Macdonald, John. Interview with Lyon, Samuel, 1760-1849; (1848-12-05). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 904. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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you, a tory, take such liberties with the
officers as to set the prisoners free?"
He replied, "Mr Brown, every devil of
'em is over head and ears in debt to me."
[margin: James Nash, and Francis Nash, and Brom Barrett on the other page.]
Decd. 5th Samuel Lyon,
of Rye, aged nearly 89: "Simcoe
and Tarleton were both up when the
British army lay at Griffen's hill in
1779. I don't…