1762 March 8 John Cunningham Sr. made a will in Rowan County, NC that was probated July 1762 in that county. His lands were later in Guilford Co., NC. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1763 July 13 the Rowan County court ordered Thomas Donnell, William Denny, Hugh Brawley and George Hamilton to lay off and value one acre of land belonging to the orphans of John Cunningham. The land was on the South Fork of Haw River, also called Reedy Fork.(Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1771 Dec 31 William Cunningham married Martha Blair in Guilford County. He was born 2 Feb 1748 County Donegal, Ireland and died 15 April 1842 in Benton Co., Alabama. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1774 Aug. 16 Jane Cunningham, daughter of John Cunningham Sr., married William Wilson.(Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1776 July William Cunningham entered service in the Revolutionary War and was discharged Nov. 1776. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1780 James Cunningham obtained a state grant of 640 acres on the waters of Reedy Fork, adjacent land of Thomas Blair and Edward Loney. This was located near the present Forsyth County line, adjacent to Beaver Creek. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1781 Margaret Cunningham Work was widowed when John Work died. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1783 Sept. 1783 Margaret Cunningham, the widow of John Work, married Patrick McGibboney (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1785 John Cunningham Jr. sold a part of the land he had inherited from his father, John Cunningham Sr) (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1786 Jan 24 John Cunningham and Margaret Donnell were married (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1791 Sept 24 James Cunningham made a will witnessed by Drury Peoples and Edward Loney. He mentioned children William Cunningham, Elizabeth Burney, Jeremiah Cunningham, Matthew Cunningham and Isabelle Cunningham. His land was to be divided between sons Jeremiah and Mathew. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1792 Nov 29 Isabelle Cunningham married Robert McQuiston in Guilford County. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1795 Aug 24 Jeremiah Cunningham married Hannah Coots in Guilford County. He was born July 1760 in Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania and died 24 Aug. 1834 in Guilford County. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1797 March 13 John Cunningham and Mary (McMurray) Mitchell were married (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1798 Feb 29 John Cunningham son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Coots) Cunningham was born. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1798 Oct 23 Mathew and Elizabeth Cunningham sold their land to Robert Bell, 304 acres on Reedy Fork that Mathew inherited from his father, James Cunningham. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1799 Sept 16 Mathew Cunningham son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Coots) Cunningham was born. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1801 March 25 Betsy Cunningham daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah (Coots) Cunningham was born. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1801 May 20 Mathew Cunningham and Jams McMurry were appointed by the court to settle the estate of William McGahey. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1807 James C. Cunningham son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Coots) Cunningham was born.
(Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1820 John Cunningham made his will (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1821 Jan 24 John Cunningham Jr died and was buried in the Buffalo Church Cemetery. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1832 March 12 Jeremiah Cunningham wrote a will that wasn't probated. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1834 Aug 16 Jeremiah Cunningham wrote a second will that was later probated. He mentioned wife, Hannah, and children: Mathew, William, James C., Elizabeth Love and Jane Roberts and son-in-law John Roberts. He mentioned the Tennessee estate of John Cutes, his father-in-law.(Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1836 May The will of Jeremiah Cunningham was probated. (Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
1840 Dec Patrick McGibboney died naming John Cunningham as executor of his will. At the time of death, McGibboney was entitled to a large pension as a result of his service as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Before McGibboney's estate was fully settled, Cunningham died. In his own will Cunningham named Samuel Mitchell and Irwin Donnell as his executors and they administered his estate without realizing that there was a McGibboney estate that they were also responsible for administering. When they discovered this fact some time later, they declined to handle the McGibboney estate and the court appointed David McGibboney as executor and Peter Adams to collect the Revolutionary War pension for the McGibboney estate.
1860 April Hannah (Coots) Cunningham died.(Guilford County Pioneers: The Cunningham Family by Donald R. Simpson, The Guilford Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 2000, Issue No. 91.)
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