Hugh McCabe and the Pryor Family

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Who was Hugh McCabe? There are numerous references to a Hugh McCabe amongst the Pryors in Virginia and then in Tennessee.

1. Sarah Pryor, daughter of Luke Pryor and resident of Williamson Co., TN. Sarah married David Squire, then Hugh McCabe, Joseph Carter and lastly to Angus McPhail. Sarah McPhail was elderly when she died in 1851.

2. There was a Hugh McCabe on the 1810 Census in Amherst Co., VA.

3. 1788 in Amherst Co., VA… William Pryor and wife Mary Pryor, slander case vs. Hugh McCabe. The case was dismissed and the defendant ordered to bear costs.

Also the possibly the same Hugh McCabe…

4.  A 1997 query about a Hugh McCabe from Amherst Co., VA with a wife named Sarah. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaessex/esxque3.html

5. DB H p 572 15 July 1799 Hugh McCabe & wife Elizabeth to Wm. Hall 300 acres on N. side of Pedlar River (in Amherst Co., VA)

6. Zealous MILSTEAD m. Catherine “Caty” MCCABE d/o Hugh McCabe. and Sarah Unknown. MARRIED: 9 Aug 1780 Amherst County, VA.  Children Joseph, James and Eli Milstead were all born in Hancock Co., GA.

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