The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-27

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 afterwards moved to Jones County and | that he was a member of the Georgia
 Legislature. The date of his death is not | given.
 One account says that his. sons were
 named Hope Hull and Shadraeh. and that
 they amassed large fortunes in Mobile | and New Orleans.
 Nancy Slater married Capt Jonathan Parish, one of the first settlers of Jones County, they left no issue:. in 1915 he was | appointed guardian of the Bunkley heirs, i his wife's nephews.
 Elizabeth Slater, (Betsy), married first William D. Bunkley; secondly, James | Billingslea; thirdly Samuel Lowther. Her children were William D. Bunkiey, who married Camilla D. Sanford and left is- f.sue, Mrs. T. D, Sanford of Opehka, is a great-granddaught Jesse BuRkley, whose estate was claimed by an imposter and gave rise to the famous Bunkley law suit celebrated in Georgia, Reports in the early fhirtfes; James Augustus Bil- 'Hngslea never married: Ann Fleweilen Bilingslea married William John How ard from them are descended the Letch- CTS, and others; Amanda Billingslea mar ried first Jesse Jordan. and second, Thom- as Jordan, and left issue; Mary D. Bii- lingslea married Americus Mitchell, fthe Cadet William Mitchell. who led the grad uating class at West Point this year Is descendant and also Capt. Americus Mitchell, now in the Philippines; Carrie Billingslea married first Reuben C. Shor- ter and second Gen. Tennant Lomax, she is still living in Montgomery. 3oi. CUNNINGHAM-''The published records of this family are so scrappy that they would have to be collected by professional genealogist before they could be utilized. Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham was a granddaughter, l be- lieve of Patrick Cunningham, the Tory | leader. -g A, s. Salley, Jr., "Sec. S. c. Hist. Soc" 293, CUNNINGHAM-If c. l.. will re- fer to the D. A. R. Department of The Advertiser of January 9th she will read the epitaph of Robert Cunningham, Presbyterian minister and Revolutionary soldier who is buried in Tuscaloosa. He was born in York County, Pa, in 176O. His parents were Rodger and Mary Cun-' ningham, and they moved to Mecklepburg County, N. C., in 1775. Dr. Robert Gun ningham was very highly educated and was a brilliant and distinguished man. It is probable that an account or ms parents may be found in some Of the Presbyterian histories and the editor will continue to search for them. c. l.. will 1 see at once that his parents were also the parents of Margaret from whom she | is descended.
 s3. HICKEI-Ramseys Annals of Tennessee" page 134-3S. A patriotic doc ument is copied here presented in 1776 by the inhabitants of Washington Dis trict, (then belonging to North Carolina), including the Watauga settlement A large number of names are signed to this paper famous names, the founders Of | Tennessee. Among them we find David Hickey who was probably the head of the | family mentioned in the Query. S2. FLETCHER-The name of Rich ard Fletcher is also found among the | siRners He Is probably the Fletcher
 who lived on the Watauga in Carter County and was afterwards killed during | the Revolution. Page 415 states that Tn
 July, 17ST, Thomas Fletcher and his son
 were killed by the Indians near the
 mouth of Harper Creek on the Cumber- 1 land River.
 Page 596 states that on the Sd of July.
 1791. Thomas Fletcher and two other men
 were killed by the Indians on the north
 side of Cumberland, near the, mouth or | Red River.
 Page 62O states that lon the 9th of
 March, 1795 party of Indians supposed
 to be Creeks at Joslin's Station, seven
 miles from Nashville fired upon Thomas Fletcher, Ezekiel Bidding and his broth | CT. a lad, who were at work in their field; wounded the first two with balls through their bodies, knocked down the
 third with a war club, broke his skull
 bone and skinned the whole of his | head" aF
 We do not know whether these stories
 relate to the same Thomas Fletcher who was killed at so many different dates.
 at so many different places; but 1t will
 be readily seen that the Fletcher family
 must have suffered much in those early
 pioneer days from Indian outrages and
 murders. Another Thomas Fletcher was
 a Tennessee pensioner in 1S4O.
 | 297. MOORE-Tennessee was originally | a part of North Carolina, and many fam | fly traditions which refer to North Car
 olina have been found to be really To- | cated in Tennessee. The editor has not
 been able to find that John Moore had | any connection with the Mecklenburg | Declaration of Independence; although the tradition may be true.
 But the patriotic document described above in the Annals of Tennessee pre- l sented by the inhabitants of the Wash
 ington District, Watauga Settlement, in
 1776, and which is to be found in the | State Archives at Raleigh, has the name
 of John Moore signed to it. and 1t is
 probable that this paper is the one de- | scrfbed. It breathes the same spirit Of
 patriotism which Is found in the Meek
 lenburg Declaration and promises to ad-
 here strictly to the rules and orders of
 the Continental Congress and to pay their
 full proportion of the Continental ex-
 penses.
 2ss. CARTER-John Carter was Chair
 man of the Committee which prepared the
 paper described above and a signer. to-
 gether with his son Landon Carter. A
 short notice of these Carters is given on
 page 666;
 Garter County was thus named in
 honor of Gen. Landon Carter; he was a
 native of Virginia emigrated at an early
 day with his father, Col John Carter. to
 the wilds of Watauga. He was educated
 at Liberty Hall Mecklenburg County, In
 North Carolina. and became qualified for
 the wide range of duties afterwards as-
 signed him by his countrymen He was
 brave, prompt and useful in repelling h.
 dian invasion and attack. He was a
 member of the Franklin Convention and
 Legislature its Secretary of State and
 Treasurer of Washington District under
 the Territorial Government. He was a member of the Convention of l796 and
 afterwards Treasurer of Washington Dis- trict for the State of Tennessee. "The seat of justice for Carter County