History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
The result of his labors is a manuscript which is deposited in the Lennox Library, New York.
Aaron Warcl, of Sing Sing, was admitted to the bar in 1816. His history is given in connection with his native town. He was a member of Congress, and more noted as a politician than as a lawyer. He was a member of the law-firm of McDonald & Ward, 1816-18, of Ward & Miller, 1825-29, and of Ward & Lockwood, 1831 and onward. The firm of Ward & Lockwood did a large pension business.
J. White Strang, who was admitted to the Westchester County bar in 1819, was a man of commanding talents and a good orator. He was the son of Dr. Samuel Strang, who was one of the earliest physicians who practiced in Peekskill. He studied law with William Nelson, in Peekskill, and after being admitted to practice, was engaged in a number of cases in which Nelson was employed on the other side, and the intellectual combats between the two are yet remembered, by some of the old members of the bar, as having been the occasion of brilliant displays of legal abilities on both sides. Although a brilliant and able man, he seemed averse to business. Had it not been for this fault, it ia thought that he would have obtained a very prominent position at the bar. He died about 1831.
From about 1820 to 1850, Richard R. Voris was the leading advocate of the county. His family was of Dutch origin, and settled at Jamaica, L. 1. He was.