John "The Duck" Cunningham

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John "The Duck" Cunningham

Also Known As: "Duck"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
Death: August 12, 1855 (58)
Trigg County, Kentucky, United States
Place of Burial: Trigg County, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Cunningham and Nancy Elizabeth Cunningham
Husband of Mary Cunningham
Father of William Lee Cunningham; Eliza Jane Cunningham; Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Guier; Nancy Jane Cunningham; Jasper Thomas Cunningham and 6 others
Brother of Gideon Carr Cunningham; William Thomas Cunningham; Malinda Elizabeth Baker; Andrew Cunningham; Dabney Carr Cunningham and 5 others

Managed by: Eugene Thomas
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About John "The Duck" Cunningham

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Potential for Carey being a partner of John Cunningham. She was left in his will obtaining 324 acres of land.



John Cunningham was the first Child of William and Nancy (Carr) Cunningham. He was 22 years old when he came to Trigg County Kentucky in 1818. At the Trigg County courthouse it shows that John bought land, sold land and paid his taxes. After his death, there was an appraiser who listed everything to be sold including the value of his slaves. There is also a copy of John's will in the clerk's office in Cadiz, KY. John is buried next to his wife polly on a hill next to his home. On his tombstone is an inscription that is popular in Scotland and England:

                     Remember me as you pass by,
                     As you are now, so once was I. 
                     As I am now, so will you be, 
                     Prepare for death and follow me.  
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John "The Duck" Cunningham's Timeline

1796
November 1, 1796
Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1822
December 25, 1822
Trigg Co., KY
1824
November 14, 1824
1825
June 3, 1825
Trigg County, Kentucky, United States
1828
September 14, 1828
1830
July 28, 1830
Trigg Co., KY
1836
September 21, 1836
Trigg County, KY, United States
1838
December 4, 1838
Oak Grove, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
1840
September 7, 1840
Trigg, Kentucky, United States