Person:John Cunningham (86)

John Cunningham was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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About John Cunningham

John Cunningham was listed in the will of his father-in-law, Archibald Hamilton, whose will was proven January 1794 in Augusta County, Virginia. John married Archibald Hamilton's daughter Lettice. According to some researchers he migrated to Callaway County, Missouri where he died after 1787 [some say around 1800]. This is problematic as Missouri did not become a state until 1812, and Callaway County, Missouri was not established until 1820 when it was formed form part of Montgomery County, Missouri. Additional research is needed to determine the location of John Cunningham and his wife's death and likely will or probate records.

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's: [unless otherwise listed]

• Vol. 1 - MAY 20, 1777. - Page (191) John Cunningham, recomd. Captain; Robert Clark, recomd. Lieutenant; John Wilson, recomd. Ensign, Capt. James Ewing having resigned.

• Vol. 1 - AUGUST 19, 1777. - Page (217) John Cunningham qualified Captain of Militia, Robert Clark as Lieutenant, and John Wilson as Ensign, in Capt. John Cunningham's Company.

• Vol. 1 - MARCH 19, 1782. - (366) Admn. of estate of Alexr. Cunningham granted John Cunningham. [Note: Alexander Cunningham was John's brother]

• Vol. 2 - 19th March, 1782--John Cunningham, administrator of Alex. Cunningham.

• 12 June 1786 - Capt. John Cunningham granted Property.

Power of attorney to settle all claims and demands in Augusta County.

Notes: This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.

Description: Grantee

Book: 26-454

• Page 82.--20th July, 1787. Archibald Hamilton's will--To wife, Francis; to daughter, Lettice; to son, William; to son, John, plantation on Christian's Creek; to son, Audley, 5 shillings; to son, Andrew, 5 shillings; to son, Archibald, 5 shillings. Executors, son William, son-in-law John Cunningham. Teste: Robert, Mathew, and Phebe Kinney. Proved, January Court, 1794, by Ro. and Mathew Kinney. Executors qualify.

• Vol. 2 - Marriage Bond: 1795--June 24, Ezekiel Hopping and John Diddey, surety. Ezekiel Hopping and Fanny Cunningham, daughter of John Cunningham (consent). Teste: David Cunningham, Jr., James Ewing.

Notes

According to FamilySearch, John was from Christian's Creek, Augusta County, VA

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/66843399/person/212206536934/facts

2.   Genealogy.com.

   John Cunningham was born 1737 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1787 in Calloway County, Missouri591.He married Lettice Hamilton on 1757 in Augusta County,Virginia, daughter of Archibald Henry Hamilton and Frances Calhoun.
   More About John Cunningham and Lettice Hamilton:
   Marriage: 1757, Augusta County,Virginia.
   
   https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Tamara-Smith-Pleasant-Hill/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0993.html