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Feb 5, 2023 · While William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham was motivated out of a deep sense of revenge, the other Cunninghams were loyal to the British Crown primarily out of a sense of duty and attachment to the king. Robert, Patrick, John and David Cunningham, like their cousin William, settled in the Ninety-Six district of South Carolina in the 1760s.
Bloody Bill Cunningham. William " Bloody Bill " Cunningham (1756–1787) [1][2] was an American loyalist infamous for perpetrating a series of bloody massacres in South Carolina's backcountry in the fall of 1781 as commander of a Tory militia regiment in the Revolutionary War. Though his family were loyal to the British crown, Cunningham ...
Dec 22, 2010 · * Another son of Patrick, Robert Cunningham (Oct. 8, 1786 - July 7, 1859) was married to Louisa Bird. * In 'Bench & Bar of SC' by O'Neal - vol. 2, John Cunningham, brother to Patrick, after the war, lived and died in Charleston, a successful merchant who realized a great fortune.
Jul 8, 2021 · Cunningham is listed as a captain in Patrick Cunningham’s Loyalist regiment in a roster dated June 14, 1780. [17] The famous Carolina Loyalist Col. David Fanning wrote in his memoir that he and William Cunningham, operating in joint command of a “body of men,” personally chased Col. James Williams from his home on Little River following the capture of Charleston.
Apr 21, 2020 · John KILCULLEN, born Patrick John CUNNINGHAM (1850-1916) at Larne, who joined the Royal Navy as an underage boy in 1864, with his father's permission, at Rathlee. John eventually deserted from the Navy in 1876, in Sydney NSW, changed his name, settled in Australia and thereafter claimed his parents were named Thomas KILCULLEN and Sarah CUNNINGHAM.
Apr 15, 2016 · According to legend, Cunningham developed a relentless animosity for all patriots in 1778 after the murder of his invalid brother by backcountry Whigs. When the British gained control of South Carolina in mid-1780, Cunningham enlisted in the provincial militia forces under the British major Patrick Ferguson.
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Sep 3, 2021 · His brother, Major Patrick Cunningham, with a party of loyalists made an unsuccessful attempt to rescue him from the hands of his captors. The British Government awarded him compensation to the amount of £1,080 from his estimated loss of £1,355 for his South Carolina property confiscated by the State.
