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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. 261 words

The District which included the eastern portion of Bedford elected Lewis McDonald, for its Captain; James Miller, for its First Lieutenant ; ' Henry Lord, for its Second Lieutenant; and Jesse Miller, for its Ensign.

The District which included the western j)ortion of Bedford elected Eli Seeley, for its Captain ; Heze-

> Benoni Piatt was a member of tbe first County Committee, appointed in Mny, 177r>. The Hon. Lewis C. Piatt, formerly Surrogate of the County, is his gnuidson.

- IlLtttirii-ttl ]iIit}tuM-riptit relating to the War «/ the HevohttUm : Militiirii HttttntHf xxvii., *J.'i4.

'.lanim Variaii was a member of the first County ('ummittee, chosen in May, 1775.

^.\nthui)y Miller was electeil to the coninian<i uf the Company, at the necouii Election, in Decenilier, 1775.

° Nicholas Fisher \va» a nienilier uf the (^ounty t'omuiittet', in February, 1770. (lli'<lnrit iil MtniMi riiils, etc. : Milil'irij Itetilnit, .\xvii,, S4.)

1 Lrtlvr fr<n,t llnhert Uriihum tu the I'rni iiK utI ( 'oh.jim.s " White Plains, " Decern' 1775.'* {MLttorU'ttl Muuutu'ript.t^ etc, : MilUurij Hetitnts^ x.xvii., 'J4(i.)

' James Miller appears to have held offices, subsetiuently, in tbe New York Ucgiment^, coniuianded by Colonels Kit/.ema, tiansevoort, and Van C«>rtliindt ; but, inasmuch as there were several persons Itearing that name -- two, at the same time, in the same Regiment, bearing exactly opposite characters -- it is not, now, known which, if either, was the particular James Miller who is named in the text.

kiah Grey, for its First Lieutenant;" Ephraim Raymond, for its Second Lieutenant ; and Gabriel Higgins, for its Ensign.