Served in the War of 1812 as a volunteer with the West Tennessee Mounted Gunmen. Dispatched to Florida due to an Indian problem. Then ordered to New Orleans and became mired in quicksand with their horses in Florida. The men ate the inside of the bark of trees until they finally were able to get free of the quicksand. They rested for more than a week as both the horses and men were near death. When they arrived at the east side of the Mississippi River across from New Orleans, they were told to halt. They heard the cannon fire that ended the Battle of New Orleans and the War of 1812. They were decommissioned in Mississippi and had to find their own way back home to Giles Co., TN. This per Widow Pension papers. Wife Rebecca Keltner Fanning's birthdate is believed by Keltner researchers to have been 1/1/1794. Levi Fanning's birth year is believed to have been 1809. Per YDNA, Levi was actually a stepson of George.
Birth dates of the older children are in the National Archives in the Widow Pension papers: George W. Jr (10/5/1813), John Keltner (11/18/1816), Joseph Davis (3/17/1818), Henry L. (8/29/1819), Ephraim (4/14/1821) and Samuel Andrew(11/25/1822).
Served in the War of 1812 as a volunteer with the West Tennessee Mounted Gunmen. Dispatched to Florida due to an Indian problem. Then ordered to New Orleans and became mired in quicksand with their horses in Florida. The men ate the inside of the bark of trees until they finally were able to get free of the quicksand. They rested for more than a week as both the horses and men were near death. When they arrived at the east side of the Mississippi River across from New Orleans, they were told to halt. They heard the cannon fire that ended the Battle of New Orleans and the War of 1812. They were decommissioned in Mississippi and had to find their own way back home to Giles Co., TN. This per Widow Pension papers. Wife Rebecca Keltner Fanning's birthdate is believed by Keltner researchers to have been 1/1/1794. Levi Fanning's birth year is believed to have been 1809. Per YDNA, Levi was actually a stepson of George.
Birth dates of the older children are in the National Archives in the Widow Pension papers: George W. Jr (10/5/1813), John Keltner (11/18/1816), Joseph Davis (3/17/1818), Henry L. (8/29/1819), Ephraim (4/14/1821) and Samuel Andrew(11/25/1822).
Family Members
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John Fanning
1791 – unknown
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Robert Fanning
1792–1814
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Joseph Fanning
1795–1872
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Abraham Fanning
1797–1859
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Jacob Fanning
1799–1845
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Mary Fanning Walker
1802–1883
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Delilah Fanning Houston
1805–1853
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Samson Fanning
1808–1876
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Benjamin Fanning
1809–1900
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Davis Fanning
1811–1864
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Andrew Jackson Fanning
1813 – unknown
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Levi Wesley Fanning
1806–1888
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George Washington Fanning Jr
1813–1895
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John Keltner Fanning
1816–1900
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Joseph Davis Fanning
1818–1846
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Henry Fanning
1819–1882
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Ephraim Fanning
1821–1895
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Samuel Andrew Fanning
1822 – unknown
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Emaline Fanning Reaugh
1826–1910
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Adeline Fanning White
1827–1901
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Daniel Fanning
1831 – unknown
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Mary C. Fanning Grimsley
1832–1911
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Corp Lafayette Fanning
1834–1862
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