Offended at this he went below, and afterwards used to come up with Refugee parties. I think he originally belonged to Sheldon's, and that he belonged to that regiment when he deserted. I never heard he was a spy for the Americans. When Bron Barrett was hanger, Donaldson pretended he was a deserter. Col. Mead was not taken from his horse when made prisoner. They paroled him immediately. One Timothy Brown was taken with him. During the last years of the Revolutionary war, Horseneck was

637 45 between the lines. The American lines were drawn back, running from Palmer's Hill across West Chester Creek towards Croton river. Titus's Bridge was the most advanced of the American posts on the east end of the lines.

Novr. 15th Jackson Odell: "Mr Vermilyea says that Captain Olthouse was a German. He also says that Barnes was ambuscaded and surrounded by a superior force when he surrendered, although the party under the immediate command of Leavensworth may not have been greater in number than his own." [page break]

The American lines were drawn back, running from Palmer's Hill across West Chester Creek towards Croton river. Titus's Bridge was the most advanced of the American posts on the east end of the lines. Novr. 15th Jackson Odell: "Mr Vermilyea says that Captain Olthouse was a German. He also says that Barnes was ambuscaded and surrounded by a superior force when he surrendered, although the party under the immediate command of Leavensworth may not have been greater in number than his own." [page break]