Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2071, George Cunningham, S.C.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
S.C.

Cunningham, George
Mary

NUMBER
W 2071

Born in N.C.
CONTENTS
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13998
No. Carolina.
George Cunningham
of Bedford Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Thompson of the regiment commanded
by Col Thompson in the S Carolina
line for 21 months  

Po. in W.T. to 4 Sept 1833.

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 70 Dollars __ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July
1833 and (illegible)
McKesick Shelby????

Arrears to the 4th of March   140.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  35.00
                                                 $175.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Reorded by James Boyd  Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 74
         E         6.5         49

Tr. Cir. sent to Nashville P. gt.  Aug.
15, 1834

Transf to No Carolina from
4 Sept 1833 - Sept 1834
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New Certificate (illegible)
payable to adm. (illegible)
Aug 18 / 53, and Agent
notified  

Let to G. F. Emery P. ct
Porland mc  to trnf
from Maine Roll.
Aug 22 / 53

No. Carolina Ashville   1047
Mary Cunningham
widow of George
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
70 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848 (illegible)
February 1st 1832   (1852)
Certificate of Pension issued the
15th day of Augst 18??
and sent to
J. J. Coombes   1853
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
(illegible) 1848, Page 133  Vol. A
Act July 29, 1848
(illegible)
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State of North Carolina
Macon County   Sct.
On this, the 16 day of December 1852 personally appeared
before me T Littoons
1852 personally appeared an acting Justice of the Peace, in and
for the County and State aforesaid, William H Bryson
about 54 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath,
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of
Congress passed 29th July 1848 and other acts
To wit: that he is the Administrator of of Mary Cunningham
deceased who was the widow of George Cunningham
Deceased. Declarant further states that the aforesaid
George Cummingham Died on 3 day of August 1837 and
leaving his wife the said Mary Cunningham
a widow and that she died on first day of
February 1852. Also that the aforesaid Mary
Cunningham
did make out a Declaration
in her own name and applied to the Department
of Pensions in Washington City for a pension,
But did not in her life time obtain what was due
her.  the Declarant also states that at the death of her-
Husband the aforesaid George Cunningham That there was a Balance
of Pension due him up to his death which the said Mary
Cummingham Decd. Did draw Though her Attorney
M Francis of Waynesvill Haywood County and that the said
Mary Cunningham did prove her Marriage
with the said George Cunningham and her idenity
before the Judge of the surperor court held in
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Waynesvill Haywood County. And said Declarant States
that the aforesaid Mary Cunningham Deec is the
Identical person who drew the said arrears of
pension due to her husband George Cunningham Decd
at his Death and that he is saving law of
the said Mary Cunningham having married her daughter
Magdelin. The said Declarant Refers then
Hon Commission of Pensions to the proof now on
File in his office having been here to five previous
by the said Mary Cunningham though her attorney  
Also to the proof accompaning this Declaration and
and All proof which may be hereafter presented
by my said Attorney or attorneys  
Most respectfully asks the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, that my
aforesaid claim or claims may be allowed under the aforesaid Acts, and that
the Certificates evidencing the same may be enclosed to ________ Attorney.
W. H. Bryson
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
on the day and year aforesaid
T Siloom  J.P.

I, the just subscribed magistrate, do certify that the above Declarant
is personally known to me, and that he is a man of truth and respectability,
in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name on this
the 16 day of December 1852
1857
J Lilloom  J. P.
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(same as image 5, previous page)
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State of N Carolina
Macon County     SCT.
I J H Gray Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions
in and for the County and State aforesaid,
do certify that S L Moore is an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures
above written are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
my Seal of Office on this the 16 day of December 1852  
J H Gray  Clk
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

County of Haywood  ss.  State of North Carolina
On this Twenty fourth day of July 1834
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Haywood personally appeared George Cuningham
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
John Cuningham
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Hammonds and Majr Ross in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District,
or Territory,) of North Carolina where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following
are his reasons for removing from the State of Tennessee.
to where he now resides in the State of North Carolina (to wit)
that having sons and Daughters living within the Counties of Haywood
and Macon in said State of North Carolina are the principal reasons for
his removing from the said State of Tennessee  
George Cuningham  his X mark
Sworn and subscribed to, before me,
the day and year aforesaid.
Thos L Gaston

The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certified
by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer,
must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge,
Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He
must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate
must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above
directed.
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County 
Personally appeared before Thomas S Gaston
an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Haywood aforesaid
Robert Love who on his oath deposeth and saith he has been personally acquainted
with George Cunningham who has in his possession a pension
list claim from the War Department dated the Twentieth day of
July 1833 for perhaps forty years last past, and he believes that
the said George Cunningham who is in the possession of the said Pension
claim is the same person whom he now represents as being in the
possession of the aforesaid claim, and that the said George Cuningham
has always supported an honest Charactor.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Twenty fourth day of July 1834
attest  
Thos L Gaston
R Love

State of N. Carolina
Haywood County
This is to Certify that the
Love Robert Love is A Man of A good Character
& is a man of sound Judgment & is highly
Esteemed among the Community at large who is
acquanted with him Certified by us this 24 Day
of July 1834  
Thos L. Gaston
S. A. Gaston  JP
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State of No Carolina
Haywood County
I John J Chambers Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter
Session of Haywood County aforesaid do hereby certify
that Thos S Gaston and F W Gaston are acting Justices of the peace in and for the
County of Haywood aforesaid, and that due faith and credit ought to be given to each
of their official act as such, and that their signatures to the foregoing certificate and
proceedings are Genuine  
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the Court at office the 26th day of July AD 1834  
J T Chambers  Clerk
of Haywood County Court
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George Cunningham
Tennessee
No 6672

from 1779 private
21 months.
+ 70._

time engaged with his
wage can not be allowed for.

James McKisick
Shelbyvill
Clerk
Bedford Co Court
Tenn
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Brief in the case of George Cunningham
of Bedford County in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 79 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Volunteer
winter In 1779
not militia
winter 1780 1781

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
not stated
ditto
ditto
from  his entering the service to his return, continuing a period of 2 1/3 years

Rank.
As a
Private
Private
Waggoner

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.  ash
Col Thompson
??? Sumpter
Col Howe Colchill
Capt Thompson
Capt Cunningham

5. In what battles was he engaged? (illegible) Creek Hanging Rock Fishing Creek Creek
Kings Mountain
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? York County South Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
The papers not0 connected as regulations require  
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree wit the evidence in the case above  

Dyer Castor  Examining Clerk.
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Shelbyville  T
August 15      Free
The Secretary of the
Department of War
Washington City
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State of Tennessee
Bedford County
On this 13th day of August 1832 personally
appeared in open court before Samuel Philips John L.
Neill & John B Armstrong Justices of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter sessions in the County of Bedford and State of
Tennessee now sitting George Cunningham a resident
of said County and State aged Seventy nine, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832  
that he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as herein
stated  
That he was born on the 7th day of April 1753 as appears
by a record kept by his father which is now in the possession
of George W Cunningham of this County; that he was born
in Rowan County North Carolina; that he was living in
York County South Carolina when he entered the service
and lived there until the close of the war when he moved
Buncombe County North Carolina where he resided until
year 1815 when he removed into the said County of Bedford
where he resided until 1824 when he removed back to
Buncombe where he resided until December last when
he returned to Bedford County where he has since resided
and still resides  
That sometime in the latter part of the winter 1779 as he believes he
entered the service as a volunteer in York County, South Carolina
under Captain Robert Thompson, John Cunningham
(brother of affiant) was Lieutenant, the Ensign he does not
recollect: Frank Ross was Major; that there was about
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one hundred volunteered at the same time; that shortly
after they volunteered they marched to Augusta Georgia and
joined Col Hammond who was stationed there; that they were
then marched down the country to the aid of Genl Ashe
and joined him at Brier Creek the evening before he was
defeated; that on the next morning after he joined Ashe, he was
sent out on a scouting party and took 4 or 5 Tories prisoners
and when they returned to Camp they found that Ashe had been
defeated and that the British had possession of the
ground, and the British fired upon them as they returned to Camp after
night; they then returned to Augusta and remained there
a few weeks during harvest; that whilst at home, he
and a man by the name of Duncan were taken prisoners
by a party of Tories under Col. Floyd and made their escape
in about 24 hours; that a few weeks before the battle of Hanging
Rock he and Duncan joined Sumpter in the Waxas who
shortly afterwards moved to Fishing creek; when he joined Sumpter
he attached himself the Captain Robert Thompson company
again, with Joseph Hoine his Colonel as he thinks; shortly
afterwards Sumpter marched them to Hanging Rock where
they defeated a party of Tories under Brian and also whilst
engaged with the Tories a party of British attacked them
and they had a warm engagement; that Sumpter took
as he thinks 43 prisoners; that his Captain Thompson
left the army after that battle and Lieutenant Cunningham
took the command of his company; that shortly after that
he was in Sumpters defeat at Fishing Creek; that he was
standing guard at the time and his brother in law Matthew
Patton was dangerously wounded; that he was
also in the battle in Williams plantation, where Huck
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a Tory was defeated and killed; his Colonel was Andrew
Neill in that engagement, who was afterwards killed at
Rocky Mount; that he was also in the battle of Kings
Mountain, that he was under his brother Capt John Cunningham  
that he was in Mecklenburgh County North Carolina
with some relations when he heard that there was
likely to be a battle between the mountains and
Ferguson; that himself and another man by the name
of Robert Cunningham crossed the County in the direction
of the mountains and joined Williams army at the
Cowpens where he resumed his place in his company  
that about 10 oclock at night they left the Cowpens
for the mountain, and on the next evening met with
the enemy; that he fought in the right wing under
Williams; that the battle lasted until Sun set or after;
that Williams was killed in said battle  
that that the next service he was called on to perform
(illegible) scouting was during the winter of 1780 and 1881, when his waggon
was pressed and sent to Newbern North Carolina
after military stores, and he was sent with it.  that
as they were returning from Newburn  when within 13
miles of the Yadkin, he left the waggons and started
for home, and when he reached the Yadkin he
found Cornwallis and his army on the opposite
side about to cross; he immediately turned about
and gave the alarm to the waggons, and they retreated
towards Virginia, and they all would have been
captured if Morgan had not interposed between
them and the British. He remained with the waggons
sometime in Virginia at Henry Old Court House
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They finally deposited their stores at Henry New Court
house and returned home with their waggons and
on their way heard the Cannons firing at the battle of
Guilford; that he returned home and performed no other
services, that he did not volunteer for any particular
time, but that from the time of first entering the
service until his return from Newbern with the
waggons embracing a period of about two years and
three months he was constantly in some way or other
engaged in the service without ever remaining at
home more than two or three weeks at a time; that
he never received any formal discharge. He does
not recollect the names of any regular officer with
whom he served, he was with Ashe so short a time
as not to learn these facts. He recollects that there
were some regulars in Sumpters army at
the time of his defeat; for he saw them when the British
charged and routed them, but he does not recollect the
number of their regiment or the names of their officer,
that he has no documentary evidence by which he
can prove his service, and he knows of no person
by whom he can positively prove his service except
John & Moses McQuirter who live in Lawrence County
Alabama, and William McCarter who lives in
York County South Carolina, and that affiant
is old and infirm and unable to procure their
evidence as to his character for veracity and the
reputation of the neighborhood that he was a
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soldier of the revolution, he has only been in this
County a few months since 1824 but he can refer 
to the Rev. Humphrey C. Ferguson. Thomas Conch the
Rev. George Newton Col. Andrew Ervin John Davidson, and also Col Samuel Davidson of Buncombe County
North Carolina in Col Robert Love of Haywood
County North Carolina, He is not sure that
in stating the events of the revolutionary war he has
been entirely correct in chronology, in consequence of
the failure of memory  

He hereby relinquishes every claim, whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State  
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court
13th of August 1832
Sol. McKisick
George Cunningham  his X mark 

State of Tennessee
Bedford County
Humphry C Ferguson residing in
said County of Bedford and a Clergyman and Thomas
Couch residing in said County do hereby certify that they
are well acquainted with George
Cunningham
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;
that we believe him to be 79 years of age, and that
he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where
(when in this county before he returned to North Carolina)
he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution  

and that we concur in that opinion
and I the said H. C Ferguson Humphrey C Ferguson
say that it is reputed in the neighborhood
where he now resides  that he
was a soldier of the revolution
and I never heard any thing to contrary 
Humphrey C Ferguson
Thomas Couch
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Sworn to in Open Court and subscribed the date
first above written
Jas McKisick  Clk

State of Tennessee
Bedford County
I John Davidson a resident of said
County of Bedford do hereby certify that about a year after
the close of the revolutionary war George Cunningham who
has signed and subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
moved into Buncombe County North Carolina
into the neighborhood where I resided and he was then
always considered to have been an active Soldier of the
revolutionary war, and I never heard any thing to
the contrary and I feel no hesitation in saying
that I concur in that opinion. We lived together
in the same neighborhood in Buncombe for twenty
years or upwards. 
John Davidson
Sworn to and subscribed in open
Court the date first above written
J McKisick  Clk 

State of Tennessee
Bedford County
I John Patton a resident of said County
of Bedford do hereby certify that I was well acquainted 
with the above described George Cunningham who
has signed and sworn to the above declaration
before the commencement of the revolutionary war
that I saw him in the American Army under
Genl Sumpter and that he was a true Soldier
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I also knew him after the revolutionary war
and he was always reputed to have been a revolution
soldier and I never heard any thing to the contrary  
John Patton
Sworn to and subscribed in
open Court the date first above
written
Jas McKisick  clk

State of Tennessee
Bedford County
I Andrew Erwin resident of said
County of Bedford do certify that I became acquainted with
George Cunningham who has subscribed the above
declaration in the year 1791 in Buncombe County
in the neighborhood in which the above
named John Davidson lived.  that I did understand
from some quarter
that he was a revolutionary soldier and I never heard any thing to the contrary  
I am well
acquainted with said Davidson out also with
John
Patton who has given a certificate in
this case and I have the most unlimited
confidence in their integrity, and have also
the same confidence in Mr George Cunninghams
own statement  
Andrew Ervin
Sworn to in open Court and
subscribed the date first above
written  
J. McKisick  Clk
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State of Tennessee
Bedford County
I John Nance a resident of said County of
Bedford and a neighbour of George Cunningham who has
Signed the above declaration certify that I am well 
acquainted with said George Cunningham, and that
he is generally reputed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and I never 
heard any thing to the contrary and entirely concur in
said opinion  
John Nance  his X mark
Sworn to and subscribed in
open Court the date first
above written
Jas McKisick  Clk 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the
above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier
and served as he states. And the Court further certifies
that it appears to them Humphrey C. Ferguson who
signed the above certificate is a clergyman in said
County, and that Thomas Couch who also signed the
above certificate is a resident of said County of Bedford
and lives in the neighborhood where the said George
Cunningham formerly resided before he moved back
to North Carolina, and that the aforesaid John
Nance is a resident of said County in the neigh
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borhood where said George Cummingham now resides
and that the said John Davidson, the said John Patton,
and the said Andrew Erwin are resident in said
County of Bedford, and that they are all credible
persons and that their statements are entitled to credit  
J S Neill
Samuel (illegible)
John B, Armstrongborhood where said George Cummingham now resides
and that the said John Davidson, the said John Patton,
and the said Andrew Erwin are resident in said
County of Bedford, and that they are all credible
persons and that their statements are entitled to credit  
J S Neill
Samuel (illegible)
John B, Armstrong

State of Tennessee
Bedford County
I James McKisick Clerk of the Court for
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of 
the said George Cummingham for a pension  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 15 day of August
A.D. 1832  
J McKisick 

State of Tennessee
Bedford County
I James McKisick Clerk of the Court for
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of 
the said George Cummingham for a pension  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 15 day of August
A.D. 1832  
J McKisick
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State of N Carolina
County of Macon
Before in subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
personally appeared Mary Cunningham aged
Seventy Seven years who being first duly sworn
doth make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the
Act of Congress passed 2d February 1848. 
This declarant states
that her maiden name was Mary McCarty and
that she is the lawful widow of George
ingham late a pensioner in Bedford County State
Tennessee at the rate of 80.00 per annum and
who died on the 3d day of August 1837. 
This declarant states that she was
lawfully married to her aforesaid George
Cunningham in the County of Buncombe in
said State in the summer of the year seventeen
hundred and ninety seven (1797. That she
continued to live in lawful wedlock with
the said Cunningham from the time of their
said marriage up to the time when he died, and
that she has not again married since his death.
and that she had several children by the said
Cummingham. 
Mary Cunningham  her X mark
Sworn to & subscribed on
this 6 day of December 1851
before me 
John Willson  J. P.
mark
I hereby certify that by reason of old age
and bodily infirmities the aforesaid declarant
is unable to appear in open Court, and
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that satisfactory proof was exhibited before
of
me that George Cunningham the husband of
the
aforesaid declarant a revolutionary pensioner
of the United States at the rate of 80.00 per
annum died on the third day of August
in the year eighteen hundred & thirty seven, and
that his widow Mary Cunningham has not
again married since his death. 
John K ?illson  J P 

Magdelen Cunningham was born
November the 10th 1799
Kathy Cunningham was born
June the 4th 1802
Sally Cunningham was born
August the 19th 1808
Gilly Falls was born June 1st
1794

The annexed is the family
record of Mrs Cunningham
A. P. Norton
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Copy of Marr Bond
Know all men by these presents that we James
Dixon & George Cunningham of Buncombe
County & State of North Carolina, are held and
firmly bound unto Samuel Ash Esqr, Governor
&c and to his successor in Office in the just
and full sum of Five Hundred Pounds,
lawful money of said State, to the which payment
well and truly to be made and done, we
bind our selves, our Heirs &c, firmly, by these
presents. Sealed with our seals and dated the 22nd
July 1797.
The condition of the above obligation
is such that whereas the above bound George
Cunningham, hath the day of the date hereof, applied for, and obtained a License to intermarry
with Mary McCarter, daughter of Abraham
McCarter, now (if there be no lawful impediment
to obstruct said marriage, then the above obligation
to be void and of no effect; else to remain in
full force and virtue. (signed)
Sealed and delivered
In the presence of
D. Vance 
George Cunningham  (seal)
Jas Dixon  (seal)

State of North Carolina
Buncombe County 
County Court Office
the 6th June AD 1857
I Robert B Vance, Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions for Buncombe County in
the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify
the foregoing to be a true and perfect
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Transcript, in letters and figures, of the Marriage
Bond of George Cunningham to Mary
McCarter, according to the Records and files
of my Office. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand, and affixed the Seal
of our said Court, at Office in the
town of Asheville, the day & date above
written. 
R. B. Vance  Clk.
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State of N Carolina
County of Macon
I, J R Grey Clerk
of said County do hereby certify that John
Wilson Esqr is now and was at the time of
the date of the foregoing declaration a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County duly
Commissioned and qualified, and that the
foregoing signatures purporting to he his are
genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
and official seal this
court 10th day of December 1851 
J R Gray  Clerk
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
Sir:
March 21, 1928
E. R. Tatum
East Tennessee Natl Bank
Knoxville, Tenn.
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W.2071, it appears that George Cun
ningham was born April 7, 1753 in Rowan County, North Carolina
.
While residing in York County, South Carolina, he
enlisted in the latter part of the year 1779 and served
as a private in Captain Robert Thompson's Company, Colone
nel Hammond's South Carolina Regiment, under Lieutenant
John Cunningham (soldier's brother in Colonel Joseph
Horne's Regiment; was wagoner under Captain John Cunningham
in Colonel Andrew Neel's Regiment; he was in
Aug 80
the battles of Hanging Rock, Fishing Creek, King on
Cowpen Jane
tain, and Williams Plantation, and served two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 13, 1832, while a resident of Bedford
County, Tennessee.
Soldier married in the summer of 1797 in Bun
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combe County, North Carolina, Mary, daughter of
Abraham McCarty or McCarter. In 1851, she was
seventy-seven years old and living in Macon County,
North Carolina.
Soldier died August 3, 1837, and his widow died
February 1, 1852. The pension due her was allowed
the following surviving children
Magdelen, born November 10, 1799, married William
H. Bryson; Catherine Moore, born June 4, 1862; and Elizaabeth Cunningham.
other children referred to Sally Cunningham, born
August 19, 1808; and sons and daughters, who were living in
1834 in Haywood and Macon Counties, North Carolina,
names not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Pension Office
Aug 10, 1853
Sir:
The additional evidence in the
case of Mary Cunningham decd, widow
of George of N.C. has been received
and filed with the original application  
The evidence upon which it was satisfactorily proved to the court, that George
died 3rd August 1837, and that Mary
died 1st Feby 1852; and that Elizabeth,
Magdeline, and Catharine, are the only
surviving children, must be adduced,
before this office, Mary has not been
identified as the widow of George, who
was a pensioner. 
Very Respectfully
S P Waldo
Commissioner

J J Coombs  Esqr
Washington
D.C.
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No 1.126
Mary Cunningham
wid of George
N.C.
Let A.P. Norton Aug 24/52
J. J. Coombes 10th Augt 1853.

29 July 1848
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William Gill  act 32.    Perm
                               admitted
William Ferguson act '32,   Perm.
                          admitted
Mary Cunningham  widow
of George, Tennessee

Suspended, act 29 July 1848
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N. Carolina
Certf No. 1047
Mary Cunningham
WIDOW OF
George Cunningham
Rank Private, Co __
Regt. South Carolina line

_____ Agency.
Rate per Month, $_____
Commencing _____________
Additional sum of $2 per Month for each
of the following children, until arriving at the
age of 16 years, commencing __________

Clk Jack L Waide
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1918 June 20.  Hist. to Mrs. T.L.
Reenstjeirra
1928 Mch. 21.  Hist to E. R. (illegible)
194? Feb 19  "      "  Mrs. Ju?? Woods

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2071
Mary Cummingham
Widow
George Cunningham
Priv.  Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index: Vol. A,  Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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G.F.E. was on the 22 / Aug / 53,
instructed to drop
her from the roll
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Pension office
Portland, Maine
Aug. 19 1853
Sir:
I have just received a letter of instructions
from your office of the 15th inst, directing me
to inscribe on the roll, act 29th July 1849, the
name of Mary Cunningham, decd, widow of
George Cunningham, who was a private in the
Revolution, at the rate of $70 per annum,
Commencing 4th March 1848, and terminating
1st February 1852, when she died, payable to
Elizabeth Cunningham, Magdeline Bryson &
Catherine Moore, only surviving children.
The Letter to directed, inside, to J.F.E. Narlby
Esqr. Pension agent, Ashville, N.C. and for
that reason I have thought it possible, the same may have been inadvertently enclosed
in an envelope to me. I shall inscribe the
name as directed, to be corrected hereafter on
notice to that effect. 
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Geo. F. Emery
Pension Agent

L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.
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Know all men by these presents, That William
Bryson Administrator of Mary Cunningham
Deec who was the widow of George
Cunningham Decd
who was a Soldier
in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint
J. J. Coombs
my true and lawful Attorney
for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before
any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I have to arrears of pay or Pension
money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions of the Congress of the United States, and
especially the Acts 4th July, 1836, 7th July, 1838, 3d March, 1843, 17th June, 1844, 2d February,
1848 and 29th July, 1848 -- as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March, 1818, 15th May, 1828,
and 7th June, 1832.
Said Attorney is
moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department
of the said Government, a reconsideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching
my
interests, and to obtain from any Department of the archives thereof, any and all
information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or
claims we hereby seek the investigation of. 
Said Attorney is
moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out
the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or
evidences of the amounts due
and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer
upon him or them all the powers herein conferred upon
hereby ratifying
and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS___hand and seal this 16 day of December 1852
M R Slagle
W H Bryson      LS

State of North Carolina Macon County, Sct.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 16 day of December  1852 before the subscriber, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
William H Bryson Administrator of Mary
Cunningham deceased
subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the signing, sealing and delivering
the same to be his own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes
therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name.
J Saloone  J.P.
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Brief in the case of Mary Cunningham
Macon County and State of N. Carolina
act 29 July 1848
Claim ("Original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
this was a pensioner as $70 per annum
Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Coombes
Present

S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
George Cunningham which require
further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
he is entitled?
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled to?  No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
from any other seal?
he
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For-
Y
year months, and --- days, I served as a . For months
and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension
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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite
, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionoffice
, and
under what officers the applicant served; the duration
able. It must in every case be clearly
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not emthe
applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Pension Office
August 15. 1853
Sir,
You will please inscribe on your
roll, act 29" July 1848, the name of Mary
Cumingham, decd, widow of George Cumingham,
who was a private in the Revolution,
at the rate of Seventy dollars per annum,
Commencing 4th March 1848, and terminating
1st February 1852, when she died; payable to
Elizabeth Cunningham, Magdeline Bryson
and Catharine Moore, only surviving children,

Respectfully 
your obt srt
S P Waldo
Commr

J. F. E. Hardy  Esqr
Pension Agent
Asheville
N.C.
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J. L. Edwards  Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Sept 6

Mail

FREE
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Pension Agency, West Tennessee
Office Bank U. States
Nashith 27 Aug 1834

Sir,
George Cunningham, a Pensioner on the
roll of this agency under the act of 7 June 1832 at
the rate of $70 per annum has been paid up to the
4 September 1833, whose account is (illegible) agreably to
your instruction of the 15 inst. 
William Morris a Pensioner on the roll of
this agency being under the act of March 1818, at the rate of
$8 per month, has been paid up to the 4th March 1824,
whose account is also (illegible) by your instruction of the
15 inst. 

I am most respectfully
Your Ob. Ser
Thos H. Fletcher  Pens SP.A
? Summerith  C???

J. L. Edwards  Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Washington, May 30th 1853

Sir:
Enclosed please find the application of
the administrator of Mary Cunningham decd
widow of George Cunningham, of North
Carolina,
for pension under act of 29th July 1848.
Mrs. Cunningham made application
for a pension in her lifetime, but the
case was suspended for evidence to identify
her, as the widow of the pensioner by the
name of George Cunningham on the
North Carolina roll.
I now present you the certificate of the
Court of Quarter Sessions of Mason County
N. C. which, I presume, will satisfactorily
settle the question of identity, as well as
the time of Mrs. Cunningham's
death, and names of her surviving
children.
If any further evidence of identity
is required, it will be found in the
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Office of the Third Auditor, Mrs Cunningham
having received through that office,
the arrears due her husband at his
death.
Please have the certificate made payable
W.H. Bryson, administrator, who, you
will see by the record, has given bond
in the sum of $500. The pension will
amount to about $275.

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J. J. Coombes

Hon L. P. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
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Pension Office
Portland
Aug 25, 1853

Sir:
Enclosed I return, as requested, your instructions
relative to inscribing in the Roll of this office the name 
of Mary Cunningham, and am
Very respectfully
Your obat servt
Geo. F. Emery
Pension Agent
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No. 1126
Mary Cunningham
widow of George
N. C.
No 1126
Act 29 July 1848.
Married before 1800
Has decd  1837
let 24 Augt ??
ad. 21 mo's   pri   $70 per
Annum, Com'g  4 Mch '48
& Endg  1 Feb 1852, payable
to W. H. Bryson, Adr
for the benefit of
Elizth Cunningham
Magdeline Bryson &
Catharine Moore, only
surv'ng children
Fayettevile

A P Norton
Pittsburgh
Pa  (crossed out)

J. J. Coombes
Present
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Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Jany 22  1852
Sir
I have the honor to submit
herewith the declaration of Mary 
Cunningham of Macon County N.C. for the
benefit of the act of 2nd Feb 1848, together
with proof of her marriage with George
Cunningham, a revolutionary pensioner. 
I am Sir with
Great Respect
Your Obt Servt
A P Norton


Hon J. E Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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for Transfer
Waynesville Md
July 27th        Free

Hon__ble
Lewis Cass Esqr Secretary of War
City of Washington

 
Transfer
Geo Cunningham
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26th of July 1834

The Hon ble
Lewis Cass Secretary of War

My dear Sir
Enclosed is the reasons of George Cunningham for
wishing to have his pension made payable in Fayetteville in
the State of North Carolina in the place of Nashville Tennessee.
I am well acquainted with Mr Cuningham and have been
for over forty years, he is a very old and infirm man being as he
informs me in the 83rd year of his age, and which I fully believe to
(illegible), and to my knowledge is very needy, and not capable of much
Labour. It will oblidge the old man to get the transfer so as to
enable him to send on immediately after the 4th of September, next for
his pension then due, and for the lack of getting when it was sent
for to Fayetteville he informs me he had (illegible) the aid of his
friend & for their assistance  
With due respect I am Sir your Obt Servt 
R Sour

The Hon_ble Secretary of War-
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An amendment to the declaration of George 
made at August 18 1832 of Bedford County Court
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed the 7th June 1832.
State of Tennessee
Bedford County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned
a Justice of the peace for said County George
Cuningham Sr. who subscribed and was qualified
to the declaration above alluded to; who after being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of
old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot
swear positively to the precise length of his service
but according to the best of his recollection he served
not less than the periods below and in the following
grades, (to wit) that he served in the year 1779
a private soldier and Volenter mounted gunman
not less than ten months and that he
served as a private soldier and Volunteer Mounted
Gunman in the year 1780 not less than Eleven
months; and that he served on his last tower as a
pressed Waggoner not less than three months
making in the whole a term of actual Service
of not less than two years for which he claims
a pension. Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 29th April 1833.
James Brittain
George Cunningham
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I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
quarter Sessions for Bedford County in the State of
Tennessee do hereby certify that James Brittain Esqr
before whom this amendment was Sworn to is an
acting Justice of the peace for said County duly
Commissioned & qualified to administer oaths
and that his signature hereto is genuine  
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
Seal of office, at office in
Shelbyville this 29th of April
A D 1833. 
James McKisick
as aforesaid
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Mary Cunningham
wid of George
N.C.   Act (illegible)


J. L. Coombes
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State of North Carolina 
Macon County 
Be it remembered that at
a Court of Pleas & Quarter Session
opend and held for the
County of Macon at the Court house in
Franklin on the 2nd Monday in December
1832  The following proceedings were had
present & presiding the worshipfull (Towit)
J L Moore
Wm Angel  ] Esqr
Thos Welch
Satisfactory evidence has been
presented in open Court that George 
Cunninham deceased who was a soldier in the
revolution war and did in his life time
receive a pension and that he died on
the 3d day of August in the year of 1837
leaving Mary Cunningham his wife &
widow   And that the said Mary Cunningham
died on the 1st day of February 1852 in this
County (Macon) leaving the following named
surviving children (towit) Elizabeth Cunningham  Magdeline Bryson & Catherine Moore. 

On motion W H Bryson was appointed
Administrator of the estate of Mary Cunningham
(illegible) and letters of Administration is
thereby granted, whereupon the said
Bryson came into Court gave bond in the
sum of five hundred Dollars with
J. C. Bryson as Surety & took the oath
required by law
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State of North Carolina
Macon County
I J K Gray Clerk of the Court
of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for
the County aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true copy of the records in my
office. 
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixd
the seal of said Court at xxxx
this 15th day of December 1852  
J K Gray  Clk
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Charleston S.C.
June 15, 1918.

Bureau of Pensions,
Dear Sirs
Would
you be kind kind enough to
let me know if you could
furnish me with information
about George Cunningham
then living in Bedford County
Tennessee made application
to Congress on Aug. 13, 1832 to
be pensioned for serving
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in the Revolutionary War. He died
Aug. 3, 1837. He entered the service
from York Co. S.C. under Captin
Thompson, according to the affidavit
of his widow Mary (McCarty) Cunningham
that they were married in the
summer of 1799. Her pension was
granted after her death in 1852, that
is what I understand. I want to
join the D. A. R's and
would like if I could find out
some thing about the pension papers
as where I could find them  
The information that I have is that
Geo. W. Cunningham had them in
his possession. Would you kindly let
me hear from you at an early date
and if I could get proof enough
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to join the D.A.R's. 

Yours truly
Mrs. T. L. Reiusteina 
182 Broad Street
Charleston
S.C.

(stamped, U.S. Pension O Office, Jun 17 1918)
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MRS JOSEPH EDGAR WOODS
1302 NORTH FIFTH, TEMPLE, TEXAS

Temple, Texas
Feb. 1, 1940. 

Veterans Administration,
Washington,
Dear Sir,
Please see if you
have the Revolutionary
War record (pension)
of Joseph Cunningham.
He served as a private
from Rowan Co. N.C.  
came from Penn. into
Maryland and Virginia. 
William, his son
enlisted from Maryland
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GAR WOODS
1302 NORTH FIFTH, TEMPLE, TEXAS

(illegible) 25, 1776, and was
for a time in General
Washingtons command,
having enlisted by
Lieutenant Asell
Hitchcock, Jr.  
We understand another
son served   perhaps
John. 
Joseph Cunningham's
sons names, 
John William Robert
and George. 
So anxious to
find the names of their
wives
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(illegible) AR WOODS
1302 NORTH FIFTH, TEMPLE, TEXAS

(illegiblle) early reply will
be greatly appreciated. 
Yours Truly,
(Mrs) J.E. Woods
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EAST TENNESSEE NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL SURPLUS
AND UNDVIDED PROFITS
$2,000,000.00
S. V. CARTER, President
HAL. S. HARRIS, Wee President
WM. RULE, JR. Cashier
H. L. VANCE, Asst Cashier
W. E. LUTTRELL Ass Cashier
F. DISNEY, Ass Caster
ESTABLISHED 1872
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

The Department of the Interior
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
Sirs
Will you please give me the
record of service of George Cunningham
of the North Carolina Continental Army
to gether with any family data you may
have and place of residence & etc.
Yours truly
E. R. Tatum
c/o East Term Natl Bank
Knoxville Tenn 


(stamped, U.S. Penson R Office, Jul 13 1927)
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In reply to your request of ____, received____
for a statement of the military history of George Cunningham Sr.
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will 
find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) 
application for pension
on file in this Bureau.      W. 2071


DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Last of 1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 yrs. 
RANK.
Private and Wagoner
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Robert Thomas
Lt. John Cunningham*
John Cunningham*
*soldier's brother
COLONEL.
Hammond
Joseph Horne (?)
Andrew Neel
STATE.
S. C. 

Battles engaged in, Hanging Rock, Fishing Creek, Kings Mt., + Williams Plantation 

Residence of soldier at enlistment,
York Co. S.C. 

Date of application for pension, 
Aug. 13, 1832. his claim was allowed. 

Residence at date of application, 
Bedford Co. Tenn.  1834 Haywood Co. N.C. 

Age at date of application,
born Apl 7, 1753 in Rowan Co., N.C. 

Remarks:  he married in Buncombe Co. N.C. summer 1797 Mary McCarty (or McCarter) dau of Abraham   soldier died Aug 2 1837.  
In 1851 he was 77 yrs. of age & a resident of Macon Co. N.C. where she died Feby 1, 1852  
& her pension was allowed for the benefit of her only surviving children, Magdelen born Nov. 10 1799 wife of Wm H Bryson, Catherine Moore b. June 4, 1802 & Elizabeth Cunningham    other child referred to: Sally Cunningham b. Aug. 19, 1808; & sons & daughters in Haywood & Macon cos. N. C. in 1834, names not attach. 
(crossed out lines below above)

Commissioner.
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February 16, 1940.
BA-J/ADY
Mrs. Joseph S. Woods
1302 North Fifth
Temple, Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers
of the Revolutionary War.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to
show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on
account of the services in that war of Joseph, John, Robert
or William Cunningham as described by you, all spellings
of the names searched.
The record of the only George Cunningham that is
found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is
furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Mrs. Joseph E. Woods
1302 North Fifth
Temple, Texas
Dear Madam:
February 19, 1940
BA-J/AWF
George Cunningham
W. 2071
Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, W.2071, based
upon service of George Cunningham in the War of the
George Cunningham was born April 7, 1753, in
Rowan County, North Carolina. The names of his
parents were not given.
While residing in York County, South Carolina,
George Cunningham enlisted late in the winter of
1779, served as private in Captain Robert Thompson's
company, Colonel Hammond's South Carolina regiment,
his brother, John Cunningham, was lieutenant in
this company, and when Captain Robert Thompson left
the army, John Cunningham was made Captain of the
company; George Cunningham served in Colonel Joseph
Horne's South Carolina regiment, and in Colonel
Andrew Neel's South Carolina regiment; was wagoner
in 1780 and 1781; during the service he was in the
battles of Hanging Rock, Fishing Creek, King's
Mountain, Williams Plantation, and Cowpens, length
of entire service two years and three months.
After the close of the Revolution George Cun
ningham moved to Buncombe County, North Carolina,
in 1815 he moved to Bedford County, Tennessee, in
1824, he returned to Buncombe County, and in December
, 1831, returned to Bedford County, Tennessee.
George Cunningham was allowed pension on his
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3 -
application executed August 13, 1832, then living in
Bedford County, Tennessee.
George Cunningham stated in 1834 that he had
sons and daughters living in Haywood and Macon
Counties, North Carolina, and had moved to North Carolina
to be near them, but he did not give the
names of sons and daughters.
The soldier, George Cunningham, died August
3, 1837.
George Cunningham married in Buncombe County,
North Carolina, Mary McCarty (McCarter), daughter
of Abraham McCarty or McCarter. The date and place
of birth of Mary McCarty, and name of her mother
are not show a copy of the marriage bond of
George Cunningham and Mary McCarty" as found in the
claim, shows license issued July 22, 1797.
The widow, Mary Cunningham, applied for pension
December 6, 1851, at which time she was living in
Macon County, North Carolina, aged seventy-seven
years. She died February 1, 1852, in Macon County,
The pension was allowed.
the claim-
Magdalen
Kathy
Sally
The following data in regard to the children
of George Cunningham, and wife, Mary, are shown in
born November 10, 1799
June
4, 1802
August 19, 1808.
The following children survived the widow, Mary
Cunningham
Magdalen, wife of William H. Bryson who in 1852
was fifty-four years of age and living in Macon County,
North Carolina;
Catherine (Kathy) Moore.
Reference was made in 1832 to George W. Cun-
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ningham of Bedford County, Tennessee, his relationship
to family not stated; also, in 1832,
William McCarter" was a resident of York County,
South Carolina, ndrechnionship to the widow,
Mary Cunningham given.
Reference was made to relatives of George
Cunningham (the soldier) living in Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina, one Robert Cunningham was
in the battle of Cowpens. Matthew Patton, brother
in-law of the soldier, was dangerously wounded in
the battle of Fishing Creek.
John Patton was living in 1832, in Bedford
County, Tennessee, he was well acquainted with
George Cunningham during the Revolution. In 1852,
J. C. Bryson was of Macon County, North Carolina.
Their relationship to the family not shown.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible data relative to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator