Reverend Aaron P. Cunningham, Sr.

Aaron Cunningham was born May 14, 1774 in Washington Dist, North Carolina, and died September 10, 1845 in Old Tishmingo, Mississippi.

Parents were Christopher Cunningham and Mary Musgrove.

Married:

1. on 23 Nov 1796 in Greene County, TN to Elizabeth Hopkins (b: 1773 in Kentucky).

Children:

1. Matthew Cunningham b: 1798
2. Nancy Cunningham b: 1800 in Carter Co., Tennessee
3. Hardin L. Cunningham b: BET 1800 AND 1810
4. Sarah Cunningham b: ABT 1801
5. Levi Cunningham b: 1802
6. Solomon Micanico Cunningham b: 1808 in TN
7. James B. Cunningham b: 1812
8. Jane C. Cunningham b: 1814 in Tennessee
9. Hugh Cunningham b: BET 1815 AND 1820
10. J. J. Cunningham b: BET 1820 AND 1825
11. Joseph M. Cunningham b: 19 AUG 1822

Notes

Aaron Cunningham was elected Constable in Carter Co, TN in 1796. He was on the first jury in Maury Co. TN in 1807. He was granted 640 acres in Bedford Co, TN in 1808. In 1813 he served for a time under Col. Wynne and Capt. Porter in a Middle Tenn. Regt. in the War of 1812. He bought and sold many tracts of land in Lawrence Co, TN 1819-41. He was in the 1840 census of Hardin Co, TN, and in the 1845 State Census of Old Tishomingo Co, MS. His estate was administered 1845 by his son Levi, in Hardin Co, TN and Old Tishomingo Co, MS (Levi and Solomon) - copy in my files from Cindy Watson.

Following is an excerpt from a letter written by Hastings Harrison to Sarah Fricks. Mr. Harrison was in Columbia, TN in 1965 searching for Joplin and Cunningham records. "Today I was taken to the big house in which Aaron lived on Rutherford Creek when he left here ca 1821-22....The authorities here insist that Aaron was a Primitive Bapt. Minister who preached in several churches in section of Maury Co, TN before moving away."

Aaron Cunningham was indeed, a minister and performed many weddings in Maury and Lawrence Counties, TN.

His first land entry in Lawrence Co was for 10 acres, assigned to him by G.F. Simonton, surveyor. His neighbors were Gilcrease and Milton. Witnesses: Levi Cunningham and Hopkins Cunningham. He served on the first jury empanelled in Maury Co 12-23-1807.

Links

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Marriage 1 Elizabeth HOPKINS b: ABT 1780

   Married: 23 NOV 1796 in Greene County, Tennessee 5

Children

   Has No Children ? William CUNNINGHAM b: ABT 1798 in Tennessee

Has No Children Levi CUNNINGHAM b: ABT 1800 in Tennessee
Has No Children Polly CUNNINGHAM b: ABT 1804
Has Children Sarah CUNNINGHAM b: ABT 1805
Has No Children Hopkins (possibly Eli Hopkins?) CUNNINGHAM b: BEF 1803
Has No Children Ellender\Eleanor CUNNINGHAM b: ABT 1810 in Maury County, Tennessee
Has No Children Hardin L. CUNNINGHAM b: BET 1800 AND 1810 in Tennessee
Has No Children Joseph Micanico CUNNINGHAM b: BET 1800 AND 1810 in Tennessee
Has No Children Solomon CUNNINGHAM b: ABT 1808
Has No Children Nancy CUNNINGHAM b: BET 1800 AND 1810 in Tennessee
Has No Children James CUNNINGHAM b: ABT 1806 in Maury County, Tennessee
Has No Children daughter CUNNINGHAM b: BET 1810 AND 1815
Has No Children daughter CUNNINGHAM b: BET 1815 AND 1820 in Maury County, Tennessee
Has No Children ?David CUNNINGHAM b: BET 1815 AND 1820 in Maury County, Tennessee
Has No Children son CUNNINGHAM b: BET 1820 AND 1830
Has No Children daughter CUNNINGHAM b: BET 1825 AND 1830 in Maury County, Tennessee

Origins

Will Pages 3 & 4, Book 1 (names A-D), Washington County TN Wills, 1775-1875 Christopher Cunningham 10 Nov 1782 In the state of North Carolina. “To wife Mary: one third of all my household goods and moveables with one third part of all lands and tenements. To my fifteen children: Elizabeth Gatril, Susanna Robertson, Lydia Cunningham, John Cunningham, Mary Job, Ann Orr, Sarah Cunningham, Jane Cunningham, Jacob Cunningham, Joseph Cunningham, Matthew Cunningham, Moses Cunningham, Aaron Cunningham, Alinar [Elinor] Cunningham, David Cunningham: equally divide all lands and tenements. ...”

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