Moses Cunningham

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

• Marriage est. 1764-1769 to Hannah McCampbell
• ↑ Newman, Betty Cunningham. Adam and 500 more Cunninghams of the Valley of Virginia, c.1734-c.1800. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c2000). Moses Cunningham of Kerr's Creek, son of James and Margaret Cunningham

Moses was the youngest son of James and Margaret Cunningham who lived on Kerr's Creek in Augusta County, Virginia. When James made his will in 1760, Moses was still under the age of 21. James had already deeded over half of his original grant of 400 acres to two of his sons, Isaac and Jacob. Both Isaac and Jacob predeceased James and Margaret, and James left bequests to a son of each of them in his will. Hugh, who appears to have been the eldest son of James and Margaret, already possessed lands in his own right and was well established, leaving Moses as the only one of their sons who had not previously provided for. Moses was therefore left the bulk of James' estate. (Augusta County Will Book 3, p. 382).

James Cunningham named as his executors his wife and his son Moses. Margaret was killed by Indians in the same raid in which James was slain, leaving Moses as the sole executor. By the time James' will was admitted to probate in 1765, Moses had attained the age of 21 and was thus able to act as executor.

James Cunningham’s Will in 1760

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Page 382.—16th January, 1760 (33d year of Reign). James Cunningham's will, of Colony and Dominion of Virginia—To wife Margaret; to son Moses, infant; to Hugh Cunningham, 1 shilling; to daughter Elizabeth, 1 shilling; to James Cunningham, son to son Jacob; to John Cunningham, son to son Isaac; to daughter Mary; to daughters, each and every of them, 1 shilling. Executors, wife and son Moses. Teste: Malcom Allen, Robt. Bowen, Lilly Bowen. Proved, 19th March, 1765, by Malcom Allen and Lilly Bowen. Margaret is dead. Moses qualifies, with Hugh Cunningham, Geo. Dougherty.

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