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Barnaby Cabe

Barnaby Cabe, first written McCabe, settled on the Eno River in Orange County in the late 1750s, buying 330 acres of William Few's tract and farming there with his wife, Betsy Perkins. He made more money as a wagoner. In 1771 he hauled for Governor Tryon's militia against the Regulators, and by 1780 he had changed sides, bringing a wagonload of flour to the army.

Source: NCpedia: Cabe, John

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StorylineHillsborough as the southern army’s base after Camden, 17801780 · 15 events · After the American defeat at Camden in August 1780, Hillsborough became the southern army's base, and the town and county strained to feed it. Gates regrouped his army there, the General Assembly created a Board of War that directed the war effort from the town, the courthouse became a storehouse and the church a hospital, and fugitives crowded the town. In late November the board judged that Orange could not feed the army through the winter, and Gates marched it toward Salisbury. The story runs from de Kalb's halt in June to the arrest of four Maryland soldiers in December.

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  1. Barnaby McCabe settles on the Eno on land bought from William Few Barnaby McCabe (later Cabe), a Presbyterian of Scots-Irish descent, settled in Orange County in 1758, bought 330 acres of William Few's tract on the northeast bank of the Eno, registered his cattle mark and took up farming with his wife Betsy Perkins. People: Barnaby Cabe Place: Cabe homestead, north side of the Eno west of Pleasant Green Road · Also named: Betsy Perkins Cabe, William FewSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Cabe-Pratt-Harris House, National Register nomination (OR0656), p. 9
  2. Barnaby Cabe hauls supplies and prisoners for Governor Tryon's army An expense account shows Cabe served as a wagoner for Tryon's militia in 1771, carrying supplies, hauling prisoners to New Bern and appearing as a witness against the Regulators after Alamance. People: Barnaby Cabe Place: Orange CountyNC State Historic Preservation Office: Cabe-Pratt-Harris House, National Register nomination (OR0656), p. 9
  3. Barnaby Cabe takes a wagonload of flour to General Gates's army Thomas Burke of Hillsborough wrote to Horatio Gates that his neighbor Cabe was bringing a load of flour to the southern army and would hand it over only on Gates's order, having been put off by the commissaries. The former Tryon wagoner had come over to the patriot side. People: Thomas Burke, Horatio Gates, Barnaby Cabe Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, vol. 15, pp. 775-776: Letter from Thomas Burke to Horatio Gates, August 1, 1780 · Also: NC State Historic Preservation Office: Cabe-Pratt-Harris House, National Register nomination

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Cabe, Barnaby (McCabe Family) (Chapel Hill Historical Society vertical file)

Folder on Barnaby Cabe of the McCabe family, holding a single report. It is undated and comes from box 1 of the Individuals and Families series in the Chapel Hill Historical Society's CHHS.001 Vertical File Collection.

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