Nehemiah Brown contd. PARTS He told them not to venture quite so far as he went. He retook Sherman and horse, and told the man not to ride with so slack a bridle, but to keep a tight rein and use his spurs. This occurred pretty well up King Street. Brown charged several times with a few of his fresh men and horses, and brought his party off safely. Abraham Lyon. October 22d Abraham Lyon, of Byram…

I saw Donaldson hung Ballott (Barrett?) at Horseneck, I believe. [margin: * This room is very poorly written. Brown Ballott in the original but it is not clear what writer must have meant Brom Barrett. 23] When Tryon crossed the Byram, a British dragoon rode up to our door with a drawn sword in his hand, and said to me: "Where's your damned rebel guard?" I pointed to the hill - being a boy much fr…