George Wetsel, Hendrick Cravvberger, Hendrick Miller 1779 June 12. and Benjamin Ward having by Virtue of Warrant directed to Col- Yates been apprehended and brought before the Board were Examined and the Charges alledged against them not being properly supported and they producing Certificates of their having taken the Oath of Allegiance to this State Resolved that George Wetsel, Hendrick Crawberger and Hendrick Miller be discharged and that Benjamin Ward enter into a Recognizance with a sufficient surety for his good Behaviour and his Appearance before any one of the Commissioners for Conspiracies when called upon until discharged by this Board -- Benjamin Ward on Recognizance in £100 George Wetsel his Bail in £100 [67] Jacob Halenbeeck who was cited to appear before the Board & produced a Certificate of his having taken the Oath of Allegiance to this State whereupon resolved that he be discharged

Adjourned -- h Met Albany i;p June 1779 1779 Present June 14.

John M. Beeckman ) ( Mathew Visscher Isaac D. Fonda ) 1

James M^Masters Esq^ informed the Board that Daniel McKinney an Inhabitant of Try on County has been taken a Prisoner by a Party of CoU Gansevoort's Men Resolved -- that a Letter be wrote to Brigadier General Clinton requesting to be informed what the nature of the said Daniel M c

Kinney's Crime is that we may be able to determine whether he comes properly under the Civil or Military Authority --

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1779 Col - Killian Van Rensselaer appeared before the Board