Vol. 1. "January 30th 1776." -"Isaac Valentine being brot. [brought] before the Committee to be examd says, - that the guns lie about 400 or 500 yards from this house in W.C. County in a field. & …… That on Sunday his brother who lives near the guns, informed him that if he had been at his house last night he wd [would] have heard music; & informed him *that* he heard the guns every now & then ring, sometimes at one end of the parcel of guns & some times at the other. &c…… That John Williams came down to his house, & informed him *yt the* guns at Williams's were spiked up - That at his request they went to the guns in his field & found them spiked." & …… Isaac Valentine junior.
"That he has not signed the Association, but is *hearty?* in the cause of his country &c… … was at home last Wednesday night a week …… That the guns are 250 yards from his father's house &c……. … that John Williams next morning, came down & informed his father that the guns near his house were spiked -That they went & found them spiked." - &c. p. 274 / "January 31t 1776 - Ordered, that Jaramiah Allen get the cannon near the house of John Williams, & also those near Kingsbridge, removed to the larger parcel of Valentine's, so as to have them all brought together, for the greater convenience of guarding them & drilling out the spikes." - "The Committee agrees with Mr.
Allan to allow him 20 s. a. piece for clearing * unspiking the cannon ^beyond Kingsbridge, & removing the cannon from John Williams's to the larger parcel; & Mr. Allen agrees to remove those guns, & clear & unspike the whole at 20 s. each..