Captain elected for the company that was known as the Tarrytown Company, this Sept. 2, 1775, being the first and earliest mention of the name Tarrytown yet discovered.

Lieut. Cornelius Van Tassel, was elected an officer of one of the four companies organized in the upper Manor ot Philipsburg. The Provincial Congress in session in New York city, gave them their commissions during the month of Sept. , 1775. His farm of two hundred and odd acres, was the same formerly occupied by his father and grand-

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father, and was situated upon the Saw Mill river road, one mile south of present Elmsford.

The British scouting parties having met with many humiliating defeats at the hands of these defenders, Governor Tryon determined to adopt harsh measures to exterminate them. James Delancey, the Toiy Sheriff of the County, was the Colonel of the YVestehester Co. Militia, a regiment that had been organized for a number of years previous to the Revolution. Many of the members of the South Battalion were also enrolled as members of that regiment, but were looked upon as deserters by the British. Governor Tryon directed Col. Delancey to recruit a company out of his regiment which were called Rangers.

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They were mounted, and the Governor, to stimulate enlistments j: that branch of the service, gave them a reward of twenty-five dollar: for the capture of every committeeman, aval five dollars each for ever-, deserter.' This command soon grew to be a very effective regimen. They were given the name of Cow Boys, as their thorough kuowledg of the roads and country was a great help to them in that particular line of cattle capture. On the night of Nov. 17, 1777, Peter and Cornelius Van Tassel were taken prisoners at their homes by Cap'..