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  • Name Ransom Cunningham 
    Born 1795  VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Henderson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Lexington P.O., Henderson Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Lexington P.O., Henderson Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • With son Elijah
    Died 14 Jun 1875  Henderson Co TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • In the 1850 census of Henderson Co TN, Ransom Cunningham is listed:

      Ransom Cunningham b. 1796 VA
      Sarah W. (Rice) Cunningham b. 1803 VA
      Jesse Cunningham b. 1825 NC
      Isabella Cunningham b. 1829 TN
      Sarah Cunningham b. 1829 TN
      Ashley B. Cunningham (b. 12-1829 Henderson Co TN, d. 8-23-1905 (buried at
      Caffey Cemetery)(m. Mary E. Young, d/o Barzilla J. Young)

      Ransom B. Cunningham b. 1833 TN (m. Emily Young, d/o John S. Young)

      Elijah W. Cunningham ( b. 4-2-1834 d. 9-14-1884 buried at Prospect Cemetery,
      m. Hartie E. b. 1840 TN, both her parents born NC.)

      Martha D. Cunningham (b. 8-5-1835 d. 5-4-1862 Prospect Cemetery, m. Samuel
      M. Wilson b. 1832 TN)

      John Cunningham b. 1840 TN
      ______________________________________________________________________
      Ashley B. Cunningham and his wife Mary E. Young, d/o John S. Young who came
      from Rockingham Co NC to settle at Henderson Co TN, had the following
      children:

      John Cunningham b. 1856 TN; William Cunningham b. 1858 TN; Josella
      Cunningham; Martha Cunningham (m. John Gardner); Walter Cunningham.

      Also listed in the 1850 census Henderson Co TN is:
      Willis H. Cunningham b. 1824 NC
      Elizabeth Cunningham b. 1824 SC
      William Cunningham b. 1845 TN
      John Cunningham b. 1847 TN
      Sarah E. Cunningham b. 1849 TN

      In the 1860 census Henderson Co TN, there are 4 Cunningham households
      listed:
      #1. Ransom Cunningham b. 1796 VA
      Sarah W. Cunningham b. 1803 VA
      H. E. Cunningham b. 1841 TN (this could be Hartie E. the wife of
      Elijah W.)

      #2. Ashley B. Cunningham b. 1830 TN (s/o Ransom and Sarah)
      Mary E. (Young) Cunningham b. 1840 TN (d/o Barzilla Young and Druzilla
      Caffey)
      J. E. Cunningham b. 1856 TN (s/o Ashley)
      William Cunningham b. 1858 TN (s/o Ashley)

      #3. Ransom B. Cunningham b. 1833 TN (s/o Ransom and Sarah)
      Emily Jane Young (b. 3-24-1837 TN d. 9-28-1900, d/o John S. Young and
      Margaret Caffey)
      Note: Ransom and Emily had a daughter named Bettie E. Cunningham b.
      7-31-1860, she married Seaborn Dillard Ramsey b. 4-11-1862 GA, s/o Seaborn
      Thomas (or J.) Ramsey b. 3-7-1837 GA. And Elizabeth Jane Hardman b.
      6-26-1830 GA.
      Bettie E. Ramsey died 7-22-1932 Navarro Co TX, her husband died 9-20-1943
      Navarro Co TX

      #4. J. W. Cunningham b. 1839 TN (maybe John W. Cunningham, s/o Ransom)
      R. E. Cunningham b. 1840 TN (wife of J.W.)
      L. E. Cunningham b. 1859 TN (d/o J. W.)

      In the 1880 census Henderson Co TN, there are several Cunningham households
      listed:
      #1. Elyis Cunningham b. 1834 (this is Elijah W., s/o Ransom and Sarah)
      Hartie E. Cunningham b. 1840 TN (both parents born NC
      Ransom B. Cunningham b. 1865 TN (named for paternal Uncle)
      Isaac N. Cunningham b. 1867 TN
      Henry A. Cunningham b. 1869 TN
      Sarah A. Cunningham b. 1871 TN
      Joseph W. Cunningham b. 1873 TN
      Charles L. Cunningham b. 1878 TN

      Note: The next house is John W. Fesmire b. 1855, s/o John and Jane Fesmire.

      John Washington Fesmire is married to Amanda Malvina Cunningham, she is most
      likely the d/o Elijah W. Cunningham, married 8-13-1873 Henderson Co TN.
      John and Amanda had Mary C. Fesmire b. 1873 TN, Margarett Fesmire b. 1879
      TN, they also had a son named Ransom Cunningham Fesmire.


      #2. Elizabeth Cunningham b. 1820 SC (widow of Willis H. Cunningham)
      James B. Cunningham b. 1860 TN

      Note: I found a listing for Ben Ransom Cunningham b. 1888 Medina, TN who
      died 5-10-1960 Victoria, Texas.

      Note: James Basely Young b. 8-15-1845 TN died 9-3-1931 Navarro Co TX, s/o
      John S. Young and Margaret Caffey, of Henderson Co TN, he is the maternal
      Uncle of Bettie E. Cunningham, aka Mrs. Seaborn Dillard Ramsey of Navarro Co
      TX.

      Note: Martha Virginia Cunningham married in Lexington, TN to George Wesley
      Martin b. 1849 NC, s/o William M. Martin and Mary M. Young.

      In 1878 Mary M. Martin b. 1825 NC, widow of William M. Martin who dies in
      1870 in Lexington, TN moved herslef and some of her children to Navarro Co
      TX, she died there later in Retreat, TX.
      George Wesley Martin and Martha Virginia Cunningham also moved to Navarro Co
      TX, they left alot of descendants there.
      Best regards,
      Lilly Martin


      Notes for RANSOM CUNNINGHAM:
      His death was published on 6-18-1875 in "Lexington Reporter", deaths 1875-1876. He was age 80 at death.

      He was among the earliest settlers at Henderson Co TN. He lived in the 10th district.
      Owned 1,000 acres near Sand Ridge community.
      [1]
    • RANSOM CUNNINGHAM - Died in this county on the 14th inst., Mr. Ransom Cunningham. Age 80 years.


      Lexington Reporter, June 13, 1875


      http://tngenweb.org/decaturtn/books/gm/gm1-28.html [2]
    • Although farm tools were crude compared to modern equipment, Henderson County produced such outstanding farmers as John Anderson and his son Jack of Poplar Springs; John W. Cawthorn of Mifflin who had 1000 acres and more than 30 slaves; Columbus Davis of Browns Creek noted for fine livestock, excellent corn and wheat, and soil conservation practices; John Gray in Lone Elm Community; Ransom Cunningham and his son, A. B., who owned over a 1000 acres, noted for cotton, near the Sand Ridge Community; Moses Diffee, a cotton grower of White Fern Community, with 450 acres, fine livestock and pastures; Thomas M. Dodds in what is now Chester County, an outstanding farmer who owned several slaves; Joshua Foster, a successful farmer who later moved to Arkansas and then to Texas; and Ephriam Fuller, near Lexington who accumulated more than 1000 acres.

      The First Decades of A New County
      G. Tillman Stewart

      From Henderson County by G. Tillman Stewart, Tennessee County History Series, Joy Bailey Dunn, Editor, Charles W. Crawford, Associate Editor, 1979, Memphis State University Press. [3]
    Person ID I435  Extended Families of Childress
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2020 

    Family Sarah W Rice,   b. 13 Nov 1803, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1862, Henderson Co TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married Granville Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Willis H Cunningham,   b. 1824, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1863  (Age 39 years)
     2. Jesse C Cunningham,   b. 1825, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1865  (Age > 41 years)
     3. Sarah Cunningham,   b. 1829, TN Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Isabella Cunningham,   b. 1829
     5. Ashley B Cunningham,   b. 4 Dec 1829, Henderson Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1905, Henderson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     6. Ransom B Cunningham,   b. 1832, Henderson Co TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1864  (Age 32 years)
     7. Elijah Whitt Cunningham,   b. 2 Apr 1834, Henderson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1884, Henderson Co TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     8. Martha D Cunningham,   b. 5 Aug 1835,   d. 4 May 1862  (Age 26 years)
     9. John W Cunningham,   b. 1840,   d. Jul 1870, Navarro Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2020 
    Family ID F162  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1795 - VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Henderson Co, TN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Lexington P.O., Henderson Co., TN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Lexington P.O., Henderson Co., TN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Jun 1875 - Henderson Co TN Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1870 US Census - TN - Henderson County    		1870 US Census - TN - Henderson County
    Family of Elijah W. Cunningham
    1860 US Census - TN - Henderson County    		1860 US Census - TN - Henderson County
    Family of Ransom Cunningham
    1850 US Census - TN - Henderson County    		1850 US Census - TN - Henderson County
    Family of Ransom Cunningham and Sarah Rice

  • Sources 
    1. [S102] Family Sheet Prepared by Lilly Martin.

    2. [S374] Lexington Reporter, 13 Jun 1875.

    3. [S1774] The First Decades of A New County.


  

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