William Lounsberry was a large, heavy resolute man. Captain Jonathan Purdy was for three or four years, or perhaps during most of the war, a private soldier in the British service. The liberty pole which was destroyed or injured in 1775, stood between Captain Abraham Hatfield's and the Court House. The destruction or injury was attributed to Captain N. and Lieut. Wm Lounsberry. The pole was ruined by boring boring holes into it by an augur. Elijah Haines, a relative or connection of my master's family and a brother of Godfrey Haines, and others, was killed in the attack upon Ward's house.

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232 900 232. Richard Hatfield was a Whig, but Peter, Barnes, and Joshua were tories. Barnes was an officer in the British service during the war. Major Haggeford was a severe man. Once during the war, some Cow boys came from above with a large drove of cattle owned by them. They were pursued by a party of seven or eight Skinners commanded by one Honyum[?] Harrison to or near to West Farms where the cattle were taken and the drivers fled. The cow boys thereupon went immediately to Morrisania and alarmed the Refugees. Captain Kipp instantly commenced a pursuit at the head of his dragoons and overtook the Skinners and the plundered cattle in the road which leads from Purdy's Lane to North Street about half a mile South from where John Gedney lived. The pursuers charged. Honum escaped owing to the fleetness of his horse, but all the rest were killed without mercy except one who, [margin: Honum] [margin: (Honeham?] [margin: elsewhere)] [margin: see p. 115 origl]