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Fowler, Philemon

John M. McDonald interview — 1850-10-22

From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Philemon Fowler (1771-1861) describes the location of the property of Captain Solomon Fowler, a Loyalist officer who served in DeLancey’s Refugees and was killed during a skirmish at Horseneck in Greenwich, Connecticut on May 22, 1780.

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Transcription

- Hufeland Index Page 1043 -

Octr. 22d. Philemon Fowler, of East Chester: “Captain Solomon Fowler who was killed at Horseneck, lived in East Chester on the borders of Westchester, on the farm now owned and occupied by Judge Schieffelin,” &c.

Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews. Courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society. No Copyright – United States. View the original manuscript at WCHS →