The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
In the south-east corner of the yard (just thirty-six feet from the present east fence and six feet from the south fence;, he the mortal remains of CoL Christopher Green, the hero oi Redbank, and IMajor Flagg, his brave companion in arms, both of whom fell by the hands of cruel treachery, on the morning of the 14th of May, 1 7S1. But where shall we look for a monument, or even a stone, to mark the spot where these brave patriots lie pillowed in tlie dust ? When will justice be rendered to the memory of the brave and illustrious dead, who fell in the noble cause of freedom ?
Near tliis spot are interred the remains of the noted Brom. Dyckman, of Revolutionary fame.
The new parsonage is pleasantly situated, facing Crompond Street. The old one, which has been sold, stood on the site of a still older edifice, which was occupied for some time, durii g the Revolution, by the Yorktown Committee of Public Safety. Here that tribunal transacted business, disarmed the disaffected, and punished the incorrigible. Zephaniah Piatt and others, aided by six hundred Connecticut troops, disarmed the Loyalists of Cortlandt's manor, during the winter of 1776. Here, also, a convention of Congress assembled for the purpose of distributing commissions to the officer^, who were empowered to raise the mihtia.
For the destruction of this obnoxious post, Col. Robertson obtained of the English governor, a special order and -the command of an entire regiment. From New York, he appears to have proceeded by water to Peekskill, where he landed, swearing he would b'.nii the d d Committee