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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 289 words

■ Pierre Van Corllanilt was sul>sei|uently a niend>er of the Second Provincial (.'ongre.-*", 177.'>-i!, and Chairman of its Committee of Safety, January ami February, 177t; ; a member of the Thiiil Provincial Congress, 177ii; of the Fourth Provincial Congress, 177li; of the Convention of the Slate of New York, 177t;-7 ; of the First Council ot Sjifety, 1777, of w hicli lie was the President ; a Senator from the Southern District, 1777 ; President of the Convention of the State, 1777; Lieutenant-Governor of the State, 1777-17!)r> ; and died on the first of May, 1819, aged ninetyfour years.

GillKrt Drake wa.s Chairman of the County Committe<>, in 1775-(; ; a member of the Second Provincial Congress, 177.i-f> ; of the Third Provincial Congress, 1770; and of the Fourth Provincial Congress, 1776-7.

'Joseph Strang ha>l held the command, uniler the Colonial Government, of the District conimandcHi, uiiiler the reorganization, by Captain John Hyatt.

Elieiiezer Piinly was a inenil«er of the County Committee, from the Manor of Cortlandt, 177(>-'7 ; he representiil \Vestcliester County in the .\ssombly of the State, 1779-'8tl, 1782-':!, 1784, 1784-'3, 1787, 1791, 1792, 1795 ; he was one of the Senators from the Southern District, 1801-'6 ; and County Judge in 1797-'8.

" Isaac Norton was a member of the County Committee, from the Manor of Cortlandt, 177ti-'7.

>s Stephen Sneden represented the Town of Ea-stchester, in the County Committee, 1776-7.

tenant ; " Daniel Sebring, for its Second Lieutenant; " and William Pinkney, for its Ensign.'' For some reason which is not now known, a new iOlection was held in the following March, when Thomas Pinkney was made its Captain, William Pinkney its First Lieutenant, John Sneden its Second Lieutenant, and William Reed its Ensign."''