Macdonald, John. Interview with Barker, William, 1764-1859; (1845-10-24). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 407. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 224 - October 24th. William Barker - Scarsdale see next page "Captain Campbell and Lieutenant Paddock met in Wards house, when the former entered and ran each other through. Lieut. Paddock had just at that time, obtained a Lieutenancy in the Continental army, and came down to the lines to recruit from the militia and others. One of the Haines' family a …

He was at this time supposed by every horseman to be a British spy and his capture and subsequent escape, were afterwards known to have been pre-concerted with the view of impressing the Royalists and the public at large with the opinion that the American authorities considered him as strongly attached to the King and as being in the habit of rendering the tories important …

These men were hacked slashed and killed begging for quarter." [This probably occurred in 1781, and is the affair mentioned by Dr. Thatcher in his Military Journal.] "Another party of five or six Skin- -ners in , or thereabouts, came down, I think from the eastward. - That day my brother Gilbert was taking the wife of Isaac Webbers behind him, home to her residence when they …