Soldier Information
Name: Thomas Cunningham
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1839
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Mulatto
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 11.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 8, 1864
Enlistment Place: Elizabethtown
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4
Company: A Regiment(s): 108th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: August 3, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
No enslaver was named for Thomas Cunningham’s Ledger entry. His discharge papers, however, confirm that he was formerly enslaved by describing the cruel treatment he suffered at the hands of his enslaver. All things considered, the evidence suggests that Thomas Cunningham was a free man of color when he enlisted.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: December 1, 1901
Cause of Death: Hypothermia (“froze to death”)
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: September 27, 1890
Application No.: 824122 Certificate No.: 635762
Alternate First Name: Thomas Alternate Last Name:
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
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Pensioner County: Pensioner State: KY
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Pension Notes:
Thomas Cunningham applied for and received an invalid pension, but no widow’s pension application was found. In the 1900 Census, taken just a year before he died, he was described as a “widower.”
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Amanda Maiden Name: Johnson
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Mattie Cunningham 1874
Horace Cunningham 1878
Family Notes:
Thomas Cunningham and Amanda Johnson Cunningham had at least two children: Mattie Cunningham, born in 1874; and Horace Cunningham, born in 1878. Mattie Cunningham married Daniel Warfield (1864-1900). The Warfields had no children together. Mattie Cunningham Warfield disappeared from the record after 1900. Horace Cunningham disappeared from the record after the 1880 Census. Thomas Cunningham’s wife, Amanda (“Manda”) Johnson Cunningham, also vanished after the 1880 Census.
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farm laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1890 Census
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1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Unemployed
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: House
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
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