John married Mary Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM. Mary (daughter of Johnson Franklin CUNNINGHAM and Mary Ann Penelope ANTHONY) was born on 9 Dec 1868 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia; died on 8 Mar 1965 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Known as "Molly." Married John Wesley Bragg. Infant daughter buried at Flower Mound Cemetery, Lewisville, Denton County, Texas, 1886, so they must have migrated to Texas with the other Cunninghams.

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According to 1850 Census, living in home of Barbary (Barbara) Williams, along with his (later) wife Mary A. Anthony and Mahuldy (Mahuldah) Anthony.
A number of his wife's relatives named him executor of their wills.
Will of Barbara Williams
This is the will of Barbara Williams, dated 5 Nov. 1850. Johnson
Franklin Cunningham and Mary Ann P. Anthony, both listed in the
will, later married 9 Oct. 1851, Madison County, GA.
Record of Wills November Term 1851 Georgia
Oglethorpe County
I Barbara Williams of said County being of sound and disposing mind
and memory do publish and declare this to be my last will and
testament, hereby Revoking all other wills by me made.
1st I give and bequeath unto to Mary Ann P. Anthony daughter of
Matthew J. W. Anthony, one negro woman by the name of Louiza and
her four children to wit: Charlotte, Elizabeth, Robert, and
Henrietta and the future increase of the said female slaves to the
said Mary Ann and her heirs forever.
2nd I give and bequeath unto Mahuldah Anthony daughter of Thomas B.
Anthony one negro woman by the name of Teresa and her four children
to wit: Evaline, Lucy, Nathan, and Henry and the future increase of
said female slaves to her and her heirs forever.
3rd I give and bequeath unto Rebecca Williams Huff, daughter of
Barbara Huff, two choice cows and calves, Bed and bedsteads and bed
clothing also to Mary Ann P. Anthony and Mahuldah each a bed
bedstead and clothing for the same.
4th I give and bequeath and devise unto my friend Johnson F.
Cunningham all the rest and residue of my estate of whatever kind
or nature Real, personal, and mixed ready money and choser [?] in
action. I give and bequeath the whole balance of my property to my
said friend Johnson F. Cunningham to him and his heirs forever in
fee simple and this I do as well out of Regard & friendship for
him, as for actual services and kindness he has heretofore rendered
to me and which I know he will continue to render in the future.
Another consideration for this bequest is that I have four old
negroes that I have owned for many years. They have been faithful
servants and they will have to be supported by the said Johnson F.
Cunningham and I most earnestly request him to take care of them.
Their names are Dave, Charles, Robbin, and Lucy. Also I desire my
said friend Johnson F. Cunningham to treat With great and marked
kindness a negro girl by the name of Josephene, and the said
Johnson F. Cunningham is to pay annually or to ? ill the best
manner, for the comfort and support of___? Barbara Huff my Niece,
annually the sum of seventy dollars (70) during the natural
lifetime of this said Barbara Huff free from all control contracts
or interference of any kind of her present or any future husband.
5th I further order and direct that the negroes bequeathed unto
Mary Ann P. Anthony and Mahuldah Anthony be kept and controlled
(sic) by my said friend Johnson F. Cunningham until my said nieces
marry or become of age when either event happens then and not till
then the said Johnson F. Cunningham is to deliver the negroes
bequeathed to the said Mary Ann P. Anthony and Mahulda. The yearly
value in the meantime to be applied to the education, support, and
maintenance of the said Mary Ann P. and Mahuldah Anthony.
6th I appoint the said Johnson F. Cunningham Executor of this my
last will and testament.
signed sealed published
and declared in our presence
in the presence of each other &
in the presents (sic) of the testator.
this 5th day of November 1850.
her x Mark Barbara Williams
Benj. F. Hardeman
Rolly H. Mathews
Abel Eberhart
David Graham
Recorded 11 Nov 1851

Johnson married Mary Ann Penelope ANTHONY on 9 Oct 1851 in Madison County, Georgia. Mary (daughter of Matthew Jouett Williams ANTHONY and Ann Blakey ROBERTS) was born on 16 Dec 1835 in Madison County, Georgia; died on 13 Dec 1917 in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas; was buried in Dec 1917 in Flower Mound Cemetery, Lewisville, Denton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Inscription on tombstone: "Wife of J.F. Cunningham; "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God."
1850 Census of Oglethorpe County, Georgia lists Mary Anthony as a resident in the home of Barbary (Barbara) Williams, along with Mahuldah (Mahuldy) Anthony and Johnson Cunningham. These three inherited her goods according to her will. It is unknown why Mary Anthony was living with Barbara Williams, as both of her parents were alive in 1850 and living in Madison County, where Johnson F. Cunningham and Mary Anthony later married. It is interesting to note that Johnson F. Cunningham and Mary Anthony named their first two children William Matthew after their fathers and Sarah Barbara after Johnson's mother Sarah and, presumably, Barbara Willliams.

William married Sarah CARTLEDGE. Sarah (daughter of James CARTLEDGE and Rebecca Jane AYRES) was born about 1787 in Virginia, United States; died on 28 Jan 1854 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Ann Blakey ROBERTS on 10 Jan 1832 in Wilkes County, Georgia. Ann (daughter of Thomas ROBERTS and Elizabeth BLAKEY) was born on 7 Jun 1810 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died in 1873 in Madison County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]