"Also, another tract, part of farm No. 13. in great north lot No. 1. containing 21 acres. Also, another part of farm No. 13, in great lot No. 1, and is part of the land which Palatiah Haws purchased for Thomas Lee in Magragaria swamp, 10 acres. Also, another part of farm No. 15, a part of great north lot No. 1, 37 acres."&

a Burr's Mem., Vol 1. 180.

b County Rec. RegUter's Office, abstract of gales, p. 137.

156 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

16S acres, 16 rods of lands, appraised for Gratuity allowed by law

£529 10 0 500 0 0

Excess from liini received,

£29 10 0

John Paulding died on the 18th of February, 1818. A few minutes before the Patriot expired, he called Dr. Fountain, (his medical attendant,) to the bedside, and thus addressed him: -- "Doctor, please tell all those who ask after me, that I die a true republican." Paulding's remains repose beneath a handsome monument in the Episcopal graveyard, two miles north of the village.

Upon the north side of Gallows Hill, by the road side leading from Peekskill to Albany, is situated the "Soldier's Spring," which derived its name from the following tragical incident: --

"The British who were iu possession of Stony Point, and whose shipping lay m the bay of Haverstraw, resolved upon landing a portion of their men on Yerplanck's Point, a ad from thence make a descent upon Peekskill. Their object in this expedition was to procure fresh provisions and to awake the energies of the Americans who were encamped in the village and in various places among the hills in the vicinity. In accordance with this resolve they effected a landing and proceeded without opposition to Drum Hill, an eminence that overlooks the village near its southern boundry.