Lockwood and Fade Donaldson hung Brom Valet [Barrett?], and also where Captain Knapp attacked and took part of Waterbury's guard. 1846. - November 24th Abraham Davis: - "Totten once went above the Croton, and took some cattle from the active Whigs which he entrusted to a small party, returning himself by another direction. John Mc.Fadian was of the party, and they asked for more men, being afrai…

Some of them were Yager horse, and some, probably, belonged to the 17th Light Dragoons. The horses of most of the company were alike in color. They were the finest horses I ever saw. A party of Sheldon's (a reconnoitring party probably) came down from Salem by the Robbins's Mills road by Nathaniel (?) Purdy's within sight of our house. Tarleton's men were at dinner. They immediately turned out and…

One of them told him an officer wanted to speak with him, and was waiting near Daniel Horton's barn. He answered: "I don't believe it; but I'll go as far as that but no further." When they got there they were joined by two others Skinners, and began to ask whether he had'nt some money hid and asked where it was. He immediately, without waiting further, attacked and knocked or threw [them] all dow…