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Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886. 250 words

5 M kali Townsend was a member of the County Committee of 1775-'6, and its Secretary ; he was one of the Minute-men, at White Plains, in February, 1776 ; and he was in command of a Company, in the following Summer. He evidently left Westchester-connty, soon afterwards, as he was in the Assembly of the State, in 1779-80, representing Cumberland-county.

6 Anthony Miller was Second Lieutenant of the Scarsdale and White Plains Company of Militia, in 1775, and Captain of the same Company, in 1776;

7 James Horton, Junior, was proscribed as a Tory, and ordered to be arrested in June, 1776, (Historical Manuscript ; etc. : Miscellaneous Papers, xxx., 156.)

8 This date was, evidently, a clerical error. It was, undoubtedly, intended for " the twenty-fifth ultimo," October 25, 1776.

9 Of Godfrey Haines, his grievances, and his threats, see pages 115-120, ante.

10 "Judge Thomas " was Hon. John Thomas, County Judge of Westchester-county, 1755-1777, and Member of the General Assembly of the Colony, representing the county of Westchester, 1743-'75, in which latter capacity the reader has already been made acquainted with him.

11 Although the project of carrying Judge Thomas away from his home, in 1775, if such a project was really entertained, was not carried out ; a similar project, in 1777, was successful ; and he was carried to New York, as Haines had been, and thrown into prison, in that City, as Haines had been, (vide pages 116, 117, ante,) and died there.