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Odell, Jackson
John M. McDonald interview — 1847-10-18
From the Westchester County Historical Society catalog:
Jackson Odell (1792-1849) was the son of John Odell, one of the Westchester Guides. He states that a Mr. Vermilyea (possibly Isaac Vermille) indicated that Loyalist Joshua Barnes was a captain in Emmerich’s Chasseurs. Odell then recounts an incident that took place in July 1781 when a force of Refugees captured a number of Americans, including Isaac “Uck” Odell, who had stopped at the home of Jacob Vermille in Yonkers after returning from a raid. Mr. Vermilyea informed Odell that most of the prisoners taken were able to escape because of the size of the guard that had been posted over them.
Jackson Odell (1792-1849) was the son of John Odell, one of the Westchester Guides. He states that a Mr. Vermilyea (possibly Isaac Vermille) indicated that Loyalist Joshua Barnes was a captain in Emmerich’s Chasseurs. Odell then recounts an incident that took place in July 1781 when a force of Refugees captured a number of Americans, including Isaac “Uck” Odell, who had stopped at the home of Jacob Vermille in Yonkers after returning from a raid. Mr. Vermilyea informed Odell that most of the prisoners taken were able to escape because of the size of the guard that had been posted over them.
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- Hufeland Index Page 539 -
October 18th Jackson Odell: “Mr. Vermilyea says that Barnes was one of Emmerick’s captains – that when the American guides and others were surprised and taken at Jacob Vermille’s on the Tuckeyho road, in June 1781, by Delancey’s Refugee horse, the Refugees for the most part pushed forward in pursuit of the rest of the Americans who had gone on leaving Odell (Uck) and the other prisoners behind under a small guard. – The prisoners rose upon the guard which was too small, and most of them escaped.
Transcription from Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.
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