Orange County Indexed
The Fanning surname
The Fanning name in Orange County Indexed: 68 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1761 to 1788
most named in the 1760s
- Court minutes 1761–1788
- Deeds 1764–1772
- In the chronology
- 1754 to 1939 2 people in 52 entries, most in the 1760s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading and 2 people, born 1739
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Hillsborough (10), Eno River (4), King Street (2), Tryon Street (2), Little River (2), Spring Lane (1), Wake Street (1), Churton Street (1)
- Often named with
- Nash 8, Hart 5, Johnston 3, King 3, Dowell 2, Edwards 2, Williard 2, Kirksey 2, Reed 2
- People with a page here
- David Fanning, Edmund Fanning
- Spellings to try
- Fannin, Faning
- Search beyond these records
- Fanning in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Fanning there)
- Fanning in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 2 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Fanning, David 10 entries, 1772–1939
- Fanning, Edmund 42 entries, 1754–1772
In books and archives 3 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Fanning family family, 1 work
- Fanning, Edmund, 1739-1818 17 works
- Fanning, David, 2 works
In the historical records 68 records
37 deeds and 31 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1761Court minutesEdmund Fanning became prosecutor for the Crown.
- 1763Court minutesEdmund Fanning qualified as Orange County register.
- 1763Court minutesJudy Stagg received administration of her unnamed late husband’s estate, secured by Edmund Fanning and Lawrence Thompson.
- 1764DeedsHenry Lemon to Edmund Fanning, May 1764
- 1764DeedsTrustees of Hillsborough to Edmund Fanning, May 1764
- 1764DeedsTrustees of Hillsborough to Edmund Fanning, May 1764
- 1764DeedsMichael Synnot to Edmund Fanning, November 1764
- 1764DeedsPaul Harmon to Edmund Fanning, November 1764
- 1764DeedsJohn Johnson to Edmund Fanning, November 1764
- 1764Court minutesAdministration of the estate of James Crawford granted to Christopher Eustin; sureties Samuel Paul and John Walker.
- 1765DeedsBlake Baker & Mary Baker to Edmund Fanning, 14 September 1765
- 1765DeedsEarl Granville to Edmund Fanning esq, August 1765
- 1765DeedsEdmund Fanning to William Nevans, November 1765
- 1765DeedsJohn Williard to Edmund Fanning, November 1765
- 1766Court minutesEdmund Fanning’s cattle mark was recorded.
- 1767DeedsTrustees of Hillsborough to Edmund Fanning, February 1767
- 1767DeedsRichard Fincher to Edmund Fanning, February 1767
- 1767DeedsSheriff to Edmund Fanning, February 1767
- 1767DeedsTrustees of Hillsborough to Edmund Fanning, February 1767
- 1767DeedsPeter Writsman to Edmund Fanning, May 1767
- 1767DeedsThomas King to Edmund Fanning, August 1767
- 1767DeedsCharles Morgan to Edmund Fanning, August 1767
- 1767DeedsTrustees of Hillsborough to Edmund Fanning, November 1767
- 1768DeedsJohn Dowell & Edmund Fanning & Francis Nash to William Johnston, 24 March 1768
- 1768DeedsTown of Hillsborough to Edmund Fanning, 29 August 1768
- 1768DeedsThomas Hart esq to Edmund Fanning esq, April 1768
- 1768DeedsRobert Lytle esq & his wife to Edmund Fanning esq, April 1768
- 1768DeedsEdmund Fanning esq to Isaac Edwards, July 1768
- 1768DeedsTyrie Harris esq to Edmund Fanning esq, July 1768
- 1768DeedsEdmund Fanning to Thomas King Sr, July 1768
- 1769DeedsTown of Hillsborough to Edmund Fanning, 29 May 1769
- 1769DeedsEdmund Fanning & Thomas Hart & James Thackston to William Johnston & James Thackston, 27 July 1769
- 1769DeedsEdmund Fanning to William Lindley, 2 October 1769
- 1769DeedsJulius King to Edmund Fanning, 2 November 1769
- 1769DeedsWilliam Combs & Ann Combs to Edmund Fanning, 29 March 1769
1770s
- 1770DeedsEdmund Fanning to Hugh Wood, 8 June 1770
- 1770DeedsEdmund Fanning to William Austin, 15 October 1770
- 1770DeedsWatson Bromfield by Sheriff to Edmund Fanning, July 1770
- 1770DeedsGeorge Augustus Lathbury by Sheriff to Edmund Fanning, 12 July 1770
- 1770DeedsMichael Synnott to Edmund Fanning, 26 April 1770
- 1770DeedsEdmund Fanning to Joseph Montfort, 14 June 1770
- 1772DeedsEdmund Fanning to Isaac Edwards & William Johnston & Richard Fanning, 20 June 1772
1780s
Undated
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against Thomas Sheppea (?).
- Court minutesThomas Fanning brought an action on the case against Christian Kirksey.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a petition against George Lumpkin.
- Court minutesFrancis Nash brought an action on the case against Edmund Fanning.
- Court minutesThomas Fanning brought an action on the case against Christopher Kirksey.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against James Saunders.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against Edward Camp.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against Christian Shy.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against Daniel Allen.
- Court minutesWilliam Mebane received permission to operate an ordinary.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against John Swillivant.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of William Reed granted to Edmund Fanning and Francis Nash; sureties Thomas Lloyd and Zachariah Martin.
- Court minutesAlexander Going brought a petition against Edmund Fanning (?).
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought an action on the case against John Williard.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning and Francis Nash returned William Reed’s inventory, with a sale scheduled for December twentieth.
- Court minutesNathaniel Hart received permission to operate an ordinary.
- Court minutesEd. Fanning and Fr. Nash brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt.
- Court minutesAdministrators Edmund Fanning and Francis Nash brought four debt suits against John Dowell.
- Court minutesAdministrators Ed. Fanning and Fr. Nash petitioned against administratrix Mary Redman.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a petition against Jessee Moore.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against George Miller.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning brought a debt claim against Isaac Gray.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of James Cummings granted to Mary Cummings and Thomas Hart; sureties David Hart and Edmund Fanning.
- Court minutesEdmund Fanning qualified as public register for Orange, with Thomas Hart and Richard Henderson as bondsmen.
- Court minutesFrancis Nash, Edmund Fanning and James Watson were appointed to lay out the prison bounds and report.
