Macdonald, John. Interview with Lyon, Samuel, 1764-1856; (1845-09-23). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 369. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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him of it tho he begged hard. They
shot him and cut his body in pieces. The reason assigned for his barbarity
was that he had burnt the dwellings
and barns belonging to some of the
Refugees, and had attempted to set
fire to Colonel DeLancey's."
September 23. Samuel Lyon of
Yonkers. "When we pursued the
Cowboys (September 4. 1781) we first
discovered them from the hill near
the Old Dutch…