Interview with Vail, Lydia
The widow Budd's house stood below the Croton, and at Pines Bridge on the left side of the road leading to White Plains, and on the right of the road leading to North Castle Church -
She was born Griffen. The only Dutch families, I remember that lived at Pines Bridge during the Revolutionary war were the Juhels who lived, near a mile from the bridge on the left, near where the White Plains road now leaves the turnpike, and the Buckout's who lived on the right side
of the Sing Sing road, but further on. The Buckout family lived on the Courtland farm in a long, low house on the right.
-- The British party that burnt Crom pond advanced circuitiously, crossing the Croton at Vail's or some other ford, and coming from an unexpected quarter into the Crompond road at Halleck's then called Delavan's Mills. I saw Totten (or who ever commanded) and his troops (which were all horse) as they retired across the Croton by Pines Bridge. I think there were no negroes at Davenport house, but my grandfathers, when Greene was surprised.
November 20th. Benjamin Kipp: "Andrew Irving of North Castle was a weaver and an Irishman. When he saw the Refugees were about to lose their cattle, with great presence of mind he got his cow out of the drove and cutting through the fields with her returned home happy huzzaing for Congress and general
I saw Totten (or who ever commanded) and his troops (which were all horse) as they retired across the Croton by Pines Bridge. I think there were no negroes at Davenport house, but my grandfathers, when Greene was surprised. November 20th. Benjamin Kipp: "Andrew Irving of North Castle was a weaver and an Irishman. When he saw the Refugees were about to lose their cattle, with great presence of mind he got his cow out of the drove and cutting through the fields with her returned home happy huzzaing for Congress and general