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==History==

==History==

===Pre-establishment and colonial era===

===Pre-establishment and colonial era===

The [[Occaneechi]] Indians lived in the area of what is now [[Hillsborough, North Carolina|Hillsborough]], north of Chapel Hill, prior to European settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Occaneechi Indians |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/occaneechi-indians |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=NCpedia}}</ref>

The [[Occaneechi]] Indians lived in the area of what is now [[Hillsborough, North Carolina|Hillsborough]], north of Chapel Hill, prior to European settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Occaneechi Indians {{!}} NCpedia |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/occaneechi-indians |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Ncpedia.org}}</ref>



The area was the home place of early settler William Barbee of [[Middlesex County, Virginia]], whose 1753 grant of 585 acres on the north and south side of "Lick Branch"<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Daniel |first=Randolph |date=May 1996 |title=A PRELIMINARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT OF THE MEADOWMONT PROPERTY, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL |url=https://www.rla.unc.edu/Publications/pdf/TechRep/TechRep23.pdf |journal=Research Laboratories of Anthropology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill |volume=23}}</ref> from [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]] was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel Hill-Durham area. Though William Barbee died shortly after settling there in 1758,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbee Cemetery Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=171942 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> one of his eight children, Christopher Barbee, became an important contributor to his father's adopted community and to the fledgling [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unc.edu/about/history-and-traditions/|title=History of the University|website=UNC.edu|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> In 1792, he offered the trustees of UNC 221 acres on which the university is now built, making him the university's largest donor.<ref name=":0" />

The area was the home place of early settler William Barbee of [[Middlesex County, Virginia]], whose 1753 grant of 585 acres on the north and south side of "Lick Branch"<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Daniel |first=Randolph |date=May 1996 |title=A PRELIMINARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT OF THE MEADOWMONT PROPERTY, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL |url=https://www.rla.unc.edu/Publications/pdf/TechRep/TechRep23.pdf |journal=Research Laboratories of Anthropology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill |volume=23}}</ref> from [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]] was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel Hill-Durham area. Though William Barbee died shortly after settling there in 1758,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barbee Cemetery Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=171942 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> one of his eight children, Christopher Barbee, became an important contributor to his father's adopted community and to the fledgling [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unc.edu/about/history-and-traditions/|title=History of the University|website=UNC.edu|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> In 1792, he offered the trustees of UNC 221 acres on which the university is now built, making him the university's largest donor.<ref name=":0" />

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