The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
NameCharles CUNNINGHAM ®99, ®1890, ®1891, ®1892, ®1893
Birthca 1769, Nassau, New Providence, Commonwealth of The Bahamas ®1891
Death29 Dec 1817 ®1891
Burial1817, Richmond County, Georgia, USA ®1891
MemoCottage Cemetery
OccupationTobacco Merchant
FatherGENERAL Robert CUNNINGHAM (ca1738-1813)
Misc. Notes
late of Nassau, New Providence. Died aged 48. ®1891 Lived in Charleston, South Carolina. Born at 96, South Carolina?

CHARLES CUNNINGHAM: Born, apparently in Nassau, the Bahamas, ca 1769; Died, Charleston or Augusta, 29 December 1817; interred in Cottage Cemetery.

Charles Cunningham was the son of General Robert and Margaret Cunningham of Nassau, the Bahamas ("New Providence"). Charles Cunningham became a wealthy tobacco merchant and factor in Charleston, and was the principal broker for Dr. Joseph Eve's cotton gin that was first imported from Nassau, and then manufactured in Charleston after 1800. Cunningham had a great deal of property and a home in Charleston as well as a large plantation in Jefferson County, Georgia.

Charles Cunningham married Ann Pritchard Eve, the eldest daughter of Oswell Eve and Aphra Ann Pritchard. The Cunninghams and their children are interred in Cottage Cemetery. In Charles' grave are also the remains of their son, John Brownlee Cunningham, who died at age five years and four months, in 1818.
Spouses
Birth28 Jun 1784, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ®1891, ®1856
MemoMiddleton Plantation
Death6 Sep 1841, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA ®1891
MemoSolitude Plantation
Burial1841, Richmond County, Georgia, USA ®1891
MemoCottage Cemetery
FatherCAPTAIN Oswell EVE JR. (1754-1829)
MotherAphra Ann PRITCHARD (ca1765-1821)
Misc. Notes
She was the first child and was called "Nancy” by the family. She was age 59 at her death. ®1891 She was a tall majestic woman. She was left a widow with 4 children at the age of 33, at which time she left Nassau for her plantation called Solitude, in Jefferson County, Georgia.

ANN PRITCHARD EVE CUNNINGHAM: Born, at "Middleton" plantation, near Charleston, South Carolina on 28 June 1784; Died at "Solitude" plantation, Jefferson County, Georgia on 6 September 1841.

Ann ("Nancy") Eve was the first born of Oswell and Aphra Ann Eve's fifteen children. The first ten years of her life were spent at " Middleton " plantation, then when her family moved to the upland plantation at Ninety Six, South Carolina, she attended Mrs. Hornby's School in Charleston. It was while there, at age seventeen, she met Charles Cunningham, fell in love, married and settled down in his Charleston residence. Ann was a tall, majestic, fair complexioned woman when she and Charles Cunningham married, but she went to Nassau for eight years to take care of his infirm parents and upon her return her family and friends hardly recognized her for the tropical sun had turned her complexion to an olive color.

While Ann was caring for General Robert Cunningham and his wife Margaret in Nassau, the Reverend Mr. Thompson, the first pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Augusta, went to Nassau for his health and died in Ann's home there.

Ann Eve Cunningham was left a young widow of thirty-three, with four small children, when her husband died in 1817. She took charge of the large plantation in Jefferson County, Georgia, and supported herself and all dependents by her management of the estate. Her house she called " Solitude" and was, her sister said, "... the soul of large hearted generosity, giving always bountifully of the abundance with which she was blessed. Well do I remember her frequent arrivals at the Cottage with her carriage loaded with good things for Mother and the children. Her gold thimble, gold needle case and scissors were always objects of interest to the little ones. After months of intense suffering which she bore with characteristic fortitude she entered into rest in 1841."

by a lady 80 years of age
Mrs. Emma Eve Smith (1798 - 1882)
copied by Mrs. Mary E. Miller Eve 1907
transcribed by Patricia E. Kruger 1994

Sister Anna or Nancy as we called her was the first child. She was a tall majestic woman at the age of seventeen when she attended Miss Hornby's school in Charleston. Here she met a wealthy tobacco merchant named Charles Cunningham, whom she married. He owned much property and they kept house for some time in Charleston. After this he took her to Nassau and left her there with his parents, who were very infirm, while he returned to Georgia and stayed on his plantation in Jefferson County. For eight years sister remained in Nassau a faithful attentive nurse and daughter and in that time she saw her husband but once, and not one of her own family.

When sister returned to her home which she had left a beautiful fair girl, her friends did not recognize her. The sun of a tropical climate having turned her complexion to an olive color. The Rev. Mr. Thompson, first pastor of the Presbyterian church of Augusta went to Nassau for his health and died in her home. She was left a widow with four children at the age of thirty-three. She resided on her large plantation in Jefferson County, and under father's direction took care of her own place. She called her home "Solitude" in expression of her loneliness there.

She early became a Christian and was the soul of large hearted generosity, giving always bountifully of the abundance with which she was blessed. Well, so I remember her frequent arrivals at the "Cottage" with her carriage loaded with good things for Mother and the children. Her gold thimble, gold needle case and scissors were always objects of interest to the little ones. After months of intense suffering which she bore with characteristic fortitude she entered into rest in 1841.
Family ID1475
Marriage25 Nov 1800, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA ®3645, ®1856
ChildrenRobert E. (ca1802-1841)
 Margaret Elizabeth (ca1809-1865)
 John Brownlee (Died as Child) (ca1813-1818)
 Charles (ca1807-1851)
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