Orange County Indexed
The Cunningham surname
The Cunningham name in Orange County Indexed: 18 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1756 to 1905
most named in the 1750s
- Deeds 1756–1874
- Marriages 1793–1905
- Wills 1800
- Court minutes 1800–1810
- In the chronology
- 1986 to 2025 2 people in 9 entries, most in the 2020s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading and 2 people, born 1913
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (2), Roses Creek (1)
- Married into
- Galbreath 1, Lynch 1, Dickson 1, Tinnin 1, Long 1, Latta 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Galbraith 3, Tillet 2, Simmons 2, Galbreath 2, Kirk 2, Dixon 2
- People with a page here
- Bubba Cunningham, John Wilson Cunningham
- Spellings to try
- Cunninggim, Cummingham, Cuningham
- Search beyond these records
- Cunningham in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Cunningham there)
- Cunningham in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 2 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Cunningham, Billy 1 entry, 1986
- Cunningham, Bubba 8 entries, 2011–2025
In books and archives 3 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Cunningham family family, 2 works
- Cunningham, Horace Herndon, 1913-1969 1 work
- Cunningham, John Wilson, 1 work
In the historical records 18 records
5 deeds, 6 marriages, 6 court minutes and 1 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Cunningham marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
1790s
1800s
1810s
1820s
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: Jeremiah M Cunningham and Polly Lynch
1870s
1880s
- 1888MarriagesMarriage license: L C Tinnin and Fannie S Cunningham
1890s
- 1890MarriagesMarriage license: Robert Long and Katie Cunningham
1900s
Undated
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the county-line road near Pinson’s ferry to John Cunningham’s road; Daniel Allen became overseer.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Andrew Mishelly (?) granted to James Fossett; sureties James Cunningham and David Fossett.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of John Galbraith granted to Matthew Cunningham, Robert Dixon and Walter Galbraith; sureties David Mebane an…
- Court minutesPower of Attorney, William Galbraith & others to Matthew Cunningham, proved by James Webb.
