Hugh Cunningham

Hugh Cunningham

• b.Bef 1728 of Rockbridge County, Virginia
• d.Bef 13 May 1772 Botetourt County, Virginia
• Parents: James & Margaret Cunningham (d 1763)

Married 1) unknown died 17 Jul 1763 Kerr's Creek, Augusta County, Virginia [Killed by Indians in the Kerr's Creek Massacre]

Children

• unknown died 17 Jul 1763 Kerr's Creek, Augusta County, Virginia [Killed by Indians in the Kerr's Creek Massacre]
• Jonathan Cunningham,Bef 1743 - Bef 1770
• Rosanna Cunningham Bef 1753 - Aft 1792

Married 2) Sarah McKee (Abt 1721 - Aft 1772) m. Bef 1772

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Hugh Cunningham is the son of James and Margaret (Unknown) Cunningham who were both killed [along with a son of Hugh and his [first] wife].

Jonathan Cunningham (son of Hugh) and Jonathan's wife Mary were both alive in May 1769 when Jonathan wrote his will (Augusta Co. VA WB 4:277). They were not killed at the 2nd Kerr's Creek Massacre. It must have been another son of Hugh Cunningham that perished in the 2nd Kerr's Creek Massacre

James and Hugh acquired land very close to each other in and near the Borden Tract in Augusta County, James appears to have been living in the area as early as 1742, and Hugh received his patent from Benjamin Borden just a few years later in 1748. The father-son relationship is proven in the following petition

House of Burgesses, 19 January 1764: A Petition of Hugh Cunningham, setting forth that on the 17th of July last [17 July 1763, 2nd Kerr's Creek Massacre] the Savages of an incursion met with his father and mother, and inhumanly murdered them, together with his Wife and Son, captivated [captured] his Daughter, and shot him in the breast, the bullet lodging in his shoulder; that the wound is still-open, and he labours in much main and anguish; they likewise rode away [with] his horses, shot down his cattle in the fields, burnt his House and Barn, and all his Corn, and left him destitute even of Bread and Clothing; and praying some Compensation for his Loffes [losses], was presented to the House and read; and the Question being put that the laid Petition be referred to a Committee. It passed in the Negative. Resolved, That the said Petition be rejected. [Source: The Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1619-1776, 1761-1765, pg. 215].

Will of Hugh Cunningham

Page 17. (abt. 1772) Hugh Cunningham. To his wife Sarah, personal property and 30 pounds to be paid out of his real estate when sold, said personal property at the death of his wife to pass to his daughter Jesibel [may be Isabel]. To his step-son James Davis, his black mare and saddle and bridle. The whole of his estate to be divided equally between his eleven children [Note: will actually states: "between my children and grandchildren, 11 in number". Executors named as wife Sarah, John Young son-in-law and James Davis, "nabour"]. Witnesses: James McMath, Michael Johnson, Robert Hamilton. [Botetourt County Will Book A].

• Page 17 WILL OF HUGH CUNNINGHAM April 30, 1772
• Wife: Sarah
• Daughter: Isabel
• Step-son: James Davies
• Exec: John Young (son-in-law), Sarah Young, James Davies
• Witnesses: James McMath, Michail Johnson, Robert Hamilton
• Recorded May 13, 1772
• Teste: John May, CBC
• [Source: Botetourt County, Virginia Will Book "A", compiled by Ann Chilton, Mountain Press, pg. 1]
• Page 18. Appraisment of the estate of Hugh Cunningham. [Botetourt County Will Book A].

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Book of McKee, pg 105 quotes History of Rockbridge County, by Ore F. Morton, Page 348:

"Jonathan Cunningham in his will Augusta County May 24, 1769, names his father, Hugh Cunningham, and his brother-in-law, William McKee, executors. William McKee refuses to execute."