Thomas Ruffin Cunningham

  General Notes:

Notes for Thomas Ruffin Cunningham:
Source: Mom's notes.
1860 Census of Greene or Lenoir County lists ______ Cunningham with son Thomas R. 5 yrs old June.

Mom's notes: Died 3 months after his daughter Ladybird. In will of 1919 each of 7 children got $7,500 ($52,500). Farms on Snow Hill Hwy area. My notes say he gave $7,500 ($60,000) to each of his 8 children. Grover Cleveland Worthington inherited Ladybird's share.

Source: Janie H. Satterfield ([email protected]
Gave dates on Worthingtons, specifically here m date which I didn't have.

Abstracted from the Lenoir County Death Records Book 6. These records are housed at the Lenoir County Register of Deeds Office, Kinston, NC.--CUNNINGHAM, THOS RUFFIN 64 YEARS 3-14-1919 JOHN CUNNINGHAM DEMARIS HILL 6 419

Thomas was 27 when he married Mary, who was 21, accoring to the Lenoir Co. Marriage Regitry.


Lenoir County, NC - Lenoir County Kinship Report, Part 5

Cunningham, Thomas Ruffin, 6-11-1855 – 3-14-1919, spouse of Mary McArthur, at Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, N.C

  Research Notes:

1810 Lenoir Co. census. Could one of these be Suckey's father or mother?

GRAY, John M: b. before 1755 F: b. before 1755 M: 1790-1800 F: 1790-1800 M: 1784-1790 F: 1790-1800 M: 1784-1790 F: 1784-1790 M: 1774-1784 F: 1774-1784 15 slaves
GRAY, Joseph M: 1755-1774 F: 1755-1774 M: 1784-1790 F: 1790-1800 4 slaves GRAY, Ledwick M: b. before 1755 F: b. before 1755 M: 1774-1784 F: 1784-1790 M: 1784-1790 3 slaves
GRAY, Nancy F: b. before 1755 M: 1790-1800 F: 1755-1774 M: 1790-1800 5 slaves M: 1755-1774
GRAY, Rachel Free Person GRAY, Thomas M: 1755-1774 F: b. before 1755 Susan F: 1790-1800 4 slaves F: 1774-1784
GRAY, William M: 1755-1774 F: 1774-1784 2 slaves

Thomas married Mary McArthur, daughter of Charles McArthur and Martha Anne Heidelberg, on 24 Dec 1882 in Lenior Co. (Mary McArthur was born on 23 Sep 1861 and died on 19 Nov 1923 in Lenoir Co..)