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Macdonald, John. Interview with {} ({}). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 2043. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States). Passage 12 of 69 316 words

Alexander Clinton was a grandson of James Clinton (1736-1812), who served as a major general in the Continental Army, and a great-nephew of George Clinton (1739-1812), who served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army, Governor of New York, and Vice President of the United States. His tombstone in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn indicates that he was born on April 7, 1793, and died on February 16, 1878. See his obituary in The New York Herald, February 19, 1878.

The McDonald Interviews: Interviewees CLOSE, Gilbert Gilbert Close's tombstone in North Greenwich Congregational Church Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut, indicates that he died on December 22, 1845. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21508723/gilbert-close COLES, Joseph Joseph Coles indicates that he was a native of Oyster Bay, New York. He may be the Joseph Coles who is listed as a 59-year-old farmer in the Town of Greenburgh, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. The tombstone of that Joseph Coles in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, indicates that he died on July 2, 1872, aged 81 years, 6 months, and 5 days. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53274212/joseph-coles COOK, Lyman Dr. Lyman Cook is listed as a 76-year-old physician in the Town of Painesville, Ohio, in the 1850 United States Census.

His tombstone in Evergreen Cemetery in Painesville indicates that he died on July 10, 1859. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113776512/lyman-cook CORSA, Andrew Andrew Corsa was selected by Cornelius Oakley and John Oakley to help guide the American and French forces during their reconnaissance into present-day Bronx County in July 1781. Because of this, he was considered by John Macdonald to be one of the Westchester Guides. He is listed as an 88-year-old farmer in the Town of West Farms, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Saint John's Cemetery in Yonkers, New York, indicates that he died on November 21, 1852, aged 90 years, 9 months, and 29 days (WCHS Book #86, p.35).

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