He was a tailor and worked at his trade making clothes for the officers for which he was paid. Once he was kept on Staten Island. This was the hard winter. Lieutenant Rawdon's regiment was then on Staten Island and all Irish. While Smith was there the Americans attacked the Island draw- -ing cannon over on the ice. Peacock told Smith, "If the British take me they'll hang me." He was a deserter from the British, and I believe he was an American. This informa- -tion I got from John Smith himself.
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X So in original (see page 76.)
Lieutenant Smith of Moylan's, raffled at one time, was a very tall man. Moylan's wore pale blue round-abouts and pants of the same colour, boots and spurs, &c, and leather caps with bear skin coverings, - and chains to ward off blows of the sword. Lee's Legion wore blue or green faced with buff. Armand's horses had their tails cut off just like the British horse. The privates were very much made up of Germans who had surrendered at the taking of Burgoyne. Black rate was enforced here according to law. Sam Smith's [house] was owned by my uncle Benjamin Hopkins who had removed to Fishkill early in the Revolutionary war. When it was burnt the house was occupied by Ichabod Ogden.
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Reuben Wright's mills, (lately known as Robbins's and Thomas Wrights) are now Sands's Mills. When André was taken Lieutenant Colonel Jamieson lay at the head of Mill Square at or near Thomas Wright's Mills. In 1781, Lauzun's Legion marched from Bedford by the Post road passing Smith's at sun about one or two hours high, or rather, I should say, near night fall. About twenty or thirty American guides rode in front.