerks and recorders with varying degrees of education and no interest in accuracy.
I find it interesting that you mention the Connecticut/New York Fannings. Do you find any known trace from the Eastern Kentucky Fannins to that branch?
I am still struggling with identifying Silas Fannin (1822 Ky - ????). The given name, “Silas,” is relatively unheard of in the other Fannin groups I’ve seen. My Silas Fannin had a grandson, son of Easton, named Silas Fannin. He was in Lincoln County, WV 1920-1930 era. I don’t have much on him.
Anyway, another researcher told me that there was a Silas Fannin, RW soldier of Connecticut. I had a DAR search done on that name, and they report that no one has joined under that ancestor, and therefore they have no further information.
I may have shared with you before my searches for information on Silas. He first appeared in the 1842 Lawrence County Tax List. I did searches on the Fannin households in the 1830 and 1840 Lawrence County KY Censuses. In 1850, all the males are apparently otherwise accounted for, and Silas is with family in Wayne County (WV).
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Ancestry.com - Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1840
Silas Fannin
Title: A Census of Pensioners For Revolutionary or Military Services 1841
Chapter: Census of Pensioners
Section: Connecticut
Page: 57
Silas Fannin
Title: A Census of Pensioners For Revolutionary or Military Services 1841
Chapter: Census of Pensioners
Section: Kentucky
Page: 161
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004
Subject: DAR Patriot Lookup: Reference Code RXJJTJYK
“Your ancestor was not found in our Patriot Index. This does not mean he did not serve in some capacity during the Revolutionary War. It simply means no one has joined DAR using his service.”
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Information copied from the book: THE 10TH KENTUCKY CAVALRY, C.S.A. - THE YANKEE CHASERS, by John B. Wells III and Jim Prichard, Gateway Press, 1996, with permission.
“ROSTER of DIAMOND'S: among whom,
FANNIN, SILAS: Co. H”
10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Diamond's) was formed during the fall of 1863 using May's Kentucky Mounted Battalion as its nucleus. It contained men from Kentucky and Virginia. The unit served in the Department of East Tennessee and the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee, and skirmished in various conflicts in Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky. In the spring of 1865 it disbanded. The field officers were Colonels George R. Diamond, Andrew J. May, and Edwin Trimble, and Major William R. Lee.
I don’t have the dates for Silas’ service, but Silas and Mary named their son, born about 1868, William. He may have been named in honor of the Major under whom Silas served.
Any comments or observations appreciated.
Ralph Sayre
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