| The judicial jurisdiction of the new county of Somerset was assigned to the Fifth Judicial District, over which the famed Alexander Addison was presiding. Governor Thomas Mifflin appointed Abraham as an associate judge. He was the first Justice of the Peace commissioned in the territory now known as Somerset County. He was commissioned as the signors requested on November 23, 1771 and served that position until his death, (his will #8 Somerset Co., 1805) except for his war years as he served in the Patriot Army of the American Revolution under General George Washington. (He migrated from York Co, PA, to Somerset Co, PA before the Revolutionary War. He served as Associate judge in 1795...History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties 1884) Jefferson Co., Ohio history states Abraham was promoted to the rank of Col. in Bedford Co., PA in the Revolutionary War he was present at the battle of Yorktown. He loaned the Government a large sum ($50,000) of gold to assist the financing of Washington's Army. This was never repaid, this has been certified in the papers of George Washington, now in keeping of the Government in Washington, D.C. [Note from Howard C. Maxwell; " David G. Maxwell the third great grandson of Abraham Cable, sent to Washington D. C. an attorney - charged with finding the facts about the loan made by Abraham to the Rev. War Effort. The report brought back: (1) Yes the congressional (or some) acknowledges that indebtedness due heirs. (2) It would take an affirmative by Congress of a bill drafted to require the treasurer to release the funds. (3) The fund would be of unbelievable size and destabilize the treasury. (4) By the time the heirs - Cables, Balls, etc. and all the rest make such a total of heirs that, by the time taxes and attorneys were deleted each heir might get 50 cents each. Abraham Cable & wife Mary V, June 14, 1779 purchased land for 500 pounds from James Black, in Quemahoning township, Brotherton, Pa. Note: D.A.R. proven #113068 Lt. Col. Abraham Cable 1777. 1784 census lists 8 persons. Bedford Co. in the American Revolution by James Whisker. Shows Wood Rangers Appointed by the Court April session 1780 Abrham Cable Bedford Co. true copy of entries & appointments of Wood Rangers, 28 May 1795. David Espy, Clerk. Abraham Cable died in about 1805 in Brothers Valley, Somerset County, PA. |
| Abraham Cable, Esquire 1729 ~ Abt. 1805 |
| Sources: 1. Cable Family History of file at the Stark County Library. It also appears to be filed at the Library of Congress 2. Broderbund World Family Tree Volume #3 3. "Annal of Southwestern Pennsylvania" Volume II, Walkinshaw, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. 4. Research by Mrs. Vance Wible MacGregor, 1963 5. "Two Centuries of the Church of the Brethren in Western PA" 6. Research of Judith Burkhardt, jburkhardt@adamswells.com, 1998 7. Two Centuries of Brothersvalley , PA. 8. Contributed by Donna (Maxwell) Tivener, Cable Family research can be found online at the following website http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjeffer/ or http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/v/Donna-M-Tivener/index.html?Welcome=106476559 |
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| Cable Cemetery Photo Courtesy of Donna Tivener Click photo for full view |
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