Fountain, James
John M. McDonald interview — 1848-11-02
James Fountain (1769-1849) notes that he remembers the Battle of White Plains, but does not go into any detail about that engagement. He recalls seeing members of DeLancey’s Refugees en route to burn Bedford on July 11, 1779. Fountain describes another incident when American militia successfully recaptured livestock that had been taken by the Refugees, but were then ambushed near Tarrytown. He notes that British forces only came as far as Bedford in July 1779, and that black rate was enforced in the town. Fountain concludes by detailing a dispute between two cousins in Bedford who had differing political opinions. Mr. Daniels, who supported American independence, fired a shot at Mrs. Worden, who was a Loyalist and had sons behind British lines. According to Fountain, “it was conjectured” that Mrs. Worden’s sons killed Mr. Daniel in retribution.
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he fired and the ball passed between her legs through her petticoat. They were thirty or forty yards apart, and Daniels an excellent shot. He fired too low. It was conjectured that Mrs Worden's sons of came up, took him to the woods and killed him.
[marg: Moses Knapp, one of DeLancey's Cap:-tains — John Montross.] November 3d. Enos Hobby) of Middle Patent aged 88: " I was born in Stanwich and lived there in the beginning of the Revolutionary war. They called upon me to turn out in the militia so often that I considered it oppressive and went below on the 16th of August 1780, and joined DeLancey's corps, but found that it