We John Blair, John Frost and Presley Jennings being appointed by the Court of Grayson to appraise the Estate of John Fanning dec'd being first sworn to appraise the property as followeth To Wit:
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Grayson September Court 1814
This Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of John Fanning dec'd was returned to Court and Ordered to be Recorded.
John Fanning Sr. BIRTH 1737 Randolph County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 1813 (aged 75–76) Carroll County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Old Fanning Cemetery Carroll County, Virginia, USA
On this land John Fanning SR. lived and died. It was patented to him in 1796 by the Commonwealth of Virginia.At that time and until 1842, this was Grayson County.