The West Chester people must be able to tell if any of the Bearmore's family be living, where they are to be found. [Part of this I got from Mr. Berrian. J. M. M.] It was in 1778, I think, that my aunt, Mrs. Phoebe Turner (Daniel Turner's widow) was robbed and afterwards murdered. From the wounds in her hands and arms and the place where her body lay, it was supposed, they were on the point of finding her money, and that she then resisted,

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upon which they wounded her severely cutting some of the large veins or arteries, and that she then bled to death. They fought some across the Bronx I think, when the Block House was taken. Major Bearmore, I think, was never under De Lancey, but commanded a separate corps that wore a green uniform. The company (Companies?) under Barnes and Althouse also wore green, or scarlet trimmed with green. In the Revolutionary war there was no road from White Plains to Williams' Bridge, except on the east side of the Bronx or by the Kings Bridge road. We used to go to Williams' Bridge through Bear Swamp, a little east of the Bronx which was the shortest road. In the Revolution there was a road from Deveau's Point and Fort No 8. through the fields of Fordham nearly straight to West Farms.

Thomas Leggett's barn was south or rather south east of Theophilus Hunts.

1848 October 7th Andrew Corsa of Fordham: "In July 1781, I was up for several days at General Washington's head- =quarters at Appleby's in order to reclaim a horse which had been taken from me. There I became acquainted with many of the American guides. Soon after the French and American armies came down to reconnoitre. Cornelius Oakley and Isaac Webbers then came for me on a Sunday morning to accompany them in the capacity of a Guide to Morrisania, and Dwert.

1848 October 7th Andrew Corsa of Fordham: "In July 1781, I was up for several days at General Washington's head- =quarters at Appleby's in order to reclaim a horse which had been taken from me. There I became acquainted with many of the American guides. Soon after the French and American armies came down to reconnoitre. Cornelius Oakley and Isaac Webbers then came for me on a Sunday morning to accompany them in the capacity of a Guide to Morrisania, and Dwert. We found Generals Washington and [page break]